Players Mentioned
Colorado-California Notes
September 27, 2014 | Football
Players who carried out CU's symbolic instruments today:
Sledgehammer: Tedric Thompson   Toolbox: Malcolm Creer
Special Teams Belt: Ryan Severson  Buffalo Head: Daniel Munyer
QUICKLY  Colorado had one of its busses experience some motor trouble on the way to the stadium (Bus No. 2, offense); halfway to the stadium from the Walnut Creek Marriott, all three pulled over while the occupants on it transferred to Bus No. 3 (staff); the delay only was about 5 minutes … Colorado won the coin toss and then elected to receive for the fifth straight game in 2014 … The 56 points were the most ever scored by Colorado is losing a game (old: at Kansas in 2010 in a 52-45 loss) … The 115 combined points are the third most in a CU game (trailing 124 in an 82-42 loss to Oklahoma on 10/4/1980, and 116 in a 65-51 win over Nebraska on 11/23/2007—both games in Boulder) … CU tied its record for the most first downs in a game with 39 (matching the mark set against Northwestern in 1978) … With 629 yards of total offense, it marked the first time CU topped 600 in a game since rolling up 634 against Miami-Ohio on 9/22/2007 (359 rush, 275 pass) … The Buffs have recorded 400-plus yards in four straight games for the first time since the first four games of the 2001 season … Colorado's 21 first quarter points were its most since Oct. 8, 2005, when it also scored 21 in an eventual 41-20 win over Texas A&M in Boulder… it was the most in a quarter since scoring 22 in the fourth quarter against USC last Nov 23 …
OVERTIME: Colorado is now 5-6 all-time in OT (last was also against Cal, in Boulder on Sept. 10, 2011—Cal won, 36-33); this was the sixth time CU won the coin toss (3-3, on defense first all six times). It was just CU's second multiple OT; it lost 34-31 to Baylor in Boulder in 3OT in 2006.
WR NELSON SPRUCE (19-176, 3 TD) He broke the single-game reception record he established just last week, and now has at least one receiving touchdown in seven straight games, adding to his school mark as well. He is just the third player to snare three TDs in a game, joining Richard Johnson against Kansas (11/13/1982 in Boulder) and Rae Carruth (11/9/1996 at Missouri).  He also added to his school marks for the most consecutive games with seven receptions (five) and six catches (six). He has 32 receptions in the last two games, the two highest games in CU history:
Single-Game CU Receptions
| No. (yeds-td) | Player | Opponent | Date |
| 19 (176-3) | Nelson Spruce | California | Sept. 27, 2014 |
| 13 (172-1) | Nelson Spruce | Hawai'i | Sept. 20, 2014 |
| 11 | nine tied |
155 career catches, moving into fourth all-time at Colorado; he is ninth with 1,790 receiving yards; and with 17 career TDs, he is now tied for sixth.
25,000: Spruce's 6-yard TD reception that gave CU a 42-35 lead with 3:23 remaining enabled him to score CU's 25,000th point in its history; the Buffs had 24,999 prior to the play.
TB TONY JONES (13-69 RUSHING, 1-13 RECEIVING) He became the 51st Colorado Buffalo to rush for 1,000 career yards (ending the game with 1,041). He has 437 career receiving yards, needing 63 more to join CU's 500/500 club in both (done just 12 times) and the 1,000/500 club (done just eight times).
QB SEFO LIUFAU (67-46-1, 449, 7 TD; 10-72 rush) He set numerous single-game records this afternoon: passing attempts (67; old: 64 Cody Hawkins at Toledo 9/11/2009), completions (46; old: 38, Joel Klatt vs. Kansas in OT, 10/11/2003), touchdown passes (7; old: 5 on three occasions, John Hessler twice, Koy Detmer once); and total offensive yards (521; old: 500 twice, Mike Moschetti vs. San Jose State, 9/11/1999; Tyler Hansen vs. Cal, 9/10/2011-OT). His 449 yards were the fourth-most in a single game at Colorado. He now has thrown 2 or more TD passes for eight consecutive games (adding to his own CU record and one shy of the mark of nine straight games with at least one, held by Detmer and Hawkins).  His 39-yard run in the first quarter was the longest by a CU quarterback since Tyler Hansen ran the same length against Georgia on Oct. 2, 2010 (in Boulder).
Liufau-to-Spruce: they have connected for 10 touchdown plays this season (old record: 8, on two occasions), and for 13 in their careers (record: 15, Cody Hawkins-to-Scotty McKnight).