Colorado-UMass Notes

Today's Captains: Bell, Gillam, Kelley, Powell

Players who carried out CU's symbolic instruments today:
Sledgehammer: Bryce Bobo
Toolbox: Justin Solis
Special Teams Belt: Ryan Severson
United States Flag: Ed Caldwell
Colorado Flag: Jordan Murphy

QUICKLY CU snaps a 9-game losing streak in evening its record to 1-1 on the season and taking a 2-0 series lead with the Minutemen … The 34-point margin of victory is the most in the MacIntyre Era (topping a 43-10 win over Charleston Southern in 2013) … The 48 points is the most in a CU home opener since a 63-35 win over San Jose State in 1999 … The Buffs are now 2-1 in home openers under MacIntyre, along with 5-7 when scoring first, and 7-7 with 400-plus yards of total offense (3-0 when holding the opponent to 17 or fewer points) … Today was CU's 1,200th all-time game, the Buffs also won numbers 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 700, 800, 900 and 1,000 …

The Buffaloes now have as many interceptions this season – 3 – as they did in all of 2014 … The opponents is 13-of-35 of third down conversions this season (37.1), but on second down, are converting at just a 17.8 percent clip (8-of-45); CU , on the other hand, is 27-of-62 making a first on second (43.4) … The 558 yards are the second-most in the Mac Era to the 630 at Cal last year, but that was a double OT game.

TODAY'S FIRSTS Quite a few this afternoon:

- First Career Rushing TDs: Sefo Liufau, Phillip Lindsay

- First Career Interception: Ryan Moeller

- First Career Rushing Attempts: Patrick Carr, Kyle Evans

- First Career Action: a total of 10 Buffaloes hit the field for the first time today: OLB Jaleel Awini, C Vincent Arvia, OL Ed Caldwell, TB Kyle Evans, ILB Nick Falo, TE Hayden Jones, WR Joey Hall, OL John Lisella, WR Robert Orban and C Sully Wiefels.

TEAM RUSHING LAURELS (59-390, 5 TD) Today marked the 45th time CU has had two players run for 100-plus yards in game (three have done it twice in a game, the last time in 1980).

- The last time CU rushed for over 300 yards in a game was on Sept. 22, 2007 against Miami-Ohio in Boulder (63-359); it was the most since the last time the Buffs ran for 400 yards (48-427) at Kansas on Oct. 12, 2002.

- CU scored its first six offensive touchdowns of the year via the rush before the Liufau-to-Spruce TD pass; you have to go back to 1990 to find the last time with a higher number (7).

- CU last scored five rushing TDs in a game 2013 (vs. Charleston Southern).

- Colorado averaged 9.1 yards per first down rushing play – picking up five or more yards 19 times in 28 tries.

TB MICHAEL ADKINS (19-125, 1TD) He had his fourth career 100-yard game and with 1,148 career yards, jumped from 50th to 42nd on CU's all-time list.

TB CHRISTIAN POWELL (8-105, 2 TD) He enjoyed both his fifth 100-yard and fifth multi-TD game; he now has 1,815 career yards, trying to become the 18th Buff to reach 2,000 (he's 23rd all-time); he has 16 career rushing TDs.

WR NELSON SPRUCE (6-64, 1 TD) He set the CU career mark for receptions with 219, overtaking Scotty McKnight (215, 2007-10). With 64 receiving yards, he now has 2,427 for his career, passing Paul Richardson (2,412) into fifth; he needs just 122 to leapfrog all the way into first. He now has 20 career TDs are, two shy of McKnight's record, and he has caught at least one pass in 27 straight games (multiple in 22 straight; matching the school mark set by Rae Carruth, who caught two or more in 22 games over the 1995-96 seasons).

INDIVIDUAL LINER NOTES

- PK Diego Gonzalez (5-5 PAT, 2-2 FG). He is off to a perfect start as CU's placekicker, as he now 7-of-7 on PAT kicks and 4-of-4 on field goals.

- QB Sefo Liufau (24-15-0, 168, 1 TD). He moved into third place in all-time completions with 512, skipping by Tyler Hansen (505, 2008-11). He rushed for two more first downs today to give him 10 on the season… which includes picking up six on third down runs (in eight tries). He scored his first career rushing TD today, but did have one receiving (at Arizona last year from Nelson Spruce).

- TB Phillip Lindsay (139 all-purpose yards). In addition to scoring his first career TD, he also had the longest run (37 yards) and reception (34). He now has 240 yards on 23 touches this season, 10.4 per.

Players Mentioned

Paul Richardson

Nelson Spruce

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