Colorado University Athletics
Gameday Updates: Colorado at Oregon
September 24, 2016 | Football
Colorado
41
Autzen Stadium • September 24, 2016 • 3:30 p.m.
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Oregon
38
Weather: 65 degrees, mostly cloudy, wind N 7 mph, 50% humidity, 0% chance of rain
Fourth Quarter
:44 - AHKELLO WITHERSPOON gets the interception in the end zone to ice the game. Final score: Colorado 41, Oregon 38.
8:43 - BRYCE BOBO! What a catch. It had to be reversed AGAIN. Bobo gets control of the 1-handed catch and had his foot down. Montez was a monster on the ground early in the drive, then he threw it up to Bobo. The two then connected on the 2-point conversion to take a 3-point lead. Colorado 41, Oregon 38.
Third Quarter
0:54 - Montez is picked off for the second time in three drives, and Oregon needs just two plays to take advantage and make it 14-0 points off turnovers this quarter. Oregon 38, Colorado 33.
1:52 - The Buffs are held on offense for the first time to a three-and-out. Oregon capitalizes by scoring another TD on a 10 play, 74 yard drive. Benoit takes it the final 17 yards on the drive on four plays, going 3 yards for the TD. Colorado 33, Oregon 31.
7:02 - Montez makes his first mistake of the game and is picked off by Schooler. The Buffs looked to have held Oregon after a 10-yard sack from Jordan Carrell, but Prukop hit Charles Nelson for 48 yards and the Ducks scored two plays later. Colorado 33, Oregon 24.
12:59 - Originally ruled incomplete, Montez hits Devin Ross with a perfect pass and even better catch (after the reversal) to give the Buffs a 16-point lead early in the third quarter. Colorado 33, Oregon 17.
Second Quarter
0:00 - The Buffs kicked at 33-yard FG as time expired after it appeared that Bobo had caught a 15-yard TD from Montez two plays earlier. At the break: Colorado 26, Oregon 17.
2:31 - The Buffs D bended but didn't break as Oregon ran 11 plays for 41 yards and hit a 42-yard field goal from Schneider. Oregon got the ball when the Buffs elected to go for it on 4th-and-4 from what would've been a mid-40s yard FG and Montez was sacked. Colorado 23, Oregon 17.
10:18 - The Buffs held Oregon on the first three plays of the drive and the Ducks came out in punt formation, but faked it and picked up 29 yards, two plays later keeping their momentum going and scoring from 25 yards out from Dakota Prukop to Carrington. Oregon hits the PAT. Colorado 23, Oregon 14.
11:58 - The Buffs D holds after giving up one first down. On the punt, Jay MacIntyre was interferred with so the Buffs started at their 37. On the second play, Montez hit Ross over the middle and he broke it for 61 yards down to the O5. Two plays later, Montez scored from 3-yards out with his feet. Colorado 23, Oregon 7.
First Quarter
0:08 - The Buffs respond! CU converted three third-down attempts on the drive. Montez picked up one with his feet, a 22-yarder that got the Buffs rolling. He then hit Lindsay and Fields on subsequent third-down plays before hitting Fields for the score. In all, a 12-play, 87 yard drive. The PAT was blocked. Colorado 16, Oregon 7.
5:16 - The Ducks needed just over a minute to get their offense on track and score from 1 yard out with Taj Griffin. Ducks actually go for a PAT, get it. Colorado 10, Oregon 7
6:35 - After Montez was sacked for a loss of 9 yards on first down, the Buffs converted a 3rd-and-13 on a screen pass to Kyle Evans. Evans then picked up gains of 5, 10, 3 and 4 yards before the drive stalled at the Oregon 7. Chris Graham connected from 24-yards out to make the score: Colorado 10, Oregon 0.
10:03 - Another huge defensive stand, another three-and-out for the Buffs defense.
11:16 - TOUCHDOWN BUFFS! What a drive. It was 8 plays, 80 yards. Steven Montez completed 3-of-4 passes for 27 yards on the first three plays of the drive. Phil Lindsay then broke a 33-yard play to the Oregon 20. The Buffs up-tempo offense forced an illegal substitution penalty on Oregon, 1st-and-5 at the 15. Two Montez runs took the ball to the 1-yard line and Lindsay scored from there on 2nd-and-G.
14:03 - A huge three-and-out for the Buffs D on the first series.
15:00 - The starting QB today for the Buffs will be freshman Steven Montez. The Buffs won the coin toss and deferred to the second half. The Buffs D will start the game.
Pregame Notes
- Shay Fields has 256 yards receiving in three games this season, averaging a healthy 28.4 yards per reception.
- Fields also has nine career TD receptions, his next will make him the 18th CU player in program history with 10-plus.
- The Buffs have given up 718 yards in three games this season, ranking fourth nationally. The breakdown? The Buffs have given up exactly 359 yards passing and 359 yards rushing this season.
- Jay MacIntyre is averaging 10.7 yards per punt return this season and his 58 yards on three returns at Michigan were the most yards since 2008 when Josh Smith returned four punts for 108 yards.
- Kenneth Olugbode is seven tackles away from 200 in his career, he would be the 69th player to hit that plateau joining teammates Chidobe Awuzie (229) and Addison Gillam (208) on the list.
- Awuzie is one sack away from owning the CU record for a defensive back. He has six in his career, one-half sack behind Michael Lewis.
