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ATTENDANCE: Tonight's sellout crowd (first of the season) of 54,215 is a Folsom Field record, breaking the old mark of 54,063 set against Nebraska on Oct. 28, 1995.

HALFTIME: The only other team within No. 1 Oklahoma at halftime this year was Alabama in game two, when the Sooners led in Tuscaloosa, 13-3.

AND BY THE WAY. The press box meal fundraiser for the Journalism School raised $450; those who contributed, thank you; those who didn't, well, couldn't you have paid just once for a press meal for a good cause?!

This loss snaps a nine-game home conference game winning streak for the Buffaloes (last loss: 35-27 to Iowa State on Nov. 11, 2000).

All Black Unis.  Colorado is now 13-9-1 when it dons all black uniforms (though tonight was the first time with black socks).  CU is 0-3-1 against OU when wearing all black; CU's dropped two in a row in the get-up, tonight and last year's Big 12 title game-to Oklahoma.

POST-CATCH & CONTACT.  Press box figures indicate that Oklahoma had exactly half, 124 of 248, of its passing yards after the catch (Colorado had 71), with the Sooners netting 108 of their 186 rushing yards after the first hit (CU had 44 of its 40, but the latter number includes 36 yards lost to sacks).

FIRST DOWN CONTAINMENT.  Oklahoma had put up some incredible numbers on first down, but with one exception, CU's defense did a decent job of holding OU in check.  The Sooners had a net 19 yards passing on 10 attempts (no sacks), and ran 30 first down plays overall for 132 yards, 4.4 per (38 came on one Renaldo Works run).  Colorado gained 110 yards on 24 first downs plays, 4.6 per try.

PLUS TERRITORY. The CU defense also made the Sooners work to get their yards in plus territory (the CU side of the 50): OU ran 37 plays for 165 yards (4.4 per), and the Buffs forced a pair of fumbles, one in the red zone. Colorado ran 24 plays in plus territory for 155 yards on four drives into the Sooner side of the 50(6.5 per, 3 TDs, one fumble).

In the decisive third quarter, Oklahoma outscored CU 10-0, outgained CU 155-16, ran 24 plays to CU's five, and possessed the ball for 11:22 in the period.

WR D.J. Hackett.  He caught seven balls for 64 yards tonight, upping his season numbers to 55 for 683; the 55 receptions the fourth most in a single season at CU; the 683 yards are 11th most. because WR Derek McCoy (7-43 tonight) has 49 for 721, the 10th most catches and the eighth most yards respectively.

Ouch.  Tonight marked the sixth time in eight games this year CU played a team that is currently averaging 412 or more yards per game.  OU gained 434 this evening.

OU scored "only" 34 points, ending a run of five consecutive games Cu had allowed into the 40s, which had tied the school mark in such instances.

After forcing just one turnover in the previous 16 quarters coming in, the Buffs forced three this evening, matching their season best (CU had three against Colorado State).

Colorado Injuries: CB Phil Jackson, wrist (probable for Texas Tech); OT Sam Wilder, quadricep (probable); DT DeAndre Fluellen, clavicle (day-to-day); CB Vance Washington, hamstring (probable).

QB Joel Klatt.  He completed 24-of-33 passes for 187 yards and three touchdowns. his 72.7 completion percentage is the fifth best in school history in a game where a QB attempted 30 or more passes.  His 12 TD passes on the season now tie for the sixth most in a single year at Colorado.