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Final Score: Kansas 20, Colorado 15.
FINAL SCORE: KANSAS 20, COLORADO 15.
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Deep pass to Patrick Williams is caught at the KU 32, but then CU is whistled for an illegal forward pass as Jackson had passed the line of scrimmage. Kansas declines the penalty and the game is over.
Jackson pass intended for Crawford falls short at the KU 35. Third and 25 from the 17. :11 to play.
Holding called on Buffaloes after Jackson rushes to the KU 45 and they are pulled back to the CU 17. :26 to play.
False start called on Edwin Harrison, pushes CU back to the 27.
Pass to Yates for a gain of 14. He can't get out of bounds. After incompletion to Sprague, it's second and 10 from the CU 32.
Washington calls for a fair catch at the 18. :59 left to play in the game.
Fourth and six at the Colorado 41 after two yard gain by Cornish. Delay of game called on Kansas. Jayhawks to punt to Terry Washington.
Gain of no yards on the pitch. Third and eight at the CU 43.
Colorado uses its third and final timeout at the 2:45 mark. Second and eight at the CU 43 yard line.
Colorado attempts the on-side kick, which Kansas recovers at the CU 45. Foster recovers.
Walters' 95 yard return is the second-longest miscellanous return in CU history.
KANSAS 20, COLORADO 15 - 3:17 4rd Quarter - Walters 95 yard fumble return.
Drive: 1 play, 95 yards, two point conversion fails.
Reesing fumbles, forced by Brandon Nicholas and it's caught in the air by Ryan Walters. He returns it 95 yards for the touchdown. Colorado will go for two and calls timeout. That is Colorado's first return of any kind for a touchdown this season. Barnett drops the two point conversion open in the end zone.
Reesing scrambles out of the pocket and gets loose for a 63 yard run to the Colorado two yard line. Terrence Wheatley tackles him along with Gardner McKay.
Second and eight for Kansas at their own 35. Timeout Colorado. First timeout of the half.
CU TE Riar Geer catches a lateral, which he then throws to Tyson DeVree and it is intercepted at the Kansas 33 by Talib, his second pick of the day. KU ball at their own 33, first and 10, 4:39 to play.
Long pass play complete to Dusty Sprague for a Colorado first down on second and 15. Gain of 19 for first and 10 on the 44.
Colorado picks up five yards on 3rd and two for their third-third down conversion of the game. On first down Jackson is sacked from behind and fumbles, Colorado recovers. Play is under review to see if Jackson was in the act of throwing. Play stands as called, Colorado ball on their own 25, second and 15.
KANSAS 20, COLORADO 9 - 7:57 4rd Quarter - Reesing five yard pass to Fine.
Drive: 7 plays, 53 yards, 4:02 seconds.
Reesing passes to Fine for a seven yard touchdown. Score is 20-9 KU. KU goes for two and fails on pass play to Foster. Wheatley with the coverage.
KU first and goal from the nine. Cornish gains two on first and goal.
CU defense holds KU on the first two downs with two good tackles at the line of scrimmage. Then pressure forces Reesing out of the pocket and he scrambles and finds Foster open at the 22 for a first down in CU territory. They follow that up with a Cornish rush for 13 yards to the CU nine.
KU ball at their own 47 with 11:59 to play in the game.
Colorado is 2 of 12 on third down on their own 16 and goes for long pass on 3rd and 14 to Alvin Barnett at the KU 40, but it's broken up by Talib. DiLallo to punt.
KANSAS 14, COLORADO 9 - 14:30 4rd Quarter - Reesing three yard rush.
Drive: 4 plays, 24 yards, :30 seconds.
Reesing scores his first collegiate touchdown on a three yard carry up the middle.
Reesing rushes for 14 yards to the CU 8. First trip for KU to the CU red zone.
END OF THIRD QUARTER
Jackson is picked off by KU's Aqib Talib at the KU 16 yard line and then tackles the interceptor at the CU 25.
Bernard Jackson with a 22-yard rush, CU's longest play from scrimmage of the day. Ball on the 27.
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CU gets their second third-down conversion of the game on a rush by Holliday. It's 1st and 10 from the CU 38.
COLORADO 9, KANSAS 7 - 4:35 3rd Quarter - Corning pass from Reesing - 22 yards
Drive: 4 plays, 76 yards, 2:10
Reesing throws deep for Jeff Foster, and Lionel Harris is beaten on the route so he jumps up into Foster's face, drawing a pass interference call. It was a perfect throw.
Big gain for Kansas as Reesing passes to Jake Sharp. Ball on the CU 34.
Colorado ball 3rd and 7, Kansas declines a pass interference call so it's fourth and seven. DiLallo to punt. It's a 42 yarder. KU gets it on their own 24.
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Colorado to go for it on fourth and one. Jackson tries the QB sneak to get the yard, but he is denied by Arist Wright. KU ball on their own 13 yard line. Reesing will be back in at quarterback on the drive. 12:05 mark of the 3rd quarter.
KU's Talib has a Bernard Jackson pass in his hands for an interception but sees the endzone before he pulls it in and drops it.
Reesing is picked off by Lionel Harris on the KU 38. The ball was tipped and Harris made a nice play to come up with the catch.
START OF THIRD QUARTER. New QB in for Kansas is Todd Reesing, a true freshman from Austin, Texas. He gets a nice ovation as he burns his redshirt. His first attempt is incomplete.
Shameless halftime plug: For those of you in the Boulder/Denver area there's a fun CU athletics activity this evening. From 6-7 p.m. at Coors Events Center, CU's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee will be hosting a trick-or-treat street for kids. So dress up your little guys and bring them up for the fun times and stick around for a big volleyball match between the Buffs and Texas. Fans in costume get in free.
Nuggets: Brad Jones' interception was the first of his career. CU as of halftime has committed just eight penalties over the last 14 quarters. Paul Backowski got his first career start.
Colorado has now extended it's scoring streak to 219 consecutive games. It marks the 153rd time the Buffs have extended that streak in the first quarter. CU now ties Hawai'i for the 11th-longest streak ever. Abe Wright's sack made him the first Buff to get at least 10 sacks since Ronnie Woolfork had 13.5 in 1992. He has 19.5 for his career and moves into seventh all time.
Injury Report: James Cox has broken the thumb on his throwing hand and is out for the game. Patrick Devenny will now change to No. 18 and will back up Bernard Jackson.
Colorado is now 18 of 25 in the red zone. That makes seven touchdowns and 11 field goals. Mason Crosby is 15-21 on field goals and has 56 points on the season. He is now 5-6 from 20-29 and 6-7 from 30-39 yards.
HALFTIME STATS
Offensive stats: Colorado 10 first downs. 135 total yards of offense, 44 passing and 91 rushing. Hugh Charles has 50 yards on eight carries. Bernard Jackson is 5 of 10 for 32 yards. Alvin Barnett leads the way with 26 yards receiving on three catches. CU is just 1 of 8 on third down.
Defensive stats: Thaddaeus Washington leads Colorado with five tackles. Brad Jones and Terrence Wheatley each have an INT, and Abraham Wright has one sack. Wright now has 10 sacks for 86 yards of loss.
Special teams stats: DiLallo has punted three times for an average of 45.0 yards and a long of 51. Two of them inside the 20.
Colorado has visited the red zone twice today for a total of 24 times this season. CU has now scored 16 times in the red zone so far this season, with seven touchdowns and nine field goals to show for it.
Crosby kicks off for a touchback. Kansas runs one play for one yard before time expires. At halftime, it's Colorado 9, Kansas 0.
Colorado 9, Kansas 0 - :41 2nd Quarter - Crosby FG - 32 yards
Drive: 5 plays, 16 yards, :49 seconds. CU's shortest drive of the season by drive time.
Crosby on for 32 yard attempt.
Jackson throws into the corner of the endzone for Riar Geer but it goes out of bounds. 3rd and 10 from the 15. Third down intended for Dusty Sprague out of bounds.
Bernard Jackson rushes for a 16 yard gain to the KU 14 yard line. He spikes the ball on first down to save CU's last timeout with :57 to play.
Colorado's Brad Jones picks it off with one hand on the KU sideline and returns it to the 30 yard line. 1:27 left.
Tucker to punt to McBride for Colorado. Roughing the kicker gives KU the automatic first down. CU would have gotten the ball at the KU 41.
Abraham Wright sacks Barmann on the 11 yard line for a nine yard loss. Fourth and 29 from their own 11. Timeout Colorado.
They reset the clock to 2:00 and Kansas rushes for no yards. Timeout Colorado 1:54.
Timeout Colorado at 1:49. Kansas with a second and 20 play with the ball on their own 20 after a holding penalty.
DiLallo on to punt for the third time today with the ball on the CU 30. Lamback to receive. He punts it 40 yards and it rolls out of bounds at the KU 30.
CU starts their fifth drive of the game with 4:06 left in the second quarter. Jackson at quarterback.
KU going for it on fourth down. Abraham Wright almost sacks Adam Barmann, but in forcing him to rush the throw he throws short of the first down and CU takes over on downs at their own 31.
Kansas whistled for a false start. That's their third penalty for a total of 25 yards.
Kansas into Colorado territory. First and 10 at the CU 37.
Colorado is now 18 of 25 in the red zone. That makes seven touchdowns and 11 field goals. Mason Crosby is 14-20 on field goals and has 53 points on the season. He is now 5-6 from 20-29 and 5-6 from 30-39 yards.
Colorado 6, Kansas 0 - 8:57 2nd Quarter - Crosby FG - 26 yards
Drive: 9 plays, 51 yards, 4:20
CU does not convert on third and nine, and are now 1-6 on third down today.
Colorado in the red zone for the second time today. This the 24th time in the red zone for Colorado this season. CU has scored 16 times in the red zone so far this season, with seven touchdowns and nine field goals to show for it.
Charles has carried the ball the last three times for gains of nine, 18 and six yards.
Colorado into KU territory on runs by Hugh Charles. 18 yard gain longest CU play of the day so far.
Buffalo ball on their own 40. Fourth possession of the ball game for Colorado. Best starting field position so far. Jackson in at quarterback.
1st Quarter Stats: Colorado has already completed four passes today, one more than all of the Oklahoma game last week. Six first downs, 31 yards passing and 38 yards rushing. Jackson is 3 for 5 for 19 yards, Cox is 1 for 4 for 12 yards.
It's fourth down and eight on the Colorado 40 to start the fourth quarter. DiLallo is on to punt. He boots it 51 yards and the Jayhawks return it nine yards to the Colorado 18. His average is 43.20 and his net is 37.1. Both his punts today have been inside the 20, that's 13 on the year for him.
END OF FIRST QUARTER - COLORADO 3, KANSAS 0
Pass by KU's Adam Barmann is picked off by CU CB Terrence Wheatley on the 25 yard line with a two yard return. It's his fifth pick of the year and the ninth of his career. He leads the Big 12 in the stat and is 19th in the country.
Kansas is into Colorado territory for the first time today. They are on the CU 35.
Colorado has now extended it's scoring streak to 219 consecutive games. It marks the 153rd time the Buffs have extended that streak in the first quarter.
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Colorado 3, Kansas 0 - 4:51 1st Quarter - Crosby 37 yards
Drive: 14 plays, 53 yards, 5:04 - Colorado's longest scoring drive of the season (by play count).
Mason Crosby on for a 37 yard field goal attempt.
James Cox gets clocked three yards out of bounds and well short of the first down on the Colorado bench on third down and 17. Personal foul (15 yard penalty) on KU gives Colorado the first down.
9:59 1Q - Chase McBride on the punt return (56 yard punt, 5 yard return). That is his first punt return.
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James Cox in at quarterback on 3rd and six. It's his first action since the Texas Tech game.
Kansas won the toss and elected to defer. They will kickoff from the south end of the field. Byron Ellis and Terry Washington are back to receive. They kick through the endzone. Bernard Jackson at quarterback for Colorado at the 20.
We've got sunny skies, 60 degrees, wind out of the south-southwest at 10-12 mph. The Buffs are in their road white jerseys and black pants for today's game. KU are wearing blue helmets, red jerseys and white pants with a blue stripe down the side.
Colorado leads the series with Kansas by a 41-23-3 count, including a 17-13-3 edge in Lawrence. This is Dan Hawkins' first game against Kansas; KU's Mark Mangino is 0-4 vs. the Buffaloes.