Colorado-Nebraska Notes
vs
Arizona
Nov 1 (Sat)
TBA
Players who carried out CU’s symbolic instruments today:
Sledgehammer: Laviska Shenault
Toolbox: Josh Kaiser
United States Flag: Kyle Trego
Colorado Flag: Brady Russell
ATTENDANCE Today’s attendance of 89,853 marked the eighth largest crowd a CU team has played in front of; four of the top 13 have come here in Lincoln. (Full list on page 266 of media guide.)
QUICKLY Colorado won for the first time in Lincoln since a 26-20 verdict in 2004; the Huskers lead the series 49-19-2 overall … MacIntyre is now 15-5 in non-conference games at Colorado … Colorado scored on its second straight opening game drive, marching 86 yards in eight plays; as with the CSU game last week (7-75), the Buffaloes did not have a third down on either possession … QB Josh Goldin was the only player who saw his first career action as a Buff (after 34 last week); he replaced P Alex Kinney as the holder on placements; Kinney was injured on his first punt and did not return to the game …
INDIVIDUAL LINER NOTES
QB Steven Montez (50-33-0, 351, 3 TD, 144.8 QBR passing; 11-(-7) rushing; 344 TO)
—With 344 yards of total offense, he now has 5,261 for his career, as he became the ninth player in CU history to eclipse 5,000 yards; he passed John Hessler (5,064) into eighth. Of those yards, 4,681 are passing, as he remains ninth on that list and looking to join six others who have reached 5,000.
—He now owns an NCAA quarterback rating of 178.6 for the season (689 yards, 55-of-75, 7 TD/1 INT).
WR Laviska Shenault (10-177, 1 TD receiving).
—He now has 21 receptions for 388 yards on the young season; he is the third player in the MacIntyre Era to score touchdowns rushing and receiving in the same game (joining Phillip Lindsay vs. UCLA at Pasadena, Sept. 30, 2017 (1 rush, 1 receiving) and George Frazier at California, Sept. 27, 2014 (1 rush, 1 receiving).
—With back-to-back 100-yard receiving games, it’s the sixth time under MacIntyre a receiver has accomplished that feat, joining Paul Richardson (twice in 2013), Nelson Spruce (once in 2014), and Shay Fields (once each in 2015 and 2017).
WR Jay MacIntyre (8-45, 2 TD)
—He had career high eight receptions (old: 7 vs. Washington State in 2016); it was also his first career 2-TD game.
ILB Rick Gamboa (4,6—10 TT)
—He became the 16th player in Colorado history to record 300 tackles, hitting the mark with his first tackle today; he passed three players into 13th all-time on CU’s tackles list.
ILB Nate Landman (8,5—13 TT; 1 INT)
—He had an interception for the second straight game, and was in on two fourth down stops, a third down stop and had two tackles for loss. He has 27 tackles (12 solo) in two games.
PK James Stefanou (3-3 PAT, 2-4 FG)
—He is now 44-of-44 pm PAT kicks to open his CU career, setting the school mark for the most consecutive PAT makes to start a career; Neil Voskeritchian was 41-of-41 in the first 10 games of his career back in 1994.