Colorado University Athletics

Colorado-Utah Notes

vs
Weber State

Sep 12 (Sat)

TBA


 Series.  Utah has won eight of the 10 meetings since both joined the Pac-1 and has tied the series at 32-32-2 (the first time it has been tied since 23-23-1).  The Utes have won four straight.
General.  Kickoff was officially at 10:05 a.m., the earliest in Folsom Field history (old: 10:09 a.m. vs Nebraska on Nov. 23, 2007) ... CU is now 24-30-1 when wearing all black uniforms; the Buffs are 3-20 in the black helmets and 0-8 when in black from head-to-toe … CU is now 13-19 in the month of December (5-8 in regular season games) … TB Jarek Broussard’s fumble was the first by a CU running back this season (on the 166th attempt by a running back), and the first loss suffered by an RB in 19 games (Travon McMillian had the only that season at Washington State) … CU didn’t penetrate the red zone for the first time since Nov. 3, 2012 in a 48-0 home loss to Stanford. 
 
IT WAS INEVITABLE    With three games on the regular season in December, it was most likely at least one would make the list of the coldest games in school history.  Today’s 23-degree temperature at kickoff marked the 10th coldest it has been for a CU game (and the seventh coldest at home).  At halftime, it “warmed” to 24 degrees; at the game’s end, it was 23.
 
COLORADO’S COLDEST GAMES (*—night game)
Date                           Opponent                                 Result         Temperature (WC)/Conditions
Nov. 11, 1911     COLORADO A&M          W 31-  0       7 ( -1) / snow flurries
Nov. 21, 1931     COLORADO COLLEGE W 17-  7     10 (  7) / light snow
Nov.   2, 1991     *NEBRASKA                   T 19-19     12 ( -8) / cloudy
Nov. 23, 1918     at Denver                       L    0-  6     15 (15) / cloudy
Nov. 16, 1996     *KANSAS STATE           W 12-  0     16 ( -3) / snow flurries
Nov. 23, 1991     at Iowa State                  W 17-14     17 ( -8) / blizzard conditions
Nov.  2, 1935      COLORADO COLLEGE W 23-  0     18 (14) / cloudy
Nov. 14, 1959     at Nebraska                    L 12-14     19 ( -1) / cloudy & windy
Nov. 11, 2000     IOWA STATE                 L 27-35     19 (  2) / snowfall throughout
Dec. 12, 2020     UTAH                             L 21-38     23 (19) / cloudy
Nov. 23, 1985     KANSAS STATE            W 30-  0     24 (13) / sunny & windy
Nov. 23, 2007     NEBRASKA                    W 65-51     24 (13) / cloudy
Nov. 15, 1997     at Kansas State              L 20-37     25 (  6) / cloudy & windy
Nov. 28, 2015     at Utah                           L 14-20     26 (21) / snow flurries
Nov.   7, 1936     UTAH                             W 31-  7     27 (23) / cloudy
Nov.  7, 1936      UTAH                             W  31- 7     27 (23) / cloudy
Nov. 22, 1958     at Utah                           W   7-  0     28 (11) / snowy & windy
Nov. 13, 1976     KANSAS                         W 40-17     28 (19) / overcast, light fog
Nov. 30, 2019     *at Utah                          L 15-45     28 (23) / partly cloudy
 
CU is now 14-9-1 all-time, including a 12-3-1 mark at home, when the thermometer doesn’t crack 30 degrees.
 
FIRSTS OF CAREER   Junior WR Maurice Bell had his first career TD reception; CB Mekhi Blackmon has his first career interception.
 
INDIVIDUAL LINER NOTES
 
WR Brenden Rice (1-61, TD receiving; 81-yard punt return TD)
The last Buff to score a touchdown in the same game by reception and return (punt or kickoff) was WR Walter Stanley against Texas Tech on Sept. 12, 1981 (2 receiving, 1 punt); ironically, his son Dimitri had key blocks on both today.
It tied for the 12th longest in school history, and was the first since Sept. 9, 2017, when Laviska Shenault was credited with one for 55 yards against Texas Tech (scooped up a fumble); Isaiah Oliver returned one 68 yards against UCLA on Nov. 3, 2016.  It was the longest since Ben Kelly had an 88-yard return for a score against Boston College in the 1999 Insight.com Bowl.
 
TB Jarek Broussard (14-80, 0 TD, 3 FD rushing; 3-6 receiving)
He came close to rushing for 100 yards in a fifth straight game, but with 813 yards will remain among the national leaders at 162.6 yards per game.
 
MOST RUSHING YARDS / FIRST FIVE CU GAMES IN ANY SEASON
Player, Class                                 Season           Att.       Yards          Avg.       TD  100-yd Gm
Rashaan Salaam, Jr.               1994           135        893       6.61     12                4
Jarek Broussard, Soph.        2020           129        813       6.30       3                4
Chris Brown, Jr.                     2002           116        678       5.84       8                3
Kayo Lam, Sr.                        1935             74        670       9.05       6                3
Bob Stransky, Sr.                   1957             92        635       6.90       8                3
Byron White, Sr.                     1937           123        635       5.16       7                3
Eric Bieniemy, Soph.               1988           105        629       5.99       5                3
James Mayberry, Jr.               1977             96        601       6.26       6                2
FIRST FIVE GAMES PLAYED IN A SEASON (he did not play in the opener):
Eric Bieniemy, Sr.                   1990           139        735       5.29       7                4
 
ILB Nate Landman (5,1—6 TT; 1 QBS, 1 TFL, 1 3DS)
If his injury is season-ending and he doesn’t return, and if the six tackles are correct, he would finish his CU career with 337 tackles, 11th all-time (with 46 third down stops, third all-time).