Colorado-California Notes
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Texas Tech
Oct 3 (Sat)
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Records. California now leads the series by a 7-5 count (5-0 in Berkeley, 2-5 in Boulder) … CU is now 32-24 in the post-World War II Era (1946-present) in games following a bye week (6-6 since joining the Pac-12) … Cal is the 24th school the Buffs have played 24 or more times; CU is 13-10-1 all-time in those 24th games ... Colorado is now 3-3 under interim head coaches … Colorado is now 9-9 in overtime games; this is the second CU won with a TD pass in the first OT (other: 1999 in Boulder vs, Missouri in 46-39 win; Mike Moschetti 24 yard pass to Marcus Stiggers; Ben Kelly INT on defense ended it).
- Special Teams Captain. Interim head coach Mike Sanford put in place a move to select a special teams captain for each game for the remainder of the year. Today’s was OLB Ben Finneseth.
- Family Weekend Games.  CU started to regularly include a football game in its Parent’s Weekend events in 1992; the name was eventually changed to Family Weekend in 2003. Colorado is 21-9 in these games; today’s attendance of 50,471 ups the overall attendance for the 30 games to 1,489,463, or 49,649 per.
-  Scoreless First Quarter. The scoreless first quarter in today’s game was just the 12th involving the Buffaloes over the last 239 games (dating back to 2003); last was vs. Minnesota in 2021.
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-  3-0 …  CU’s lead at halftime; the last time CU shutout a team in the first half was Family Weekend vs. Arizona last year (6-0).
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- Night & Day Part I. Colorado allowed 400 yards in the first half to Arizona its last time out (Oct. 1). Cal had 103 today.
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-  Night & Day Part II. Colorado allowed 673 yards on defense in the 43-20 loss at Arizona two weeks ago; Cal came into today averaging 398.2 yards offensively but was held to 297. The 376-yard difference between games is the seventh-best improvement from one game to the next in CU history. The top 10:
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1980Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Oklahoma (875)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Drake (347)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 528
1981Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Nebraska (719)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Oklahoma State (238)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 481
1946Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Texas (594)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Utah State (127)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 467
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Oklahoma (670)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Missouri (225)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 445
1949Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Oregon (515)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Utah State (109)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 406
2009Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Toledo (624)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Wyoming (230)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 394
2022Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Arizona (673)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â California (297)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 376
1984Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Missouri (639)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Iowa State (274)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 365
2016Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Southern Cal (548)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Arizona State (199)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 349
2003Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Colorado State (585)Â Â Â Â Â Â UCLA (243)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 342
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- Night & Day Part III. In the first five games, CU allowed 19 plays of 20 yards or more on first down and 50 of 10 yards or longer; Cal was limited to one and five today, respectively.
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-  Sacks. CU had two day and now five on the season; DE Terrance Lang had one, giving him 10½ for his career, jumping him from 43rd to tying 37th all-time at CU (43rd with 10+ sacks).
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-  Honorary C Awards. Starting in 1955, these have been presented to a person or persons for their dedication of service or contributions to University of Colorado Athletics. Six honored today: staff members Jen Green (operations), Tim Horton (equipment, recently retired), Kimbirly Orr (C Club executive director), donors William & LeMoine Dowd; and Rich Castro, former women’s cross country and track coach and longtime employee of CU’s recreation center.
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- First Action As Buffs. Three players saw their first action as a Buffalo: LB Caiden Robertson, DB Austin Dahlke, CB Trey Ortega.Â
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INDIVIDUAL LINER NOTES
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WR Montana Lemonious-Craig (8-119, 14.9 avg., 1 TD, 4 FD)
-He career-highs in receptions and yards and scored the third TD of his career, along with a career-best long of 37 yards.Â
-It was CU’s first 100-yard game of the season; the first since Brenden Rice at Oregon last Oct. 30, 2021 (5-102); it was the most yards since Dimitri Stanley at Stanford in 2020 (6-126).
-He was targeted eight times and caught all eight.
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