Colorado-Air Force Notes

vs
TCU

Oct 4 (Sat)

5:30 p.m.


- Records.  The CU lead in the series is now 12-6, with a 5-2 edge in Colorado Springs.  The two are not scheduled to meet at this time in the foreseeable future (this home-and-home series was signed back in 2015) … Colorado is now 0-3 in Saturday’s uniform look  (silver/grey helmet, all white uniforms; CU previous lost in the look at Utah in 2015 and at Washington State in 2017)  ... CU is now 23-22 in second games of a season following a loss in the season opener (7-12 on the road) … CU is 0-2 for the first time since 2012.
 
-   This-N-That. This was the highest elevation for a CU game since CU’s last visit to Air Force (in 1974; Wyoming has the highest elevated stadium—CU last played there in 1946—CU has the third) … CU’s last game with significant rainfall throughout was at Washington State in 2019 … CU’s first defensive penalty of the year came 90:51 into the season … Player participation: 63 of the 78 players dressed for today’s game saw action … CU’s streak without throwing an interception ended at 183 on the first play of the second quarter.
 
- Passing Lows.  Air Force was 1-of-5 for 8 yards; it tied for the 10th fewest completions against CU (the 27th time one or fewer) … the 5 attempts tied for the 13th fewest … the 8 yards was the 20th time an opponent had 10 or fewer yards in a game and the fewest since Nebraska had 3 in 1987 … The previous low yardage in recent memory was 40 yards by Nicholls State in 2015 (on 6-of-22 passing).
 
 FIRST CAREER STARTS   Three made their first career starts (at Colorado):
TRUE FRESHMEN (1): WR Jordyn Tyson
JUNIORS (1): QB J.T. Shrout
GRADUATE TRANSFERS (1): ILB Josh Chandler-Semedo
 
FIRST CAREER ACTION  Two players made their Buffalo debuts today (*—mainly on special teams):
 
TRUE FRESHMEN (1): ILB Aubrey Smith
REDSHIRT FROSH (1): S *Ben Finneseth  
 
INDIVIDUAL LINER NOTES
WR Daniel Arias (2-36, 18.0 avg. receiving)
 He moved into 80th in all-time receiving yards at CU with 526 (on 34 receptions) – the 85th player in CU history to top 500 receiving yards.
 
TB Deion Smith (11-59, 5.4 avg. 1 TD rushing)
He had career highs in attempts and yards (old: 10-43 at UCLA last November 13 … which of course is the same date that Felix Unger was told to leave his house and never return). 
He scored his third career touchdown, using his longest collegiate run to do so; he previous long had been 21 against Northern Colorado in the 2021 season opener; he initially topped that with a 23-yard burst on the same drive his would score from 25 yards out.
 
PK Cole Becker (1-1 PAT, 1-1 FG, 4 points)
He is now 3-of-3 this year in field goals and has made 17-of-his-last- 20 dating back to last season.
All seven of his kickoffs this season have gone for touchbacks.
He jumped from 78th into a tie for 74th on CU’s all-time scoring chart with 78 points.
 
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