Colorado University Athletics
Colorado-Minnesota Notes
Sep 12 (Sat)
1:30 PM
QUICKLY
- Series. Colorado now leads the series by a 3-2 count (1-1 in Boulder, 2-1 in Minneapolis). No games between the two are scheduled in the future at this time.
- 0-3. Colorado is 0-3 for just the 13th time in its history, last doing so in 2012.
- Long One. Opponents had been 0-of-25 on third and 20 or more since 2011; Ibrahim’s 34-yard run on 3rd-and-21 was the first such conversion since Stanford converted
- Fourth Down Success. Colorado was 4-of-5 on fourth downs, tying for the third most converted in a game:
6-of-8 vs. Indiana in Boulder, Sept. 27, 1980.
5-of-5 vs. Baylor at Waco, Nov. 13, 1999.
4-of-4 vs. Kansas State in Boulder, Oct. 3, 1964.
4-of-4 vs. Oklahoma State in Boulder, Nov. 15, 2008.
4-of-4 vs. Oregon at Eugene, Oct. 30, 2021.
4-of-5 vs. Minnesota at Minneapolis, Sept. 17, 2022.
FIRST CAREER STARTS Four players made their first starts for the Buffaloes today: TE Caleb Fauria, S Jeremy Mack, TB Deion Smith and OG Van Wells
FIRST ACTION AS BUFFALOES Three players saw their first action as Buffaloes today: ILB Isaiah Hurtado, QB Owen McCown and OL Ben Reznik.
OTHER FIRSTS … Accomplished in today’s game:
QB Owen McCown: first career completion on first attempt (3 yards to Olsen).
TE Erik Olsen: first career reception.
INDIVIDUAL LINER NOTES
TE Austin Smith (1-4, 4.0 avg., 1 TD receiving)
He became the 18th known player in CU history to score a touchdown on first career touch—joining two current teammates who also had done so:
|
Player |
Date |
Opponent |
Score |
How |
|
|
Lamar Meyer |
Sept. 18, 1954 |
DRAKE |
W |
61- 0 |
26 pass from Frank Bernardi |
|
Gerry Leahy |
Sept. 25, 1954 |
COLORADO ST. |
W |
46- 0 |
8 pass from Homer Scott |
|
Leon Mavity |
Sept. 30, 1961 |
OKLAHOMA ST. |
W |
24- 0 |
60 punt return |
|
Chuck Morris |
Nov. 25, 1961 |
IOWA STATE |
W |
34- 0 |
12 pass from Pat Young |
|
Roger Wissmiller |
Oct. 20, 1962 |
at Iowa State |
L |
19-57 |
2 pass from Frank Cesarek |
|
Larry Ferguson |
Sept. 15, 1973 |
at Louisiana State |
L |
6-17 |
37 run |
|
Mike Kerin |
Sept. 27, 1975 |
WICHITA STATE |
W |
52- 0 |
32 pass from Jeff Austin |
|
Craig Keenan |
Sept. 25, 1982 |
WYOMING |
L |
10-24 |
1 run |
|
James Kidd |
Sept. 11, 1993 |
BAYLOR |
W |
45-21 |
25 pass from Vance Joseph |
|
Jeremy Bloom |
Aug. 31, 2002 |
Colorado State |
L |
14-19 |
75 punt return |
|
DaVaughn Thornton |
Nov. 6, 2010 |
at Kansas |
L |
45-52 |
12 pass from Cody Hawkins |
|
Scott Fernandez |
Nov. 10, 2012 |
at Arizona |
L |
31-56 |
71 pass from Connor Wood |
|
Jay MacIntyre |
Sept. 26, 2015 |
NICHOLLS STATE |
W |
48- 0 |
38 pass from Sefo Liufau |
|
Kabion Ento |
Sept. 10, 2016 |
IDAHO STATE |
W |
56- 7 |
69 pass from Steven Montez |
|
Laviska Shenault |
Sept. 9, 2017 |
TEXAS STATE |
W |
37- 3 |
55 punt return |
|
Daniel Arias |
Oct. 20, 2018 |
at Washington |
L |
13-27 |
27 pass from Steven Montez |
|
Trevor Woods |
Oct. 16, 2021 |
ARIZONA |
W |
34- 0 |
36 blocked punt return |
|
Austin Smith |
Sept. 17, 2022 |
at Minnesota |
L |
7- 49 |
4 pass from J.T.Shrou |
TB Deion Smith (10-70, 7.0 avg., 0 TD rushing)
He recorded his career high in yards for the second straight game, eclipsing the 59 yards on 11 carries at Air Force last week.
TB Charlie Offerdahl (8-55, 6.9 avg., 0 TD rushing)
In his first extensive action, he had career highs in both attempts and yards and also earned five first downs.
S Isaiah Lewis (7,1—8 TT, 1 INT)
He made his third career interception to stifle a Minnesota first quarter possession. His eight tackles also led CU today.
QB Brendon Lewis (6-2-0, 14, 0 TD, 52.9 rating)
He has now thrown 156 consecutive passes without an interception; that is the second-longest in school annals:
172 Steven Montez (seven games, Sept. 23-Nov. 4, 2017)
156 Brendon Lewis (eight games, Oct. 23, 2021 to present)
152 Sefo Liufau (nine games, Nov. 13, 2015 to Nov. 3, 2016)
139 Joel Klatt (five games, Oct. 15 to Nov. 12, 2005)
131 Tyler Hansen (four games, Sept. 3 to Oct. 1, 2011)