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Sep 27 (Sat)

8:15 PM

Colorado Postgame Notes

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- 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)