Colorado University Athletics

Colorado-Utah Notes

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Arizona

Nov 1 (Sat)

TBA

  • Travis Hunter (132 snaps, 5 catches, 55 yards, 1 rush, 5 yards, 1 rushing TD, 1 interception, 1 pass breakup, 3 tackles) 
    • He became the first player in either the NFL or FBS to have 50 receiving yards, a rushing touchdown and interception in the same game in the past 24 years since Champ Bailey did it in the NFL for Washington against Arizona on Dec. 24, 2000, per OptaSTATS. 
    • He scored his 10th touchdown of the season, which is his first career rushing touchdown.  
    • He has 74 receptions for 913 yards and 9 receiving TDs this season. 
    • He has 3 interceptions and 8 pass break-ups with 24 tackles, 2 TFL and 1 forced fumble. 
  • Shedeur Sanders (30-of-41 passing, 340 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT) 
    • His sixth 300-yard passing game of the season, he broke his own CU record of five such games from last season.  He now has 20 career 300-yard passing games.
    • He surpassed the 3,000-yard plateau and is now 280-of-384 for 3,222 yards with 27 TDs and 7 INTs. He's the first QB with multiple 3,000-yard passing seasons in CU history. 
    • His 27 passing touchdowns are tied with his total from last season as the second-most in a season in CU history, one behind the record of 28 from Sefo Liufau in 2014.
    • He has 31 total touchdowns this season (four rushing) and tied his own CU season record for most touchdowns responsible for in a season. 
    • He threw for a touchdown in his 21st straight game, setting a new CU record and breaking Sefo Liufau's record of 20 from 2013-14.  He now has thrown a touchdown in 46 straight games. 
    • He now has 10 games in his career completing 70 percent or more of his passes, all with 30-plus attempts, the most in program history.
    • He has completed 60-percent of his passes in all 10 games this season and hasn't gone more than one straight game completing fewer than 70 percent. 
    • He has eight straight games with 250-plus yards and multiple TDs, a CU record.
  • Defense, Defense, Defense (4 sacks, 4 turnovers, 5 PBU, 5 QBH, 9 TFL) 
    • CU's defense held Utah to 31 rushing yards, the fewest from the Utes since the 2011 season.  CU forced four turnovers, had four sacks, three interceptions and three forced fumbles (losing one) against the Utes.  
    • Tawfiq Thomas and Shilo Sanders got in on the sack party, the 13th and 14th players to record a sack this season.  Shilo Sanders also had his fifth force fumble while a Buff in the game. 
    • CU's defense has forced three or more turnovers in five games this season, including the last two. 
    • CU's defense leads the Big 12 in sacks and now has four or more sacks in five of the last six games.  
    • In the last six games, CU's defense has 28 sacks and forced 15 turnovers. 
    • Beyond Hunter's interception, Nakhai Hill-Green had his second interception in as many games while D.J. McKinney got his first career interception. 
  • Five More Player Tidbits
    • Isaiah Augustave scored on a 37-yard rushing touchdown in the third quarter, the longest scoring run for the Buffaloes since 2018. He finished the game with 7 rushes for 59 yards and 1 touchdown. 
    • Charlie Offerdahl scored his first career touchdown in the fourth quarter on a four-yard run.  
    • Dre'Lon Miller had 6 catches for 108 yards and is the fifth different CU receiver to have a 100-yard game this season. 
    • LaJohntay Wester scored on a 76-yard punt return TD and added 10 catches for 77 yards for 153 all-purpose yards.  He scored his ninth TD of the season and now has 55 catches for 660 yards and 8 receiving TDs this year. 
    • Cam'Ron Silmon-Craig led CU with 6 tackles, including 5 solo.  He led the FBS for safeties in solo tackles entering the weekend with 51 and he now has 5-plus tackles in each of the last nine games. 
  • Five Game Tidbits
    • This was CU's first win against Utah since 2016 and just the third win over the Utes since the 1958 season, snapping a seven-game losing streak to the Utes. 
    • This was the fifth-earliest game in Folsom Field history, officially kicking off at 10:11 a.m. MT.  
    • The announced attendance of 54,646 is the largest in 19 years, the fourth-most in CU history and the 20th sellout in 22 games (home and away) in the Coach Prime Era. 
    • CU is 8-2 for the first time since 2016 and has won eight games for just the second time in the past 20 seasons. 
    • CU has won four straight games for the first time since 2020 and seven of eight for the first time since 2016.