UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BUFFALOES vs. UTAH UTES

UNIVERSITY OF

COLORADO BUFFALOES vs. UTAH UTES OFFICIAL STATISTICS & PLAY‐BY‐PLAY December 12, 2020 / Folsom Field, Boulder

Score-By-Quarters 1 2 3 4 Final

UtahUtes 7 3 14 14 — 38ColoradoBuffaloes 0 14 7 0 — 21

Team Scoring Play (Drive/Notes) Score Time Qtr

Utah — Solomon Enis 7 pass from Jake Bentley (Jadon Redding kick) 0- 7 12:03 1Q Drive: 6 plays, 60 yards, 2:57. KEY PLAYS—Covey 40 KOR; Bentley 24 pass to Kuithe to C36; Jordan 17 run to C10; TD on 3rd-&-6

COLORADO — Maurice Bell 21 pass from Sam Noyer (Evan Price kick) 7- 7 12:46 2Q Drive: 11 plays, 90 yards, 3:33. KEY PLAYS—Noyer 41 pass to Shenault to U35 on 3rd-&-7; SD23; Noyer 5 run to U22 on 34red-&-2; TD on 3rd-&-9

COLORADO — Brenden Rice 81 punt return (Evan Price kick) 14- 7 1:30 2Q Utah — Jadon Redding 42 FG 14-10 0:00 2Q Drive: 3 plays, 15 yards, 0:13. KEY PLAY—Broughton recovery of Broussard fumble at C40

COLORADO — Brenden Rice 61 pass from Sam Noyer (Evan Price kick) 21-10 14:39 3Q Drive: 1 play, 61 yards, 0:11. KEY PLAY—Shenault 39 KOR to C39.

Utah — Ty Jordan 18 run (Jadon Redding kick) 21-17 13:14 3Q Drive: 3 plays, 60 yards, 1:25. KEY PLAYS—Jordan 35 run to C35, Bentley 7 pass to Solomon to C18

Utah — Britain Covey 20 pass from Jake Bentley (Jadon Redding kick) 21-24 6:23 3Q Drive: 10 plays, 80 yards, 5:28 (2 def. penalties). KEY PLAYS—Bentley 30 pass to Thompson to U45; Bentley 6 pass to Covey to C44 on 3rd & 5; TD on 3rd-& 4.

Utah — Jadon Redding 43 FG 21-27 9:19 4Q Drive: 7 plays, 28 yards, 3:49. KEY PLAYS—Covey 28 PR to U47; Bentley 12 pass to Thompson to C31

Utah — Ty Jordan 66 run (Dalton Kincaid pass from Jake Bentley) 21-35 4:43 4Q Drive: 1 play, 66 yards, 0:11.

Utah — Jadon Redding 38 FG 21-38 2:34 4Q Drive: 4 plays, (-2) yards, 1:52. KEY PLAY—Utah stopped CU on 4th-&-10

OFFICIALS (Pac-12): Mike McCabe (referee), Matthew Jordan (umpire), Bob Day (head linesman), Tim Messuri (line judge), J.B. Garza (side judge), Shane Standley (field judge), Steven Steichen (back judge), Jay Edwards (center judge), Jim Northcutt (replay official).

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WEATHER 23 degrees (19 wind chill), cloudy skies, 93% humidity, winds from the northeast at 3 mph

TIME OF GAME� Kickoff 10:05 a.m.� End ��1:20 p.m.� Elapsed Time��3:15� ATTENDANCE N/A

Team Statistics (Final)

The Automated ScoreBook

UTAH vs #21 Colorado (Dec 12, 2020 at Boulder, Colo.)

UTAH COLO

FIRST DOWNS 22 15

R u s h i n g 9 5

P a s s i n g 12 10

P e n a l t y 1 0

NET YARDS RUSHING 192 110

Rushing Attempts 40 27

Average Per Rush 4.8 4.1

Rushing Touchdowns 2 0

Yards Gained Rushing 226 122

Yards Lost Rushing 34 12

NET YARDS PASSING 240 267

C o m p l e t i o n s - A t t e m p t s - I n t 20-32-1 18-39-1

Average Per Attempt 7.5 6.8

Average Per Completion 12.0 14.8

Passing Touchdowns 2 2

TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 432 377

Total offense plays 72 66

Average Gain Per Play 6.0 5.7

Fumbles: Number-Lost 3-0 2-2

Penalties: Number-Yards 0-0 4-35

PUNTS-YARDS 5-182 5-224

Average Yards Per Punt 36.4 44.8

Net Yards Per Punt 20.2 32.0

Inside 20 2 0

50+ Yards 0 1

T o u c h b a c k s 0 1

Fair catch 2 1

KICKOFFS-YARDS 7-452 4-230

Average Yards Per Kickoff 64.6 57.5

Net Yards Per Kickoff 40.1 35.5

T o u c h b a c k s 3 0

Fair Catch Yards 0 25

Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 3-44-0 1-81-1

Average Per Return 14.7 81.0

Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 3-88-0 4-96-0

Average Per Return 29.3 24.0

Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 1-11-0 1-1-0

Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 1-9-0 0-0-0

Miscellaneous Yards 0 0

Possession Time 36:11 23:49

1st Quarter 9 : 0 7 5 : 5 3

2nd Quarter 8 : 2 2 6 : 3 8

3rd Quarter 11:05 3 : 5 5

4th Quarter 7 : 3 7 7 : 2 3

Third-Down Conversions 6 of 15 8 of 16

Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 1 0 of 3

Red-Zone Scores-Chances 4-5 0-0

T o u c h d o w n s 3-5 0-0

Field goals 1-5 0-0

Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-6 1-7

PAT Kicks 3-3 3-3

Field Goals 3-3 0-0

Points off turnovers 3 0

Individual Statistics (Final)



UTAH Colorado

Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg

Jordan, Ty 17 152 5 147 2 66 8.6

Bentley, Jake 11 43 12 31 0 13 2.8

Bernard,Micah 5 21 7 14 0 20 2.8

Kuithe,Brant 2 8 0 8 0 5 4.0

Covey,Britain 1 2 0 2 0 2 2.0

Team 4 0 10 -10 0 0 -2.5

Totals 40 226 34 192 2 66 4.8


Broussard, Jarek 14 81 1 80 0 18 5.7

Lytle, Tyler 1 15 0 15 0 15 15.0

Noyer, Sam 7 18 6 12 0 5 1.7

Clayton, Ashaad 2 4 0 4 0 4 2.0

Davis, Joe 2 4 4 0 0 4 0.0

Mangham, Jaren 1 0 1 -1 0 0 -1.0

Totals 27 122 12 110 0 18 4.1

Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack

Bentley, Jake 20-32-1 240 2 30 1

Totals 20-32-1 240 2 30 1


Noyer, Sam 16-34-1 258 2 61 1

Lytle, Tyler 2-5-0 9 0 5 0

Totals 18-39-1 267 2 61 1

Receiving No. Yards TD Long

Covey,Britain 9 76 1 20

Kuithe,Brant 3 53 0 24

Enis,Solomon 3 34 1 20

Thompson,Bryan 2 42 0 30

Jordan, Ty 2 19 0 10

Fotheringham,C 1 16 0 16

Totals 20 240 2 30


Bell, Maurice 4 46 1 21

Nixon, K.D. 3 52 0 41

Shenault, La'Vontae 3 52 0 41

Broussard, Jarek 3 16 0 10

Arias, Daniel 2 33 0 20

Rice, Brenden 1 61 1 61

Davis, Joe 1 4 0 4

Stanley, Dimitri 1 3 0 3

Totals 18 267 2 61

Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB

Lennon,Ben 4 148 37.0 42 2 0

March, Jared 1 34 34.0 34 0 0

Totals 5 182 36.4 42 2 0


Watts, Josh 5 224 44.8 53 0 1

Totals 5 224 44.8 53 0 1

Punt Kickoff Intercept

Returns No Yds Lg No Yds Lg No Yds Lg

Covey,Britain 3 44 28 3 88 40 0 0 0

Sewell, Nephi 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 11

Totals 3 44 28 3 88 40 1 11 11

Punt Kickoff Intercept

Returns No Yds Lg No Yds Lg No Yds Lg

Rice, Brenden 1 81 81 2 37 22 0 0 0

Shenault, La'Vontae 0 0 0 1 39 39 0 0 0

Blackmon, Mekhi 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1

Bell, Maurice 0 0 0 1 20 20 0 0 0

Totals 1 81 81 4 96 39 1 1 1

Field goals Qtr Time Dist Result

Redding,Jadon 2nd 00:00 42 yards Good

Redding,Jadon 4th 09:19 43 yards Good

Redding,Jadon 4th 02:24 38 yards Good

Field goals Qtr Time Dist Result

Kickoffs No. Yards Avg TB OB

Noyes, Jordan 7 452 64.6 3 0

Kickoffs No. Yards Avg TB OB

Willis, Mac 4 230 57.5 0 0

All-purpose Run Rcv KR PR IR Total

Covey,Britain 2 76 88 44 0 210

Jordan, Ty 147 19 0 0 0 166

Kuithe,Brant 8 53 0 0 0 61

Thompson,Bryan 0 42 0 0 0 42

All-purpose Run Rcv KR PR IR Total

Rice, Brenden 0 61 37 81 0 179

Broussard, Jarek 80 16 0 0 0 96

Shenault, La'Vontae 0 52 39 0 0 91

Bell, Maurice 0 46 20 0 0 66

FUMBLES: UTAH-Team 3-0. Colorado-Broussard, Jarek 1-1; Noyer, Sam 1-1.

COLORADO BUFFALO FOOTBALL DEFENSIVE STATISTICS

vs. Utah TACKLES-------------------------- QB No. Player PLAYS UT AT TOT TFL Sacks TFZ 3DS QBH QCD FR FF PBU INT 1 Thomas 20 3 0 — 3 1- 1 1 3 Rakestraw 71 7 1 — 8 1- 1 2 1 4 Montgomery 22 2 0 — 2 5 M. Perry 38 0 1 — 1 7 Ham 3 0 0 — 0 12 Q. Perry 3 0 0 — 0 17 Trujillo 14 2 0 — 2 18 Doss 9 0 1 — 1 21 Gonzalez 69 4 1 — 5 23 Lewis 73 5 0 — 5 1 25 Blackmon 70 2 1 — 3 1- 1 26 Wells 64 5 2 — 7 2- 5 1- 7 2 1 27 Bethel 3 0 0 — 0 31 Van Diest 37 5 1 — 6 1 33 Gustav 16 0 0 — 0 1 2 34 Johnson 64 4 1 — 5 1- 3 1 1 1 36 Jones 66 5 5 — 10 2- 5 2 3 1 53 Landman 30 6 1 — 7 1- 1 1- 0 1 1 1 54 Lang 66 3 0 — 3 1- 1 2 1 91 Rodman 7 0 2 — 2 94 Jordan 31 2 0 — 2 1 1 99 Sami 27 0 1 — 1 — — — PLAYS TFL Sacks TFZ 3DS QBH QCD FR FF PBU INT

TOTALS 803 9-17 2- 7 10 11 6 2 0 0 1 1- 1 (73) (10-24)

Includes 1 2-point conversion snap. *Fourth Down Stops (1; count included in 3DS above): Jones

Sacks For Zero (1): Landman

Interceptions Caused (1): Gustav

Touchdown Saves (2): Lewis, Rakestraw

Blocked Kicks (0): None

2-Pt. PBU (0): None

Ejected (Targeting): None

Injured (DNP): Luckett, Miller

KEY: UT—Unassisted Tackle; AT—Assisted Tackle; TFL—Tackles For Loss; TFZ—Tackles For Zero; 3DS—Third or Fourth Down Stop; QBP—Quarterback Pressure (or hurry); QCD—Quarterback Chasedowns (not a sack, but not a first down); FR—fumble recovery; FF—forced fumble; PBU—passes broken up; INT—interceptions. Play counts do not include penalty plays unless penalty was an add-on.

COLORADO FOOTBALL Special Teams STATISTICS

vs. Utah

Kickoff Coverage Player UT UT/20 AT AT/20 FF FR KD FDF FFC CP TDS ROK WILLIS 1 1 Al. WILLIAMS 1 1 LYLE 1 TRUJILLO 1

Punt Coverage Player UT UT/20 AT AT/20 FF FR FFC DP BLK FDF CP TDS KD BETHEL 1 1 1 1 JACKSON 1 LANDMAN 1 ROBINSON 1 VAN DIEST 1

Kickoff Return Punt Return Player (CP) KSD Player (CP) KSD PRS BLK PELL 2 PITTMAN 1 ROBINSON 2 STANLEY 1 LYLE 1 M.WILLIAMS 1 M.LYNCH 1 Q. PERRY 1 SCHMANSKI 1 Al.WILLIAMS 1

FG/PAT Defense Player BLK RB PRS DEX None

FG/PATPlayer Plays PK E.PRICE 3 SN BEDELL 3 HLD LYNCH 3 DOSS 3 LEE 3 MAGRI 3

Player Plays PELL 3 RODDICK 3 SHERMAN 3 WILEY 3 Au. WILLIAMS 3

KEY: UT—Unassisted Tackles; UT/20—Unassisted Tackles Inside-the-20; AT—Assisted Tackles; AT/20—Assisted Tackles Inside-the-20; FF—Forced Fumbles; FR—Fumble Recoveries; KD—Knockdown Block on Punt or Kickoff Return; FFC—Forced Fair Catch; FDF—First Downfield (altering path of return man); DP—Downed Punt; BPR—Block or Pressure on FG/PAT; RK—Recovered Blocked Kick; DEX—Defensive Extra Point; CP—Caused Penalty; TDS—Touchdown Save; ROK—Recovered Onside Kick.

FILE: MISCSTATS

Defensive Statistics (Final)



# UTAH Solo Ast Total Sacks-Yds TFL-Yds FF FR-Yds Int-Yds BrUp Blks QBH

29 Sewell, Nephi 10 1 11 - 1.0-1 1 - 1-11 1 - -

0 Lloyd,Devin 6 3 9 - 1.0-1 - - - - - 1

6A Ritchie, Nate 5 1 6 1.0-6 1.0-6 - 1-9 - - - -

92 Tupai,Maxs 3 1 4 - - 1 - - - - 1

4 Broughton,J. 3 1 4 - 1.0-4 - 1-0 - - - -

9 Fotu, Sione 2 1 3 - - - - - - - -

8 Phillips, Clark 2 0 2 - - - - - - - -

99 Pututau, Te. 1 1 2 - - - - - - - 1

15 Mataele, Malone 1 1 2 - - - - - 1 - -

90 Kaufusi, Devin 1 0 1 - - - - - - - 1

2B Noyes, Jordan 1 0 1 - - - - - - - -

43 Mata'Afa,A. 1 0 1 - - - - - - - -

42 Tafua,Mika 1 0 1 - - - - - 2 - 3

32 Anae,Moroni 1 0 1 - - - - - - - -

Totals 38 10 48 1.0-6 4.0-12 2 2-9 1-11 4 0 7

# Colorado Solo Ast Total Sacks-Yds TFL-Yds FF FR-Yds Int-Yds BrUp Blks QBH

36 Jones, Akil 3 7 10 - 2.0-4 - - - - - 1

3R Rakestraw, Derrion 6 1 7 - 1.0-1 - - - - - -

53 Landman, Nate 5 1 6 - 1.0-1 - - - - - -

31 Van Diest, Jonathan 5 1 6 - - - - - - - 1

26 Wells, Carson 2 4 6 1.0-7 3.0-13 - - - 1 - -

2L Lewis, Isaiah 5 0 5 - - - - - - - -

34 Johnson, Mustafa 1 4 5 - 1.5-4 - - - - - -

21 Gonzalez, Christian 4 0 4 - - - - - - - -

25 Blackmon, Mekhi 3 0 3 - - - - 1-1 - - -

1T Thomas, Guy 2 1 3 - 1.0-1 - - - - - -

54 Lang, Terrance 0 3 3 - 0.5-0 - - - - - -

27 Bethel, Nigel 2 0 2 - - - - - - - -

17 Trujillo, K.J. 2 0 2 - - - - - - - -

5 Williams, Alvin 1 0 1 - - - - - - - -

91 Rodman, Na'im 1 0 1 - - - - - - - -

78 Sherman, Will 1 0 1 - - - - - - - -

37 Willis, Mac 1 0 1 - - - - - - - -

94 Jordan, Janaz 1 0 1 - - - - - - - 1

4 Noyer, Sam 1 0 1 - - - - - - - -

99 Sami, Jalen 0 1 1 - - - - - - - -

1 Doss, Jeremiah 0 1 1 - - - - - - - -

Totals 46 24 70 1.0-7 10.0-24 0 0-0 1-1 1 0 3

Drive Chart (By Team) (Final)



Drive Started Drive Ended Consumed

Team Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How lost Pl - Yds TOP

UTAH 1st V40 15:00 K i c k o f f H00 12:03 *TOUCHDOWN 6 - 60 2:57 .

UTAH V45 09:36 P u n t H37 07:29 P u n t 4 - 18 2:07

UTAH V45 06:10 P u n t V46 04:09 P u n t 3 - 1 2:01

UTAH V43 03:21 F u m b l e V50 01:19 P u n t 3 - 7 2:02

UTAH 2nd V11 12:37 K i c k o f f H39 09:07 I n t e r c e p t i o n 8 - 50 3:30

UTAH V20 05:21 P u n t V39 01:30 P u n t 8 - 19 3:51

UTAH V42 01:20 K i c k o f f V43 00:51 P u n t 3 - 1 0:29

UTAH H40 00:13 F u m b l e H25 15:00 *FIELD GOAL 3 - 15 0:13

UTAH 3rd V40 14:39 K i c k o f f H00 13:14 *TOUCHDOWN 3 - 60 1:25 .

UTAH V20 11:51 P u n t H00 06:23 *TOUCHDOWN 10 - 80 5:28 .

UTAH V50 05:35 I n t e r c e p t i o n H05 01:23 D o w n s 9 - 45 4:12 .

UTAH 4th V47 13:08 P u n t H25 09:19 *FIELD GOAL 7 - 28 3:49

UTAH V34 04:54 D o w n s H00 04:43 *TOUCHDOWN 1 - 66 0:11

UTAH H18 04:16 D o w n s H20 02:24 *FIELD GOAL 4 - (2) 1:52 .

UTAH H27 01:45 D o w n s H33 00:00 End of half 3 - (6) 1:45

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd

UTAH Qtr Qtr Qtr Qtr Half Half Total

Time of possession 09:07 08:22 11:05 07:37 17:29 18:42 36:11

3rd down conversions 1-4 3-5 2-3 0-3 4-9 2-6 6-15

Average field position V43 V33 V36 H41 V38 V49 V43

4th down conversions 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-1

Drive Started Drive Ended Consumed

Team Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How lost Pl - Yds TOP

COLO 1st H10 11:57 K i c k o f f H22 09:36 P u n t 5 - 12 2:21

COLO H05 07:29 P u n t H09 06:10 P u n t 3 - 4 1:19

COLO H20 04:09 P u n t V34 03:21 F u m b l e 3 - 46 0:48

COLO H10 01:19 P u n t V00 12:46 *TOUCHDOWN 11 - 90 3:33

COLO 2nd H18 09:07 I n t e r c e p t i o n V37 05:21 P u n t 10 - 45 3:46

COLO V00 01:30 P u n t V00 01:30 *TOUCHDOWN 0 - 0 0:00

COLO H23 00:51 P u n t H40 00:13 F u m b l e 2 - 17 0:38

COLO 3rd H39 14:50 K i c k o f f V00 14:39 *TOUCHDOWN 1 - 61 0:11

COLO H25 13:14 K i c k o f f H34 11:51 P u n t 3 - 9 1:23

COLO H25 06:23 K i c k o f f H42 05:35 I n t e r c e p t i o n 2 - 17 0:48

COLO H05 01:23 D o w n s H35 13:08 P u n t 8 - 30 3:15

COLO 4th H25 09:19 K i c k o f f V34 04:54 D o w n s 10 - 41 4:25

COLO H18 04:38 K i c k o f f H18 04:16 D o w n s 4 - 0 0:22

COLO H22 02:17 K i c k o f f H27 01:45 D o w n s 4 - 5 0:32

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd

Colorado Qtr Qtr Qtr Qtr Half Half Total

Time of possession 05:53 06:38 03:55 07:23 12:31 11:18 23:49

3rd down conversions 1-3 4-5 1-2 2-6 5-8 3-8 8-16

Average field position H11 H20 H23 H21 H14 H22 H18

4th down conversions 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-3 0-0 0-3 0-3

Participation Report (Final)



UTAH

Pos ## OFFENSE

LT 69 Moala,Simi

LG 5K Bills,Keaton

C 5F Ford,Nick

RG 78 Laumea, Sataoa

RT 68 Kump, Jaren

TE 89 Fotheringham,C

QB 8A Bentley, Jake

RB 22 Jordan, Ty

WR 1 Thompson,Bryan

WR 21 Enis,Solomon

TE 80 Kuithe,Brant

Colorado

Pos ## OFFENSE

WR 5 Shenault, La'Vontae

WR 3 Nixon, K.D.

WR 14 Stanley, Dimitri

LT 78 Sherman, Will

LG 70 Roddick, Casey

C 65 Pursell, Colby

RG 5R Ray, Kanan

RT 76 Fillip, Frank

TE 86 Schmanski, C.J.

QB 4 Noyer, Sam

TB 23 Broussard, Jarek

Pos ## DEFENSE

DE 42 Tafua,Mika

DT 99 Pututau, Te.

DT 98 Moala,Viane

DE 92 Tupai,Maxs

LB 29 Sewell, Nephi

LB 0 Lloyd,Devin

CB 4 Broughton,J.

CB 8 Phillips, Clark

NB 15 Mataele, Malone

FS 19 Davis,Vonte

SS 6A Ritchie, Nate

Pos ## DEFENSE

OLB 2L Lewis, Isaiah

DE 54 Lang, Terrance

NT 94 Jordan, Janaz

DT 34 Johnson, Mustafa

ILB 53 Landman, Nate

ILB 36 Jones, Akil

OLB 26 Wells, Carson

FS 3R Rakestraw, Derrion

CB 21 Gonzalez, Christian

SS 4M Montgomery, Jamar

CB 25 Blackmon, Mekhi

UTAH: 2A-Lowe,Aaron, 2C-Rowan, Kyrese, 2B-Noyes, Jordan, 3B-March, Jared, 3-Bernard,Micah, 6-Brumfield,Devin,

7A-Fillinger, Van, 9-Fotu, Sione, 9S-Markgraf, K., 10-Hubert,R.J., 12-Rawls,Drew, 13-Latu, Kamo'i,

17-Vele,Devaughn, 18-Covey,Britain, 23-Marks, Faybian, 32-Anae,Moroni, 33-Lennon,Ben, 35-Vincent,Charlie,

38-Azarcon,Stone, 39-Ludwig, Joe, 43-Mata'Afa,A., 44-Carlton, Xavier, 45-Nacua,Samson, 49-Tonga,Pita,

71-Daniels,Braeden, 72-Felix-Fualalo,L, 77-Olaseni, B., 83-Gardner,Cameron, 84-Thompson,Dom.,

86-Kincaid, Dalton, 87-Yassmin,Thomas, 90-Kaufusi, Devin, 91-Kuithe,Blake, 97-Redding,Jadon.

Colorado: 0C-Clayton, Ashaad, 1T-Thomas, Guy, 1-Mangham, Jaren, 1D-Doss, Jeremiah, 1P-Perry, Quinn,

2P-Pell, Alec, 2J-Striker, Jaylen, 2-Rice, Brenden, 3S-Stacks, Jayle, 5P-Perry, Mark, 5W-Williams, Alvin,

6-Arias, Daniel, 7H-Ham, Marvin, 7-Lytle, Tyler, 8B-Bedell, Derek, 10-Jackson, Jaylon, 13-Bell, Maurice,

17-Trujillo, K.J., 22-Pittman, Toren, 27-Bethel, Nigel, 28-Davis, Joe, 30-Appleton, Curtis,

31-Van Diest, Jonathan, 32-Robinson, Ray, 33-Gustav, Joshka, 35-Williams, Mister, 37-Willis, Mac,

41-Lyle, Anthony, 43-Price, Evan, 44-Grant, Devin, 55-Williams, Austin, 60-Wiley, Jake, 75-Lee, Carson,

84-Lynch, Matt, 89-Watts, Josh, 91-Rodman, Na'im, 98-Magri, Nico, 99-Sami, Jalen.

Play-by-Play Summary (1st quarter)


Colorado wins the toss and Defers. Utah will receive

1-10 Utah 35 COLO ball on COLO35.

Willis, Mac kickoff 65 yards to the UTAH0, Covey,Britain return 40 yards to the UTAH40

(Willis, Mac).

1-10 Utah 40 P1Bentley, Jake pass complete to Kuithe,Brant for 24 yards to the COLO36, 1ST DOWN UTAH

(Jones, Akil).

1-10 Colo 36 Bentley, Jake rush for 9 yards to the COLO27, out-of-bounds (Lewis, Isaiah).

2-1 Colo 27 R2Jordan, Ty rush for 17 yards to the COLO10, 1ST DOWN UTAH (Gonzalez,Christ).

1-G Colo 10 Bentley, Jake pass incomplete to Fotheringham,C.

2-G Colo 10 Kuithe,Brant rush for 3 yards to the COLO7 (Gonzalez,Christ).

3-G Colo 07 Bentley, Jake pass complete to Enis,Solomon for 7 yards to the COLO0, TOUCHDOWN, clock

12:03.

1-G Colo 03 Redding,Jadon kick attempt good.

UTAH 7, Colorado 0

6 plays, 60 yards, 3:03

Noyes, Jordan kickoff 65 yards to the COLO0, Bell, Maurice return 20 yards to the COLO20

(Noyes, Jordan), PENALTY COLO holding (Lyle, Anthony) 10 yards to the COLO10, 1st and 10,

COLO ball on COLO10.

COLORADO drive start at 11:57.

1-10 Colo 10 Noyer, Sam pass complete to Shenault,La'Von for 4 yards to the COLO14

(Lloyd,Devin;Broughton,J.).

2-6 Colo 14 P1Noyer, Sam pass complete to Shenault,La'Von for 7 yards to the COLO21, 1ST DOWN COLO

(Lloyd,Devin).

1-10 Colo 21 Noyer, Sam pass incomplete to Broussard,Jarek (Tafua,Mika).

2-10 Colo 21 Noyer, Sam sacked for loss of 6 yards to the COLO15 (Ritchie, Nate).

3-16 Colo 15 Noyer, Sam pass complete to Bell, Maurice for 7 yards to the COLO22, out-of-bounds

(Ritchie, Nate).

4-9 Colo 22 Watts, Josh punt 42 yards to the UTAH36, Covey,Britain return 9 yards to the UTAH45

(Bethel, Nigel).


UTAH drive start at 09:36.

1-10 Utah 45 P3Bentley, Jake pass complete to Kuithe,Brant for 19 yards to the COLO36, 1ST DOWN UTAH

(Landman, Nate).

1-10 Colo 36 Jordan, Ty rush for no gain to the COLO36 (Lang, Terrance;Jones, Akil).

2-10 Colo 36 Jordan, Ty rush for loss of 1 yard to the COLO37 (Wells, Carson;Jones, Akil).

3-11 Colo 37 Bentley, Jake pass incomplete to Kuithe,Brant.

4-11 Colo 37 Lennon,Ben punt 32 yards to the COLO5, downed.



1-10 Colo 05 Noyer, Sam rush for 3 yards to the COLO8 (Sewell, Nephi).

2-7 Colo 08 Noyer, Sam pass complete to Broussard,Jarek for 1 yard to the COLO9 (Mataele, Malone).

3-6 Colo 09 Noyer, Sam pass incomplete to Stanley,Dimitri (Mataele, Malone).

4-6 Colo 09 Watts, Josh punt 53 yards to the UTAH38, Covey,Britain return 7 yards to the UTAH45

(Bethel, Nigel).



1-10 Utah 45 Covey,Britain rush for 2 yards to the UTAH47 (Jones, Akil;Johnson,Mustafa).

2-8 Utah 47 Fumble by Team, Bentley, Jake rush for no gain to the UTAH47 (Landman,

Nate;Johnson,Mustafa).

3-8 Utah 47 Bentley, Jake pass complete to Covey,Britain for loss of 1 yard to the UTAH46 (Landman,

Nate).

4-9 Utah 46 Lennon,Ben punt 34 yards to the COLO20, fair catch by Stanley,Dimitri.

3 plays, 1 yard, 2:01


1-10 Colo 20 Broussard,Jarek rush for no gain to the COLO20 (Tupai,Maxs).

2-10 Colo 20 P2Noyer, Sam pass complete to Nixon, K.D. for 41 yards to the UTAH39, 1ST DOWN COLO.

1-10 Utah 39 Noyer, Sam rush for 5 yards to the UTAH34, fumble forced by Tupai,Maxs, fumble by Noyer,

Sam recovered by UTAH Ritchie, Nate at UTAH34, Ritchie, Nate for 9 yards to the UTAH43

(Sherman, Will).


UTAH drive start at 03:21, UTAH ball on UTAH43.

1-10 Utah 43 Jordan, Ty rush for 2 yards to the UTAH45 (Thomas, Guy).

2-8 Utah 45 Jordan, Ty rush for 1 yard to the UTAH46 (Sami, Jalen;Doss, Jeremiah).

3-7 Utah 46 Bentley, Jake rush for 4 yards to the 50 yardline (Lewis, Isaiah).

4-3 Utah 50 Lennon,Ben punt 40 yards to the COLO10, fair catch by Stanley,Dimitri.



1-10 Colo 10 Broussard,Jarek rush for 2 yards to the COLO12 (Ritchie, Nate).

2-8 Colo 12 P3Noyer, Sam pass complete to Bell, Maurice for 9 yards to the COLO21, 1ST DOWN COLO,

Play-by-Play Summary (1st quarter)


out-of-bounds.

1-10 Colo 21 Broussard,Jarek rush for 3 yards to the COLO24 (Tafua,Mika).

2-7 Colo 24 Noyer, Sam pass incomplete to Broussard,Jarek.

3-7 Colo 24 P4Noyer, Sam pass complete to Shenault,La'Von for 41 yards to the UTAH35, 1ST DOWN COLO

(Phillips, Clark), PENALTY UTAH pass interference declined.

END OF 1st QUARTER: UTAH 7, Colorado 0

Time 1st Downs Conversions

Quarter Summary Score Poss R P X T 3rd 4th Rushing Passing Penalties

UTAH 7 09:13 1 2 0 3 1-4 0-0 10-37 4-6-0-49 0-0

Colorado 0 05:47 0 4 0 4 0-2 0-0 6-7 7-10-0-110 1-10

Quickie Statistics (1st quarter)


UTAH COLO

Score 7 0

FIRST DOWNS 3 4

RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 10-37 6-7

PASSING YDS (NET) 49 110

Passes Att-Comp-Int 6-4-0 10-7-0

TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 16-86 16-117

Fumble Returns-Yards 1-9 0-0

Punt Returns-Yards 2-16 0-0

Kickoff Returns-Yards 1-40 1-20

Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0

Punts (Number-Avg) 3-35.3 2-47.5

Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-1

Penalties-Yards 0-0 1-10




UTAH Colorado


Jordan, Ty 5 20 1 19 0 17 3.8

Bentley, Jake 3 13 0 13 0 9 4.3

Kuithe,Brant 1 3 0 3 0 3 3.0



Broussard, Jarek 3 5 0 5 0 3 1.7

Noyer, Sam 3 8 6 2 0 5 0.7


Bentley, Jake 4-6-0 49 1 24 0


Noyer, Sam 7-10-0 110 0 41 1




Covey,Britain 1 -1 0 0




Nixon, K.D. 1 41 0 41

Broussard, Jarek 1 1 0 1


Lennon,Ben 3 106 35.3 40 2 0


Watts, Josh 2 95 47.5 53 0 0

Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long



Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long




Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFL

Ritchie, Nate 3-0 3 1.0 1.0

Tupai,Maxs 2-0 2 0.0 0.0

Lloyd,Devin 1-1 2 0.0 0.0

Noyes, Jordan 1-0 1 0.0 0.0


Jones, Akil 1-3 4 0.0 0.5

Landman, Nate 2-1 3 0.0 1.0

Gonzalez, Christia 2-0 2 0.0 0.0

Lewis, Isaiah 2-0 2 0.0 0.0

Qtr Time Scoring Play V-H

1st 12:03 UTAH - Enis,Solomon 7 yd pass from Bentley, Jake (Redding,Jadon kick), 6-60 3:03 7 - 0

Play-by-Play Summary (2nd quarter)


1-10 Utah 35 Start of 2nd quarter, clock 15:00.

1-10 Utah 35 Broussard,Jarek rush for 2 yards to the UTAH33 (Sewell, Nephi;Ritchie, Nate).

2-8 Utah 33 Broussard,Jarek rush for 6 yards to the UTAH27 (Tupai,Maxs;Lloyd,Devin).

3-2 Utah 27 R5Noyer, Sam rush for 5 yards to the UTAH22, 1ST DOWN COLO (Fotu, Sione).

1-10 Utah 22 Noyer, Sam rush for 1 yard to the UTAH21 (Sewell, Nephi).

2-9 Utah 21 Noyer, Sam pass incomplete to Lynch, Matt.

3-9 Utah 21 P6Noyer, Sam pass complete to Bell, Maurice for 21 yards to the UTAH0, 1ST DOWN COLO,

TOUCHDOWN, clock 12:46, PENALTY UTAH offside defense declined.

1-G Utah 03 Price, Evan kick attempt good.

Colorado 7, UTAH 7



(Williams, Alvin).


1-10 Utah 11 Bentley, Jake pass incomplete to Enis,Solomon.

2-10 Utah 11 Bernard,Micah rush for no gain to the UTAH11 (Thomas, Guy;Johnson,Mustafa).

3-10 Utah 11 P4Bentley, Jake pass complete to Enis,Solomon for 20 yards to the UTAH31, 1ST DOWN UTAH

(Gonzalez,Christ).

1-10 Utah 31 Bentley, Jake pass incomplete to Bernard,Micah, QB hurry by Jordan, Janaz.

2-10 Utah 31 Bernard,Micah rush for 1 yard to the UTAH32 (Jones, Akil).

3-9 Utah 32 P5Bentley, Jake pass complete to Covey,Britain for 13 yards to the UTAH45, 1ST DOWN UTAH

(Landman, Nate).

1-10 Utah 45 P6Bentley, Jake pass complete to Fotheringham,C for 16 yards to the COLO39, 1ST DOWN UTAH

(Landman, Nate).

1-10 Colo 39 Bentley, Jake pass intercepted by Blackmon, Mekhi at the COLO17, Blackmon, Mekhi return 1

yards to the COLO18, out-of-bounds.



1-10 Colo 18 P7Noyer, Sam pass complete to Arias, Daniel for 20 yards to the COLO38, 1ST DOWN COLO

(Sewell, Nephi).

1-10 Colo 38 Clayton, Ashaad rush for no gain to the COLO38 (Lloyd,Devin).

2-10 Colo 38 Noyer, Sam pass incomplete to Arias, Daniel.

3-10 Colo 38 P8Noyer, Sam pass complete to Arias, Daniel for 13 yards to the UTAH49, 1ST DOWN COLO,

out-of-bounds (Phillips, Clark).

1-10 Utah 49 Noyer, Sam pass incomplete to Shenault,La'Von, QB hurry by Tupai,Maxs.

2-10 Utah 49 Clayton, Ashaad rush for 4 yards to the UTAH45 (Pututau, Te.;Fotu, Sione).

3-6 Utah 45 P9Noyer, Sam pass complete to Bell, Maurice for 9 yards to the UTAH36, 1ST DOWN COLO

(Sewell, Nephi).

1-10 Utah 36 Mangham, Jaren rush for loss of 1 yard to the UTAH37 (Lloyd,Devin).

2-11 Utah 37 Noyer, Sam pass incomplete to Schmanski, C.J., QB hurry by Pututau, Te..

3-11 Utah 37 Noyer, Sam pass incomplete to Rice, Brenden, QB hurry by Tafua,Mika.

4-11 Utah 37 Watts, Josh punt 37 yards to the UTAH0, touchback.



1-10 Utah 20 Bentley, Jake rush for 3 yards to the UTAH23 (Landman, Nate).

2-7 Utah 23 Bentley, Jake pass incomplete to Kuithe,Brant.

3-7 Utah 23 P7Bentley, Jake pass complete to Covey,Britain for 11 yards to the UTAH34, 1ST DOWN UTAH

(Lewis, Isaiah).

1-10 Utah 34 Jordan, Ty rush for 1 yard to the UTAH35 (Lang, Terrance;Jones, Akil).

2-9 Utah 35 R8Jordan, Ty rush for 12 yards to the UTAH47, 1ST DOWN UTAH (Rakestraw,Derri).

1-10 Utah 47 Bentley, Jake pass incomplete to Fotheringham,C.

2-10 Utah 47 Jordan, Ty rush for loss of 1 yard to the UTAH46 (Wells, Carson;Jones, Akil).

3-11 Utah 46 Bentley, Jake sacked for loss of 7 yards to the UTAH39 (Wells, Carson).

4-18 Utah 39 Timeout Colorado, clock 01:48.

4-18 Utah 39 Lennon,Ben punt 42 yards to the COLO19, Rice, Brenden return 81 yards to the UTAH0,

TOUCHDOWN, clock 01:30.



Colorado 14, UTAH 7


(Trujillo, K.J.).


1-10 Utah 42 Bentley, Jake pass incomplete (Wells, Carson).

2-10 Utah 42 Bentley, Jake rush for 1 yard to the UTAH43 (Van Diest,Jonat).

3-9 Utah 43 Bentley, Jake pass incomplete to Covey,Britain.

4-9 Utah 43 March, Jared punt 34 yards to the COLO23, downed.

3 plays, 1 yard, 0:29


1-10 Colo 23 Broussard,Jarek rush for 8 yards to the COLO31 (Tupai,Maxs).

Play-by-Play Summary (2nd quarter)


2-2 Colo 31 Broussard,Jarek rush for 9 yards to the COLO40, fumble forced by Sewell, Nephi, fumble by

Broussard,Jarek recovered by UTAH Broughton,J. at COLO40.



1-10 Colo 40 Bentley, Jake pass complete to Covey,Britain for 7 yards to the COLO33 (Rakestraw,Derri).

2-3 Colo 33 Timeout UTAH, clock 00:07.

2-3 Colo 33 P9Bentley, Jake pass complete to Covey,Britain for 8 yards to the COLO25, 1ST DOWN UTAH.

1-10 Colo 25 Timeout UTAH, clock 00:03.

1-10 Colo 25 Redding,Jadon field goal attempt from 42 GOOD, clock 00:00.

Colorado 14, UTAH 10

End of half, clock 00:00.


END OF 2nd QUARTER: Colorado 14, UTAH 10



UTAH 3 08:03 1 5 0 6 3-5 0-0 8-10 6-13-1-75 0-0

Colorado 14 06:47 1 4 0 5 4-5 0-0 9-34 4-9-0-63 0-0

Quickie Statistics (Halftime)


UTAH COLO

Score 10 14

FIRST DOWNS 9 9















UTAH Colorado


Jordan, Ty 8 33 2 31 0 17 3.9

Bentley, Jake 6 17 7 10 0 9 1.7

Kuithe,Brant 1 3 0 3 0 3 3.0



Broussard, Jarek 7 30 0 30 0 9 4.3

Noyer, Sam 5 14 6 8 0 5 1.6


Mangham, Jaren 1 0 1 -1 0 0 -1.0


Bentley, Jake 10-19-1 124 1 24 1


Noyer, Sam 11-19-0 173 1 41 1





Fotheringham,C 1 16 0 16





Nixon, K.D. 1 41 0 41


Lennon,Ben 4 148 37.0 42 2 0

March, Jared 1 34 34.0 34 0 0


Watts, Josh 3 132 44.0 53 0 1










Sewell, Nephi 5-1 6 0.0 0.0


Tupai,Maxs 3-1 4 0.0 0.0



Jones, Akil 2-5 7 0.0 1.0


Gonzalez, Christia 3-0 3 0.0 0.0




2nd 12:46 COLO - Bell, Maurice 21 yd pass from Noyer, Sam (Price, Evan kick), 11-90 3:42 7 - 7

01:30 COLO - Rice, Brenden 81 yd punt return (Price, Evan kick) 7 - 14

00:00 UTAH - Redding,Jadon 42 yd field goal, 3-15 0:13 10 - 14

Play-by-Play Summary (3rd quarter)


Start of 3rd quarter, clock 15:00, UTAH ball on UTAH35.

Noyes, Jordan kickoff 65 yards to the COLO0, Shenault,La'Von return 39 yards to the

COLO39 (Mata'Afa,A.).


1-10 Colo 39 P10Noyer, Sam pass complete to Rice, Brenden for 61 yards to the UTAH0, 1ST DOWN COLO,




1 play, 61 yards, 0:11

Willis, Mac kickoff 65 yards to the UTAH0, fair catch by Covey,Britain, PENALTY COLO face

mask (Perry, Quinn) 15 yards to the UTAH40, 1st and 10, UTAH ball on UTAH40.


1-10 Utah 40 R10Jordan, Ty rush for 35 yards to the COLO25, 1ST DOWN UTAH (Lewis, Isaiah).

1-10 Colo 25 Bentley, Jake pass complete to Enis,Solomon for 7 yards to the COLO18 (Blackmon, Mekhi).

2-3 Colo 18 R11Jordan, Ty rush for 18 yards to the COLO0, 1ST DOWN UTAH, TOUCHDOWN, clock 13:14.




Noyes, Jordan kickoff 65 yards to the COLO0, touchback.


1-10 Colo 25 Noyer, Sam pass incomplete to Arias, Daniel.

2-10 Colo 25 Noyer, Sam pass complete to Nixon, K.D. for 6 yards to the COLO31, out-of-bounds

(Broughton,J.).

3-4 Colo 31 Noyer, Sam pass complete to Stanley,Dimitri for 3 yards to the COLO34, out-of-bounds

(Broughton,J.).

4-1 Colo 34 Watts, Josh punt 46 yards to the UTAH20, fair catch by Covey,Britain.



1-10 Utah 20 Bentley, Jake rush for loss of 5 yards to the UTAH15.

2-15 Utah 15 P12Bentley, Jake pass complete to Thompson,Bryan for 30 yards to the UTAH45, 1ST DOWN UTAH,

out-of-bounds (Blackmon, Mekhi).

1-10 Utah 45 Bentley, Jake pass incomplete to Covey,Britain.

2-10 Utah 45 Bentley, Jake pass complete to Covey,Britain for 5 yards to the 50 yardline (Lewis,

Isaiah).

3-5 Utah 50 P13Bentley, Jake pass complete to Covey,Britain for 6 yards to the COLO44, 1ST DOWN UTAH

(Trujillo, K.J.).

1-10 Colo 44 Covey,Britain rush for loss of 6 yards to the 50 yardline, fumble by Covey,Britain

recovered by UTAH Covey,Britain at 50 yardline (Montgomery,Jama), PENALTY COLO offside

defense (Rakestraw,Derri) 5 yards to the COLO39, NO PLAY.

1-5 Colo 39 Bentley, Jake rush for 3 yards to the COLO36 (Rodman, Na'im).

2-2 Colo 36 R14Kuithe,Brant rush for 5 yards to the COLO31, 1ST DOWN UTAH (Van Diest,Jonat;Jones, Akil).

1-10 Colo 31 X15Bentley, Jake pass incomplete to Jordan, Ty, PENALTY COLO pass interference (Wells,

Carson) 5 yards to the COLO26, 1ST DOWN UTAH, NO PLAY.

1-10 Colo 26 Bernard,Micah rush for loss of 4 yards to the COLO30 (Wells, Carson).

2-14 Colo 30 Bentley, Jake pass complete to Jordan, Ty for 10 yards to the COLO20, out-of-bounds (Van

Diest,Jonat).

3-4 Colo 20 P16Bentley, Jake pass complete to Covey,Britain for 20 yards to the COLO0, 1ST DOWN UTAH,



UTAH 24, Colorado 21




1-10 Colo 25 R11Broussard,Jarek rush for 17 yards to the COLO42, 1ST DOWN COLO, out-of-bounds (Sewell,

Nephi).

1-10 Colo 42 Noyer, Sam pass intercepted by Sewell, Nephi at the UTAH39, Sewell, Nephi return 11 yards

to the 50 yardline (Noyer, Sam).



1-10 Utah 50 Jordan, Ty rush for no gain to the 50 yardline (Rakestraw,Derri).

2-10 Utah 50 R17Bentley, Jake rush for 13 yards to the COLO37, 1ST DOWN UTAH (Van Diest,Jonat).

1-10 Colo 37 Bentley, Jake pass incomplete to Jordan, Ty, QB hurry by Van Diest,Jonat.

2-10 Colo 37 R18Bernard,Micah rush for 20 yards to the COLO17, 1ST DOWN UTAH (Blackmon, Mekhi).

1-10 Colo 17 P19Bentley, Jake pass complete to Kuithe,Brant for 10 yards to the COLO7, 1ST DOWN UTAH

(Wells, Carson;Rakestraw,Derri).

1-G Colo 07 Bernard,Micah rush for loss of 3 yards to the COLO10 (Johnson,Mustafa).

2-G Colo 10 Bentley, Jake pass complete to Jordan, Ty for 9 yards to the COLO1 (Rakestraw,Derri).

3-G Colo 01 Bentley, Jake pass incomplete to Kincaid, Dalton, QB hurry by Jones, Akil.

4-G Colo 01 Fumble by Team, Team rush for loss of 4 yards to the COLO5 (Jones, Akil).

Play-by-Play Summary (3rd quarter)




1-10 Colo 05 Broussard,Jarek rush for 2 yards to the COLO7 (Pututau, Te.).

2-8 Colo 07 Broussard,Jarek rush for loss of 1 yard to the COLO6 (Sewell, Nephi).

3-9 Colo 06 P12Noyer, Sam pass complete to Broussard,Jarek for 10 yards to the COLO16, 1ST DOWN COLO

(Sewell, Nephi).

END OF 3rd QUARTER: UTAH 24, Colorado 21



UTAH 14 11:15 5 4 1 10 2-3 0-1 11-78 8-11-0-97 0-0

Colorado 7 03:45 1 2 0 3 0-1 0-0 3-18 4-6-1-80 3-25

Quickie Statistics (3rd quarter)


UTAH COLO

Score 24 21

FIRST DOWNS 19 12















UTAH Colorado


Jordan, Ty 11 86 2 84 1 35 7.6

Bentley, Jake 9 33 12 21 0 13 2.3

Bernard,Micah 5 21 7 14 0 20 2.8

Kuithe,Brant 2 8 0 8 0 5 4.0


Broussard, Jarek 10 49 1 48 0 17 4.8

Noyer, Sam 5 14 6 8 0 5 1.6


Mangham, Jaren 1 0 1 -1 0 0 -1.0


Bentley, Jake 18-30-1 221 2 30 1


Noyer, Sam 15-25-1 253 2 61 1





Jordan, Ty 2 19 0 10




Nixon, K.D. 2 47 0 41



Lennon,Ben 4 148 37.0 42 2 0

March, Jared 1 34 34.0 34 0 0


Watts, Josh 4 178 44.5 53 0 1








Shenault, La'Vont 1 39 0 39



Sewell, Nephi 8-1 9 0.0 1.0


Tupai,Maxs 3-1 4 0.0 0.0



Jones, Akil 3-6 9 0.0 2.0



Rakestraw, Derrio 4-1 5 0.0 0.0



2nd 12:46 COLO - Bell, Maurice 21 yd pass from Noyer, Sam (Price, Evan kick), 11-90 3:42 7 - 7

01:30 COLO - Rice, Brenden 81 yd punt return (Price, Evan kick) 7 - 14

00:00 UTAH - Redding,Jadon 42 yd field goal, 3-15 0:23 10 - 14

3rd 14:39 COLO - Rice, Brenden 61 yd pass from Noyer, Sam (Price, Evan kick), 1-61 0:11 10 - 21

13:14 UTAH - Jordan, Ty 18 yd run (Redding,Jadon kick), 3-60 1:25 17 - 21

06:23 UTAH - Covey,Britain 20 yd pass from Bentley, Jake (Redding,Jadon kick), 10-80 5:28 24 - 21

Play-by-Play Summary (4th quarter)


1-10 Colo 16 Start of 4th quarter, clock 15:00.

1-10 Colo 16 Noyer, Sam pass complete to Broussard,Jarek for 5 yards to the COLO21 (Lloyd,Devin).

2-5 Colo 21 R13Broussard,Jarek rush for 18 yards to the COLO39, 1ST DOWN COLO (Ritchie, Nate).

1-10 Colo 39 Davis, Joe rush for loss of 4 yards to the COLO35 (Broughton,J.).

2-14 Colo 35 Noyer, Sam pass incomplete to Nixon, K.D., QB hurry by Lloyd,Devin.

3-14 Colo 35 Noyer, Sam pass incomplete to Nixon, K.D., QB hurry by Tafua,Mika.

4-14 Colo 35 Watts, Josh punt 46 yards to the UTAH19, Covey,Britain return 28 yards to the UTAH47 (Van

Diest,Jonat).



1-10 Utah 47 Fumble by Team, Bentley, Jake rush for 4 yards to the COLO49, out-of-bounds (Van

Diest,Jonat).

2-6 Colo 49 R20Bentley, Jake rush for 6 yards to the COLO43, 1ST DOWN UTAH (Gonzalez,Christ).

1-10 Colo 43 P21Bentley, Jake pass complete to Thompson,Bryan for 12 yards to the COLO31, 1ST DOWN UTAH.

1-10 Colo 31 Jordan, Ty rush for loss of 1 yard to the COLO32 (Thomas, Guy).

2-11 Colo 32 Bentley, Jake pass complete to Covey,Britain for 7 yards to the COLO25 (Rakestraw,Derri).

3-4 Colo 25 Jordan, Ty rush for no gain to the COLO25 (Jones, Akil;Wells, Carson).

4-4 Colo 25 Redding,Jadon field goal attempt from 43 GOOD, clock 09:19.





1-10 Colo 25 Broussard,Jarek rush for 5 yards to the COLO30 (Ritchie, Nate).

2-5 Colo 30 Noyer, Sam rush for 3 yards to the COLO33 (Sewell, Nephi).

3-2 Colo 33 Lytle, Tyler at QB for Colorado.

3-2 Colo 33 R14Broussard,Jarek rush for 7 yards to the COLO40, 1ST DOWN COLO (Lloyd,Devin).

1-10 Colo 40 Broussard,Jarek rush for 2 yards to the COLO42 (Lloyd,Devin).

2-8 Colo 42 Lytle, Tyler pass complete to Davis, Joe for 4 yards to the COLO46, out-of-bounds

(Sewell, Nephi).

3-4 Colo 46 R15Lytle, Tyler rush for 15 yards to the UTAH39, 1ST DOWN COLO, out-of-bounds.

1-10 Utah 39 Noyer, Sam at QB for Colorado.

1-10 Utah 39 Davis, Joe rush for 4 yards to the UTAH35 (Lloyd,Devin;Mataele, Malone).

2-6 Utah 35 Noyer, Sam pass incomplete to Nixon, K.D., QB hurry by Tafua,Mika.

3-6 Utah 35 Noyer, Sam rush for 1 yard to the UTAH34 (Kaufusi, Devin), PENALTY COLO illegal formation

declined.

4-5 Utah 34 Timeout Colorado, clock 04:59.

4-5 Utah 34 Noyer, Sam pass incomplete (Tafua,Mika).



1-10 Utah 34 R22Jordan, Ty rush for 66 yards to the COLO0, 1ST DOWN UTAH, TOUCHDOWN, clock 04:43.

1-G Colo 03 Bentley, Jake pass attempt to Kincaid, Dalton good.


1 play, 66 yards, 0:16

Noyes, Jordan kickoff 62 yards to the COLO3, Rice, Brenden return 15 yards to the COLO18

(Anae,Moroni).


1-10 Colo 18 Noyer, Sam pass incomplete, QB hurry by Kaufusi, Devin.

2-10 Colo 18 Noyer, Sam pass incomplete to Rice, Brenden.

3-10 Colo 18 Noyer, Sam pass incomplete to Broussard,Jarek.

4-10 Colo 18 Timeout Colorado, clock 04:20.

4-10 Colo 18 Noyer, Sam pass incomplete to Jackson, Jaylon.



1-10 Colo 18 Jordan, Ty rush for no gain to the COLO18 (Jordan, Janaz).

2-10 Colo 18 Jordan, Ty rush for loss of 1 yard to the COLO19 (Johnson,Mustafa;Lang, Terrance).

3-11 Colo 19 Jordan, Ty rush for loss of 1 yard to the COLO20, out-of-bounds (Rakestraw,Derri).

4-12 Colo 20 Timeout Colorado, clock 02:28.

4-12 Colo 20 Redding,Jadon field goal attempt from 38 GOOD, clock 02:24, PENALTY COLO offside defense

declined.


4 plays, minus 2 yards, 1:59

Noyes, Jordan kickoff 65 yards to the COLO0, Rice, Brenden return 22 yards to the COLO22

(Fotu, Sione).


1-10 Colo 22 Lytle, Tyler at QB for Colorado.

1-10 Colo 22 Lytle, Tyler pass complete to Nixon, K.D. for 5 yards to the COLO27.

2-5 Colo 27 Lytle, Tyler pass incomplete to Schmanski, C.J..

3-5 Colo 27 Lytle, Tyler pass incomplete to Jackson, Jaylon.

4-5 Colo 27 Lytle, Tyler pass incomplete to Lynch, Matt (Sewell, Nephi).

Play-by-Play Summary (4th quarter)




1-10 Colo 27 Team rush for loss of 2 yards to the COLO29.



End of game, clock 00:00.

3 plays, minus 6 yards, 1:45

FINAL SCORE: UTAH 38, Colorado 21



UTAH 14 07:49 2 1 0 3 0-3 0-0 11-67 2-2-0-19 0-0

Colorado 0 07:11 3 0 0 3 2-6 0-3 9-51 3-14-0-14 0-0

COLORADO BUFFALO FOOTBALL / POSTGAME QUOTES Page 1-A Colorado Buffaloes (4-1, 3-1 Pac-12) vs. Utah Utes (2-2, 2-2 Pac-12), Folsom Field, Boulder, Colo. (December 12, 2020)

Colorado Head Coach Karl Dorrell

OPENING STATEMENT‐"It was a disappointing game in terms of the expectations that we had for ourselves in this game. I think a lot of issues were culprits as to do with results of what they were. Particularly not taking care of the ball, offensively and we had those three turnovers in those moments that we really didn't quite stay in rhythm of where we should be— and a few dropped passes. So, I think offensively it wasn't quite the performance we were looking for. I think, defensively, there were some spurts of really good defensive play and good series, but for the most part they had some issues too. We had some missed tackles, they got some runs out on us, they threw a few passes on us, so they were more efficient offensively than we were. They took care of the football-- they only had one turnover, versus our three—they had no penalties, we had four. That's not a lot for us, but still, for them to come in and play a clean game on the road—they did what it took to win the game.” “It's unfortunate, our guys are disappointed and most of our disappointment is because of our own shooting ourselves in the foot, more so than anything. The turnovers—we had a few dropped passes that were some conversions on third down, that could have happened. We just didn't play our normal selves. It's unfortunate—we'll learn from this, we'll pick up our ball and go home and get ourselves ready to go next week. I'm still encouraged by this football team with how far they've came. This was our big adversity of the season, in terms of having a loss, and I'm excited about what this does for us in our future. We'll get a chance to bounce back and hopefully correct a lot of issues and play a better performance next week. I'll open for questions now." ON HOW THE DEFENSE PLAYED AFTER LB NATELANDMAN LEFT THE GAME AND IF THERE IS ADIAGNOSISONHIS INJURY‐ "He has an ankle injury—a lower leg injury. He's going to be down—I think he's going to have an MRI, but he's down for at least the rest of the season this fall. It's unfortunate that that happened for Nate. Nate was off to a great start for this year and for that to happen, and the way it happened, it's unfortunate.” “But no, I won't say-- not one guy does the whole defense. Even though he's a great piece to that, we have a next man up mentality about when someone goes down that we expect them to come—the next guy in to come in and do his job effectively, just like the starter. I think it was still a combination of-- there was a lot of missed tackles. We had a couple times where we had big sacks in the backfield, and we didn't get them down and he ended up getting some positive yards—I'm talking about their quarterback Bentley. I'll give Utah credit, they played hard when we did,

unfortunately. I think our guys played hard, but they made more rugged plays than we did, and that was a difference in the game. Those turnovers, breaking some tackles and letting off some big runs. I think those are the big culprits of what's happened for us today." ON IF THE EXPECTATIONS AND HYPE OF TODAY'SGAME PLAYED INTO THE TEAM'S PERFORMANCE‐ "I don't think so. I don't talk about the hype; I think you guys do it more than we do. We had to just do the things that we were capable of doing for ourselves. A lot of it was self-inflicted today. You saw it, there was turnovers—that's an issue. You can't turn the ball over and that happened with [QB] Sam [Noyer] with an interception— he had two fumbles and [RB] Jarek Broussard, who normally doesn't fumble. Those three turnovers were critical in moments of the game where we're getting ready to drive. I think defensively we could have tackled better. Those are the things that we had the guys in position-- we missed a lot of tackles today. It was just one of those instances where I think they were more ready and prepared to come in and play and do what they did. I think our guys were ready to play, but unfortunately we didn't execute very well." ON IFHEFEELSLIKETHEREWASANOVEREMPHASISONTHROWINGTHEBALLTODAYAFTERRUNNINGTHEBALLWELL LASTWEEK‐ "I don't think it was an over emphasis at all, we wanted to have balance. I thought our passing game actually did some real positive things early. There were some dropped passes that hurt us, we had a couple of big go routes that helped us—there's a number of plays that I think were working for us. I think run game-wise, we weren't as heavily into the run, just because of the situations in the game—particularly that fourth quarter. Pretty much that whole fourth quarter, we were trying to get ourselves back into scoring positions. So, the last 10 to 15 plays were passes, maybe skewed the whole process, but we were down in terms of points on the board. We're still going to always strive for balance. I thought that [QB] Sam [Noyer] did some good things today and he obviously did some things that he wish he could have back. We're going to continue to search and grow and bring our players along. We have a lot of young players on offense that are playing. It was good to see a young player like a [WR] Brenden Rice make some of the plays he made today. Sam, even though he's a senior, he's still young and he's growing through the process of being a starter. So, we've still got a lot of work to kind of refine and finish and execute. We just have to get back to the drawing board and do things better."

COLORADO BUFFALO FOOTBALL / POSTGAME QUOTES Page 1-B Colorado Buffaloes (4-1, 3-1 Pac-12) vs. Utah Utes (2-2, 2-2 Pac-12), Folsom Field, Boulder, Colo. (December 12, 2020)

Colorado Head Coach Karl Dorrell (Cont.)

ON QB SAM NOYER LEAVING THE GAME EARLY BUTTHENCOMINGBACKLATER‐ "He's been dealing with a sore shoulder most of the season. So, that's something that we've been dealing with him from the very beginning. We're just working on getting him better. He had one run that I think aggravated it and that's why he went out and went to get it examined and then came back out. He's been dealing with that most of the season and I just think he took a shot on it today. He needed to get it evaluated and come back out and finish. We're going to continue to work and see what his progress is as we go through this next week, but all indications right now are, the doctors and trainers are telling me that he's okay." ONWRBRENDENRICE‐"He had a nice couple plays today. It was fun to see him get a chance to make a few plays. He's a good young player, he's a player that we feel he has a lot of upside. He's trending up and he's getting better week after week, so it was fun to see him make a few plays. I thought he had a drop pass today though, so I won't be too high on his bandwagon, but he's making really good progress. We're happy he's getting acclimated into the college level of play. He'll continue to get better." ON THE SENSE OF THE DISAPPOINTMENT THAT HESAWINTHELOCKERROOMAFTERTHEGAME‐"They're all disappointed. We're all disappointed. We had an opportunity, so we didn't take advantage of it. We're going to learn from this and continue to build this program. That's what we're going to do." ONWHATDEFENSIVEADJUSTMENTSUTAHMADE INTHESECONDHALF‐"I think they hit a couple passes—they hit a screen on us. I think the first series of it, they got a big run that jumps out of there and gets them down there deep in the redzone. I think that's probably the biggest things that happened in the second half, they had a couple of big runs that were not happening in the first half. They happen to execute a little bit better than we did. We missed some tackles and they scored, I think, 14 points in a matter of two or three minutes, if I remember, in the early part of the third quarter. So, we just have to go back to the drawing board and fix some of these things when we watch the tape. I think the most glaring thing I saw were missed tackles today, which is really uncharacteristic—we haven't really done that as much as we did today, unfortunately, and it showed up today." ONTHECHARACTEROFTHETEAM“I do believe this team has really good character. I do feel that. In the locker room, there is disappointment but there is also understanding of why they are disappointed. They

knew where the issues were as to why we lost today. That tells you a lot about their growth as a team when they can basically say, ‘Coach, this was our problem today.’ The mindset now is to get those things fixed to get ready for next week. There is still a lot of enthusiasm about finishing the season in a strong way. We had an opportunity here to control our own destiny and we didn't do it. I think that is the biggest disappointment, the way that it happened with turnovers and doing some things that are uncharacteristic with what we've seen. But actually, we have seen a little bit of the turnover thing offensively. We have to take care of the ball better. Defensively, that was probably more uncharacteristic seeing all the missed tackles. You haven't really seen that as often. What you do is get back to work. There is no other way to do it. To get things fixed is to get back to work, analyze the issues that we had and delt with today, get some resolution, and get it fixed so we can move forward to the next week. I think our players, given what they felt, are disappointed today but they know there is much more football to play.” ONTHECONDITIONSOFTHEFIELD‐ “It shouldn’t have been (an issue). Utah came in here and played on the same surface. We are both on the same surface. We have no excuse for that. I am not using any excuses now. There were two teams out there, our team and Utah, on the same field. No excuse.”

COLORADO BUFFALO FOOTBALL / POSTGAME QUOTES Page 2 Colorado Buffaloes (4-1, 3-1 Pac-12) vs. Utah Utes (2-2, 2-2 Pac-12), Folsom Field, Boulder, Colo. (December 12, 2020)

Utah Head Coach Kyle Whittingham OpeningStatement“I’m proud of this team. They hung in there and fought their way out of a tough spot. Went into halftime down, 14-10, and promptly gave up a touchdown right out of the gate in the second half. No way to start the second half, and certainly not the ideal way, but they never flinched. The offense got clicking and scored 28 points in the second half. Jake Bentley got hot in that second half. He was 10 of 19 in the first half and then 10 of 13 in the second half. He really picked up his play. A lot of plays being made up there by a lot of people. Britain Covey had some key catches to keep drives alive. Ty Jordan, another big rushing day. Defense played solid throughout them and gave up 14 points. We had the one issue on the punt return, which can't happen, we got to get that corrected. Field goal kicker was outstanding, another 3-3 outing, made all his PATs. But the most important thing is this team just hung in there, never flinched and just kept fighting and found a way to win. That's a good win on the road against a top 25 team. Proud of these guys. OnJakeBentley’sperformance“We're very impressed and proud of him. Andy had a pretty stern talk with him at halftime and let him know that he needed to bring more confidence and just be better overall. Jake responded. That was great to see. Jake's a competitor and he's a veteran. He's been there, he's started close to 40 games at the power five level. He's no stranger to situations and it was great to see him respond that way.” Ondefensiveadjustmentsinthesecondhalf“We were really physical throughout. Stopping the run was gonna be our solution and one of the keys and he was our rush defense versus their rush offense. They had a back that was leading the conference just coming off a 300 yard plus outing last week. We knew that if they got their usual yards on the ground it didn't bode well for us. So, the run defense is where it started. Then we did a little mixing up in the second half, more single high stuff instead of the split safety looks that we had more of in the first half. It was more effective for us. A little more man coverage in the second half as well. Those corners, we're trying to bring them all slowly. We don't want to be too high of a dose of man coverage. Typically, we’re an 80%-man team. That has not been the case this year because we are bringing those guys along and allowing them to gain confidence. So, Coach Scalley, the defensive captain did a phenomenal job of putting them in situations. They responded and defensively we had three takeaways and that was huge. We were plus two in the turnover margin. We don’t lose many games when we’re plus two in the turnover margin.” Onthemomentumswitchattheendofthefirsthalf“It gave us good momentum going into halftime. That was the exact situation that we had a week before, but we didn't get down. We did great job of getting what you get and getting down to be able to call timeout and get the kick away. Whereas last week, we got to do a better job as coaches. We got it emphasized and got it executed today. That did give us

momentum. It took the wind out of our sails a little bit when they responded. I think they were at the 40-yard line after second half kickoff and then one play later in the endzone. So that was a little bit of a wake-up call, but like I said, our guys just hung in there and continued to fight. That’s what you want to see, the team's fight. Want to see guys that can handle adversity. Gotts handle adversity, gotta handle success. It's all the same. You got to keep playing at a high level and not let things snowball on you.” Ondefenseexceedinghisexpectationsfromtrainingcamp“Yes. I think we’re second in the league in total defense. If you told me that we replaced nine starters and played with four, five, six freshmen and be second in the league after four games, I'd say that's pretty good job. Those young guys are responding. We're excited about their future. I can tell you that we've got a big upside looking ahead.’ OnifthiswastheblueprintforaUtahwin“Absolutely. I would love to do that every week. That's awesome. That's not gonna happen every week. That’s how we always play, have a good, great defense. We did just that today. It all starts with defending run. If you can defend the run, you turn a team one dimensional and that is a big advantage. Just proud of the way the guys executed the plan.” OnNephiSewell“First of all, he's got really good speed and quickness for linebacker. He was a safety before he got to us, and actually was a safety for part of last year before we made the move full time to linebacker. That defensive back quickness and change in direction and burst is really a huge asset, even as a linebacker. He did a great job in the offseason putting on 15 pounds. He was about to 210 last year we you should probably put on 15 pounds. He's 225 pounds, about six feet tall; a little undersized for a linebacker, but just quick, tough, instinctive, and he has a nose for the ball. It runs in the family, I guess. He's one of a bunch of really good football players.” OnTyJordaninthesecondhalf“We just started blocking better in the second half. We challenged the offensive line a little bit at halftime because we weren't getting much movement in the first half and the pass protection was a little rough. They responded and did a great job in the second half. Got some movement, tight ends were involved in as well and did a nice job blocking those long runs. So, concerted effort by everybody, but a great individual job by Ty Jordan.” Ontheunorthodoxseason“It has been rough. It has been different and challenging, but our guys have responded as well as they possibly could have. It was tough to get the rug pulled out from under them on the 11th hour in those first two ballgames, that was a little bit disheartening. But it was the right decision to make. They responded and played their hearts out in the last four games even though we didn't win the first two. It's been a four-game season, it seems like a 14-game season. It's been a journey, but you got to be resilient, you got to be tough, you got to keep fighting. That's what they've been doing.”


Colorado Players S Derrion Rakestraw ON INURY TO NATE LANDMAN-“Obviously, that was a huge loss for us, losing one of our brothers on the field. We have to have that next man up mentality; we rely on our next man to come in there and make the same plays that Nate (Landman) can make. Going into these next few weeks that is what we are going to have to do. He’s most likely not going to be playing with us for the rest of the season, so we better have that next man up to come in there and ball for us.” ON TEAM’S MISSED TACKLES-“There’s really no excuse for it, those are plays that we’ve got to make. There’s no excuse for missed tackles, we’ve got to make them. That’s all it comes down to.” ON HOW LOCKER ROOM WILL RESPOND TO LOSS-“I believe that we are going to respond well. We have some great character in the locker room, the whole team has a great mindset. Nobody wants to lose, especially not in that way, and especially not at home. Our coaches are going to respond, so I’m excited to see how we come out and play next week.” ON MOOD IN LOCKER ROOM-“We didn’t even think about the rankings, or anything like that going into this week. We just knew that we had to take it a game at a time. This was a game that was in our way towards what we wanted to do this season, and we just did not get it done. I don’t think it had anything to do with us being ranked, it just came down to what we were doing on the field, and we just didn’t get it done.” ON LOSS KNOWING WHAT WAS AT STAKE-“It definitely hurts, we were controlling our own destiny. We didn’t get it done; we didn’t execute. Shoutout to Utah they played a great game, you have got to give them their respect. We have got to come out and play better, and that wasn’t the best we can play. Next game we’ve got to do better.” ON STRUGGLES AGAINST UTAH-“They’re just a solid team, just like we are. They are well coached, and they executed better than we did today. We have just got to get it done. There’s nothing crazy about it, we’re both good teams. They just made more plays than we did today.” ON HOW LANDMAN’S INJURY AFFECTED HIM-“I hate to see it, just because I know how much work Nate (Landman) has put into this, and I know how much he wants it. I just felt for him, and I want him to have a quick easy recovery. I want to see him back on the field. I definitely felt for him and felt like we had to play for him. It’s upsetting to know that we didn’t get it done.” ON UTAH RB TY JORDAN-“He’s a solid running back, and I believe he’s a true freshman. He has a lot of upside to him, he was solid. He’s a good running back, there was nothing out of the ordinary that we weren’t ready for, but he’s definitely a solid running back and a good player.”

ON UTAH’S GOOD FIELD POSITION-“It’s definitely a challenge, but it doesn’t change our goal. We want to force three and outs, and we want to hold teams to no points. We come out with the same mindset no matter where the ball is on the field. We knew that we had to get stops, and that’s what we were trying to do. It didn’t really have anything to do with where the field position was at.”


Colorado Players (Cont.) WR Brenden Rice ON OVERALL THOUGHTS AFTER THE GAME - “I have to say it kind of hurts. We were doing so well all season with our drive and passion in the locker room. At the end of the day, you have got to be afraid of losing as much as you want to win. And you just have to keep pushing towards your goals, and I think we lost track of that. We got too excited after the first half and we couldn’t keep up the pace.” ON FEELINGS AFTER A 61-YARD TOUCHDOWN- “I was ecstatic. Honestly, I just wanted to be able to contribute to the program, but at the same time, we knew that the game wasn’t over, and we knew that it was going to be a 60-minute football game. In that case, I got the touchdown and we had to move to the next play.” ON NATE LANDMAN BEING HURT - “Any one of our brothers, when they go down, it hurts us. Everyone you see in the locker room was in shock. It's just the same for everybody, we treat everybody the same. Nate is a big part of our defense but at the same time, we treat him like every other person is just another brother of ours. We're just sad to see him go down.” ON RESPONDING TO THIS LOSS - “Honestly we just have to watch the film and drop it. We’ll get ready for practice next week because it is in the past now. We can’t do anything about the past, we just need to push forward.” ON THE LONG RETURN & EXPERIENCE BEING A PUNT RETURNER - “I was a Punt Returner all my high school career. I just saw that the punter made a mistake because I was running towards Dimitri trying to get blocking in for him, I see the ball going the other way and I was like, oh wow, Dimitri’s yelling at me, he's yelling at me to get back over and then I got to the ball and I saw a wide-open lane.” ON HIS VANTAGE POINT IN THE LONG RETURN - “Honestly, just seeing the whole punt team moving towards Dimitri, I'm trying to get in front of them trying to block for a punt returner, and then as soon as I saw the ball in the air, I knew I had to like go get it. Go try to make a play, so I cut downfield heading towards the kicker hopefully I can slip by him because I know if I get tackled by the kicker my teammates are going to talk crap to me all the time so I just wanted to contribute to the team.” QB Sam Noyer ON THOUGHTS ON HIS PERFORMANCE- “They had a great secondary defense, they are a well-coached team. I didn’t play as well as I wanted to in the second half, but as I said, they were just a good team and they outperformed us.” ON ISSUES DURING THE GAME - “I think we are just shooting ourselves in the foot a bit. The interception hurt us. Overall, the

performance could have been better on offense. We just have got to learn and get better from here.” ON BRENDEN RICE’S IMPACT TODAY- “B-Rice is a great player, we have those great players all around the field. It’s nice having those guys and he stepped up and made plays when we needed plays. He did a great job.” IN HIS MESSAGE TO THE TEAM AFTER THE LOSS - “Don’t keep your head down. That is a good Utah football team and we just need to learn from it and come back better next week.” ILB Jonathan Van Diest ON INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE TODAY- “We are just trying to have a mentality of the next man up. Just do what I can, make my plays. Just be there with my teammates. We had a couple of shortcomings, but we have a lot to get better at and work on. We’ll just keep improving.” ON THE DEFENSIVE MESSAGE AFTER NATE WENT DOWN -“It's just next man up. That's the mentality we have here. It's football, not everyone's going to be healthy 24/7 and things are going to happen so we have to be ready for it.” ON WHAT COULD BE IMPROVED ON DEFENSIVELY - “I feel like in this game there were just small things here and there that we need to work on. After watching the film we’ll know the concrete things to work on.” WR K.D. Nixon INITIAL IMPRESSIONS OF BEING BACK ON THE FIELD - “I feel great, it hurt losing but one thing you can do is keep going, keep pushing, you can never give up so that’s what I’m going to be doing.” ON THE WEAPONS HELD AT THE RECEIVER POSITION- “It’s a lot of weapons. We just have to capitalize on opportunities and do what the team wants first, we are not selfish. When our name is called we try to step up and when it is not called we just do our job staying positive and staying high. We have a lot of good guys so we are just going to keep going.” ON WHAT CAN BE IMPROVED ON NEXT WEEK - “Just being able to attack the ball, being able to catch every ball, being able to block for our teammates. There are always things you can get better at. I don’t feel like we did anything perfect so we just need to get back to work.” ON BRENDEN RICE’S PERFORMANCE TODAY - “He reminds me of Laviska (Shenault Jr.). He’s big, strong, fast, confident. That’s what I try to tell him every time I talk to him. I tell him to believe in himself. That’s all it takes for opportunities to happen, just to believe in yourself. When receivers get opportunities, we step up to the plate. All it is is just believing in yourself, having fun, and having confidence.”

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Colorado Players (Cont.) DE Terrance Lang ON INITIAL THOUGHTS ON IMPROVEMENTS FOR DEFENSE - “We played hard. I feel like we have a lot to improve on when we look at the tape. One of the most obvious things was tackling, I feel like we need to improve on tackling. We had a lot of missed tackles. All we can do now is just get back in the lab and fix it.” ON THE MESSAGE AFTER LANDMAN WENT DOWN - “There wasn’t a specific message. Nate’s a really good player, we all love Nate, but it was the next man up mentality. We had a game to win, the game was on the line.” ON INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE TODAY - “I feel like I played alright, but I can always play a lot better. I have a lot of work to do. I’ll never say that I played well enough.” CB Mekhi Blackmon ON THE INTERCEPTION- “I was backside, I had a double move, I think he ran a post corner. We got a good rush, I think they tipped it a little bit, and when it came out, it was overthrown a little bit and I just picked it up. I had missed some others earlier in the season. I just looked for the ball and caught it.” ON DEFENSIVE IMPROVEMENTS - “We lost some people today because of injury, that’s one thing that hurt us. Also tackling. We just have got to be better tacklers.” ON DEFENSIVE MESSAGE AFTER NATE WENT DOWN - “We know he is one of the hardest parts of our defense, but as we said, we have to get the win for him, it can’t be a fall off, everybody has to step up, next man up mentality, that’s just how we went about it.” ILB Akil Jones ON HOW HE FELT IN HIS FIRST GAME AS A DAD- “Yeah, the rumors are true, dad strength does exist.” ON MESSAGE TO THE TEAM AFTER NATE LANDMAN INJURY- “It was just next man up, even with how tough it is, especially with-it being Nate (Landman). It broke my heart honestly because he deserves everything. He’s the toughest dude out there, but it is football, and it is just the next man up. We tried our best to fill the gap and try to keep playing like we didn’t skip a beat.” ON WHAT THEY NEED TO IMPROVE GOING INTO NEXT GAME- “There’s always things to improve on. Whether it is coverage, or whether its alignment and assignment, I think that it’s just the basics. We just have to go back to the basics, tackling, running our feet. I believe we have a really good defense; we play good ball all around and we communicate. It is just the little things now that we have to get tuned up.”

WR Maurice Bell On his touchdown play- “It’s been a long time coming, I’ve been waiting for that for a minute. It was just a great play call honestly, it was a great read by the quarterback, and a great throw. At the end of the day, I just had to make the play when it came.” On the skill of CU’s receiver core- “We are stacked at receiver, and we are all very talented. We all take accountability of it, and we take pride in it. We all know that we are talented so every time we have the opportunity, we have to make plays. If the ball comes to us, we have to make the plays. Even in practice, with us being so talented, we always push each other, and make sure that we are the best that we can be.”


Utah Players WR Britain Covey ON WIN & SETTING TONE IN SECOND HALF-"The coaches did a great job of making adjustments going down to what we were doing well at and what was open. It comes down to that we haven't played a full game yet. This team has always had either one half or one quarter missing. The first half wasn't on us, I think Colorado is just a good team and we came out after half and made some adjustments. We had to battle back from some adversity which was awesome and finally play our first 60 minute game in my opinion" ON KICK/PUNT RETURNS-"It's critical. I talked to Coach this week about giving me more freedom on taking kick returns along with punt returns. They're much different because the momentum is usually with the team kicking off because they scored or whatever it is. If you can then switch the momentum back off of a good kick return, that is huge for the offense. They're two different things and I'm excited to get more opportunities on kick returns and I really think I can bust one open." ON JAKE BENTLEY’S PERFORMANCE-"I think it comes down to playing a full 60 minutes. When Jake is confident, he is amazing and plays so tough. I mean look at those scrambles, you have no idea what that does for the rest of the team. He looks like Hercules out there breaking four tackles on a scramble and it pumps us all up. It makes us want to go to war with him. We have full confidence in Jake and I'm excited to see what we have left this year (one game). We trust Jake with this offense, I mean we voted him a Captain that's all you need to know about him." ON BEING HEALTHY AND HIS PERFORMANCE-"This is just scratching the surface of what type of player I can be. Deep routes, short routes, running the ball. I feel like being healthy is only helping me scratch the surface and this isn't the best performance I play on having in my career. I'm just excited, I know there are all the jokes of me being old, but I'm only 23 and I feel like I have my best years ahead of me. Maybe not for my hair, but other than that I feel young and excited." ON HAVING ONLY ONE GAME LEFT-"It's sad. This is the first time in my career where we aren't playing for a championship or going to a championship. It's different, you have to dig deep and find what motivates you. We have one game and this has been such a weird season. The honest truth is we're all pretty burnt out. You saw what Boston College did (opting out of their bowl game) and with the emotional drag of the season, we only have one game but we're ready to finish strong and go into next year with a winning record." ON BLUEPRINT OF UTAH‐"Yes, typical blueprint. I heard Yogi Roth say something the other day saying "You don't want to play Utah. It doesn't matter if they're 4-0 or 0-4, because you know you're going to get physicality, some amazing defense and big plays". That's what we pride ourselves on.”

ON EARLY START-"It was great. We woke up to the fire alarm at 6:30 am. It's nice, we started thinking about the game the moment we woke up. It's a shame we still have finals. That's the only negative part. If we had lost, I would've probably failed my final tonight but now, I'm going to go back and study." LB Nephi Sewell ON QB’s THROWING IN HIS DIRECTION-"Yeah, I see a lot of stuff on film and Coach's help. We obviously put a lot of emphasis on this week because over the last few games, they've seen us bite on the run a lot and then Coach told us to dial in our eyes and then I saw high hats so it just happens.” ON CU’S FUMBLE AT END OF FIRST HALF-"We definitely had momentum going into the half. Our offense had been struggling at the moment and then we went down with that firefighter mentality that Coach Kelly preaches and whenever there is fire, we're the firefighters we have to put it out and as a defense we did a good job of that. It just so happened we forced that fumble and our kicker was able to get those 3 points at the end of the half." ON DEFENSE-“It's definitely a milestone for us, but I feel like we can be so much better than we are. We've only played four games and we are just now scratching the surface. There are only limits if you put yourself into them and we can be a better defense, go from good to great.” ON MOVING POSITIONS-"Nothing changes. Being in the LB room, I know what the linebackers and defensive line is supposed to do. And being in the Safety room, I learn the entire defense so it's really not too much for me. I'll do whatever for the team as long as we win."


Utah Players (Cont.) QB Jake Bentley ON HALFTIME ADJUSTMENTS-"We made the schematic adjustments we need to make. Credit to Coach Ludwig and the other coaches. They really saw what Colorado was doing on defense and put us in the best situation to be successful. For me, it was having a so-what, now-what mentality. So-what, we scored, we stalled out, I missed a third down completion to [Britain Covey] and there's some things we have to figure out. Now-what do we have to do to be successful. It's awesome to see these guys' faces light up with excitement when we're moving the ball." ON CU’S FUMBLE AT THE END OF THE FIRST HALF-"It was just a matter of perfect execution on offense and when you have successful plays build up, it gives the offense so much confidence. If you look at the Oregon State game, we mishandled that situation adn didn't perform before halftime. This time we executed perfectly in a similar situation and [Britain Covey] executed perfectly getting down and then Mr. Automatic [Jaden Redding] put it through for us. It was a big momentum swing.” ON CONFIDENCE IN OFFENSE- I'm more confident, yeah. I think when you look at the game, there is still a lot I have to clean up. That through to [Britain Covey], that throw to [Dalton Kincaid], the drive before half when I missed [Britain Covey] on a crosser. There are so many things for me to clean up and not to be negative about the game, I'm glad we won, but I know we can be even better as an offense and continue to improve. It sucks we have one game left, but I'm excited to go out and execute with those guys." ON THE DEFENSE- "That's what the outside people were thinking about our defense. Internally, we knew how good they could be. We have some of the best coaches in the nation and we knew our special defense could be. The team's confidence and energy they brought to the offense and then for the offense to go out and score on our first drive of the 2nd half. We were feeding off each other and that was just huge." ON TRANSITION OF OFFENSE IN HIS CAREER- "Offense is complex and a new thing for me, but battling through spring practices and then having to maneuver your way through this year and learn in different settings ahs made this tough but I think of Ludwig and the amount of hours he's invested in me and a ton of credit to Drew Lisk, he's taught me a lot and he's the smartest guy I know. Big credit to them helping me learn it and I'm super glad to be here and playing for the Utes. ON EARLY START- I've played at 11am central time which was the earliest for me. I didn't know if [Britain Covey] set off the alarm. All the strength coaches acted like they were innocent but I have a feeling that one of them paid someone to do it. It got us woken up and I applaud the guys for waking up and being ready to go."

ON HOW REWARDING GAME WAS FOR HIM – “For me, it's something you can't describe. We have a special group, especially those two guys [Soloman Enis and Brant Kuithe] always coming up to me and fulfilling me with confidence. Two guys I'm lucky to call friends and teammates. This year has been hard on all of us and for us to get a big win like this, it was us overcoming the adversity that we faced and I know a lot of the guys have personal battles too. For [Soloman Enis] to have a big game was just huge for him because he's been battling some stuff. i told him I was proud of him and the way to battle through practice all week and to see him have a great game was just awesome.

[1 of 1] Utah Utes (2-2, 2-2 Pac-12) 38, Colorado Buffaloes (4-1, 3-1 Pac-12) 21 Folsom Field, Boulder; December 12

MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS FINAL SCORE ........................................... 21 38 Time Spent in the Lead (Tied 14:13) ..... 10:07 35:40 Total Plays-Yards ..................................... 66-377 72-432 Plus Territory: Plays-Yards .................. 17-53 38-170 Drives With Plays in Plus Territory ......... 4 of 12 10 of 14 First Down Plays/Yards ........................... 26/144 32/205 Average on First Down ........................... 5.5 6.4 First Half ............................................... 3.4 (14-47) 5.2 (16-83) Second Half ......................................... 8.1 (12-97) 7.6 (16-122) Rushes/Average ................................... 17/2.9 16/6.9 Passes/Average (includes sacks) ...... 9/10.6 16/5.9 Times Gained: 20+/10+/5+ .............. 2/3/8 2/7/10 Times Gained: 2-/0/Neg ..................... 14/7/2 19/11/5 Second Down Efficiency ........................ 5-21 9-24 First Half ............................................... 2-12 3-12 Second Half ......................................... 3-9 6-12 Yards Gained ....................................... 101 161 Third Down Efficiency ............................ 8-16 6-15 Rushing ................................................ 3-4 0-4 Passing ................................................. 5-12 6-11 Average Yards To Go (All) .................. 7.6 7.9 Average Yards To Go (Conversions) 6.1 7.0 Yards Gained ....................................... 132 70 3rd & 5 or less ...................................... 3-6 2-3 3rd & 6 or more ................................... 5-10 4-12 Fourth Down Efficiency (Yards) ............ 0-3 (0) 0-1 (-4) Total Possessions/Average FP ................ 13/C19 15/U42 First Half ............................................... 6/C14 8/U38 Second Half ......................................... 7/C23 7/U47 Drives Started Inside/At Own 20 ........ 7 (6/1) 3 (1/2) Drives Started In Plus Territory .......... 0 (0 pts) 4 (6 pts) Three Plays & Out ............................... 5 3 Opponent Turnovers (Pts)...................... 1 (0) 3 (3) Scores-Times Penetrated The 20 (pts) .. 0-0 (0) 3-4 (20) Plays-Yards ........................................... 0-0 12-38 Third Down Efficiency ........................ 0-0 1-3 Yards by Quarter: 1st ........................... 117 86 2nd ......................... 97 85 3rd .......................... 98 175 4th .......................... 65 86

CAPTAINS 10 Jackson, WR 54 Lang, DE 3 Nixon, WR 26 Wells, OLB

TV Replays: First Pac-12 Football in 60s: Sunday: 10 p.m. and Monday 1 a.m. (P12N) & 6 p.m. Monday (P12MT). No full replay scheduled.

QUICKLY

Series. Utah has won eight of the 10 meetings since both joined the Pac-1 and has tied the series at 32-32-2 (the first time it has been tied since 23-23-1). The Utes have won four straight. General. Kickoff was officially at 10:05 a.m., the earliest in Folsom Field history (old: 10:09 a.m. vs Nebraska on Nov. 23, 2007) ... CU is now 24-30-1 when wearing all black uniforms; the Buffs are 3-20 in the black helmets and 0-8 when in black from head-to-toe … CU is now 13-19 in the month of December (5-8 in regular season games) … TBJarekBroussard’s fumble was the first by a CU running back this season (on the 166th attempt by a running back), and the first loss suffered by an RB in 19 games (Travon McMillian had the only that season at Washington State) … CU didn’t penetrate the red zone for the first time since Nov. 3, 2012 in a 48-0 home loss to Stanford.

IT WAS INEVITABLE With three games on the regular season in December, it was most likely at least one would make the

list of the coldest games in school history. Today’s 23-degree temperature at kickoff marked the 10th coldest it has been for a CU game (and the seventh coldest at home). At halftime, it “warmed” to 24 degrees; at the game’s end, it was 23.

COLORADO’S COLDEST GAMES (*—night game) Date Opponent Result Temperature (WC)/Conditions Nov. 11, 1911 COLORADO A&M W 31- 0 7 ( -1) / snow flurries Nov. 21, 1931 COLORADO COLLEGE W 17- 7 10 ( 7) / light snow Nov. 2, 1991 *NEBRASKA T 19-19 12 ( -8) / cloudy Nov. 23, 1918 at Denver L 0- 6 15 (15) / cloudy Nov. 16, 1996 *KANSAS STATE W 12- 0 16 ( -3) / snow flurries Nov. 23, 1991 at Iowa State W 17-14 17 ( -8) / blizzard conditions Nov. 2, 1935 COLORADO COLLEGE W 23- 0 18 (14) / cloudy Nov. 14, 1959 at Nebraska L 12-14 19 ( -1) / cloudy & windy Nov. 11, 2000 IOWA STATE L 27-35 19 ( 2) / snowfall throughout Dec. 12, 2020 UTAH L 21-38 23 (19) / cloudy Nov. 23, 1985 KANSAS STATE W 30- 0 24 (13) / sunny & windy Nov. 23, 2007 NEBRASKA W 65-51 24 (13) / cloudy Nov. 15, 1997 at Kansas State L 20-37 25 ( 6) / cloudy & windy Nov. 28, 2015 at Utah L 14-20 26 (21) / snow flurries Nov. 7, 1936 UTAH W 31- 7 27 (23) / cloudy Nov. 7, 1936 UTAH W 31- 7 27 (23) / cloudy Nov. 22, 1958 at Utah W 7- 0 28 (11) / snowy & windy Nov. 13, 1976 KANSAS W 40-17 28 (19) / overcast, light fog Nov. 30, 2019 *at Utah L 15-45 28 (23) / partly cloudy

CU is now 14-9-1 all-time, including a 12-3-1 mark at home, when the thermometer doesn’t crack 30 degrees.

FIRSTS OF CAREER Junior WRMauriceBellhad his first career TD reception; CBMekhiBlackmon has his first career interception.

INDIVIDUAL LINER NOTES

WR Brenden Rice (1-61, TD receiving; 81-yard punt return TD) ► The last Buff to score a touchdown in the same game by reception and return (punt or kickoff) was WRWalterStanley against Texas Tech on Sept. 12, 1981 (2 receiving, 1 punt); ironically, his son Dimitri had key blocks on both today. ► It tied for the 12th longest in school history, and was the first since Sept. 9, 2017, when Laviska Shenault was credited with one for 55 yards against Texas Tech (scooped up a fumble); Isaiah Oliver returned one 68 yards against UCLA on Nov. 3, 2016. It was the longest since Ben Kelly had an 88-yard return for a score against Boston College in the 1999 Insight.com Bowl. TB Jarek Broussard (14-80, 0 TD, 3 FD rushing; 3-6 receiving) ► He came close to rushing for 100 yards in a fifth straight game, but with 813 yards will remain among the national leaders at 162.6 yards per game.

MOST RUSHING YARDS / FIRST FIVE CU GAMES IN ANY SEASON Player, Class Season Att. Yards Avg. TD 100-yd Gm Rashaan Salaam, Jr. 1994 135 893 6.61 12 4 Jarek Broussard, Soph. 2020 129 813 6.30 3 4 Chris Brown, Jr. 2002 116 678 5.84 8 3 Kayo Lam, Sr. 1935 74 670 9.05 6 3 Bob Stransky, Sr. 1957 92 635 6.90 8 3 Byron White, Sr. 1937 123 635 5.16 7 3 Eric Bieniemy, Soph. 1988 105 629 5.99 5 3 James Mayberry, Jr. 1977 96 601 6.26 6 2 FIRST FIVE GAMES PLAYED IN A SEASON (he did not play in the opener): Eric Bieniemy, Sr. 1990 139 735 5.29 7 4

ILB Nate Landman (5,1—6 TT; 1 QBS, 1 TFL, 1 3DS) ► If his injury is season-ending and he doesn’t return, and if the six tackles are correct, he would finish his CU career with 337 tackles, 11th all-time (with 46 third down stops, third all-time).

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