Colorado-West Virginia Notes

Quickly Dan Hawkins' teams are now 8-1 following a bye week ... Colorado is 3-0 for the first time since 2004, and just the second time since a 5-0 start in '98 ... This was Colorado's 42nd win over a ranked team dating back to 1989, the eighth most in the nation during this time frame ... CU was last ranked Nov. 6, 2005 (21st by the coaches, 22 in AP & Harris) ... First significant winds (18-32 mph) in a game in Boulder since 2006, when winds gusted from 12-24 miles per hour on Sept. 21 vs. Arizona State (and those were the first since November 1995 against Missouri) ... Colorado now has six turnovers this season (3 INT, 3 FUM), all oddly occurring in the second quarter... CB Cha'pelle Brown was credited with his first career sack (for 0 yards); now, the NCAA doesn't acknowledge sacks for zero; however, Colorado has kept sacks since 1968 and awarded them for zero as the NFL does, and since the NCAA never bothered to ask any SID's or defensive coaches their opinions when it started tracking defensive numbers in 2003, CU did not change ... CU was up 14-7 at halftime; the Buffs had allowed just six points in the second half all season ... QB Cody Hawkins now has a 20-to-1 ratio of touchdowns to interceptions in the red zone.

FIRST ACTION TE Riar Geer saw his first action of the season after missing the first two games recovering from arthroscopic surgery; CB Jimmy Smith did the same after being out with back spasms; Fairview High alum and R-Fr. TB Arthur Jaffee saw his first action on the kickoff return unit in the third quarter.

FIRST START: Anthony Perkins made his first career start at strong safety, subbing for D.J. Dykes.

TB RODNEY STEWART (28-166, 0 TD) Colorado's diminutive freshman (5-6, 170) rushed for the third most yards in a game by a freshman with 166 (tied for the 60th most overall for a single game). He had 98 yards in the first half and also earned eight first downs. Tonight's chart:

CU FRESHMAN 100-YARD RUSHING GAMES (16)

Yds (att-td) Player Opponent Date

202 (24-2) Billy Waddy at Wisconsin Sept. 22, 1973

168 (21-1) Lamont Warren at Iowa State Nov. 23, 1991

166 (28-0) Rodney Stewart West Virginia Sept. 18, 2008

150 (25-0) Marcus Houston at Southern Cal Sept. 9, 2000

142 (18-1) *Michael Simmons OREGON Sept. 12, 1987

132 (34-2) *Lee Rouson Missouri Nov. 7, 1981

125 (17-1) Marcus Reliford Kansas State Nov. 19, 1988

122 (20-0) Brian Calhoun Oklahoma (at Houston) Dec. 7, 2002

120 (25-0) Derek Singleton at Oklahoma State Nov. 8, 1980

119 (14-1) Eric Bieniemy Stanford Sept. 19, 1987

118 (26-1) Lamont Warren at Kansas State Oct. 26, 1991

114 (12-1) Marcus Reliford at Missouri Nov. 5, 1988

110 (10-0) Lamont Warren Missouri Oct. 12, 1991

109 (21-0) Derek Singleton Kansas Nov. 15, 1980

107 (11-2) Carroll Hardy at Nebraska Nov. 17, 1951

100 (18-1) Marcus Houston Colorado State (Denver) Sept. 2, 2000

(*?denotes redshirt frosh)

”TOUCHBACK” DAVIS PK Jameson Davis, whose first

kickoff went for a touchback (and about 87 yards), equaled CU's 2007 total of touchbacks on kickoffs with his sixth of year. CU had that many on 63 kickoffs last year, and took just 14 in 2008 to reach that many. He latter added a seventh (on 16 kicks).

QUICK STRIKE Colorado's two touchdowns in the first 4:50 of the game were the fastest pair by the Buffs since Nov. 23, 2001 when the Buffs went up 14-0 on Nebraska just 3:13 into the game (CU of course went on to a 62-36 win scored two in the first 4:56 at Baylor on Oct. 19, 2002). CU had not scored in the first quarter (six possessions) prior to tonight. CU is 8-9 in games under Dan Hawkins when scoring first.

PK ARIC GOODMAN He hit the game winner from 25 yards out, which after a long drought in CU history has become almost commonplace. Kevin Eberhart hit two game winners last year, including over No. 3 Oklahoma, CU's last win over a ranked team (after hitting a game-tying one and then the winner against CSU). And Mason Crosby had a winner with four seconds left to beat CSU in 2005.

238 & COUNTING And the train keeps going: Colorado scored in its 238th consecutive game tonight, adding to the fourth longest active streak in the nation and the ninth longest of all-time. CU has now extended the streak on its first possession 98 times and in the first quarter 164 times (216 times by halftime). CU was last shutout nearly 20 years ago, 7-0 at Nebraska on Nov. 12, 1988.

HEISMAN WORTHY Colorado had not allowed an opposing back to gain 100 yards at Folsom Field since Kansas State's Alan Webb (QB) snuck over the plateau with 103 yards on 24 carries back on Nov. 13, 2004. WVU's QB Pat White (19-148, 2 TD) became just the seventh opponent to run for 100 or more in the last 40 games against the Buffs and the first in Boulder in nearly four years. Noel Devine added 133 on 26 carries, thus WVU became the first team with two 100-yard rushers in a game against CU since Eli Roberson (21-178) and Darren Sproles (16-121) did it for Kansas State in Boulder on Oct. 5, 2002.

OPPONENT PASSING LOW Even though WVU completed 10-of-15 passes, the 43 yards was a decade opponent low. You have to go back to Nov. 13, 1999 at Baylor, when CU limited the Bears to 40 passing yards on 4-of-21 throws. It's the lowest total by a ranked opponent in 20 years... No. 7 Nebraska completed 2-of-9 passes for 18 yards in a 7-0 win on Nov. 12, 1988.

INJURY REPORT SS D.J. Dykes did not start tonight due to illness. Otherwise just normal bumps and bruises. S Bret Smith (winter knee surgery) is due back in practice next week.

Colorado is now 5-4 all-time in overtime games; here's a chart summarizing the Buffs in overtime (*?denotes in Denver):

----Total Yards-----

Date Opponent Score Regulation Coin Toss Choice Offense Defense Notes

10-09-99 MISSOURI W 46-39 39-39 Missouri Defense 25 13 Ends with Kelly INT

11-26-99 NEBRASKA L 30-33 27-27 Nebraska Defense 9 25 CU trailed 27-3 early in 4th

11-09-02 at Missouri W 42-35 35-35 Missouri Defense 25 18 Ends with Mossoni FR

12-28-02 Wisconsin L 28-31 28-28 Wisconsin Defense -2 5 Alamo Bowl

10-11-03 KANSAS W 50-47 44-44 Colorado Defense 25 7 Calhoun 3-25 rushing in OT

10-23-04 at Texas A & M L 26-29 26-26 Colorado Defense 14 33 First CU turnover in OT ends it

10-07-06 BAYLOR L 31-34 (3 OT) 17-17 Colorado Defense 42 72 Ends in 3OT on Baylor INT

9-01-07 *Colorado State W 31-28 28-28 Colorado Defense 7 16 Eberhart kicks GWFG after Wheatley INT

9-18-08 WEST VIRGINIA W 17-14 14-14 Colorado Defense 18 19 Goodman kicks GWFG after WVU miss

WVU Game Notes at Colorado

Game Captains

WVU game captains against the Buffaloes were senior quarterback Pat White, senior offensive lineman Ryan Stanchek, senior linebacker Mortty Ivy and senior linebacker Reed Williams.

Coach Bill Stewart will select game captains each week. Team captains will be elected at the end of the regular season.

For Starters

Freshman tight end Tyler Urban was the lone first-time starter for the Mountaineers against Colorado. Will Johnson made his first career start as a slot receiver. Reed Williams made his first start of the season in his first game action of the year.

A total of 35 Mountaineers now have at least one game of starting experience. Tops on that list are senior offensive lineman Ryan Stanchek (37), senior quarterback Pat White (33), junior offensive lineman Greg Isdaner (28) and senior offensive lineman Jake Figner (28). All of Stanchek and Isdaner's starts are consecutive, and White has started 17 straight.

Moving On Up

With his 12-yard carry in the first quarter, quarterback Patrick White passed Joshua Cribbs (Kent State, 2001-04) for third place on the all-time NCAA career quarterback rushing list. Cribbs had 3,670 career rushing yards.

White now boasts 3,814 for his career.

Season-long Play

Pat White's 44-yard rush on WVU's second drive of the game marked the longest play of the season for the Mountaineers. It marked White's 13^th longest rush of his career.

White's Rushing Touchdowns

Patrick White's six-yard rushing touchdown in the first quarter and his 39-yard scoring run in the third quarter marked his first and second of the season and 40^th and 41^st of his career. He moved past Amos Zereoue (1996-98) into fourth place on WVU's career rushing touchdown list. Steve Slaton (2005-07) is WVU's career rushing touchdown leader with 50.

The scores marked White's 80^th and 81^st career TDs responsible for. He is just the third player in BIG EAST history to amass 80 or more career TDs responsible for. Syracuse's Donovan McNabb (1995-98) is the BIG EAST career leader in the category with 96.

White now has 12 career multiple rushing touchdown games in his career.

White's first rushing touchdown also marked WVU's first of the 2008 season. WVU now has 122 rushing touchdowns in its last 35 games, dating back to 2005.

Williams' Pick

Reed Williams' second-quarter interception marked the second of his career.

Holmes' Sack and Forced Fumble

John Holmes' sack of Cody Hawkins in the second quarter and subsequent forced fumble marked the seventh and fourth of his career, respectively. Scooter Berry recovered the fumble, the fourth of his career.

100-Yard Rushing Performances

Pat White's 148-yards rushing against Colorado marked his 16^th career 100-yard rushing effort and first of the season.

Noel Devine reached 100 yards rushing for the fourth time in his career and first time this season with his 133 yards, the second-most of his career. His previous-high was 136 at Maryland last year.

Double-Trouble

White and Devine both topped 100 yards rushing against the Buffaloes. It marked the 45^th time in school history that there were two l00-yard rushers in the same game. It marks the 12^th time that White has been one of those two in a single contest.

It marks the first game that the Mountaineers had two 100-yard rushers since White (150) and Devine (108) both reached that plateau in the same game against Oklahoma in the 2008 Fiesta Bowl.

Career Night for Devine

Noel Devine's 26 carries against Colorado marked a career-high. His previous best was13 in last season's Fiesta Bowl.

Overtime

West Virginia headed to overtime for the first time since 2006, a 41-39 three overtime victory in the season's final regular season game against Rutgers at Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium. The Colorado game marked the second-ever away overtime contest (2000 at Rutgers, 31-24/W).

WVU falls to 4-2 all-time and 1-1 on the road in overtime games.

Date Opponent Score Regulation Coin Toss Choice Offense Defense Notes

Players Mentioned

Cha'pelle Brown

Jameson Davis

D.J. Dykes

Kevin Eberhart

Riar Geer

Cody Hawkins

Arthur Jaffee

Anthony Perkins

Bret Smith

Jimmy Smith

Rodney Stewart

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