Colorado-Arizona Notes
October 18, 2015 | Football
Tonight's Captains: Bell, Murphy, Powell, Spruce
Players who carried out CU's symbolic instruments tonight:
Sledgehammer: Lee Walker                    Â
Toolbox: Stephane Nembot
Special Teams Belt: Jaleel Awini      Â
Buffalo Head: Grant Watanabe
United States Flag Colin Johnson     Â
Colorado Flag: Ed Caldwell
QUICKLY Colorado now leads the series by a 13-5 count, though Arizona leads 3-2 with both as members of the Pac-12 … Colorado again wore a new look from head-to-toe tonight, all silver (helmets/jersey/pant) … The loss is CU's 14th straight in league play, tying the school mark set over the 2012-13 seasons (eight of which have been at home, snapping the old mark of seven within the previous 14 game streak).
ILB Grant Watanabe (Fr.) made his first career start in his first-ever collegiate game; he is just the second Buff to start a game at inside linebacker as a true freshman since 2006 (joining Addison Gillam, who started all 12 games in 2013).
Pac-12 opponents had scored on CU in 13 straight quarters until Arizona went scoreless in the second; with Colorado shutting out the Wildcats in the second and third quarters, it marked just the second time ever and the first since Nov. 25, 2011 at Utah, CU had shut out a Pac-12 foe in back-to-back periods (Utah was scoreless at halftime). UA also went 38:29 between scores, the longest stretch CU has held a Pac-12 opponent scoreless since that Utah game (34:31).
CU's streak of having at least one interception ended at six straight games, but still won the turnover battle, 2-1 … The Buffs converted those into 10 points.
INDIVIDUAL LINER NOTES
WR Shay Fields (8-168, 2 TD). He had his second career 100-yard game (first was against Oregon two weeks ago—5-103). He tied his career high with eight receptions and had his first career multi-TD game. He also now has five career receptions of 50 yards or longer (all from Sefo Liufau):
75Â Â Â at Arizona, Nov. 8, 2014 (TD)
72Â Â Â vs. Arizona, Oct. 17, 2015 (TD)
67Â Â Â at Arizona State, Oct. 10, 2015
65Â Â Â vs. Colorado State, Sept. 19, 2015 (TD)
52Â Â Â vs. Utah, Nov. 29, 2014 Â Â
TE Sean Irwin (2-52, 0 TD). His 47-yard reception topped his previous career long of 42 he had last week at Arizona State.
QB Sefo Liufau (43-28-0, 339, 2 TD). He moved into third place all-time in passing yards at CU with 6,709, as he moved by Kordell Stewart (6,481, 1991-94) this evening.  The 43 attempts were the most he's ever had in a game without an interception (third most in CU history), and he now has 75 straight without a pick, his second longest streak (107).
WR Nelson Spruce (8-63, 0 TD). He continued to add to his school marks in career receptions (250) and yards (2,797). He moved into fourth all-time in the Pac-12 in receptions, moving past three players tonight including his position coach, Troy Walters (who had 248 at Stanford, 1996-99). He still is chasing CU's career TD mark (he has 20, two shy of McKnight's record), and he has caught at least one pass in 32 straight games (multiple in 27 straight).
WR/TB Donovan Lee (6-129 KOR). He had a career-high 129 kickoff return yards, tied for 31st in a game at CU and the most this season.
