Colorado-Washington Notes
Players who carried out CU’s symbolic instruments tonight:
Sledgehammer: George Frazier
Toolbox: Sean Irwin
United States Flag: Donovan Lee
Colorado Flag: Tim Lynott, Jr.
QUICKLY Colorado has now won 12 of the 13 coin tosses this season (and has deferred to the second half all 12 times; record is 10-2 -- USC is the only game it lost the toss) … Uniforms: The Buffs are now 2-1 when wearing their “White Ice” ensemble (all white: helmet-uniform-pant) … Washington had two 100-yard runners tonight; the last team that did that against CU was Oregon in 2015 … The Buffs will go to their 29th bowl in their history; the destination will be known on Sunday; its last appearance came in the 2007 Independence Bowl (a 30-24 win over Alabama) … The Buffs loss snapped a six-game winning streak, its longest since 1996. Both teams had just three penalties tonight; CU had just the three over its last two games.
CU in League Championship Games … CU is the first Pac-12 South team to win the league title, and its Colorado’s first since claiming the 2001 Big 12 crown. The Buffs are now 1-4 in league championship games:
Dec. 1, 2001 #9 Colorado 39, # 3 Texas 37 (Big 12 /Irving, Texas)
Dec. 7, 2002 #8 Oklahoma 29, #12 Colorado 7 (Big 12 / Houston, Texas)
Dec. 4, 2004 #2 Oklahoma 42, Colorado 3 (Big 12 / Kansas City, Mo.)
Dec. 3, 2005 #2 Texas 70, Colorado 3 (Big 12 / Houston, Texas)
Dec. 2, 2016 #4 Washington 41, #8 Colorado 10 (Pac-12 / Santa Clara, Calif.)
CU FINAL STATS. CU’s 2016 stat champions (Colorado does not include bowl statistics into its final season stats to preserve history after the decision by the NCAA, based on a miniscule 42-38 vote by the schools to do so but only from 2002-on):
Rushing: Phillip Lindsay, Jr. (230-1,189 yards, 16 TD)
Passing: Sefo Liufau, Sr. (290-183-6, 2,171 yards, 11 TD)
Receiving: Devin Ross, Jr. (66-765, 5 TD)
Scoring: Phillip Lindsay, Jr. (17 TD, 102 points)
Tackles: Kenneth Olugbode, Sr. (final numbers TBD/coaches video)
Offense Notes … CU ran just 54 plays, only the third time MacIntyre’s 50 games the Buffs ran under 60 … Colorado had a streak of scoring in 15 straight quarters come to an end in the scoreless second … CU possessed the ball for only 21:26, its fewest since the 2010 season finale at Nebraska (20:30).
Defense Notes … The opponent had failed to score on its first possession in the first 12 games this season until tonight (1-yard run by Lavon Coleman) … Washington came in outscoring its opponents 162-26 in the first quarter, but it was a 7-7 draw after 15 minutes tonight … CU held its last four opponents to under 50 percent in each game (9-of-24, 37.5 percent tonight); 60-of-143 over the four games (42.0).
INDIVIDUAL LINER NOTES
QB Sefo Liufau (13-3-3, 21 yards, 0 TD; 6-13 rushing). He finished his career with 9,568 passing yards and 10,509 yards of total offense, two of his 87+ records he has set at Colorado. His latest streak of passes without an interception ended at 89 (he has had career streaks of 152, 118 and 107; of his six interceptions this season, four came on tipped or deflected balls (two of three tonight).
TB Phillip Lindsay (19-53, 1 TD rushing; 3-19 receiving). He finished the year with 47 receptions, a record for a running back at Colorado (old mark: 45 by Rodney Stewart in 2011). His 102 points scored (17 TD) tied for the sixth most for a single-season in school history, and the most since Chris Brown scored 108 in 2002. He moved into 13th place all-time on CU’s rushing charts (2,233 yards), and enters his senior year third in all-purpose yards (3,953).
ILB Kenneth Olugbode (6,13—19 TT). He finished as CU’s leading tackler for the second time in his career; he led the team with 83 as a sophomore in 2014; tonight’s total is tentatively a career-high; CU uses coaches’ video for its numbers.
Sledgehammer: George Frazier
Toolbox: Sean Irwin
United States Flag: Donovan Lee
Colorado Flag: Tim Lynott, Jr.
QUICKLY Colorado has now won 12 of the 13 coin tosses this season (and has deferred to the second half all 12 times; record is 10-2 -- USC is the only game it lost the toss) … Uniforms: The Buffs are now 2-1 when wearing their “White Ice” ensemble (all white: helmet-uniform-pant) … Washington had two 100-yard runners tonight; the last team that did that against CU was Oregon in 2015 … The Buffs will go to their 29th bowl in their history; the destination will be known on Sunday; its last appearance came in the 2007 Independence Bowl (a 30-24 win over Alabama) … The Buffs loss snapped a six-game winning streak, its longest since 1996. Both teams had just three penalties tonight; CU had just the three over its last two games.
CU in League Championship Games … CU is the first Pac-12 South team to win the league title, and its Colorado’s first since claiming the 2001 Big 12 crown. The Buffs are now 1-4 in league championship games:
Dec. 1, 2001 #9 Colorado 39, # 3 Texas 37 (Big 12 /Irving, Texas)
Dec. 7, 2002 #8 Oklahoma 29, #12 Colorado 7 (Big 12 / Houston, Texas)
Dec. 4, 2004 #2 Oklahoma 42, Colorado 3 (Big 12 / Kansas City, Mo.)
Dec. 3, 2005 #2 Texas 70, Colorado 3 (Big 12 / Houston, Texas)
Dec. 2, 2016 #4 Washington 41, #8 Colorado 10 (Pac-12 / Santa Clara, Calif.)
CU FINAL STATS. CU’s 2016 stat champions (Colorado does not include bowl statistics into its final season stats to preserve history after the decision by the NCAA, based on a miniscule 42-38 vote by the schools to do so but only from 2002-on):
Rushing: Phillip Lindsay, Jr. (230-1,189 yards, 16 TD)
Passing: Sefo Liufau, Sr. (290-183-6, 2,171 yards, 11 TD)
Receiving: Devin Ross, Jr. (66-765, 5 TD)
Scoring: Phillip Lindsay, Jr. (17 TD, 102 points)
Tackles: Kenneth Olugbode, Sr. (final numbers TBD/coaches video)
Offense Notes … CU ran just 54 plays, only the third time MacIntyre’s 50 games the Buffs ran under 60 … Colorado had a streak of scoring in 15 straight quarters come to an end in the scoreless second … CU possessed the ball for only 21:26, its fewest since the 2010 season finale at Nebraska (20:30).
Defense Notes … The opponent had failed to score on its first possession in the first 12 games this season until tonight (1-yard run by Lavon Coleman) … Washington came in outscoring its opponents 162-26 in the first quarter, but it was a 7-7 draw after 15 minutes tonight … CU held its last four opponents to under 50 percent in each game (9-of-24, 37.5 percent tonight); 60-of-143 over the four games (42.0).
INDIVIDUAL LINER NOTES
QB Sefo Liufau (13-3-3, 21 yards, 0 TD; 6-13 rushing). He finished his career with 9,568 passing yards and 10,509 yards of total offense, two of his 87+ records he has set at Colorado. His latest streak of passes without an interception ended at 89 (he has had career streaks of 152, 118 and 107; of his six interceptions this season, four came on tipped or deflected balls (two of three tonight).
TB Phillip Lindsay (19-53, 1 TD rushing; 3-19 receiving). He finished the year with 47 receptions, a record for a running back at Colorado (old mark: 45 by Rodney Stewart in 2011). His 102 points scored (17 TD) tied for the sixth most for a single-season in school history, and the most since Chris Brown scored 108 in 2002. He moved into 13th place all-time on CU’s rushing charts (2,233 yards), and enters his senior year third in all-purpose yards (3,953).
ILB Kenneth Olugbode (6,13—19 TT). He finished as CU’s leading tackler for the second time in his career; he led the team with 83 as a sophomore in 2014; tonight’s total is tentatively a career-high; CU uses coaches’ video for its numbers.