Colorado-Washington State Notes
vs
Wyoming
Sep 20 (Sat)
8:15 p.m.
Players who carried out CU’s symbolic instruments tonight:
Sledgehammer: Nate Landman
Toolbox: Sam Bennion
United States Flag: Chris Bounds
Colorado Flag: Timothy Coleman
QUICKLY
Colorado leads the all-time series 6-5 with Washington State, 1-2 in Pullman, 3-2 in the state of Washington, where the Buffs are now 7-6-1 all-time) … This was the second shutout in the series; the other took place on Sept. 18, 1982 in Spokane: CU’s 12-0 win was the first by first-year head coach Bill McCartney … Colorado has lost 28 straight road games to ranked opponents (last win: 31-17 at UCLA on Sept. 21, 2002) … The Buffs are now 0-5-2 in Pac-12 back-to-back road doubleheaders (0 wins, swept 5 times, 2 splits; 2-12 combined record).
LINER NOTES
--CU was last shutout on Nov. 3, 2012 by Stanford, 48-0 in Boulder (last shutout on road: 2010 at Missouri, 26-0).
the Buffaloes had scored in 60 straight games overall, and this marked just the fourth time in the last 355 games CU did not score (dating to a 7-0 loss at Nebraska in 1988).
--CU had two quarterback sacks, its first since the UCLA game (came into tonight with just two in the last five games).
--CU has forced one or more turnovers in 33 of its last 35 games overall (all eight games in 2017).
--CU set school records with 16 straight quarters without committing a turnover (253:52 in total time), and nearly went four straight games without one.
--CU won the coin toss for the 18th time in the last 22 games.
--QB Casey Marksberry saw his first career action.
--CB Dante Wigley: in making just his third career start, he broke up three passes in the game (the first three of his career) and was credited with two tackles.
--OLB Derek McCartney recorded his third sack of the season on the Cougars first drive of the game, which was Colorado’s first since the UCLA game back on Sept. 30.
-- QB Steven Montez he was 4-of-13 passing in the game for 21 yards; he now has thrown 108 consecutive passes without being intercepted, which is the ninth streak of 100 or more in school history (his 108 stand as the sixth-most).
QB Engineering: Montez: 7 drives (34 plays, 82 yards); Noyer: 7 drives (36 plays, 77 yards); Marksberry: 2 drives (4 plays, 15 yards)
Scoreless First Quarter Rare The scoreless first quarter in tonight’s game was just the sixth involving the Buffaloes over the last 178 games (dating back to 2003). The previous last one was against Washington in Boulder (Nov. 17, 2012; UW went on to win, 38-3), and then you have to go back to the 2008 opener against CSU in Denver (an eventual 38-17 CU win), which followed three in 2007 and one in 2006. The Buffs had scored in 12 straight quarters, the opponent had in 15 prior to tonight.
699 And Counting Colorado remains one win away from becoming the 25th school to win 700 games. CU owns an all-time record of 699-498-36.
TB Phillip Lindsay (29-98 TD rushing; 7 FDE)
Sledgehammer: Nate Landman
Toolbox: Sam Bennion
United States Flag: Chris Bounds
Colorado Flag: Timothy Coleman
QUICKLY
Colorado leads the all-time series 6-5 with Washington State, 1-2 in Pullman, 3-2 in the state of Washington, where the Buffs are now 7-6-1 all-time) … This was the second shutout in the series; the other took place on Sept. 18, 1982 in Spokane: CU’s 12-0 win was the first by first-year head coach Bill McCartney … Colorado has lost 28 straight road games to ranked opponents (last win: 31-17 at UCLA on Sept. 21, 2002) … The Buffs are now 0-5-2 in Pac-12 back-to-back road doubleheaders (0 wins, swept 5 times, 2 splits; 2-12 combined record).
LINER NOTES
--CU was last shutout on Nov. 3, 2012 by Stanford, 48-0 in Boulder (last shutout on road: 2010 at Missouri, 26-0).
the Buffaloes had scored in 60 straight games overall, and this marked just the fourth time in the last 355 games CU did not score (dating to a 7-0 loss at Nebraska in 1988).
--CU had two quarterback sacks, its first since the UCLA game (came into tonight with just two in the last five games).
--CU has forced one or more turnovers in 33 of its last 35 games overall (all eight games in 2017).
--CU set school records with 16 straight quarters without committing a turnover (253:52 in total time), and nearly went four straight games without one.
--CU won the coin toss for the 18th time in the last 22 games.
--QB Casey Marksberry saw his first career action.
--CB Dante Wigley: in making just his third career start, he broke up three passes in the game (the first three of his career) and was credited with two tackles.
--OLB Derek McCartney recorded his third sack of the season on the Cougars first drive of the game, which was Colorado’s first since the UCLA game back on Sept. 30.
-- QB Steven Montez he was 4-of-13 passing in the game for 21 yards; he now has thrown 108 consecutive passes without being intercepted, which is the ninth streak of 100 or more in school history (his 108 stand as the sixth-most).
QB Engineering: Montez: 7 drives (34 plays, 82 yards); Noyer: 7 drives (36 plays, 77 yards); Marksberry: 2 drives (4 plays, 15 yards)
Scoreless First Quarter Rare The scoreless first quarter in tonight’s game was just the sixth involving the Buffaloes over the last 178 games (dating back to 2003). The previous last one was against Washington in Boulder (Nov. 17, 2012; UW went on to win, 38-3), and then you have to go back to the 2008 opener against CSU in Denver (an eventual 38-17 CU win), which followed three in 2007 and one in 2006. The Buffs had scored in 12 straight quarters, the opponent had in 15 prior to tonight.
699 And Counting Colorado remains one win away from becoming the 25th school to win 700 games. CU owns an all-time record of 699-498-36.
TB Phillip Lindsay (29-98 TD rushing; 7 FDE)
- He recorded the 16th 1,000-yard rushing season in school history, the first player to do it in back-to-back years; Eric Bieniemy had two, but came a year apart (1988, 1990); in 1989, CU had two 1,000-yard runners (TB J.J. Flannigan, QB Darian Hagan), thus had four over three seasons; this thus is also just the third time the school has had back-to-back thousand yard gainers (1989-90, 1990-91).
- His 8-game totals are 207 attempts for 1,093 yards (10 TD).
- He now has 3,326 rushing yards, third-all-time at CU, trailing only Eric Bieniemy (3,940, 1987-90) and Rodney Stewart (3,598, 2008-11).