Colorado-UCLA Notes

vs
Wyoming

Sep 20 (Sat)

8:15 p.m.


QUICKLY          
Attendance: A total of 619 family members signed up for the game (479 CU, 140 UCLA) out of a maximum 675; 554 claimed tickets CU won its fifth straight season opener, its longest run since eight straight (1991-98) … Colorado is now 28-2 when scoring first in a season opener dating back to 1967 … CU is now 66-24 against unranked teams in November dating back to 1985 …  CU is now 5-5 in Pac-12 openers (2-4 in Boulder, 2-0 vs. UCLA) … The Bruins still lead the series by an 11-5 count (but now all tied up in Boulder, 4-4) …The 48 points by CU is the most it has ever scored against UCLA (previous high: in a 38-16 win here in 2018); the 525 yards was the second-most total offense (554 in 2015), as were the 264 rushing yards (325 in 2002) …Karl Dorrell became the third straight head coach to win his first game at the reins of the Buffs.
 
-Red Zone.  CU was 7-of-7 when penetrating the 20 this evening (6 TD, 1 FG); in the last 15 season openers, the Buffaloes are 49-of-53 in the red zone (34 TDs, 15 FGs).
 
FIRST CAREER ACTION  15 made their Buffalo debuts tonight:
TRUE FRESHMEN (6): SN Travis Drosos, CB Christian Gonzalez, WR Brenden Rice,
           S Toren Pittman, OLB Alvin Williams, ILB Mister Williams,
REDSHIRT FROSH (3): SN Derek Bedell, WR Jake Groth, OL Jake Wiley
SOPHOMORE (2): CB Nigel Bethel, CB Jaylen Striker
JUNIORS (2): DB Anthony Lyle, OLB Guy Thomas
GRADUATE TRANSFERS (2): TE Nick Fisher, TE Matt Lynch
 
 FIRST CAREER STARTS   Five made their first career starts:
FRESHMEN (1): CB Christian Gonzalez 
SOPHOMORES (1): TB Jarek Broussard
JUNIORS (2): WR Daniel Arias, WR Maurice Bell 
SENIORS (1): QB Sam Noyer
 
HIGHEST SCORING SEASON OPENERS / CU History
90       2020        COLORADO 48, UCLA 42
83       2019        Colorado 52, Colorado State 31 (Denver)
77       2003        Colorado 42, Colorado State 35 (Denver)
72       1981        COLORADO 45, Texas Tech 27
68       2013        Colorado 41, Colorado State 27 (Denver)
 
200/200.  Colorado rushed for 264 yards and passed for 261 tonight, is now 53-8 since 1981 when eclipsing 200 in both.  CI has done it in three straight season openers.
 
INDIVIDUAL LINER NOTES
 
QB Sam Noyer (31-20-0, 257, 1 TD, 173.9 rating; 10-64 rushing, 1 TD; 5,12—17 FDE; 144.8 rating)
-His 257 yards passing tied for the sixth most in a starting debut in school history, while his 64 rushing yards were the eighth most; his 321 yards of total offense are the fifth-most.    
-He is the eighth player in his starting debut to rush for a touchdown and pass for one). They were both his first career touchdowns in each category.
 
CB Christian Gonzalez (3,2—5 TT)
-He became just the 14th known true freshman to start a season opener on either offense or defense (ninth on defense, in addition to eight specialists); he is the fourth to do so at cornerback, joining Victor Scott (1980 at UCLA), Greg Henderson (2011 at Hawai’i) and Kenneth Crawley (2012 vs. CSU). 
 
TB Jarek Broussard (31-187, 3 TD, 7 FD rushing; 2-21 receiving, 1 FD)
-He enjoyed quite the debut in his first start (and game) at CU, becoming the 19th player (since 1956) to gain 100 or more yards in a first start at tailback, gaining the third-most in the process.  Only Michael Adkins (4 TD vs. Charleston Southern) scored more times; he joined Bobby Anderson as the only pair to score as many as three TDs.  Top debut games:
 
100-YARD RUSHING GAMES/FIRST CAREER START AT TAILBACK
Player, Class                                 Opponent                                        Date        Att.    Yards    TD
Mike Pritchard, Sr.                  ^Tennessee (Pigskin Cl).   8/26/90        20      217     2
Billy Waddy, Fr.                      at Wisconsin                     9/22/73        24      202     2
Jarek Broussard, Soph.        UCLA                             11/07/20        31      187     3
Charlie Davis, Soph.                at Louisiana State              9/11/71        20      174     2
Rashaan Salaam, Jr.               NEBRASKA                      10/30/93        25      165     2
Bobby Anderson, Sr.               INDIANA                          10/04/69        29      161     3
 
 However, the two ahead of him on the list were not playing in their first CU game, thus the 187 rushing yards are the most yards gained by any player in his first game in a CU uniform, besting the 174 by Charlie Davis.  His 208 total yards are also the most for a player in his first game.
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