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UCLA 45, Colorado 6

//posted 11.20.2011

November 18th – at UCLA UCLA 45, Colorado 6

At least one member of the Embree family was happy with the result.

On Senior Day in the Rose Bowl, UCLA senior wide receiver Taylor Embree got life-long bragging rights over his father, as the son’s Bruins decimated the father’s Buffs, 45-6.

UCLA, behind 328 yards rushing, sprinted out to a 21-0 first quarter lead and never looked back. Bruin head coach Rick Neuheisel, on the hot seat after four years in Westwood, secured a bowl bid for his Bruins with the victory, and kept alive UCLA’s hopes of representing the Pac-12 South in the inaugural Pac-12 championship game.

The game, played before 57,334 in a stadium designed to hold almost twice that number, was over almost as soon as it began. The Buffs received the opening kickoff, and, on the first play from scrimmage, quarterback Tyler Hansen hit wide receiver Toney Clemons for an 11-yard gain and a first down out to the CU 31-yard line.

It was the last time Colorado had an advantage the entire game.

Three more plays netted only two more yards, and the Buffs were forced to punt. Taking over at their own 39 yard…

Colorado 24, Wyoming 0

//posted 9.19.2009

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September 19th – Boulder Colorado 24, Wyoming 0

On a day when Washington, 0-12 in 2008, took out #3 USC (16-13), you knew that anything could happen.

The much-maligned Colorado defense held Wyoming to 230 yards of total offense in posting the first shutout for Colorado since the Buffs took out Miami (Ohio), 42-0, almost exactly two years ago.

The Buffs’ offense was not overwhelming, but was much more effective than it had been the first two games of 2009. Cody Hawkins hit on 17-of-31 passes for 175 yards, and Rodney Stewart rushed for 127 yards and two touchdowns. Scotty McKnight had five catches for 77 yards, and had a timely fumble recovery for a touchdown.

Colorado, which had fallen behind by double digits in each of the first two games, turned the tables in game three. The Buffs took only 1:30 of game clock to take the first lead of the season. The eight-play, 69-yard drive was finished off in bizarre fashion. Demetrius Sumler, on first-and-ten at the Wyoming 17 yard line, took off for a fifteen yard gain, but fumbled the ball. Fortunately for Colorado fans, the fumble was recovered by wide receiver Scotty McKnight at the Wyoming two yard…

CSU 23, Colorado 17

//posted 9.6.2009

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September 6th – Boulder Colorado State 23, Colorado 17

Colorado State quarterback Grant Stucker passed for 208 yards, while running back John Mosure had two scores in leading the Rams to a 23-17 victory over Colorado in Boulder. The win was the first in Folsom Field for Colorado State since 1986, sending most of the near-sellout crowd of 53,168 home in dismay.

The Colorado Buffaloes’ 2009 season started about as badly as a season can.

The Rams took the opening kickoff smartly down the field, taking only six plays to cover 80 yards, with Mosure scoring from a yard out to give Colorado State a 7-0 lead just 3:13 into the game. The Buffs’ response? Three-and-out, gaining six yards.

Two series later, the score was up to 14-0, as the Rams took advantage of an interception and a personal foul penalty to start their drive at mid-field. The drive took ten plays, but the result was the same – touchdown, Colorado State, with Stucker and Mosure connecting from 14 yards out.

While the Colorado State offense was moving smoothly, the Colorado offense was anemic. The Buffs generated all of five first downs in the first half, gaining less than 100…

Texas A&M – First game in the “Big 12″ a success

//posted 9.28.1996

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The 1996 was the first for the newly christened Big 12 Conference. The inaugural game for Colorado in the new league would be on the road against one of the refugees from the defunct Southwest Conference, Texas A&M. The Buffs in 1996 were making their first-ever appearance at Kyle Field in College Station, Texas. Overall, the Buffs had played Texas A&M only once before, a 29-21 win in Boulder the previous season.

Heading into conference play in 1996, the Buffs were 2-1, ranked 12th in the nation. Colorado had opened the season ranked 5th, and had posted wins over Washington State (37-19) and Colorado State (48-34), before falling at home to 11th-ranked Michigan, 20-13. The loss dropped Colorado to 12th, out of the top ten for the first time in 19 polls dating back to the middle of the 1995 season. Through the non-conference portion of the schedule, the Buffs did lead the nation in one category – penalties, having accumulated 36 in the first three games.

There was little sympathy in College Station for the Buffs, however. Texas A&M, ranked in the preseason, had not lived up its #13 preseason ranking, opening with a 1-2 record.

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#24 Kansas – Time to focus on new goals

//posted 10.7.1995

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October 7th – Boulder #24 Kansas 40, #4 Colorado 24

A funny thing happened on the way to Colorado’s battle with Nebraska for the Big Eight title and the right to play in the Fiesta Bowl for the national championship.

The schedule called for a game against Kansas.

The Jayhawks served notice early that they were not intimidated by the Buffs or Folsom Field, scoring on a 35-yard field goal on the game’s first drive. Colorado’s first drive stalled, and after punter Andy Mitchell’s effort was blocked and run in for a touchdown, the Buffs were quickly down 9-0 (the PAT attempt was blocked by Ryan Olson). Five minutes into the game, Colorado was not looking like a national contender.

Colorado came back throughout the remainder of the contest, taking the leads of 14-9, 17-16, and 24-23. Two costly turnovers in the fourth quarter, though, led to two Kansas touchdowns and a 40-24 upset. The vaunted Buffs’ defense, which had throttled previous opponents, was dissected for 495 yards of total offense and 34:25 of playing clock. Running back June Henley ran over and around the Buffs for 137 yards and two scores, while quarterback Mark Williams completed 25 passes…

#10 Oklahoma – John Hessler’s record-setting starting debut

//posted 9.30.1995

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Detmer Under the Microscope

Everyone knew shortly after the Texas A&M game was over that quarterback Koy Detmer, whose efforts over the first three games of the season had merited a “Colorado’s Detmer throws his hat into ring” Heisman-watch headline from USA Today (9/18/95), was seriously injured. What happened? Detmer: “It was weird the way it happened. I went to spin out of the pocket and take off running, but my foot was hung up in the turf and when I pushed, my knee kind of dug way in and just kind of twisted it and shifted the bones a little bit.”

A torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury can be career threatening. But how serious was Detmer’s injury? Speculation in the media ran from the positive: “Detmer could return in two weeks” (Buffalo Sporting News, 9/25/95), to the hopeful: “Detmer optimistic despite knee injury” (Denver Post, 9/24/95), to the negative: “Detmer may be out for the season” (Rocky Mountain News, 9/24/95).

What was the truth? “It looks as though if they can brace him and stabilize the knee, he might be able to play”, reported head coach Rick Neuheisel. “Koy is of the mind that he wants to play…

#3 Texas A&M – “Fightin’ Words” / Detmer Injured

//posted 9.23.1995

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“Fightin’ Words”

The lopsided win over Northeast Louisiana raised the 3-0 Buffs to No. 7 in the nation. The next two opponents, though, would show if Colorado’s rise in the polls was merited.

The Aggies of Texas A&M were coming to Boulder for a top ten showdown, the first of Neuheisel’s coaching career. Undefeated on the young season, A&M featured Heisman-trophy candidates Leeland McElroy at halfback and Corey Pullig at quarterback. In dominating Tulsa, 52-9, the week before the Colorado game, McElroy accounted for 285 yards of total offense and four touchdowns, while Pullig threw three passes for scores.

Rick Neuheisel was not intimidated. “We (the Colorado coaching staff and players) all have a great deal of respect for (Texas A&M)”, said the Buffs’ head coach. “But we feel like we’re right with ‘em and we’re not going to back down to anybody. And if those are fightin’ words, so be it. We’re ready to play Texas A&M.”

September 23rd – Boulder #7 Colorado 29, #3 Texas A&M 21

A Folsom Field record crowd of 53,849 and a national ABC television audience looked on as the Colorado Buffaloes lost their leader in the first quarter, only to have a local boy…

Northeast Louisiana – Records fall like rain

//posted 9.16.1995

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September 16th – Boulder No.9 Colorado 66, Northeast Louisiana 14

Class: Get out a fresh piece of paper.

It’s time to start noting all of the new school records set by the Buffs in mauling the Indians of Northeast Louisiana (now Louisiana-Monroe), 66-14. The point total for the game set a modern record, besting by one the 65 points put up against Arizona back in 1958. Prior to the Northeast Louisiana “contest”, the highest total offensive output ever by a Buff team in CU football history was 676 yards (v. Oklahoma State, 1971). The 1995 Buffs obliterated that record, posting 758 yards of total offense. The 35 points scored in the first quarter tied a school record; the 49 points on the scoreboard at half set a new one.

Get the picture? Perhaps NLU head coach Ed Zaunbrecher summed it up properly when interviewed the week leading up to the game. “I’ve been sleeping like a baby all week”, said the Indians’ coach. “Sleeping for four hours and then waking up and crying the rest of the night.”

Individually, quarterback Koy Detmer quite literally had a field day. Before leaving the game early in the third quarter, Detmer had tied…

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UCLA 45, Colorado 6

Colorado 24, Wyoming 0

CSU 23, Colorado 17

Texas A&M – First game in the “Big 12″ a success

#24 Kansas – Time to focus on new goals

#10 Oklahoma – John Hessler’s record-setting starting debut

#3 Texas A&M – “Fightin’ Words” / Detmer Injured

Northeast Louisiana – Records fall like rain

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