CORVALLIS, Ore. – Making a tradition of pleasure helped the Colorado Buffaloes get their first victory of the season final week.
Oregon State had no hassle halting that momentum.
Damien Martinez ran for 178 yards and three touchdowns, Ben Gulbranson threw two landing passes and the Beavers dominated CU, 42-9, at Reser Stadium on Saturday night time.
In interim head coach Mike Sanford’s second recreation on the helm, CU (1-6, 1-3 Pac-12) was routed for the sixth time this season, whereas Oregon State (6-2, 3-2) secured bowl eligibility for the second yr in a row.
Per week earlier, CU snapped its shedding streak with a 20-13 additional time win towards California at Folsom Subject. The Buffs dominated on protection in that one, however couldn’t repeat the feat towards the spirited Beavers.
OSU scored on three of its 5 first-half possessions after which put the sport away with a 14-point surge within the first 1 minute, 41 seconds, of the second half.
Junior JT Shrout made his third begin of the season at quarterback for the Buffs and threw for 206 yards, however struggled early, threw two interceptions and was harm by some pricey drops by his receivers.
CU caught an early break, when Oregon State fumbled on its first offense snap of the night time. Terrance Lang recovered the fumble and CU took over on the OSU 46-yard line simply 1 minute, 34 seconds into the sport.
Three performs later, nonetheless, the Buffs had their very own fumble, as Anthony Hankerson misplaced management of the ball and OSU recovered on the CU 40.
Martinez scored on a 4-yard run 9 performs later to place the Beavers on the board, 7-0.
After a CU punt, OSU went on the march once more. A 16-yard move from Gulbranson to Silas Bolden capped an 11-play, 82-yard drive that put the Beavers forward 14-0 early within the second quarter.
The Buffs responded on their subsequent possession by getting on the board with a 44-yard subject objective from Cole Becker to chop the deficit to 14-3.
Oregon State added one other landing earlier than intermission, nonetheless. After three CU penalties, Martinez scored from 3 yards out to present the Beavers a 21-3 lead.
OSU acquired the kickoff to begin the third quarter and shortly added to the lead as Gulbranson linked with tight finish Jack Velling, who broke a sort out and went 60 yards for a landing.
One play later, cornerback Alex Austin picked off a Shrout move and returned it 40 yards for a landing. That gave OSU a 35-3 lead, basically placing the sport away.
Jayle Stacks scored on a 1-yard run late within the third quarter to get the Buffs into the top zone, however they missed a two-point conversion try.
Martinez added his third landing of the night time, a 4-yard run, halfway by means of the fourth quarter.