Colorado got here out with some new wrinkles on offense and constructed a lead early Saturday night time.
The Buffaloes fizzled out from there, although, and fell to No. 25 BYU, 24-21, in entrance of 52,265 followers at Folsom Subject.
CU’s Kaidon Salter was intercepted by Isaiah Glasker with 50 seconds to play — Salter’s first interception as a Buff — to seal the sport for the Cougars.
Displaying some distinctive pre-snap motion and alignments, in addition to artistic play-calling, CU (2-3, 0-2 Large 12) raced out to a 14-0 lead however couldn’t keep the momentum in falling to a ranked opponent for the eighth consecutive time.
Taking part in operating again and receiver, Dre’lon Miller scored two touchdowns for the Buffs, however it wasn’t sufficient in opposition to the unbeaten Cougars (4-0, 1-0).
Salter led the Buffs on an 11-play, 75-yard drive to open the sport, capping it with a 3-yard landing run. Salter hit all three of his passes for 39 yards and ran for 31 yards on that drive.
After BYU failed on a fourth-down try on the Buffs’ 38-yard line, CU wanted simply 4 performs to go 62 yards for an additional rating. Micah Welch opened the drive with a 27-yard run, after which CU ran three consecutive performs with Dre’lon Miller in a wildcat formation.
Miller gained 9 and 15 yards on his first two carries, after which scored on a 5-yard run to place the Buffs forward 14-0 with 5:08 to go within the first quarter.
The rest of the primary half belonged to BYU.
Following its preliminary surge, CU gained simply 56 yards on 18 performs the remainder of the half, punting twice and operating out the clock earlier than halftime.
BYU, in the meantime, answered the Buffs’ second landing with a 28-yard subject purpose by Will Ferrin to drag inside 14-3.
A Damon Greaves punt pinned BYU at its 6-yard line with 4:10 to go within the half, however the Cougars went on a 10-play, 94-yard drive that was aided by two penalties on the Buffs’ protection.
Bear Bachmeier completed that drive by connecting with a wide-open Chase Roberts for a 5-yard landing move to chop the Buffs’ result in 14-10 simply 46 seconds earlier than halftime.
The groups traded punts to begin the second half, however then BYU went on a 74-yard scoring march to take its first lead of the sport. Bachmeier discovered Roberts extensive open once more in the long run zone for a 4-yard landing move, giving the Cougars a 17-14 lead with 5:26 to go within the third quarter.
CU’s offense got here to life after that. Salter received the following drive began with a 26-yard move to Joseph Williams and capped it with a 19-yard landing move to Dre’lon Miller. That put CU forward once more, 21-17, with 2:42 to go within the third.
BYU put collectively one other spectacular scoring drive, nevertheless, to retake the lead, 24-21 with 14:02 to play within the fourth quarter. This time, receiver Cody Hagen took a pitch on an end-around to go 32 yards for a landing run, capping a 77-yard march.
The Buffs punted on their subsequent possession, however then received a pleasant cease on protection. BYU drove to the Buffs’ 26-yard line, however a bobbled snap was adopted by a missed 55-yard subject purpose try by Ferrin with 8:07 to play.
CU was unable to capitalize, nevertheless, going three-and-out on its subsequent possession and punting the ball again to the Cougars. CU then pressured a BYU punt, which pinned the Buffs at their 4-yard line.
Glasker then ended the risk along with his interception.
No. 25 BYU 24, Colorado 21
BYU 3 7 7 7 — 24
Colorado 14 0 7 0 — 21
First quarter
COLO Ka.Salter 3 run (Mata kick), 9:44.
COLO D.Miller 5 run (Mata kick), 5:08.
BYU FG Ferrin 28, :45.
Second quarter
BYU C.Roberts 5 move from B.Bachmeier (Ferrin kick), :46.
Third quarter
BYU C.Roberts 4 move from B.Bachmeier (Ferrin kick), 5:26.
COLO D.Miller 19 move from Ka.Salter (Mata kick), 2:42.
Fourth quarter
BYU Cod.Hagen 32 run (Ferrin kick), 14:02.
BYU COLO
First downs 27 17
Whole internet yards 387 291
Rushes-yards 36-208 37-172
Passing 179 119
Punt returns 2-17 1-6
Kickoff returns 1-23 1-20
Interceptions ret 1-0 0-0
Comp-att-int 19-29-0 11-16-1
Sacked yds misplaced 0-0 3-35
Punts 3-40.333 5-41.4
Fumbles-lost 1-0 0-0
Penalties-yards 6-34 6-67
Time of poss 33:35 26:25
INDIVIDUAL Stats
Dashing — BYU, B.Bachmeier 15-98, Martin 15-58, Cod.Hagen 1-32, Kingston 2-25, Nawahine 1-4, (Workforce) 2-(minus 9). Colorado, Welch 11-67, D.Miller 8-52, Ka.Salter 17-49, Farrakhan 1-4.
Passing — BYU, B.Bachmeier 19-27-0-179, Kingston 0-2-0-0. Colorado, Ka.Salter 11-16-1-119.
Receiving — BYU, C.Roberts 5-49, Kingston 5-38, Martin 4-36, Ryan 3-46, Cod.Hagen 2-10. Colorado, J.Williams 5-56, D.Miller 2-27, O.Miller 1-19, Welch 1-9, S.Brown 1-8, Gibson 1-0.
Missed subject targets — BYU, Ferrin 55.
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