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September 28th – Boulder Colorado 38, UCLA 16
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Game recap from ESPN … Steven Montez was 22-of-26 passing for 237 yards and a touchdown and ran for two more scores to lead Colorado over UCLA 38-16 on Friday night.
Montez rushed for 81 yards and Laviska Shenault Jr. caught a career-best 12 passes for 126 yards and a touchdown and ran for another score for Colorado (4-0, 1-0 Pac-12).
Joshua Kelley ran for 124 yards and Dorian Thompson-Robinson had a touchdown pass for UCLA (0-4, 0-1), which is looking for its first win in the Chip Kelly era. The Bruins have lost their first four games for the first time since 1971.
UCLA went ahead 10-7 on an 11-yard pass from Thompson-Robinson to Michael Ezeike and a short field goal. JJ Molson hit from 50 yards at the end of the first half, and then gave UCLA a 16-14 lead with a 40-yard field goal early in the third.
But it was all Colorado after that. Shenault, who scored the Buffaloes’ first touchdown on a 57-yard reception, scored on a 1-yard touchdown run to make it 21-16.
Travon McMillian, who had 102 yards rushing, scored from 6 yards out for a 28-16 lead and Montez put it away with a 35-yard rushing touchdown in the fourth.
… Still to come tonight … Game story … along with some Game Notes and locker room quotes …
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Game story … On a blackout Friday night in Boulder, the Colorado defense opened the game in fine fashion, with linebacker Drew Lewis sacking UCLA quarterback Donan Thompson-Robinson to force an early punt. The Colorado offense, however, failed to score on its first drive of the game for the first time in 2018, instead going three-and-out.
Drew Lewis picked up sack No. 2 on the first play of the Bruins’ second drive, and the Buffs had the Bruins facing a third-and-13 … but failed to get off the field. Donan Thompson-Robinson escaped on the next play, not only going for 18 yards and a first down, but picking up 15 more yards on a hit out of bounds by Evan Worthington. Four plays later, Thompson-Robinson hit Michael Ezeike for an 11-yard touchdown.
Midway through the first quarter, the 46,814 on hand to watch the Buffs take out the winless Bruins instead saw a scoreboard which read: UCLA 7, Colorado 0.
Five plays later, the score was tied.
After picking up a gift first down on a pass interference call, quarterback Steven Montez hit Laviska Shenault for a 57 yard touchdown. It took only 2:20 of game clock for the Buffs to knot the score and get the crowd back into the game.
Eleven plays and 71 yards later, though, the Bruins reclaimed the lead. UCLA had a first-and-goal at the CU seven-yard line, but couldn’t convert, setting for a 21-yard field goal from J.J. Molson, making it a 10-7 game in the final minute of the first quarter.
After the teams traded punts, the Buffs took over at their 20-yard line. After a false start set the Buffs back five yards, the offense finally started clicking. A 12-yard completion to K.D. Nixon was soon followed by a 15-yard run by Travon McMillian. After a horse-collar penalty got the Buffs into field goal range, Montez hit Laviska Shenault for 14 yards, setting the Buffs up in the red zone. Three plays later on third-and-four at the UCLA ten, Steven Montez ran the ball around the right end, scoring with 6:13 to go before halftime, giving CU its first lead of the game, at 14-10.
Rather than fold, the Bruins set off on their second 11-play field goal drive of the first half. A conversion on a fourth-and-two at the CU 45-yard line, the UCLA offense got to the CU 33-yard line before J.J. Molson was called upon to put through the uprights a 50-yard field goal.
Halftime scored: Colorado 14, UCLA 13 …
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September 28th – Boulder Colorado 38, UCLA 16
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Game recap from ESPN … Steven Montez was 22-of-26 passing for 237 yards and a touchdown and ran for two more scores to lead Colorado over UCLA 38-16 on Friday night.
Montez rushed for 81 yards and Laviska Shenault Jr. caught a career-best 12 passes for 126 yards and a touchdown and ran for another score for Colorado (4-0, 1-0 Pac-12).
Joshua Kelley ran for 124 yards and Dorian Thompson-Robinson had a touchdown pass for UCLA (0-4, 0-1), which is looking for its first win in the Chip Kelly era. The Bruins have lost their first four games for the first time since 1971.
UCLA went ahead 10-7 on an 11-yard pass from Thompson-Robinson to Michael Ezeike and a short field goal. JJ Molson hit from 50 yards at the end of the first half, and then gave UCLA a 16-14 lead with a 40-yard field goal early in the third.
But it was all Colorado after that. Shenault, who scored the Buffaloes’ first touchdown on a 57-yard reception, scored on a 1-yard touchdown run to make it 21-16.
Travon McMillian, who had 102 yards rushing, scored from 6 yards out for a 28-16 lead and Montez put it away with a 35-yard rushing touchdown in the fourth.
… Still to come tonight … Game story … along with some Game Notes and locker room quotes …
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Game story … On a blackout Friday night in Boulder, the Colorado defense opened the game in fine fashion, with linebacker Drew Lewis sacking UCLA quarterback Donan Thompson-Robinson to force an early punt. The Colorado offense, however, failed to score on its first drive of the game for the first time in 2018, instead going three-and-out.
Drew Lewis picked up sack No. 2 on the first play of the Bruins’ second drive, and the Buffs had the Bruins facing a third-and-13 … but failed to get off the field. Donan Thompson-Robinson escaped on the next play, not only going for 18 yards and a first down, but picking up 15 more yards on a hit out of bounds by Evan Worthington. Four plays later, Thompson-Robinson hit Michael Ezeike for an 11-yard touchdown.
Midway through the first quarter, the 46,814 on hand to watch the Buffs take out the winless Bruins instead saw a scoreboard which read: UCLA 7, Colorado 0.
Five plays later, the score was tied.
After picking up a gift first down on a pass interference call, quarterback Steven Montez hit Laviska Shenault for a 57 yard touchdown. It took only 2:20 of game clock for the Buffs to knot the score and get the crowd back into the game.
Eleven plays and 71 yards later, though, the Bruins reclaimed the lead. UCLA had a first-and-goal at the CU seven-yard line, but couldn’t convert, setting for a 21-yard field goal from J.J. Molson, making it a 10-7 game in the final minute of the first quarter.
After the teams traded punts, the Buffs took over at their 20-yard line. After a false start set the Buffs back five yards, the offense finally started clicking. A 12-yard completion to K.D. Nixon was soon followed by a 15-yard run by Travon McMillian. After a horse-collar penalty got the Buffs into field goal range, Montez hit Laviska Shenault for 14 yards, setting the Buffs up in the red zone. Three plays later on third-and-four at the UCLA ten, Steven Montez ran the ball around the right end, scoring with 6:13 to go before halftime, giving CU its first lead of the game, at 14-10.
Rather than fold, the Bruins set off on their second 11-play field goal drive of the first half. A conversion on a fourth-and-two at the CU 45-yard line, the UCLA offense got to the CU 33-yard line before J.J. Molson was called upon to put through the uprights a 50-yard field goal.
Halftime scored: Colorado 14, UCLA 13 …
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