42
0-1 , 0-1
48
1-0 , 1-0
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 7 | 21 | 7 | 42 | |
| 14 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 48 |
Game Recap: Football | | Neill Woelk, Contributing Editor
BOULDER — Karl Dorrell's Colorado head coaching debut had all the signs of a runaway CU win early Saturday night, but the Buffaloes then provided their new head coach with some tense moments before taking control late to carve out a 48-42 win over UCLA at Folsom Field.
Dorrell became the third straight coach to win his Colorado opener.
Colorado built a 35-7 lead midway through the second quarter before the Bruins cut the lead to 35-28 with three straight touchdowns — one late in the second quarter and two early in the third.
But the Buffs pushed the lead back to two scores, then held the Bruins off down the stretch.
The game also featured solid starting debuts from senior quarterback Sam Noyer and redshirt sophomore running back Jarek Broussard.
Noyer, a senior who actually played safety in 2019 for the Buffs after playing sparingly as a quarterback in his first two seasons, threw for 257 yards and a touchdown. Broussard, making his playing debut for the Buffs, ran for 187 yards and three touchdowns.
CU also forced four turnovers — three by the defense and one special teams — all in the first half.
HOW IT HAPPENED: Colorado built a 35-7 lead in the second quarter, thanks to four UCLA turnovers that CU converted into three touchdowns. Broussard ran for three scores in his Colorado debut, Noyer connected with tight end Brady Russell for another and Jaren Mangham ran for one.
But the Bruins narrowed the gap to 35-14 late in the second quarter, then added two more touchdowns in the first five minutes of the second half to cut Colorado's lead to 35-28.
Colorado finally halted the Bruins' run with a 10-play, 75-yard drive that culminated with a 1-yard Noyer run midway through the third quarter, but the Bruins answered again with another touchdown to pull within 42-35.
The Buffs then pushed their margin to 10 points with a long drive that ended with a 45-yard Davis Price field goal. That gave CU a 45-35 lead with just 21 seconds left in the third quarter.
Colorado's defense then rose to the occasion. CU linebacker Nate Landman recorded a big stop on a UCLA fourth-and-1 at the Colorado 30 early in the fourth quarter, and the Buffs offense responded with another scoring drive, moving inside the UCLA 20 before settling for a 36-yard Price field goal for a 48-35 lead with 9:26 to play.
CU's defense then kicked in one more big stop. After the Bruins overcame a first-and-30, the Buffs stiffened. A Mustafa Johnson sack of Dorian Thompson-Robinson put the Bruins in hole, and three plays later, the Buffs forced an incompletion on fourth-and-11 to regain possession with 5:04 on the clock, a 13-point lead and the ball at their own 40.
Colorado then had a chance to make it a three-score game. The Buffs marched inside the UCLA 30-yard line, only to see the Bruins collect their second blocked field goal of the night to keep CU's lead at 13 with 3:20 still on the clock.
The Bruins then tallied one last score, but on the ensuing onside kick, CU's Dimitri Stanley recovered and the Buffs ran out the clock in victory formation.
The Buffs were outstanding in all three phases early in the game. A forced fumble by Derrion Rakestraw on a UCLA punt return early in the game led to Alec Pell's recovery and CU's first touchdown, a 6-yard run by Broussard.
Minutes later, a Carson Wells interception and return to the 1-yard line set up a second score for Broussard. That score gave the Buffs a 14-0 lead, one the Bruins then shaved to seven with a 28-yard screen pass for a touchdown late in the first quarter.
But the Buffs quickly answered, going 76 yards on 10 plays for a 21-7 lead, getting a 12-yard Noyer pass to Russell. Two series later, Colorado forced a UCLA fumble deep in Bruins territory, and two plays later, Broussard had his third TD of the night for a 28-7 CU lead.
Colorado's defense then forced a UCLA punt and the Buffs drove 70 yards for their fifth touchdown of the night, a 1-yard Mangham run for a 35-7 lead.
The Bruins, though, quickly answered with a 52-yard Dorian Thompson-Robinson scoring pass late in the second quarter to send the Buffs into the locker room with a 35-14 lead.
NEXT UP: The Buffs play at Stanford next Saturday in a 1:30 p.m. game.
Contact: Neill.Woelk@Colorado.edu
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