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Rams Fall In Rocky Mountain Showdown to Colorado, 45-13
8/31/2018 11:31:00 PM | Football
Colorado jumped out to a 21-7 lead in the first quarter and never looked back, outgaining CSU offensively 596-284, including 338 yards through the air. After CSU hit 51-yard field goal cut the lead to 28-10 at the halftime break, the Buffs put up 17 unanswered points in the third quarter to seal the victory.
The Rams' defense was able to force two turnovers on the night, including an interception by V.J. Banks late in the first half. With CU leading 21-7 and driving past midfield, Banks rose up and picked off a Steven Montez pass. CSU drove 31 yards over the remaining 0:52 of the half to set up the 51-yard field goal by Wyatt Bryan.
Banks providing a big momentum shift with this INT 👏 pic.twitter.com/buNc9oF1hq
— Colorado State Football (@CSUFootball) September 1, 2018
IN THEIR WORDS...
"I'd like to just really thank our Ram Family and Ram people for showing up tonight. I know it's disappointing but don't give up on us. We're going to go to work; we're going to continue to work. It's not going to be easy. It's going to be a long road, but we're going to get better. We're going to be a good football team." -- CSU head coach Mike Bobo on the support and the future of the program
"Give Colorado credit—tonight they came out and exploited us in a lot of ways. Number one, we probably have to beat speed on the perimeter. They did a great job of getting the ball outside on the edges and made play after play. We didn't put them in any compromising situations; I don't know if they had a third down the whole first half… everything was easy to them. At the end of the day, we got whipped and that's the bottom line. This is a bottom-line business. I know it. The coaches know it. It's not the standard that we want, but we will go to work and we will be a good football team this year." -- Bobo's thoughts on the game
NOTES:
- Colorado jumped out to an early lead and never looked back after scoring touchdowns on their first three possessions to lead CSU 21-7 after the first quarter, and eventually winning the game by a score of 45-13.
- Following the loss, CSU is 22-66-2 (.244) all time against CU.
- CSU is now 6-12 against CU in Denver.
- Tonight's attendance of 70,158 was the second-highest for a Rocky Mountain Showdown since 2003 (73,932 in 2017; 76,129 in 2003), and seventh-highest of the 18 Showdowns played in Denver.
- CSU sold 28,920 tickets. CU sold 38,399 tickets and the Broncos sold an additional 2,839 tickets.
- CSU's total includes 9,291 student tickets.
These two have developed some fantastic chemistry rather quickly.
— Colorado State Football (@CSUFootball) September 1, 2018
KJ to Bisi for another TD 🙌 pic.twitter.com/4czfn395K4
NEXT UP:
CSU hosts SEC foe Arkansas on Sept. 8 at Canvas Stadium. The Razorbacks will be the first SEC team to visit Fort Collins since Mississippi State played at Hughes Stadium in 1981.
Team Stats
COLO 7, CSU 0
COLO - Montez, Steven 38 yd run (Stefanou, James kick), 5 plays, 75 yards, TOP 1:24
COLO 14, CSU 0
COLO - Nixon, K.D. 46 yd pass from Montez, Steven (Stefanou, James kick) 5 plays, 87 yards, TOP 1:37
COLO 14, CSU 7
CSU - JOHNSON, O. 26 yd pass from CARTA-SAMUELS (BRYAN, W. kick) 7 plays, 75 yards, TOP 2:23
COLO 21, CSU 7
COLO - Bisharat, Beau 4 yd pass from Montez, Steven (Stefanou, James kick) 9 plays, 75 yards, TOP 2:29
COLO 28, CSU 7
COLO - Winfree, Juwann 4 yd pass from Montez, Steven (Stefanou, James kick) 8 plays, 48 yards, TOP 3:23
COLO 28, CSU 10
CSU - BRYAN, W. 51 yd field goal 7 plays, 31 yards, TOP 0:52
COLO 35, CSU 10
COLO - Shenault, Lavis 89 yd pass from Montez, Steven (Stefanou, James kick) 3 plays, 85 yards, TOP 1:18
COLO 42, CSU 10
COLO - McMillian, Trav 49 yd run (Stefanou, James kick), 5 plays, 70 yards, TOP 1:32
COLO 45, CSU 10
COLO - Stefanou, James 39 yd field goal 9 plays, 45 yards, TOP 4:03
COLO 45, CSU 13
CSU - BRYAN, W. 27 yd field goal 10 plays, 49 yards, TOP 3:41
