Colorado State University Athletics
Friday, November 28
Fort Collins, CO
1:00 PM
Colorado State
2-10 , 1-7
21
vs
42
Air Force
4-8 , 3-5
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
F
Air Force
14
7
7
14
42
Colorado State
0
7
7
7
21
Rams Drop Season Finale on Senior Day
11/28/2025 4:07:00 PM | Football
Beers breaks tight end record for scoring catches in a year
FORT COLLINS – Playing catch up from the jump, Colorado State fell 42-21 to Air Force in the final game of the 2025 season.
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The Falcons scored on their first two possessions of the game to jump out to a 14-0 lead and never looked back as the Rams closed the year 2-10, 1-8 in Mountain West play. It was the fewest wins for a CSU team since going 1-11 in 1988.
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On a day when the Rams honored 24 seniors, there were some individual highlights put up along the way. Rocky Beers broke the school record for touchdown catches in a season by a tight end when his 38-yard scoring catch in the fourth gave him seven for the campaign. Running back Lloyd Avant became the first Ram this year with 100 yards receiving in the game, his eight catches netting 135 yards. He found the end zone on a 5-yard run in the second quarter. It was also the first time this season a CSU quarterback threw for 300 yards, with Brousseau hitting on 28-of-37 passes for 323 yards and two scores, the first a 20-yard connection with Tay Lanier. Lanier finished with nine receptions for 73 yards
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Defensively, linebacker Owen Long – the national leader in tackles entering the game with 134 – notched 17 more in the game (including a sack), his 151 stops ranking seventh in a single season at CSU.
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In an effort to gain some traction, Colorado State attempted a pair of onside kicks, both recovered by the Falcons. Each time, Air Force used the short fields to score touchdowns and stretch the lead, the last one producing the final score.
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COLORADO STATE FOOTBALL GAME NOTES
Game 12 – Colorado State (21) vs. Air Force (42) – Nov. 28, 2025
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The Falcons scored on their first two possessions of the game to jump out to a 14-0 lead and never looked back as the Rams closed the year 2-10, 1-8 in Mountain West play. It was the fewest wins for a CSU team since going 1-11 in 1988.
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On a day when the Rams honored 24 seniors, there were some individual highlights put up along the way. Rocky Beers broke the school record for touchdown catches in a season by a tight end when his 38-yard scoring catch in the fourth gave him seven for the campaign. Running back Lloyd Avant became the first Ram this year with 100 yards receiving in the game, his eight catches netting 135 yards. He found the end zone on a 5-yard run in the second quarter. It was also the first time this season a CSU quarterback threw for 300 yards, with Brousseau hitting on 28-of-37 passes for 323 yards and two scores, the first a 20-yard connection with Tay Lanier. Lanier finished with nine receptions for 73 yards
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Defensively, linebacker Owen Long – the national leader in tackles entering the game with 134 – notched 17 more in the game (including a sack), his 151 stops ranking seventh in a single season at CSU.
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In an effort to gain some traction, Colorado State attempted a pair of onside kicks, both recovered by the Falcons. Each time, Air Force used the short fields to score touchdowns and stretch the lead, the last one producing the final score.
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COLORADO STATE FOOTBALL GAME NOTES
Game 12 – Colorado State (21) vs. Air Force (42) – Nov. 28, 2025
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OF NOTE
- Captains: Season: Jackson Brousseau, Jacob Ellis, JaQues Evans, Owen Long, Tanner Morley and Mukendi Wa-Kalonji. Out for the coin toss were: Brousseau, Ellis and Long.
- Coin Toss/Result: Colorado State won the toss and elected to receive in the second half.
- Senior Honors: The team recognized 24 players on senior day: Tahj Bullock, Jaseim Mitchell, Konyae Hunger, Jacob Ellis, Keyonta Lanier, Ayden Hector, Jordan McIntyre, Lemondre Joe, Tristan Hombeck, Jahari Rogers, Liam Wortmann, Cody Pettit, Alex Foster, Isaiah Hankins, Chandler Brown, Rocky Beers, Jernias Tafia, Paul Tangelo, Jaques Evans, Tyson Williams, Jace Bellah, Keegan Holles, Carlos Anaya and Jake Jarmolowich.
- Hitting 50: With C.J. Blocker starting at corner and  Tristan Hombeck starting at right guard, the Rams finish the season with 50 unique starters over the course of 12 games.
- Top 10: Owen Long finished his sensational sophomore season with style, registering 17 tackles to post a top-10 season all time. He reached 151 on the campaign, ranking seventh in a single season. Among his season total were two sacks, 5.0 tackles for loss and two fumbles recovered.
- Book It: Rocky Beers hauled in a 38-yard scoring pass from Jackson Brousseau in the fourth quarter, giving him seven on the season. He now holds the single-season TD catch mark at the position.
- Century Mark: Colorado State's first receiver to reach 100 yards in a game this season as actually a running back, Lloyd Avant. He finished the game with x receptions for 1xx yards.
- Trophy Case: The Ram-Falcon Trophy will head back south to the Academy, and it may stay there for awhile as the two teams are no longer scheduled to play yearly with Colorado State headed to the Pac-12.
- Attendance: Colorado State had an announced crowd of 25,873. The Rams averaged 31,901 fans per game, the third-best figure all time in program history, all at Canvas Stadium (2024, 33,082; 2017, 32,062).
- Grounded: Colorado State didn't attempt to run the ball much at all in the game, resulting in just 12 yards on the ground, the fifth fewest in program history. The Rams ran the ball nine times (including two sacks). It is the fewest rushing attempts in a game in program history. The fewest prior had been 17 back in 1999, the first year of the Mountain West, in a loss at BYU.
Team Stats
AFA
CSU
Total Yards
420
335
Pass Yards
104
323
Rushing Yards
316
12
Penalty Yards
0
11
1st Downs
22
17
3rd Downs
11
2
4th Downs
3
2
TOP
40:47
19:13
1st Quarter
AFA 7, CSU 0
AFA - Fleischmann,Bruin 55 yd pass from Johnson,Josh (Tubbs,Reagan kick) 8 plays, 75 yards, TOP 05:10
AFA 14, CSU 0
AFA - Allen,Owen 6 yd run (Tubbs,Reagan kick), 10 plays, 68 yards, TOP 06:08
2nd Quarter
AFA 14, CSU 7
CSU - Lanier,Tay 20 yd pass from Brousseau,Jackson (Hankins,Isaiah kick) 13 plays, 75 yards, TOP 06:00
AFA 21, CSU 7
AFA - Hodges,Kemper 1 yd run (Tubbs,Reagan kick), 17 plays, 75 yards, TOP 08:34
3rd Quarter
AFA 21, CSU 14
CSU - Avant,Lloyd 5 yd run (Hankins,Isaiah kick), 9 plays, 75 yards, TOP 03:41
AFA 28, CSU 14
AFA - Johnson,Josh 3 yd run (Tubbs,Reagan kick), 9 plays, 45 yards, TOP 05:41
4th Quarter
AFA 35, CSU 14
AFA - Fleischmann,Bruin 6 yd pass from Johnson,Josh (Tubbs,Reagan kick) 13 plays, 80 yards, TOP 07:59
AFA 35, CSU 21
CSU - Beers,Rocky 38 yd pass from Brousseau,Jackson (Hankins,Isaiah kick) 5 plays, 75 yards, TOP 02:18
AFA 42, CSU 21
AFA - Allen,Owen 7 yd run (Tubbs,Reagan kick), 8 plays, 56 yards, TOP 03:44
Game Leaders
CMP
28
TD
2
YDS
323
INT
0
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