Mines, CSU, CSU Pueblo & Western Colorado post grid wins

Evan Foster passed for 269 yards. Landon Walker ran for a pair of scores and 154 yards rushing as nationally-ranked Colorado School of Mines posted a 41-13 season-opening win on Thursday over West Texas A&M at Marv Kay Stadium in Golden.  READ MORE

Foster became the Orediggers’ first quarterback change since Week 2 of the 2019 season, completing 20-of-30 passes for two scores. Preseason All-American Max McLeod had 130 yards and a touchdown receiving for the Orediggers.

Mines has now won 21 straight regular-season games and 17 consecutive at home, with the last setback at “The Kay” being on September 10, 2022, when Angelo State posted a 30-27 overtime victory over the Orediggers.

Since the 2014 season, Mines has compiled a 79-21 record, including a pair of NCAA Division II national runner-up finishes in the last two campaigns.

at CSU Pueblo 40, UT-Permian Basin 23 – Devin Larsen passed for 234 yards and three touchdowns, and Howard Russell V rushed for 111 yards and a score in leading Colorado State Pueblo to a 40-23 win over nationally-ranked Texas-Permian Basin at the ThunderBowl in Pueblo.  The game was delayed twice over nearly two hours due to weather conditions.  It was the Pack’s second win this season and ninth-straight win overall as CSU Pueblo hosts another highly-regarded school next week in No. 5 Grand Valley State.  The win also snapped a six-game losing skid for the Pack against nationally ranked teams as before Saturday night, the most recent win over a ranked team came in the 2022 season opener against No. 24 Midwestern State as the CSU Pueblo won that game, 59-27 in Wichita Falls, Texas.  The game also marked the 400th-all time in program history since becoming a four-year school in 1963. The Pack has won nearly 65 percent of its all-time football games as they have posted a 257-139-4 record, including 143-40 since rebooting the football program in 2008.  READ MORE

at Colorado State 38, Northern Colorado 17 – Tory Horton opened the scoring for Colorado State with a 78-yard punt return for a touchdown in the game’s opening minutes to propel the Rams to a 38-17 win over Northern Colorado. Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi passed for 180 yards and a score, and the Ram ground game accounted for 246 yards and three scores. READ MORE

at Western Colorado 38, Midwestern State 33 – Quarterback Drew Nash accounted for 364 total yards with 257 passing and 75 rushing in leading nationally-ranked Western Colorado to a 38-33 season-opening win over visiting Midwestern State on Saturday in Gunnison. Nash ran 68 yards for a first-quarter score and completed touchdown passes of 9 and 2 yards to Braeden Hogan and Caden Measner in the second and third quarters, respectively. READ MORE

San Jose State 17, at Air Force 7 – Air Force could not muster any offense with only 197 total yards as the Falcons dropped a 17-7 Mountain West Conference game at home to San Jose State. Air Force is now 1-1 this season and plays at Baylor next Saturday. READ MORE

at Nebraska 28, Colorado 10 – Colorado fell behind early and couldn’t make up the difference in the second half as Nebraska posted a 28-10 win over the Buffs.  CU is now 1-1 this season and plays at Colorado State next Saturday.  READ MORE

Western New Mexico 39, at Adams State 30 – Dervin Taylor III passed for 220 yards and three scores for Adams State, but invading Western New Mexico spoiled the Grizzlies season opener by posting a 39-30 win. Taylor III had touchdown passes of 46, 5, and 13 yards, with two scoring tosses to Seth Moss. Western New Mexico is now 1-1 this season. READ MORE

Here are this week’s results with links for each school’s game recap.  Colorado Mesa and Fort Lewis were idle this weekend

Next week’s schedule.