Despite benefiting from the turnovers on the first three Georgia Tech drives of the game, Colorado could not take advantage of those blunders in dropping a 27-20 decision to its Atlantic Coast Conference rival on Friday in Boulder. READ MORE
Billed as the “90s Clash” as the two schools tied for the 1990 collegiate championship, where the writers favored the Buffs and the coaches the Rambling Wreck, CU could not match the efforts of Tech quarterback Haynes King, who accounted for 299 total yards and four touchdowns in the season opener for both schools. BOX SCORE
After Colorado tied the score at 20-20 with 8:25 left in the contest on a seven-yard run by Kaidon Salter to cap a 15-play, 75-yard drive, King scored on a 45-yard run with 67 seconds left in the game to end a five-play, 61-yard drive.
With two timeouts available, the Buffs produced only 25 yards in three plays and were forced to throw two “hail Marys” by Salter that were overthrown on the first attempt and batted down on the second toss.
With only a handful of starters from last season’s 9-4 squad that played in the Alamo Bowl, Colorado returns to action next week at Folsom Field to host Delaware in a 1:30 p.m. contest.
Here are the opening results and schedule for Colorado colleges and universities.
Thursday, August 28 results
- at Central Washington (Lone Star Conference) 41, Colorado Mesa 14 STATS
- at CSU Pueblo 43, South Dakota Mines 0 (RMAC opener) STATS
- at Western Colorado 42, West Texas A&M (Lone Star Conference) 28 STATS
Friday, August 29 result
Saturday, August 30 schedule
- William Jewell (Great Lakes Valley Conference) at Fort Lewis, noon (RMACNetwork) LIVE STATS
- Chadron State (RMAC) at Northern Colorado, 1 p.m. (ESPN+) LIVE STATS
- Bucknell (Patriot Conference) at Air Force, 1:30 p.m. (CBS-SN) LIVE STATS
- Adams State at Western New Mexico (Lone Star Conference), 6 p.m. (FloCollege) LIVE STATS
- Colorado State at Washington (Big Ten), 8 p.m. (Big Ten Network) LIVE STATS
Thursday, September 4 schedule
- Colorado Mines at West Texas A&M (Lone Star Conference), 6 p.m. (FloCollege)
