For the first time all season, the Colorado Buffaloes were able to score points in their first drive of a game. CU’s defense opened things up by forcing a three-and-out before the offense got things going at its own 31-yard line.
Then, on the second play of the drive, Brendon Lewis took advantage of Brenden Rice’s hops and threw a jump ball that Rice won.
31 yards from Brendon ➡️ Brenden 🙌
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The 31-yard gain set Colorado up at the Arizona 41-yard line.
A handful of plays later, Lewis once again enjoyed plentiful time in the pocket and threw a near-perfect pass to Dimitri Stanley in the endzone, Stanley, however, dropped the pass.
Arizona’s defense later stood strong at the goal line and forced a 4th-and-goal at the 1-yard line. Instead of going for it, Karl Dorrell opted for a 19-yard field goal. Cole Becker nailed the chip shot to put Colorado up 3-0 early in the first quarter.
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