Rodney Stewart celebrates one of his two touchdowns as Colorado beat Wyoming, 24-0.
Step away from those ledges. Stop thinking those horrific thoughts. Put down the triple chocolate cake.
As I write these words, the University of Colorado Buffaloes have won their first game of the season, beating the Wyoming Cowboys, 24-0.
The Golden Buffaloes took the field dawning silver and gold throw back uniforms, a color scheme that seemed to agree with CU as they marched the opening kick off down the field for a touchdown and their first lead of the season. The touchdown wasn’t pretty though. Scotty McKnight recovered a CU fumble and ran it two yards for the Buffs first score.
A turnover would spark another CU score in the first half when senior cornerback Benjamin Burney forced a fumble that was recovered junior cornerback Jalil Brown. The Buffaloes mounted a four play, 27 yard drive that ended with a two yard touchdown run by sophomore Rodney Stewart.
Colorado also added a field goal, giving them a 17-0 lead at the end of the first half.
The Buffaloes defense showed up huge in the first half, holding Wyoming to three first downs and 61 yards of total offense.
The only score of the second half came off of a Stewart eleven yard touchdown run. The play capped a thirteen play, 76 yard drive that took 6:45 off of the clock.
Stewart finished the game with 127 yards and two touchdowns. In total, the Buffaloes recorded a total of 151 yards on the ground and the offensive line allowed only one sack for the entire game.
“They did unbelievably,” Stewart said of his offensive line after the game, “I’m proud of every one of them.”
The win moves the Buffs record to 1-2 as they enter a bye week but Coach Dan Hawkins knows CU has a lot of work in front of them.
“We left a lot of points out there today,” Hawkins told the media after the game, “We had a couple penalties and a turn-over and some missed throws. So, I would like to see us get on track a little more and be a little more efficient.”
CU next takes the field October 1st against the West Virginia Mountaineers, in Morgantown, WV.
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