NCAAF Game Recap - Colorado at Arizona
Fri Nov 2, 2018 10:30 PM EDT

Bama
29
LSU
0
F
Lou
16
Clem
77
F
ND
31
NW
21
F
PSU
7
Mich
42
F
UGA
34
KY
17
F
Okla
51
TxTch
46
F
Neb
31
OSU
36
F
Temp
40
UCF
52
F
Cal
13
WaSt
19
F
WVU
42
Tex
41
F
MIZ
38
Fla
17
F
Utah
20
AzSt
38
F
Hou
31
SMU
45
F
UtSt
56
Hawaii
17
F
Iowa
36
Purd
38
F
Fres
48
UNLV
3
F
LT
3
MissSt
45
F
Syr
41
Wake
24
F
Pitt
23
UVA
13
F
BC
31
VaTec
21
F
TxAM
24
Aub
28
F
MiaOH
42
Buff
51
F
Kent
35
BGSU
28
F
Ball
13
Toled
45
F
Ohio
59
WestMI
14
F
NIU
36
Akr
26
F
W Ky
10
MidTN
29
F
Colo
34
Ariz
42
F
Rut
17
Wisc
31
F
SCar
48
Miss
44
F
IASt
27
Kans
3
F
OkSt
31
Bayl
35
F
MSU
24
MD
3
F
C Mi
7
E Mi
17
F
Mem
59
ECU
41
F
AF
14
Army
17
F
GATec
38
UNC
28
F
JMU
24
UNH
35
F
SJSU
9
Wyo
24
F
TxSt
40
GASt
31
F
UT-M
14
JacSt
21
F
GaSo
25
ULMon
44
F
SoAl
14
ArkSt
38
F
Marsh
24
SMiss
26
F
SamHu
26
(N/A)
43
F
ULLaf
16
Troy
26
F
K St
13
TCU
14
F
UTEP
34
Rice
26
F
MIN
31
Ill
55
F
Tul
41
SoFL
15
F
FlaSt
28
NCSt
47
F
Lib
59
UMass
62
F(2OT)
Navy
0
Cin
42
F
AlcSt
42
NMS
52
F
UNCC
3
Tenn
14
F
App
23
CoCar
7
F
UConn
19
Tuls
49
F
Duke
20
MiaFL
12
F
UCLA
21
Oreg
42
F
UTSA
3
UAB
52
F
FlAtl
49
FLInt
14
F
Stan
23
Wash
27
F
USC
38
OreSt
21
F
SDSU
31
NM
23
F
BYU
16
Boise
21
F
Kent
14
Buff
48
F

Nov 2, 2018, 10:30 PM EDT

Final

1

2

3

4

T

Colorado (5-4)

10

14

10

0

34

Arizona (5-5)

0

26

9

7

42

Tate's 5 TD passes lead Arizona to 42-34 win over Colorado
Sat Nov 3, 2018 3:23 AM

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) Khalil Tate beat Colorado with his legs last year in a record-setting performance.

The Arizona quarterback took down the Buffaloes with his arm in the rematch.

Tate threw for career-high 350 yards and five touchdowns after setting an FBS rushing record against Colorado a year ago, lifting Arizona to a 42-34 victory over the Buffaloes Friday night.

"Khalil ran around and threw it up in the air, and their guys came down with it on long, delayed plays," Colorado coach Mike MacIntyre said. "Those are tough to stop."

Arizona (5-5, 4-3 Pac-12) struggled early while falling into a 10-0 hole, then scored on its next eight possessions.

Tate orchestrated the rally.

Arizona's junior quarterback ran all over Colorado a year ago, setting an FBS record for a quarterback with 327 yards rushing. He used his legs to buy time and beat the Buffaloes with his arm this time, completing 17 of 22 passes, including a pair of touchdowns to Shawn Poindexter.

"Our offense, we haven't been as good the past few games and we knew we had to step up," Tate said. "The defense has been doing what they're doing and we knew we needed to improve."

J.J. Taylor provided balance to the Wildcats' offense, running for 192 yards on 40 carries to send Colorado (5-4, 2-4) to its fourth straight loss.

Steven Montez threw for 343 yards and three touchdowns, but had a late interception for the Buffaloes.

"What's kind of dragging us down is when opportunities present themselves, we've got to capture them, we've got to make them," Montez said.

Arizona's offense stagnated early and Taylor lost a fumble at the Wildcats' 7, setting up a field goal. Arizona also had a pair of miscues on special teams and K.D. Nixon scored on an 8-yard run to put Colorado up 10-0 after one quarter.

Once Tate got the Wildcats going, Colorado had a hard time stopping him.

Using his legs to buy time, he hit Stanley Berryhill III on a 40-yard touchdown pass, tossed a 1-yarder to Poindexter and 12 yards to Shun Brown for another score.

"That's as fast as I've seen him since spring ball," Arizona coach Kevin Sumlin said.

Two defensive breakdowns allowed Colorado to stay in it.

The first came when Montez caught Arizona on a blitz and found Kyle Evans on a 17-yard touchdown pass. Then Wildcats safety Jarrius Wallace missed on an interception attempt, clearing the way for Travon McMillian's 57-yard touchdown.

Lucas Havrisik hit a 55-yard field goal on the final play of the first half to put Arizona up 26-24.

Tate kept firing in the second half, hitting Poindexter on a 39-yard touchdown in the third, and Cedric Peterson on a 57-yard score in the fourth to cap the scoring.

Montez found Tony Brown on a 20-yard TD pass in the third, but threw an interception in the end zone with five minutes left.

THE TAKEAWAY

Once considered a front-runner in the Pac-12 South, Colorado now must win one of its final three games just to become bowl eligible.

Arizona is clicking on offense at just the right time, moving within a game of becoming bowl eligible in its first season under Sumlin.

PINCH KICKER

Colorado seemed to be in a bind with kicker James Stefanou missing his third straight game due to a hip injury and Evan Price not making the trip due to an illness.

Freshman walk-on Tyler Francis handled the pressure just fine.

Told he would play just the day before, Francis hit field goals from 48 and 25 yards, and made all four of his extra points in his first collegiate action - in a Pac-12 road game, no less.

"What he did today was pretty amazing," MacIntyre said. "That was sharp, that kid stepping up like that."

PENALTY PROBLEMS

Arizona put itself in some tough positions due to a litany of penalties.

The Wildcats had 12 penalties for 129 yards, including multiple pass interference calls on deep balls. Colorado had five penalties for 52 yards.

UP NEXT

Colorado plays at No. 10 Washington State next Saturday.

Arizona has a bye before facing the Cougars on Nov. 17.

---

More AP college football: https://apnews.com/Collegefootball and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25

Passing

Colo Att Cmp % TD-Pa Yds-Pa LgPa Int Rat
S. Montez 42 27 64.3 3 343 57 1 103.6
T. McMillian 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 39.6
Ariz Att Cmp % TD-Pa Yds-Pa LgPa Int Rat
K. Tate 22 17 77.3 5 350 57 1 139.2

Rushing

Colo Att Yds-Ru Avg LgRu TDRu
T. McMillian 11 59 5.4 21 0
K. Nixon 2 6 3.0 8 1
Ariz Att Yds-Ru Avg LgRu TDRu
J. Taylor 40 192 4.8 21 0
K. Tate 4 15 3.8 25 0

Receiving

Colo Rec Yds-Rc Avg LgRc TD-Rc
J. Winfree 8 101 12.6 25 0
K. Ento 5 82 16.4 23 0
Ariz Rec Yds-Rc Avg LgRc TD-Rc
C. Peterson 2 72 36.0 57 1
D. Cooper 3 63 21.0 33 0

Fumbles

Colo F FL
K. Nixon 1 1
Ariz F FL
J. Taylor 1 1

Returning

Colo KR Avg KRTD LgKR PR Avg TD LgPR
R. Blackmon 2 16.5 0 22 1 59.0 0 59
Ariz KR Avg KRTD LgKR PR Avg TD LgPR
S. Berryhill III 3 17.0 0 33 0 0 0
C. Peterson 1 28.0 0 28 0 0 0

Punting

Colo Punt Yds Avg LgPu
D. Price 3 129 43.0 49
Ariz Punt Yds Avg LgPu
D. Klumph 2 95 47.5 53

Takeaways

Colo Int Yds InTD
D. Rakestraw 1 0 0
Ariz Int Yds InTD
T. Young 1 1 0

Team Stats Comparison

Colo Ariz
Points For 34 42
Total Yards 383 566
Rushing Yards 40 216
Passing Yards 343 350
Passing Completions / Attempts 27/43 17/22
Turnovers 2 2
Interceptions Thrown 1 1
Fumbles - Lost 1/1 1/1
First Downs 27 27
Penalties - Yards 5/52 12/129
Time Of Possession 56:56 04:04
Third Down Conversions/Attempts 6/15 9/14
Fourth Down Conversions/Attempts 1/3 0/0
Punts - Average Yards 3/43 2/48

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter Colo Ariz
Colo 09:25 TD K.D. Nixon 8 yd run (Tyler Francis kick) 7 0
Colo 11:04 FG Tyler Francis 25 yd FG 10 0
2nd Quarter Colo Ariz
Ariz 00:27 FG Lucas Havrisik 49 yd FG 10 3
Ariz 04:27 TD Stanley Berryhill III 40 yd pass from Khalil Tate (Josh Pollack kick) 10 10
Ariz 08:45 TD Shawn Poindexter 1 yd pass from Khalil Tate (Josh Pollack kick) 10 17
Colo 12:10 TD Kyle Evans 17 yd pass from Steven Montez (Tyler Francis kick) 17 17
Ariz 14:01 TD Shun Brown 12 yd pass from Khalil Tate (missed kick) 17 23
Colo 14:27 TD Travon McMillian 57 yd pass from Steven Montez (Tyler Francis kick) 24 23
Ariz 15:00 FG Lucas Havrisik 55 yd FG 24 26
3rd Quarter Colo Ariz
Colo 05:34 TD Tony Brown 20 yd pass from Steven Montez (Tyler Francis kick) 31 26
Ariz 07:49 TD Shawn Poindexter 39 yd pass from Khalil Tate (failed 2pt pass) 31 32
Ariz 12:21 FG Josh Pollack 41 yd FG 31 35
Colo 15:00 FG Tyler Francis 48 yd FG 34 35
4th Quarter Colo Ariz
Ariz 01:56 TD Cedric Peterson 57 yd pass from Khalil Tate (Josh Pollack kick) 34 42

Game Information

Stadium: Arizona Stadium, Tucson, Arizona
Attendance: 43,080
Game Time:
Weather: