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Friday, September 12, 2025 · TDECU Stadium, Houston, Texas
Colorado 20, Houston 36 LOSS
Attendance: 37,899 Kickoff: 6:30 PM TV: ESPN
Scoring Summary
Qtr Clock Team Scoring Play Colorado Houston
1 06:42 Houston Ethan Sanchez 52 yd field goal 10 plays, 63 yds, 3:57 0 3
1 03:52 Houston Dean Connors 4 yd run (Ethan Sanchez kick) 5 plays, 79 yds, 1:35 0 10
2 14:13 Houston Ethan Sanchez 43 yd field goal 8 plays, 44 yds, 3:05 0 13
2 07:34 Colorado Simeon Price 38 yd run (Alejandro Mata kick) 10 plays, 93 yds, 4:14 7 13
2 01:45 Houston Ethan Sanchez 47 yd field goal 12 plays, 46 yds, 5:48 7 16
2 00:26 Colorado Zach Atkins 0 yd run (Alejandro Mata kick) 6 plays, 88 yds, 1:13 14 16
3 06:25 Houston Ethan Sanchez 35 yd field goal 17 plays, 57 yds, 8:35 14 19
3 01:21 Houston Conner Weigman 1 yd run (Ethan Sanchez kick) 9 plays, 76 yds, 4:14 14 26
4 11:39 Houston Conner Weigman 7 yd run (Ethan Sanchez kick) 3 plays, 61 yds, 1:22 14 33
4 04:34 Colorado Joseph Williams 37 yd pass from Ryan Staub 6 plays, 83 yds, 2:22 20 33
4 03:34 Houston Ethan Sanchez 49 yd field goal 4 plays, 7 yds, 0:51 20 36
Drive Chart
Team Qtr Obtained Start Result End Pl Yds TOP
Colorado 1 Kickoff Own 25, 15:00 Punt Opp 47, 10:39 8 28 4:21
Houston 1 Punt Own 3, 10:39 Field Goal Opp 34, 06:42 10 63 3:57
Colorado 1 Kickoff Own 31, 06:34 Punt Own 39, 05:27 3 8 1:07
Houston 1 Punt Own 21, 05:27 Touchdown Opp 0, 03:52 5 79 1:35
Colorado 1 Kickoff Own 18, 03:47 Punt Own 22, 02:18 3 4 1:29
Houston 1 Punt Own 31, 02:18 Field Goal Opp 25, 14:13 8 44 3:05
Colorado 2 Kickoff Own 24, 14:06 Punt Own 26, 12:43 3 2 1:23
Houston 2 Punt Own 35, 12:43 Punt Own 37, 11:48 3 2 0:55
Colorado 2 Punt Own 7, 11:48 Touchdown Opp 0, 07:34 10 93 4:14
Houston 2 Kickoff Own 25, 07:33 Field Goal Opp 29, 01:45 12 46 5:48
Colorado 2 Kickoff Own 12, 01:39 Touchdown Opp 0, 00:26 6 88 1:13
Houston 2 Kickoff Own 26, 00:21 End of Half Own 24, 00:00 1 -2 0:21
Houston 3 Kickoff Own 25, 15:00 Field Goal Opp 18, 06:25 17 57 8:35
Colorado 3 Kickoff Own 35, 06:25 Punt Own 37, 05:35 3 2 0:50
Houston 3 Punt Own 24, 05:35 Touchdown Opp 0, 01:21 9 76 4:14
Colorado 3 Kickoff Own 29, 01:15 Interception Own 27, 14:54 3 -2 1:21
Houston 4 Interception Opp 35, 14:54 Missed FG Opp 32, 13:30 4 3 1:24
Colorado 4 Missed FG Own 32, 13:30 Punt Own 32, 13:01 3 0 0:29
Houston 4 Punt Own 39, 13:01 Touchdown Opp 0, 11:39 3 61 1:22
Colorado 4 Kickoff Own 21, 11:33 Downs Own 26, 09:33 6 5 2:00
Houston 4 Downs Opp 26, 09:33 Downs Opp 17, 06:56 4 9 2:37
Colorado 4 Downs Own 17, 06:56 Touchdown Opp 0, 04:34 6 83 2:22
Houston 4 Kickoff Opp 38, 04:25 Field Goal Opp 31, 03:34 4 7 0:51
Colorado 4 Kickoff Own 41, 03:25 Interception 50, 01:46 4 9 1:39
Houston 4 Interception Opp 38, 01:46 End of Half Opp 37, 00:00 3 1 1:46
Team Statistics
Colorado Houston
First Downs 15 21
  Rushing 7 10
  Passing 6 9
  Penalty 2 2
Rushes-Yards 23-96 53-209
Passing Yards 204 222
Comp-Att-Int 19-35-2 15-24-0
Total Plays 58 77
Total Yards 300 431
Third Downs 4 of 14 7 of 18
Fourth Downs 1 of 2 2 of 3
Punts-Yards 6-250 1-56
Punting Average 41.7 56.0
Fumbles-Lost 2-0 1-0
Penalties-Yards 6-45 4-35
Time of Possession 23:15 36:45
Red Zone (Scores-Trips) 1-1 4-5
  Red Zone TDs 1 3
Sacked-Yards Lost 3-15 2-12
Points off Turnovers — —
Onside Kicks (Made-Att) — —
Colorado Passing
Player C-AYdsTDInt LongSacked-YdsRating
Ryan Staub 19-35 204 1 2 37 3-15 101.3
Colorado Rushing
Player AttGainLossNetTDLong
Simeon Price 5 51 0 51 1 38
Ryan Staub 11 64 28 36 0 29
DeKalon Taylor 2 11 0 11 0 11
Zach Atkins 0 0 0 0 1 0
Micah Welch 5 4 6 -2 0 3
Colorado Receiving
Player RecYdsTDLong
Omarion Miller 3 54 0 36
Joseph Williams 3 52 1 37
Dre'lon Miller 3 23 0 16
DeKalon Taylor 3 19 0 8
Micah Welch 2 21 0 25
Sincere Brown 2 15 0 13
Simeon Price 1 11 0 11
Hykeem Williams 1 8 0 8
Zach Atkins 1 1 0 1
Colorado Scoring
Player TDFGPAT2PtSafPts
Joseph Williams 1 0-— 0-— 0 0 6
Simeon Price 1 0-— 0-— 0 0 6
Zach Atkins 1 0-— 0-— 0 0 6
Alejandro Mata 0 0-0 2-2 0 0 2
Colorado Defense
Player UAATot TFL-YdsSacks-Yds Int-YdsPBUQBH FFFR-YdsBlkd
Tawfiq Byard 8 6 14 0.5-5 0.5-5 0-0 1 0 0 0-0 0
Ben Finneseth 5 2 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0-0 0
Shaun Myers 3 3 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0
Preston Hodge 3 2 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0
Makari Vickers 3 2 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0-0 0
Brandon Davis-Swain 1 4 5 0.5-5 0.5-5 0-0 1 0 0 0-0 0
Jeremiah Brown 4 0 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0
Reginald Hughes 3 1 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0
Keaten Wade 3 1 4 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0-0 0
Martavius French 3 0 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0
Carter Stoutmire 3 0 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0
Anquin Barnes Jr. 1 2 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0
Arden Walker 1 2 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0
Tawfiq Thomas 2 0 2 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0-0 0
Alexander McPherson 1 1 2 0.5-1 0.5-1 0-0 0 2 0 0-0 0
RJ Johnson 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0
Isaiah Hardge 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0
Tavian Coleman 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0
Kam Mikell 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0
D.J. McKinney 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0
Amari McNeill 0 1 1 0.5-1 0.5-1 0-0 0 1 0 0-0 0
Colorado Punting
Player NoYdsAvgLong In2050+Blkd
Damon Greaves 6 250 41.7 47 1 0 0
Colorado Returns
Player PRYdsTDLong KRYdsTDLong
Quentin Gibson — — — — 6 150 0 40
DeKalon Taylor — — — — 1 23 0 23
Colorado Kickoffs
Player NoYdsAvgTBOB
Buck Buchanan 4 198 49.5 2 1
Notes
A dash (—) indicates a statistic not yet available for that season or player; 0 is a verified zero.
Tackles for loss follow the NCAA convention: assisted tackles for loss are counted as one-half.