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Saturday, October 11, 2025 · Folsom Field, Boulder, Colo.
Colorado 24, #22 Iowa State 17 WIN
Attendance: 52,698 Kickoff: 1:30 PM TV: ESPN
Scoring Summary
Qtr Clock Team Scoring Play Colorado Iowa State
1 00:00 Colorado Micah Welch 8 yd run (Alejandro Mata kick) 12 plays, 90 yds, 5:04 7 0
2 06:40 Iowa State Chase Smith 38 yd field goal 8 plays, 50 yds, 4:08 7 3
2 00:22 Iowa State Abu Sama 1 yd run (Chase Smith kick) 10 plays, 96 yds, 1:45 7 10
3 14:13 Colorado Omarion Miller 70 yd pass from Kaidon Salter (Alejandro Mata kick) 2 plays, 73 yds, 0:42 14 10
3 09:26 Iowa State Abu Sama 1 yd run (Chase Smith kick) 9 plays, 75 yds, 4:47 14 17
3 04:26 Colorado Joseph Williams 3 yd pass from Kaidon Salter (Alejandro Mata kick) 10 plays, 52 yds, 4:51 21 17
4 05:13 Colorado Alejandro Mata 29 yd field goal 4 plays, 7 yds, 1:54 24 17
Drive Chart
Team Qtr Obtained Start Result End Pl Yds TOP
Iowa State 1 Kickoff Own 25, 15:00 Punt Opp 33, 11:59 9 42 3:01
Colorado 1 Punt Own 5, 11:59 Punt Own 12, 10:04 3 7 1:55
Iowa State 1 Punt Own 47, 10:04 Punt Own 46, 08:30 3 -1 1:34
Colorado 1 Punt Own 13, 08:30 Punt Own 22, 06:34 3 9 1:56
Iowa State 1 Punt Own 37, 06:34 Punt Opp 46, 05:04 4 17 1:30
Colorado 1 Punt Own 10, 05:04 Touchdown Opp 0, 00:00 12 90 5:04
Iowa State 2 Kickoff Own 25, 15:00 Punt Opp 43, 12:00 6 32 3:00
Colorado 2 Punt Own 20, 12:00 Punt Own 25, 10:48 3 5 1:12
Iowa State 2 Punt Own 31, 10:48 Field Goal Opp 19, 06:40 8 50 4:08
Colorado 2 Kickoff Own 24, 06:36 Punt Opp 43, 05:08 4 33 1:28
Iowa State 2 Punt Own 6, 05:08 Punt Own 9, 04:14 3 3 0:54
Colorado 2 Punt Own 48, 04:14 Punt Opp 49, 02:07 3 3 2:07
Iowa State 2 Punt Own 4, 02:07 Touchdown Opp 0, 00:22 10 96 1:45
Colorado 2 Kickoff Own 40, 00:14 Missed FG Opp 39, 00:00 3 21 0:14
Colorado 3 Kickoff Own 27, 14:55 Touchdown Opp 0, 14:13 2 73 0:42
Iowa State 3 Kickoff Own 25, 14:13 Touchdown Opp 0, 09:26 9 75 4:47
Colorado 3 Kickoff Own 48, 09:17 Touchdown Opp 0, 04:26 10 52 4:51
Iowa State 3 Kickoff Own 25, 04:26 Interception Opp 7, 13:29 11 68 5:57
Colorado 4 Interception Own 19, 13:29 Punt Own 44, 09:03 9 25 4:26
Iowa State 4 Punt Own 9, 09:03 Downs Own 18, 07:07 4 9 1:56
Colorado 4 Downs Opp 18, 07:07 Field Goal Opp 11, 05:13 4 7 1:54
Iowa State 4 Kickoff Own 25, 05:13 Punt Opp 47, 03:48 4 28 1:25
Colorado 4 Punt Own 15, 03:48 Downs Opp 40, 00:00 10 45 3:48
Team Statistics
Colorado Iowa State
First Downs 16 22
  Rushing 6 9
  Passing 9 12
  Penalty 1 1
Rushes-Yards 39-140 37-236
Passing Yards 255 205
Comp-Att-Int 16-25-0 18-33-1
Total Plays 64 70
Total Yards 395 441
Third Downs 7 of 15 2 of 12
Fourth Downs 0 of 1 0 of 1
Punts-Yards 6-251 6-223
Punting Average 41.8 37.2
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-0
Penalties-Yards 6-43 7-59
Time of Possession 30:03 29:57
Red Zone (Scores-Trips) 3-3 3-4
  Red Zone TDs 2 2
Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 0-0
Points off Turnovers — —
Onside Kicks (Made-Att) — —
Colorado Passing
Player C-AYdsTDInt LongSacked-YdsRating
Kaidon Salter 16-25 255 2 0 70 0-0 176.1
Colorado Rushing
Player AttGainLossNetTDLong
Dallan Hayden 12 59 1 58 0 17
Kaidon Salter 9 61 4 57 0 24
Micah Welch 10 28 1 27 1 8
Kam Mikell 5 11 5 6 0 8
Team 3 0 8 -8 0 0
Colorado Receiving
Player RecYdsTDLong
Joseph Williams 8 128 1 38
Omarion Miller 3 82 1 70
Sincere Brown 2 24 0 17
Zach Atkins 2 11 0 7
Quentin Gibson 1 10 0 10
Colorado Scoring
Player TDFGPAT2PtSafPts
Omarion Miller 1 0-— 0-— 0 0 6
Joseph Williams 1 0-— 0-— 0 0 6
Micah Welch 1 0-— 0-— 0 0 6
Alejandro Mata 0 1-1 3-3 0 0 6
Colorado Defense
Player UAATot TFL-YdsSacks-Yds Int-YdsPBUQBH FFFR-YdsBlkd
Jeremiah Brown 2 10 12 1.5-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0
Tawfiq Byard 6 2 8 0-0 0-0 1-18 0 0 0 0-0 0
Reginald Hughes 4 4 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0
Ben Finneseth 5 0 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0
Alexander McPherson 4 1 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0
D.J. McKinney 4 1 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0
Ivan Yates 3 2 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0-0 0
Keaten Wade 1 2 3 0.5-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0-0 0
Amari McNeill 0 3 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0-0 0
Preston Hodge 2 0 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0-0 0
London Merritt 1 1 2 1.5-3 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0-0 0
Makari Vickers 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0
Shaun Myers 0 1 1 0.5-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0
Brandon Davis-Swain 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0-0 0
Tristan Marois 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0-0 0
Quency Wiggins 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0-0 0
Colorado Punting
Player NoYdsAvgLong In2050+Blkd
Damon Greaves 6 251 41.8 47 3 0 0
Colorado Field Goals
Player Made-Att 1-1920-2930-3940-4950+ Long
Alejandro Mata 1-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 29
Buck Buchanan 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0
Colorado Returns
Player PRYdsTDLong KRYdsTDLong
Quentin Gibson — — — — 4 103 0 36
Colorado Kickoffs
Player NoYdsAvgTBOB
Buck Buchanan 5 325 65.0 5 0
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.