Colorado defeated rival Nebraska for the third straight time, overcoming a sluggish start to pull away for a 36-14 victory. Quarterback Shedeur Sanders completed 31-of-42 passes for 393 yards and two touchdowns, also posting a rushing score. Xavier Weaver had ten receptions for 170 yards and a touchdown, while Auburn transfer Tar’Varish Dawson had a 30-yard touchdown reception and an eight-yard scoring run as the Buff turned a 13-0 halftime edge to 36-7 lead before the Cornhuskers scored a consolation touchdown on the game’s final play.
“Great win,” Coach Prime said after the game. “We started off slow, played like a lot of garbage in the first half. But we started picking it up quite a bit and doing what we’re capable of doing. Hats off to the defense and how they were steadfast today. They atoned for the disappointment that we were last week defensively (in a 45-42 win over TCU). To just think that we played like we played and we won by that margin, that’s a pretty good feeling for any coach, and I think you all can see what we’re capable of doing.”
The Buffs had 454 yards of total offense, keeping the Cornhuskers under 300 total yards until the final drive of the game. Nebraska turned the ball over four times, including an interception by Buff safety Cameron Silmon-Craig.
The victory matched CU’s longest winning streak in the series with a third straight win. The only other three-game stretch of CU victories occurred between 1956-58 (ironically, with all three of those victories coming on shutouts).
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