CU Buffs fall to Arizona State in Pac-12 opener

TEMPE, Ariz. – Colorado recovered immoderate discourtesy successful the desert, but not astir capable to drawback its losing streak.

Arizona State pulled distant successful the 2nd fractional to manus the Buffaloes a 35-13 decision astatine Sun Devil Stadium connected Saturday night.

The Buffs (1-3, 0-1 Pac-12) person mislaid 3 successful a enactment and dropped their league opener for the archetypal clip since 2017. ASU (3-1, 1-0) rebounded from its archetypal loss, led by backmost Jayden Daniels, who accounted for 311 yards successful full discourtesy and 2 rushing touchdowns.

Shut retired a week agone for the archetypal clip successful 5 years, CU’s struggling discourtesy yet recovered immoderate success, astatine slightest comparative to the past 2 weeks.

Alex Fontenot ran for 65 yards and a touchdown and the Buffs gained 183 rushing yards overall. That helped them debar a 3rd consecutive crippled with little than 10 points – thing nary CU squad has done since 1963 – but determination wasn’t capable firepower to endanger the Sun Devils successful the 2nd half.

Freshman backmost Brendon Lewis completed conscionable 7-of-17 passes for 67 yards, his 3rd consecutive crippled with little than 100 yards.

CU’s discourtesy got disconnected to a dilatory start, portion ASU jumped to a 7-0 pb midway done the archetypal 4th connected a 7-yard touchdown tally from Daniels.

ASU added an 11-yard touchdown tally from Rachaad White for a 14-0 pb 9:28 to spell successful the 2nd quarter.

Despite the 14-0 deficit, determination were immoderate signs of beingness by the CU discourtesy successful the 2nd quarter.

Down 7-0, the Buffs drove to the ASU 28-yard enactment aboriginal successful the second, but Cole Becker’s 46-yard tract extremity effort was blocked.

Then, down 14-0, the Buffs had their champion thrust successful a while, going 58 yards successful 10 plays to acceptable up Becker for different tract extremity attempt. After a 0-for-3 commencement to his career, Becker deed this one, from 51 yards, to enactment the Buffs connected the committee with 13 seconds to play successful the half.

Becker’s tract extremity snapped a scoreless streak of 137 minutes, 11 seconds for the Buffs, dating backmost to the archetypal 4th of the Sept. 11 matchup against Texas A&M.

It didn’t instrumentality agelong for the Buffs to people again, arsenic they took the 2nd fractional kickoff and went connected an adjacent much awesome drive.

Big runs from Jarek Broussard and Fontenot and a 26-yard walk from Lewis to Ty Robinson acceptable up Fontenot for a 1-yard touchdown run. That chopped the shortage to 14-10 with 11:01 to play successful the 3rd quarter.

That was arsenic adjacent arsenic the Buffs would get, however.

ASU rapidly responded to the CU touchdown with 1 of its own. A six-play, 71-yard march was capped by a 17-yard TD from receiver Elijhah Badger.

Early successful the 4th quarter, the Sun Devils dug into the playbook for different score, arsenic receiver Ricky Pearsall caught a walk down the enactment of scrimmage and threw a guardant walk to White for a 30-yard touchdown and a 28-10 lead.

Daniels added a 15-yard touchdown tally midway done the 4th fourth to marque it 35-10.

Becker deed a 33-yard tract extremity with 3:56 to play for the last points.