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No. 17 BYU’s stout defensive effort shut down No. 23 Colorado’s explosive offense within the Cougars’ 36-14 Alamo Bowl win on Saturday evening in San Antonio.
The Cougars, who had 4 sacks and two interceptions, held Colorado to only two dashing yards and 210 yards of whole offense. The Buffaloes averaged 34.5 factors and practically 400 yards of offense per recreation coming into the Alamo Bowl.
BYU’s Parker Kingston had a 64-yard punt return landing. Jake Retzlaff accomplished 12-of-21 passes for 151 yards and two interceptions.
LJ Martin (93 dashing yards) had two touchdowns on the bottom and Sione I Moa ran one in for the Cougars (11-2). Evan Johnson and Isaiah Glasker had interceptions.
Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders accomplished 16-of-23 passes for 208 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions. Heisman Trophy winner Travis Hunter caught 4 passes for 106 yards and a landing. Sav’ell Smalls added a landing catch.
DJ McKinney, Anquin Barnes Jr. and Cam’Ron Silmon-Craig had interceptions for Colorado (9-4).
Martin gave BYU a 7-0 lead with a 1-yard landing run halfway by means of the opening quarter. A 28-yard go to Martin on a wheel route out of the backfield was the important thing play on the drive.
After BYU pressured a three-and out, Will Ferrin gave the Cougars a 10-0 cushion with a 51-yard area purpose.
Firstly of the second quarter, Sanders hit Hunter on a brief crossing route he become a 58-yard acquire. However the drive stalled when Sanders was sacked by Logan Lutui for a 23-yard loss. On the subsequent play, Alejandro Mata missed a 48-yard area purpose.
With a wall of blockers down the sideline, Kingston’s 64-yard punt return landing gave the Cougars a 17-0 lead late within the second quarter. BYU went into halftime up 20-0 on Ferrin’s 54-yard area purpose.
On Colorado’s first second-half possession, Johnson picked off a go that arrange BYU’s nine-play scoring drive. The Cougars took a 27-0 lead on Moa’s 13-yard landing run.
Hunter made three Cougars defenders miss on a 43-yard landing reception that lower the BYU result in 27-7 with 6:14 left within the third.
Martin’s second TD run gave BYU a 33-7 fourth-quarter lead. Colorado tacked on a late rating when Sanders hit Smalls with a 2-yard go.
–Subject Degree Media
