University of Arizona
4-1 , 2-0
Colorado
3-2 , 1-1
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | 7 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 35 |
| Colorado | 3 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 30 |
Tate leads Arizona past Colorado 35-30
10/05/2019 | Football
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) -- Khalil Tate threw for 404 yards and three touchdowns in his return from a leg injury and Arizona used stops at the goal line and midfield on Colorado's final two drives to wrap up its 35-30 win on Saturday.
Tate completed 31 of 41 passes and only ran four times, including a 7-yard scamper on third-and-6 from midfield in the closing minutes that allowed Arizona (4-1, 2-0) to run out the clock and leave Folsom Field as the Pac-12 South's last unbeaten team.
The Buffaloes (3-2, 1-1) sorely missed star receiver Laviska Shenault (core muscle injury), who sat out, as well as safety Mikial Onu, who had a first-half interception but left on the first defensive series of the second half with a torso injury.
Without him, the Buffs surrendered three second-half touchdowns after taking a 20-14 halftime lead.
The Wildcats weren't whistled for a penalty until the final play of the third quarter - offside - during the Buffalos' longest drive of the day, a 14-play marathon that stalled with Colorado failing to score on three plays from inside the Arizona 5.
They settled for James Stefanou's 20-yard field goal and a 30-28 lead.
That stall proved costly when the Wildcats responded with Nathan Tilford's 5-yard TD run that put Arizona on top 35-30 with 6:51 left.
The Buffaloes drove to midfield and converted a fourth down but on third-and-4 from the Arizona 46, quarterback Steven Montez didn't recognize two open receivers on slant routes up the middle when the Wildcats blitzed two linebackers. Instead, he overthrew a receiver on a go-route.
His fourth-down throw to Dimitri Stanley was too high and Arizona took over at with 2:23 remaining, then sealed the win on Tate's 7-yard keeper with less than a minute left.
Tate threw TD passes of 33 yards to Brian Casteel, 75 yards to Cedric Peterson and 7 yards to Stanley Berryhill III.
Montez completed 28 of 42 passes for 299 yards and a TD with Tony Brown catching 10 passes for 141 yards, and Stanley four for 75 yards and a touchdown.
The Buffaloes were whistled eight times for 85 yards in penalties and the Wildcats just once for 5 yards.
UP NEXT
Arizona: host Washington on Oct. 12.
Colorado Visits Oregon on Friday night.
Players Mentioned
Team Stats
ARIZ 0, COLO 3
COLO - Stefanou, James 37 yd field goal 13 plays, 55 yards, TOP 5:58
ARIZ 7, COLO 3
ARIZ - Berryhill III 7 yd pass from Tate, K. (Havrisik, L. kick) 8 plays, 90 yards, TOP 3:11
ARIZ 7, COLO 6
COLO - Stefanou, James 39 yd field goal 6 plays, 27 yards, TOP 2:26
ARIZ 7, COLO 13
COLO - Stanley, Dimitr 38 yd pass from Nixon, K.D. (Stefanou, James kick) 1 plays, 38 yards, TOP 0:09
ARIZ 14, COLO 13
ARIZ - Peterson, C. 75 yd pass from Tate, K. (Havrisik, L. kick) 1 plays, 75 yards, TOP 0:10
ARIZ 14, COLO 20
COLO - Russell, Brady 12 yd pass from Montez, Steven (Stefanou, James kick) 9 plays, 75 yards, TOP 1:37
ARIZ 21, COLO 20
ARIZ - Casteel, B. 33 yd pass from Tate, K. (Havrisik, L. kick) 6 plays, 65 yards, TOP 1:49
ARIZ 21, COLO 27
COLO - Brown, Tony 15 yd run (Stefanou, James kick), 4 plays, 68 yards, TOP 1:11
ARIZ 28, COLO 27
ARIZ - Tilford, N. 5 yd run (Havrisik, L. kick), 6 plays, 85 yards, TOP 1:29
ARIZ 28, COLO 30
COLO - Stefanou, James 20 yd field goal 14 plays, 72 yards, TOP 7:13
ARIZ 35, COLO 30
ARIZ - Tilford, N. 5 yd run (Havrisik, L. kick), 13 plays, 77 yards, TOP 4:32
