California Golden Bears vs Colorado Buffaloes Match Player Stats On Nov 16, 2013

SportsDirect Inc. staff
Nov 16, 2013

Colorado 41, California 24: Freshman Sefo Liufau threw for 364 yards and three touchdowns and Paul Richardson set a school record for receiving yards in a season as the host Buffaloes snapped their 14-game Pac-12 losing streak while extending the Bears' conference slide to 13 at windy Folsom Field.

Richardson and Nelson Spruce had 140 receiving yards apiece - with Richardson's 11 catches tying a school record - while Spruce (eight receptions) returned an onside kick 46 yards for a touchdown for Colorado (4-6, 1-6). Michael Adkins II scored on a 63-yard catch and run in the fourth quarter to make it 34-10.

Khalfani Muhammad ripped off a 55-yard touchdown run and Brendan Bigelow added a pair of rushing scores in the fourth quarter for California (1-10, 0-8). Freshman Jared Goff was 23-of-45 for 173 yards while sharing time with Zach Kline (3-for-7, 41) for the Golden Bears, whose conference-worst defense yielded 485 yards.

Colorado racked up 191 yards and held the ball for 10:45 of the first 15 minutes, but only had Will Oliver's 27-yard field goal to show for it. The Buffaloes, though, broke into the end zone on the first play of the second quarter when Liufau (23-for-36) found a wide open Kyle Slavin with a 10-yard touchdown pass.

After Liufau's 10-yard touchdown pass to Tony Jones made it 17-10, Oliver's intended deep squib kick caromed off a Cal up man and Colorado recovered at the Bears' 49. Eight plays later, Christian Powell ran through a huge hole for a 2-yard TD run with 46 seconds left in the first half to give the Buffaloes a 24-10 lead at the break.

GAME NOTEBOOK: California allows 522.9 yards per game and is on pace to become the worst defense by yardage in conference history. ... Richardson has 1,201 yards this season and broke the previous record of 1,149 set by Charles Johnson in 1992. Richardson also recorded 11 receptions when he compiled 284 yards and two touchdowns in a 36-33 overtime loss to California in 2011. ... The Golden Bears last won a Pac-12 game on Oct. 13, 2012. when they won at Washington State, while the Buffaloes' previous conference victory also occurred in Pullman, Wash. - a 35-34 win on Sept. 22, 2012.