Shedeur Sanders threw two landing passes and ran for scores, two-way star Travis Hunter had 9 receptions for 99 yards and a landing and No. 20 Colorado overcame an early deficit to beat Texas Tech 41-27 on Saturday.
Sanders was 30 of 43 for 291 yards. Shilo Sanders, Buffaloes coach Deion Sanders’ different son on the workforce, recovered a fumble in the long run zone with 51 seconds left.
Colorado (7-2, 5-1 Big 12, No. 20 CFP) received its third straight recreation and is on observe to play within the Big 12 Championship Game with an opportunity to qualify for the 12-team College Football Playoff .
The Buffs led the Red Raiders (6-4, 4-3) with two touchdowns earlier than Tech’s Behren Morton threw his second landing cross of the sport to Jalin Conyers – for 21 yards – with 2:12 left.
Shedeur Sanders threw a 23-yard TD cross to LaJohntay Wester halfway by way of the second quarter, a 5-yarder to Will Sheppard within the third quarter and a 24-yarder to Hunter a couple of minutes later within the third.
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Alejandro Mata kicked subject objectives of 25 and 33 yards for the Buffaloes.
Morton’s different landing cross to Conyers was 17 yards on the sport’s opening drive. Morton was 24 of 40 for 275 yards.
Gino Garcia kicked subject objectives of 53 and 39 yards for the Red Raiders, who led 13-0.
Takeaway
Colorado: As the solar went down, the offense heated up. Colorado gained 26 yards within the first quarter, 178 within the first half and completed with 351, 53.5 fewer than its common.
Texas Tech: Tahj Brooks rushed for 137 yards, most within the fourth quarter, to succeed Byron Hanspard as the college’s profession speeding chief with 4,236 yards in 5 seasons. He was restricted to 35 yards within the first half on 17 carries.
Implications of the survey
Colorado is anticipated to rise in Sunday’s new AP ballot. The Buffs reached No. 18 final season after profitable their first three video games underneath Sanders. This is their highest place since reaching quantity 9 in 2016.
Next
Colorado: hosts Utah subsequent Saturday.
Texas Tech: At Oklahoma State on Nov. 23
Associated Press reporting.
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