Colorado Buffaloes @ Baylor Bears — Sep 26, 2026

NCAA Division FBS·Round 1 September 26, 2026
Buffaloes Colorado COLO 1-2, 1-2 Away
13
Final
23
Bears Baylor BAY 2-1, 2-0 Home
1 2 3 4 T
COLO 3 0 3 7 13
BAY 0 10 3 10 23
Top Performers
Passing Yards
I.
I. Wilson QB COLO
156 PASS
D. Lagway QB BAY
221 PASS
Rushing Yards
M. Welch RB COLO
35 RUSH
D. Pendergrass ATH BAY
85 RUSH
Receiving Yards
J. Williams WR COLO
127 REC
G. Freeman WR BAY
59 REC
Passing
Colorado
PLAYER C/ATT YDS TD INT SACK QBR
J. Williams 1/1 49 0 0 0 118.8
J. Lewis 11/16 75 0 0 3 78.9
I. Wilson 12/25 156 1 0 2 81.4
Baylor
PLAYER C/ATT YDS TD INT SACK QBR
D. Lagway 19/39 221 2 1 1 72.7
Rushing
Colorado
PLAYER CAR YDS AVG TD LONG
R. Young 8 31 3.9 0 11
J. Smith 10 33 3.3 0 12
D. Taylor 2 5 2.5 0 4
J. Lewis 4 -17 -4.3 0 6
M. Welch 9 35 3.9 0 14
K. Perry 1 7 7.0 0 7
I. Wilson 5 -11 -2.2 0 12
Baylor
PLAYER CAR YDS AVG TD LONG
J. McGowan 1 2 2.0 0 2
D. Pendergrass 16 85 5.3 0 17
C. Knighten 10 18 1.8 0 6
D. Lagway 2 3 1.5 0 6
R. Morris 4 11 2.8 0 7
M. Turner 1 -2 -2.0 0 0
Receiving
Colorado
PLAYER REC TGTS YDS AVG TD LONG DROPS
D. Moore 0 2 0 - 0 0 0
Q. Farrakhan 7 8 117 16.7 0 49 0
J. Smith 0 2 0 - 0 0 0
D. Taylor 2 3 12 6.0 0 7 0
J. Williams 11 18 127 11.5 1 27 0
K. Perry 1 2 -1 -1.0 0 0 0
Q. Gibson 2 4 18 9.0 0 11 0
F. Clements 1 2 7 7.0 0 7 0
E. Campbell 0 1 0 - 0 0 0
Baylor
PLAYER REC TGTS YDS AVG TD LONG DROPS
J. McGowan 2 5 34 17.0 0 34 0
D. Miller 3 4 31 10.3 0 23 0
G. Freeman 6 9 59 9.8 1 21 0
T. Williams 0 2 0 - 0 0 0
T. Livingston 1 2 3 3.0 0 3 0
H. Polley 1 2 28 28.0 0 28 0
R. Morris 2 3 2 1.0 0 7 0
J. Porter 1 2 33 33.0 1 33 0
M. Turner 2 3 8 4.0 0 5 0
L. Brown 1 4 23 23.0 0 23 0
M. Klopfenstein 0 1 0 - 0 0 0
Defense
Colorado
PLAYER TKLS SOLO AST SACK TFL INT INT YDS PD FF
G. Lampron 8 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
B. Carter 5 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
L. Lefau 8 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
T. Anene 4 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
N. Mitchell 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
T. Martinez 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
C. Thomas 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
S. Hopper 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
D. Manuel 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
K. Salter 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
I. Ezeogu 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
J. Stokes 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
G. Goldberg 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
R. Fontenette 6 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
S. Tamanupepe 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Y. Talib 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Baylor
PLAYER TKLS SOLO AST SACK TFL INT INT YDS PD FF
K. Reed 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
K. Washington 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
D. Turner 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
D. Jordan 7 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
M. Gifford 8 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
T. Barnes 9 7 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
J. Mack 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
T. Mitchell 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
C. McCalister 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
L. Thornton 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
K. Burns 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B. Onu 4 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 0
T. Turner 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
H. Wheeler 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
G. Ponder 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
R. Davis 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Z. Hardy 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
D. Cobbs 4 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 0
K. Walker 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
R. Bush 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
K. Jordan 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kicking
Colorado
PLAYER FG XP PTS BLK
E. Arnold 2/2 1/1 7 0
Baylor
PLAYER FG XP PTS BLK
R. Armstrong 3/3 2/2 11 0
Returns
Colorado
PLAYER NO YDS AVG TD LONG FC
D. Taylor 1 11 11.0 0 11 0
Q. Gibson 1 16 16.0 0 16 2
Baylor
PLAYER NO YDS AVG TD LONG FC
C. Knighten 2 42 21.0 0 27 0
C/ATT - Completions/Attempts · YDS - Yards · TD - Touchdowns · INT - Interceptions · SACK - Sacks · QBR - Passer Rating · CAR - Carries · AVG - Average · REC - Receptions · TGTS - Targets · TKLS - Total Tackles · SOLO - Solo Tackles · AST - Assisted Tackles · TFL - Tackles for Loss · PD - Passes Defensed · FF - Forced Fumbles · FG - Field Goals · XP - Extra Points · PTS - Points · FC - Fair Catches
Team Statistics
Colorado
Baylor
363 Total Yards 337
24 First Downs 21
13 Passing 8
7 Rushing 8
5 Penalty 3
3/15 3rd Down Eff. 6/17
280 Passing Yards 221
83 Rushing Yards 116
1 Turnovers 1
8-82 Penalties 10-84
31:26 Possession 28:34
3/3 Red Zone 3/5
Play-by-Play
Q4 7 - 10 13 - 23
13 - 23 4:28
R. Armstrong FG
13 - 20 9:02
R. Armstrong XP
13 - 19 9:02
J. Porter TD
XP E. Arnold
13 - 13 11:04
TD J. Williams
12 - 13 11:04
Q3 3 - 3 6 - 13
FG E. Arnold
6 - 13 2:17
3 - 13 7:14
R. Armstrong FG
Q2 0 - 10 3 - 10
3 - 10 7:04
R. Armstrong XP
3 - 9 7:04
G. Freeman TD
3 - 3 13:28
R. Armstrong FG
Q1 3 - 0 3 - 0
FG E. Arnold
3 - 0 3:22
Score Lines
Lead Tracker
Lead Changes: 0 Biggest Lead: BAY +10 Times Tied: 2
Highlights
Colorado 13 - 23 Baylor
September 26, 2026
League
NCAA Division FBS
Season
NCAA 26/27
Round
Round 1
Date
September 26, 2026
Time
4:00 pm
Duration
1h 0m