Associated Press
BOULDER, Colo. — Jordan Miller’s two interceptions and Myles Bryant’s pick-6 helped the seventh-ranked Washington Huskies overcame a slow start and hand Colorado its first loss, 37-10 on a cold, rainy Saturday night at Folsom Field.
Myles Gaskin rushed for 202 yards and two touchdowns for the Huskies (4-0, 1-0), who also routed Colorado 41-10 in last year’s Pac-12 championship.
“Anytime you get that many turnovers in a game, you’ve got a chance to do something special on offense,” said Huskies QB Jake Browning, who was just 11 for 21 for 160 yards. “We usually get all the stats and TDs but we played really well on defense and capitalized on some opportunities.”
Despite pointing to this rematch ever since, the Buffaloes (3-1, 0-1) made too many mistakes to close the gap, including several fumbled snaps and a too-early slide on third down by quarterback Steven Montez that led to a punt — which was blocked.
Colorado trailed 10-7 at halftime and was still within a touchdown late in the third quarter before the Buffs unraveled, sending their shivering fans streaming to the exits.
Washington would end up outscoring the Buffs 27-3 after the break, sparked by Quinten Pounds coming down with a 43-yard touchdown pass from Browning between two defenders.
“The guy made an unbelievable catch on the post route,” Colorado coach Mike MacIntyre said. “I still don’t know how he caught it. It was an unbelievable catch.”
James Stefanou barely cleared the crossbar from 49 yards out to pull Colorado to 17-10.
Montez then tried to hit Bryce Bobo on a slant but Bryant stepped in front and his 35-yard interception return for a touchdown gave Washington a two-touchdown cushion and allowed the Huskies to pull away just like they did in the title game last December.
The Huskies turned this one into another blowout with a 6-yard TD run from Salvon Ahmed and a 57-yard scoring scamper from Gaskin in the fourth quarter.
Miller had two first-half interceptions as the Huskies built a 10-7 lead. His first one led to the go-ahead field goal and his second one came in the end zone with a minute left in the second quarter.
The Huskies fell behind 7-0 when Colorado went 75 yards on its opening drive and capped it with Philip Lindsay’s 1-yard TD run .
Washington’s first series ended with Browning throwing an interception to safety Afolabi Laguda.
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