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No. 3 Colorado 28, No. 6 Maryland 23
2001 Virtual Championship Series

SITE: NEUTRAL  ATTENDANCE:  83,477 

MARYLAND         6  0  7 10 -  23
COLORADO        14  7  7  0 -  28

COLORADO-    13:44 OF 1ST - 28 PASS BY B.PESAVENTO TO C.JOHNSON
                 (KICK BY J.FLORES)
MARYLAND-     6:42 OF 1ST - 2 RUN BY B.PERRY
                 (KICK FAILED)
COLORADO-     4:01 OF 1ST - 20 RUN BY B.PURIFY
                 (KICK BY J.FLORES)
COLORADO-     9:51 OF 2ND - 2 RUN BY C.BROWN
                 (KICK BY J.FLORES)
MARYLAND-    10:19 OF 3RD - 28 PASS BY S.HILL TO G.GARY
                 (KICK BY N.NOVAK)
COLORADO-     8:39 OF 3RD - 55 PASS BY B.PESAVENTO TO D.GRAHAM
                 (KICK BY J.FLORES)
MARYLAND-    14:02 OF 4TH - 42 RUN BY J.LYNCH
                 (KICK BY N.NOVAK)
MARYLAND-     9:56 OF 4TH - 33 FG BY N.NOVAK

              TEAM STATISTICS
MARYLAND                            COLORADO
   15           FIRST DOWNS            20 
 39 - 204       RUSHING YDS         46 - 213 
   168          PASSING YDS           219 
   372           TOTAL YDS            432 
14 - 32 - 1       PASSES           12 - 20 - 3 
 4 - 46.8         PUNTS             5 - 37.1 
  1 - 1          FUM/LOST            1 - 1 
 11 - 88        PENALTIES           14 - 84 
  0 - 0          SACKED              1 - 11 
  30:06      TIME OF POSSESSION      29:54
 9 - 19       THIRD DOWN EFF        6 - 13 

                RUSHING STATISTICS
MARYLAND          TC   YDS   AVG   LG   TD
B.PERRY           15    92   6.1   21    1
M.RILEY           12    55   4.6   36    0
S.HILL             7     8   1.1    3    0
J.CRAWFORD         3     2   0.7    4    0
J.LYNCH            2    48  24.0   42    1

COLORADO          TC   YDS   AVG   LG   TD
B.PURIFY          16   104   6.5   34    1
C.BROWN           12    48   4.0   10    1
C.JOHNSON          8    49   6.1   10    0
M.HOUSTON          5    10   2.0    6    0
B.PESAVENTO        5     3   0.6         0

                RECEIVING
MARYLAND          TC    YDS    AVG   LG    TD
G.GARY             4     76   19.0   28     1
J.WILLIAMS         1     10   10.0   10     0
S.MONROE           4     37    9.3   12     0
M.MURPHY           1     17   17.0   17     0
B.PERRY            4     27    6.8   12     0

COLORADO          TC    YDS    AVG   LG    TD
D.GRAHAM           3     90   30.0   55     1
D.MCCOY            1     28   28.0   28     0
J.BLOOM            1     19   19.0   19     0
B.DRUMM            1     15   15.0   15     0
C.CORMIER          3     16    5.3    8     0
B.PURIFY           1      9    9.0    9     0
C.BROWN            1     14   14.0   14     0
C.JOHNSON          1     28   28.0   28     1

                PASSING
MARYLAND          ATT  COM COM %  YDS  Y/A  Y/C  TD  TD%  I    I%  LG
S.HILL             32   14  43.8  168  5.3 12.0   1  3.1  1   3.1  28

COLORADO          ATT  COM COM %  YDS  Y/A  Y/C  TD  TD%  I    I%  LG
B.PESAVENTO        20   12  60.0  219 10.9 18.3   2 10.0  3  15.0  55

                KICKOFF RETURNS
MARYLAND          KR   YDS   AVG   LG  TD
R.PARSON           3    94  31.3   59   0
B.PERRY            1    23  23.0   23   0

COLORADO          KR   YDS   AVG   LG  TD
R.HOLLOWELL        3    59  19.7   23   0
R.SNEED            1    16  16.0   16   0


                PUNT RETURNS
MARYLAND          PR   YDS   AVG   LG  TD
G.GARY             3    16   5.3   10   0

COLORADO          PR   YDS   AVG   LG  TD
R.HOLLOWELL        3    26   8.7   17   0

                PUNTING
MARYLAND          PNT   AVG  LG  TB  BLK  20
B.BARNARD           4  46.8  56   0    0   2  

COLORADO          PNT   AVG  LG  TB  BLK  20
M.MARISCAL          5  37.1  46   0    0   1  

                KICKING
MARYLAND          EPM EPA   EP% FGM FGA   FG% LG  0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49  50+
N.NOVAK             2   3  66.7   1   3  33.3 33  0- 0  0- 0  1- 2  0- 0  0- 0

COLORADO          EPM EPA   EP% FGM FGA   FG% LG  0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49  50+
J.FLORES            4   4 100.0   0   1   0.0  0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 1  0- 0


INTERCEPTIONS
MARYLAND        IR   YDS   AVG   LG  TD
T.JACKSON        1    16  16.0   16   0
R.JONES          1    15  15.0   15   0
E.J.HENDERSON    1    11  11.0   11   0

COLORADO        IR   YDS   AVG   LG  TD
M.LEWIS          1     0   0.0    0   0

SACKS
MARYLAND           NO.   YDS LOST
M.WHALEY            1       11

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