Overview

• Senior quarterback Kaidon Salter went 16-of-25 for 255 yards and two touchdowns, including a 70-yard strike to Omarion Miller, with Micah Welch adding a rushing score.
• Colorado sealed the win with a Tawfiq Byard red-zone interception, a fourth-and-1 stuff at the Iowa State 18, and Alejandro Mata’s 29-yard field goal before a late 38-yard completion to Joseph Williams.
• The victory is Colorado’s first Big 12 win of 2025 and ends an eight-game skid against AP Top 25 opponents, moving the Buffs to 3–4 (1–3 Big 12).
• Deion Sanders coached after undergoing surgery earlier in the week to address blood clots, praising a sold-out Folsom Field crowd announced at 52,698.
• The Big 12 fine is expected after a field storm that also drew attention when a widely shared video appeared to show a student briefly trapped under a goal post; Colorado was previously fined $50,000 for crowd conduct vs. BYU.