Montez has 3 TDs as Buffs beat Bruins 38-16
Colorado pulls off 2 trick plays to take lead
Colorado completes two trick plays on the same drive to take a 21-16 lead over UCLA
BOULDER, Colo. -- Steven Montez was 22-of-26 passing for 237 yards and a touchdown and ran for two more scores to lead Colorado over UCLA 38-16 on Friday night.
Montez rushed for 81 yards and Laviska Shenault Jr. caught a career-best 12 passes for 126 yards and a touchdown and ran for another score for Colorado (4-0, 1-0 Pac-12).
Joshua Kelley ran for 124 yards and Dorian Thompson-Robinson had a touchdown pass for UCLA (0-4, 0-1), which is looking for its first win in the Chip Kelly era. The Bruins have lost their first four games for the first time since 1971.
UCLA went ahead 10-7 on an 11-yard pass from Thompson-Robinson to Michael Ezeike and a short field goal. JJ Molson hit from 50 yards at the end of the first half, and then gave UCLA a 16-14 lead with a 40-yard field goal early in the third.
But it was all Colorado after that. Shenault, who scored the Buffaloes' first touchdown on a 57-yard reception, scored on a 1-yard touchdown run to make it 21-16.
Travon McMillian, who had 102 yards rushing, scored from 6 yards out for a 28-16 lead and Montez put it away with a 35-yard rushing touchdown in the fourth.
THE TAKEAWAY
UCLA: The Bruins have lost 12 straight true road games and 11 conference road games. Their last road win was 17-14 at BYU on Sept. 17, 2016. The last time they won a conference road game was 17-9 at Utah on Nov. 21, 2015.
Colorado: The Buffaloes are 4-0 for the first time since 1998. They started 3-0 last season before losing seven of their last nine.
UP NEXT
UCLA hosts No. 11 Washington on Oct. 6.
Colorado will host Arizona State on Oct. 6.
Game Information
2024 Big Ten Conference Standings
| Team | CONF | OVR |
|---|---|---|
| Oregon | 8-0 | 11-0 |
| Indiana | 7-0 | 10-0 |
| Ohio State | 6-1 | 9-1 |
| Penn State | 6-1 | 9-1 |
| Iowa | 4-3 | 6-4 |
| Minnesota | 4-3 | 6-4 |
| Illinois | 4-3 | 7-3 |
| Washington | 4-4 | 6-5 |
| Wisconsin | 3-4 | 5-5 |
| Rutgers | 3-4 | 6-4 |
| Michigan | 3-4 | 5-5 |
| USC | 3-5 | 5-5 |
| UCLA | 3-5 | 4-6 |
| Nebraska | 2-5 | 5-5 |
| Michigan State | 2-5 | 4-6 |
| Northwestern | 2-5 | 4-6 |
| Maryland | 1-6 | 4-6 |
| Purdue | 0-7 | 1-9 |
2024 Big 12 Conference Standings
| Team | CONF | OVR |
|---|---|---|
| BYU | 6-1 | 9-1 |
| Colorado | 6-1 | 8-2 |
| Arizona State | 5-2 | 8-2 |
| Iowa State | 5-2 | 8-2 |
| Baylor | 4-3 | 6-4 |
| Kansas State | 4-3 | 7-3 |
| TCU | 4-3 | 6-4 |
| Texas Tech | 4-3 | 6-4 |
| West Virginia | 4-3 | 5-5 |
| Cincinnati | 3-4 | 5-5 |
| Kansas | 3-4 | 4-6 |
| Houston | 3-4 | 4-6 |
| UCF | 2-5 | 4-6 |
| Arizona | 2-5 | 4-6 |
| Utah | 1-6 | 4-6 |
| Oklahoma State | 0-7 | 3-7 |
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