Arizona State 51, Colorado 17
When: 9:00 PM ET, Thursday, October 11, 2012
Where: Folsom Field, Boulder, Colorado
Temperature:
56°
Head Official:
Terry Leyden
Attendance:
45161
By SportsDirect Inc.
Arizona State 51, Colorado 17: Taylor Kelly passed for 308 yards and a career-high five touchdown passes, including three to Marion Grice, and Rashad Ross had a 100-yard kickoff return as the visiting Sun Devils beat the Buffaloes to remain unbeaten in Pac-12 play.
Grice caught touchdown passes of 37, 16 and 20 yards and D.J. Foster and Richard Smith also had scoring receptions as Arizona State (5-1, 3-0) increased its lead in the Pac-12 South to a full game over Southern California.
Arizona State had a 20-7 second-quarter lead after Grice’s second touchdown reception but Colorado (1-5, 1-2) scored 10 points over the final 24 seconds of the half on a 20-yard pass from Jordan Webb to Nick Kasa and a 37-yard field goal by Will Oliver.
The field goal was set up on a lost fumble on a kickoff return by Arizona State’s Jamal Miles. Ross replaced Miles on the opening kickoff of the second half and returned it for a momentum-changing touchdown as the Sun Devils scored 31 consecutive points.
Kelly departed after throwing a 31-yard touchdown pass to Smith to make it 44-17 with 5:38 to play. Cameron Marshall added a 14-yard scoring run just over two minutes later.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Kelly has thrown three or more touchdown passes in three straight games, totaling 11 during the stretch. … Colorado linebacker Brady Daigh was taken off the field on a stretcher with 4:40 to play with an apparent neck injury. … Grice has scored nine touchdowns – five rushing and four receiving.
Top Game Performances
Receiving
Arizona State |
|
Colorado |
Marion Grice
| Player |
Nick Kasa
|
5 |
Receptions |
4 |
101 |
Yards |
71 |
20.2 |
Avg Yards |
17.8 |
3 |
Touchdowns |
1 |
0 |
Long |
0 |
Team Stats Summary
|
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sck |
FF |
Arizona State
|
593 |
261 |
332 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
5.0 |
0 |
Colorado
|
255 |
75 |
180 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
3.0 |
2 |