The Arizona Wildcats have opened as one-touchdown favorites to beat the Colorado Buffaloes on Saturday, according to .Ìý
Arizona is a 5.5-point favorite to beat the Buffaloes at Folsom Field in Boulder. The over/under for total points is 51.5 points.Ìý
Arizona and Colorado will meet in Boulder for their 28th all-time meeting. The series dates back to 1931. The Wildcats lost 12 straight to the Buffaloes from 1931-85 before beating the Buffaloes in Tucson in 1986.
The Wildcats and Buffaloes didn’t play each other again until CU became a Pac-12 member in 2011. Arizona went 9-4 against Colorado in the Pac-12 era and won three straight from 2017-19 with quarterback Khalil Tate, who set the single-game FBS rushing record for a quarterback with 327 yards in 2017.
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Arizona won its previous matchup in Boulder after former UA kicker Tyler Loop made a walk-off field goal. The victory was part of Arizona’s seven-game winning streak to end the season.
Colorado safety Savion Riley, left, takes Arizona running back Kedrick Reescano off his feet in the fourth quarter of their Big 12 game on Oct. 19, 2024, at Arizona Stadium.
In the first matchup in the Big 12 last season, Colorado dismantled Arizona 34-7 during homecoming weekend.
Colorado is coming off a 53-7 loss to Utah in Salt Lake City, while the Wildcats were on a bye following back-to-back one-possession losses to No. 18 BYU and Houston. Utah had 587 yards of total offense against Colorado; the Buffaloes had 140. The Utes out-rushed Colorado 422-38 yards on Saturday.Ìý
Arizona (4-3) squares off with Colorado (3-5) at Folsom Field on Saturday at 4 p.m. on FS1.Ìý
Contact Justin Spears, the Star's Arizona football beat reporter, at jspears@tucson.com. On X(Twitter): @JustinESports
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