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It's Arizona's sixth straight game with a kickoff time at 6 p.m. or earlier. Arizona's first road game against Iowa State kicked off at 4 p.m., and most recently faced Houston at 9 a.m.  

Arizona is a 5.5-point favorite to beat the Buffaloes on Saturday. The over/under for total points is 51.5 points. 

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.

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.

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. 

Arizona (4-3) squares off with Colorado (3-5) at Folsom Field on Saturday at 4 p.m. on FS1.