COLUMBIA, Mo. — Colorado had two good chances in the second half to extend what had been the nation’s third-longest active scoring streak, but the Buffaloes “did not even think about going for field goals,” Colorado quarterback Cody Hawkins said Saturday night.
“We want to go out and play to win,” he said after Missouri beat the Buffs 58-0. “If we’re going to develop as the team we want to be, we have to expect to score touchdowns.”
With Hawkins taking most of the snaps on that particular drive, Colorado drove to the Missouri 17 after taking the second-half kickoff. With nothing to lose, CU went for it on fourth-and-3, but Hawkins could not connect with senior wideout Patrick Williams, and the Buffs came up empty.
“You’re down (34-0), you’ve got to get some things established,” CU coach Dan Hawkins said. “You’re not going for the field goal.”
With Tyler Hansen at the controls at the end of the game, Colorado drove to the Missouri 11 as the clock expired. Tigers coach Gary Pinkel said afterward that he was not surprised Colorado did not attempt a field goal to avoid a shutout because “Dan Hawkins is a competitor.” Pinkel added that he is not sure he wouldn’t have ordered a 3-pointer in that situation.
Colorado saw the end to claiming the nation’s third-longest active scoring streak, at 242 consecutive games, dating to 1988. Michigan (296) and Florida (250) lead.
No hard feelings.
Dan Hawkins was asked by a Missouri-based reporter if he was upset that the Tigers kept their first-team offense in the game until midway through the fourth quarter.
“No, they were just playing,” Hawkins said. “They’re a high-octane group. I don’t blame them for that at all. You’ve got to play, and the other team has to show up. I’m not like that at all.”
Footnotes.
Missouri senior Chase Coffman set an NCAA record for career receptions by a tight end at the Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) level. He has 220 catches. Louisville’s Ibn Green (1996-99) caught 217. . . . Missouri posted its first shutout since a win over Ball State in 2004 and its first shutout in conference play since blanking Kansas in 1986. Both were 48-0. . . . Asked what his team needs to work on, Dan Hawkins was succinct: “Block and tackle and get lined up, do what we’re supposed to do.”
