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FORT WORTH, Texas 鈥� Shedeur Sanders shrugged away history.

鈥淚t抖阴ap crazy that we put up (those) numbers,鈥� CU鈥檚 new quarterback said of an electric debut at TCU, with a school-record 510 passing yards and four touchdowns, 鈥渁nd we wasn鈥檛 even at our best.鈥�

The Buffs put up 45 points on No. 17 TCU, scored on seven of their first 12 drives, averaged seven yards per play and won a non-conference game on the road for the first time in five years.

Shedeur, son of coach Deion Sanders, completed a superlative 38 of 47 passes on the afternoon in a 45-42 victory. If Saturday wasn鈥檛 CU鈥檚 offense at its best, some folks on the dance card are in trouble.

Starting with Nebraska (0-1), the rivals CU entertains next weekend at Folsom Field.

鈥淚f you go back and look up the numbers from last year, they (were) pretty high (in the opener),鈥� said Sanders said, who threw for five touchdowns in Jackson State鈥檚 first game a year ago. 鈥淵ou should鈥檝e known Game 1 is a lock for sure. I鈥檝e got too much time to prepare, too much time to focus. Our (offensive coordinator), Sean Lewis, had too much time.鈥�

The Buffs survived a wild shootout that featured six lead changes in the second half en route to the program鈥檚 first victory away from Folsom Field since the pandemic season of 2020 and first win over a ranked team on the road since 2002.

It also set down a flag for the three newcomers charged with turning the Buffs鈥� football fortunes around: Deion 鈥淐oach Prime鈥� Sanders, who won in his FBS debut after a successful run at Jackson; his son, CU鈥檚 QB 1; and two-way star Travis Hunter, who caught 11 balls for 119 yards, picked off one pass and nearly intercepted two others.

The game saw three lead changes in a span of 6:40 late in the third quarter and early in the fourth, capped by a 19-yard run from TCU QB Chandler Morris with 10:49 to go in the game, giving the hosts a 35-31 cushion.

The Buffs marched 75 yards the other way, thanks to a 39-yard catch by Hunter to rescue CU on third-and-16. Sanders hit a wide-open Jimmy Horn Jr. from 26 yards out, and the Buffs went back up two before the point-after.

Back came TCU, lofted by Major Everhart抖阴ap 86-yard kickoff return to the Buffs鈥� 8. Two plays later, the hosts were on top again, 38-35 after the kick.

Cue CU鈥檚 response, a 6-play, 82-yard march buoyed by another wild Hunter catch 鈥� for 12 yards on second-and-9 this time 鈥� and capped by Edwards鈥� fourth touchdown of the day, this one on a 46-yard toss from Sanders.

Punch.

Counter.

Trailing 24-21, TCU drove to the Buffs鈥� 4 with 6:12 left in the third quarter, set up by a 74-yard Emani Bailey scamper from his end zone to the CU 21-yard line. On third-and-2, Morris locked in on his right 鈥� where Hunter, who the hosts didn鈥檛 mind testing in the red zone, made TCU pay. The 6-foot-1 185-pound Georgia native, 247Sports鈥� No. 1 recruit in the Class of 鈥�22, spotted Major Everhart coming free on a wheel route to the right boundary, the short side of the field, closed and dove, extending two long arms to pluck the ball just before the astonished Everhart could walk into the end zone.

CU couldn鈥檛 capitalize, though, punting the ball after three plays to the TCU 37. The hosts regrouped, chewing up 53 yards on seven plays thanks to a roughing-the-passer call on Arden Walker and eventually ending with Dylan Wright’s 21-yard score and the hosts鈥� first lead of the afternoon.

It would be short-lived.

Shedeur Sanders got the ball back with 2:32 left in the third quarter, completed four straight throws, including a 44-yard rainbow to Xavier Henry, and had the Buffs at the TCU 7 in just 2:05. Edwards then scored his third touchdown of the day on a pitch off left end to put the underdogs back on top, 31-28.

In true Sanders fashion, the game had plenty of entertaining swings, especially for those curious across the country watching a Coach Prime team 鈥� or the Buffs 鈥� for the first time.

To wit: the first 90 seconds of the second half. The Buffs committed two penalties on their first two snaps coming out of halftime, bringing an uncomfortable feeling of deja vu for CU faithful who got used to watching the Buffs get outcoached and out-talented over the game鈥檚 final 30 minutes.

Third snap? Different story. Edwards got wide right on a screen, set up a convoy of blockers in front of him, spotted a cutback lane and zipped upfield for a 75-yard score that put CU up by two scores.

The Frogs countered, chewing up 65 yards on just three plays over 55 seconds, a drive capped by a 21-yard pitch-and-catch from Morris to tight end Jared Wiley, pulling TCU to within 24-21.

With a 14-7 lead and 3:09 left in the first half, CU was moving toward midfield when Edwards cut left on a 2nd-and-10 carry, gained six yards and appeared to lose the ball while being taken down by TCU defensive back Millard Bradford, who smothered the pigskin. Replays upheld the call, and the hosts cashed in with a 4-play, 22-yard scoring drive that tied the game at 14-each.

Giveaways aside, CU couldn鈥檛 have asked for a better start. The Buffs turned the hosts away on three plays, then got the ball back and used quick-tempo, short passing 鈥� a staple of Lewis鈥� 鈥淔lash Fast鈥� scheme 鈥� throws to nudge the ball up the field. Swift freshman Edwards opened the series with a 7-yard catch and capped it with a 4-yard grab in the end zone as the three-touchdown underdogs stunned the home faithful with a 7-0 lead six minutes into the first quarter. The Buffs didn鈥檛 allow a first down until midway through the first quarter, on the hosts鈥� second drive. And CU didn鈥檛 punt until 4:47 before halftime.

Biggest upsets in CU history

The Buffs entered Saturday’s game at TCU as three-touchdown underdogs, but came out victorious. Here’s a look at CU’s biggest upsets, listed by the final game day spreads:

Source: CU athletics