Colorado Hangs 52 on Weber State Behind Julian Lewis
Three touchdown passes in the first quarter, covering 66, 63 and 48 yards. That is 177 yards of touchdown, and Colorado had 21-7 on the board before the first quarter ended.
Julian Lewis threw all three, to DeAndre Moore Jr., Joseph Williams and Ernest Campbell. Weber State's Nate Dahle did hit Robert Young from 13 yards in between, so the visitors were not shut out of the quarter. They just were not in the same game. Micah Welch broke a 55-yard run to open the second quarter for 28-7, and it only got more lopsided from there. Dahle threw a 6-yard score to Noah Kjar, Lewis found Williams again from 32 yards, and Lewis ran in from 3 yards with 51 seconds left in the half to make it 42-14.
The second half was a cool-down. Elliot Arnold kicked a 52-yard field goal in the third quarter, and Kaneal Sweetwyne ran in from 9 yards early in the fourth for 52-14. Dahle and Kjar connected from 12 yards with 7:42 left to make the final 52-21. Dahle threw three touchdown passes in the loss, which is a good day on paper and a bad one on the scoreboard.
Colorado finished with 579 yards, 398 passing and 181 rushing on 37 carries. It did lose two fumbles and still scored 52. The Buffaloes are 2-0, and Weber State is 0-1.
Fantasy owners got the full buffet. Lewis had 42.3 points, the best single-game total on the page, and his top two targets both went over 20. Lewis even rushed for minus 23 yards and did not care.