1 week Ago
The Colorado State football team defeated Northern Colorado 38-17 Saturday evening at Canvas Stadium in Fort Collins. The game was the first between the teams since 2016, and CSU won for the 20th-straight time in the series and 21st time overall dating at least to 1900. UNC’s only win came by a forfeit in October 1900.
CSU led 7-0 before its offense saw the field. Receiver Tory Horton returned a punt 78 yards for a touchdown after UNC went three-and-out on its first possession. Horton went out of the game in the third quarter with an apparent injury.
CSU coach Jay Norvell said later he didn’t know the status of Horton, who is an All-Mountain West Conference pass catcher and NFL prospect. “Hopefully it won’t be serious enough where he misses too much time,” the coach said. “It’s too early to tell right now.
” CSU (1-1) hosts Colorado on Sept. 14 at Canvas Stadium in the much-anticipated Rocky Mountain Showdown. Horton wasn’t the only key player who left the game with an injury.
UNC starting quarterback Peter Costelli left late in the fourth quarter with an apparent leg injury. He came up lame and limping after a 6-yard quarterback keeper run with just under 5 minutes to play. Costelli ran again on the next play and lost three yards and remained down on the field.
He was attended to by UNC trainers, who appeared to look at the quarterback’s left leg. Costelli limped off the field with the trainers and Bears coach Ed Lamb. Lamb said after the game he didn’t have an update on Costelli’s injury.
Costelli said he was OK while walking in the hallway after the game. UNC dropped to 0-2 this season, and have lost 14-consecutive games dating to the start of the 2023 season. The Bears’ last win was Nov.
12, 2022, a 21-20 victory over Northern Arizona at Nottingham Field in Greeley. UNC plays at home Saturday for the first time this season, hosting Abilene Christian at 2 p.m.
at Nottingham Field. Costelli threw two touchdown passes in his second-career college start and second start for the Bears. Costelli connected with tight end Fisher Clements late in the first quarter for a 2-yard touchdown and found receiver Brayden Munroe for a 50 yarder early in the third quarter to cut CSU’s lead to 24-14.
Jonah Chong came into the game for the Bears’ final drive with 33 seconds remaining, and was 1 of 1 for 4 yards. Chong is a fifth-year student transfer from the University of Nevada. Lamb said after the game he went to Chong because he’s practiced the entire offense while Hank Gibbs “is a situational quarterback for us now.
” Gibbs, a second-year graduate student transfer from Wyoming, competed with Costelli for the starting job through the summer and into fall camp. Bears kicker Hunter Green converted a 53-yard field with 4-minutes, 11 seconds to play. He also punted seven times for 336 yards with a long of 67 yards in the third quarter.
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