No. 25 BYU had the only score of the fourth quarter in the Cougars 24-21 win at Colorado late Saturday night.
Colorado jumped out to an early 14-0 lead with touchdown drives on its first two possessions. From there, BYU was the better team as the Cougars crept back into the game.
In his postgame news conference, Deion Sanders said that it felt like the moment was just too big for some of our athletes. BYU was the first ranked opponent the Buffaloes had faced in 2025.
BYU took its first lead of the game at 17-14 with 5:26 to go in the third quarter on a TD pass from Bear Bachmeier to Chase Roberts. Colorado responded with a six-play drive that ended with a Kaidon Salter TD pass to Drelon Miller and a 21-17 lead.
That lead didnt last long. BYU scored on its next possession and took the lead for good on a 32-yard end around from Cody Hagen that thoroughly fooled Colorados defense.
Colorados next drive ended poorly. A holding penalty on receiver Omarion Miller negated a first-down run by QB Kaidon Salter on third down and Salter was sacked for a 22-yard loss on the next play.
The Liberty transfer threw just 16 passes on Saturday night, completing 11 of them for 119 yards and a score. He also rushed 17 times for 49 yards. It was Salters fourth start of the season after he sat out the Buffaloes Week 3 loss to Houston.
After the loss to the Cougars from BYU, Salter admitted that the benching affected his psyche. Sanders praised him after the teams Week 4 win over Wyoming, saying that Salter had to understand how we do things.
True freshman BYU quarterback Bear Bachmeier, meanwhile, was 19-of-27 passing for 179 yards and two scores while also rushing 15 times for 98 yards. BYU ran the ball 34 times for 217 yards against the Buffaloes and moved to 4-0 while Colorado dropped to 2-3 ahead of a trip to TCU in Week 6.