Football
Neill Woelk, Contributing Editor
BOULDER — Colorado’s J.T. Shrout threw a 22-yard touchdown pass to Montana Lemonious-Craig in the first overtime Saturday to lead Colorado to a 20-13 win over Cal at Folsom Field and hand Buffaloes interim head coach Mike Sanford his first win at the CU helm.
The Buffs ended a five-game losing streak to improve to 1-5 overall and 1-2 in Pac-12 play while the Bears fell to 3-3, 1-2.
Colorado led 3-0 at the half. Shrout replaced Owen McCown late in the third quarter and helped guide the Buffs to a touchdown and field goal in regulation, then tossed the winning score.
CU’s defense was outstanding all game, and kept the Bears out of the end zone in overtime to clinch the win.
Lemonious-Craig finished with eight catches for 119 yards. Shrout was 8-for-12 passing for 69 yards. CU’s defense held Cal to 297 yards offense.
The winning score was originally ruled an incompletion, but an instant replay review awarded the Buffs a touchdown. Replay showed Lemonious-Craig making an outstanding leaping grab while managing to drag one foot in bounds to produce the score.
HOW IT HAPPENED: Colorado’s defense delivered its best half of the season in the first 30 minutes, blanking the Bears for the first two quarters. CU held Cal to just 103 yards total offense, including just 23 on the ground.
The Bears did have two chances to get on the board, thanks to good field position, but both times came away empty when field goal tries of 54 yards and 48 yards wobbled left.
Colorado’s offense, meanwhile, also struggled to find any consistency, finishing…
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