BOULDER, Colo. - With a rushed fourth-down throw to Gino Crump in the fourth quarter Saturday, Nick Foles became, statistically, the greatest quarterback in Arizona Wildcats history.
Needing 285 passing yards to eclipse Willie Tuitama's career mark of 9,221 from 2005-08, the senior threw for 352.
And, afterward, found little solace in the record.
"Records are records," Foles said. "I broke every record in high school, and I didn't win a state championship. That's all I cared about.
"The most important thing is winning the game. I could care less about any record. It's an honor, but at the same time I want to win the game."
Also Saturday, Foles blew past Tuitama's 8,727 yards of total offense - he needed only 83 before the game - and the former quarterback's 1,276 career pass attempts.
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"Nick's not only a great player, but he's an unbelievable person," offensive coordinator Seth Littrell said. "He's great for this team. He works his tail off."
Foles and the offense struggled with Colorado's different pre-snap looks more than the gusting wind, which reached 71 mph Saturday.
Littrell said he didn't change the way he called plays.
Asked about the wind, coach Tim Kish said, "I don't think it had anything to do with anything."
Colorado coach Jon Embree said his team wouldn't let it become a problem.
"We weren't going to make it an issue," he said. "We were just going to do our stuff. The only place was the kicking game, but it caused some issues on both sides."
Senior achievement
The Buffaloes will put another brick in the wall - literally.
Saturday's brick will represent the team's first Pac-12 victory. CU's seniors, honored in their last home game Saturday, will see it every time they return to campus.
Embree brought all of his team's 28 seniors to his postgame media gathering. He knew it was important to them to win; Embree said he still regrets losing his last home game as a CU player.
"These seniors, they did it," he said. "It is for them, it is about them. I'm proud of these guys. I love them."
Senior quarterback Tyler Hansen was thrilled.
"It means a lot," he said. "We have gone through thick and thin … . We have been tested. I was a wreck before the game. We all were. To go out with a win is special."
Embree said the seniors "deserve better than what we're going to end up getting, but we are still going to achieve some things."
Next up, Embree said: snapping the team's 22-game road losing streak.
Extra points
• Rodney Stewart's 181 rushing yards were the most allowed by the UA since Week 4, when Oregon's LaMichael James had an eye-popping 288. "I think we just found a weak spot in the defense," said Stewart, who had posted only one better game, last year against Kansas State, in his career. "We executed that over and over again, which was successful for us." UA safety Robert Golden said the Wildcats could have played better. "We knew he was going to be a powerful back and we were going to have to wrap him up and make tackles," he said. "I feel like we gave him a lot of stuff, but he's also a great back, too."
• UA defensive end C.J. Parish did not travel with the UA because of an ankle injury, which also kept him out of the Utah game. Trevin Wade was limited, and did not start at cornerback.
• Colorado guard Blake Behrens, from Brophy Prep in Phoenix, was thought to be out for the year with shoulder and biceps injuries. But, on Senior Day, he took the field for the first time since 2009.
