An embarrassing loss at Utah a week ago was seemingly the low point for head coach Deion Sanders and the 2025 Colorado football team.

On Saturday night, the Buffaloes sunk even deeper.

Facing a gut-check moment after the rout in Salt Lake City, the Buffs were crushed by Arizona on Saturday, 52-17, at Folsom Field.

In front of the smallest crowd of the Deion Sanders era at Folsom (48,223), CU fell behind 7-0 on the third play, 17-0 less than eight minutes into the game, and 38-7 at halftime.

A week ago, the Buffs were humiliated at Utah, 53-7. This is the first time since the last three games of the 2022 season — before Sanders was hired — that the Buffs have given up at least 50 points in consecutive games.

CU also had a season-high five turnovers, as well as a season-high 13 penalties for 105 yards.

All that to an Arizona team that had lost five in a row on the road.

At this point, however, it doesn’t seem to matter where the Buffs (3-6, 1-5 Big 12) play. Coming off the loss at Utah, the Buffs looked checked out against the Wildcats (5-3, 2-3), who snapped a two-game losing streak.

Turning to five-star freshman quarterback JuJu Lewis provided a brief spark, but that move didn’t occur until the Buffs trailed 45-7 with 12 minutes to play in the third quarter.

Lewis finished 9 for 17 for 121 yards and his first career touchdown pass before departing with an injury in the final minutes.

CU’s starting quarterback, Kaidon Salter, who has had a roller-coaster season, was dreadful for the second week in a row, completing 11 of 15 passes for 49 yards, a touchdown, an interception and a fumble.

Both of Salter’s turnovers were back-breakers, as Arizona and its quarterback, Noah Fifita, had no trouble taking advantage.

Fifita finished the game 11-for-19 passing for 213 yards and four touchdowns, including a 57-yard pass to Tre Spivey on the third play of the game.

Three plays after a field goal that made it 10-0, Arizona’s Chase Kennedy sacked Salter and forced a fumble that the Wildcats recovered at the CU 12-yard line. On the next play, Fifita hit Chris Hunter for a 12-yard TD pass and a 17-0 lead.

Salter and the Buffs responded with an impressive 17-play, 75-yard drive that chewed 7 minutes, 40 seconds off the clock. Salter capped that drive with an 8-yard touchdown pass to Omarion Miller that cut the deficit to 17-7 and stopped the bleeding with 14:28 to play in the second quarter.

Arizona re-opened the wound four plays later when Fifita found Gio Richardson wide open for a 60-yard touchdown pass.

About seven minutes later, Salter was intercepted by Dalton Johnson, who returned it 50 yards to the CU 8. The Wildcats’ Javin Whatley scored on a 13-yard run two plays later.

Just before the half, Arizona tacked on another score, as Fifita found Whatley wide open in the back of the end zone for a 34-yard touchdown. That gave the Wildcats a 38-7 lead at intermission.