Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders left the game injured during his team’s 56-14 blowout loss against Washington State on Friday, capping a dire night for the Buffaloes that ended any hopes of playing in a bowl game this season.

Sanders, the son of head coach Deion Sanders, was sacked four times, exited the game twice with injury, and remained off the field the second time.

“He had some numbness in his hand and couldn’t really grip the ball,” Deion Sanders said afterwards, according to ESPN. “But then that second hit he just got rolled up on. We decided not to send him back out.”

The Buffaloes tumbled out of bowl eligibility after recording their fifth consecutive loss and slipping to a 4-7 overall record, a disappointing return from such a promising start to the season that had captivated college football fans.

“I’m very sad of how we played,” Sanders said afterwards, per Colorado’s website. “We practiced hard this past week. We prepared, and to go and display a performance like that it’s not indicative of who we are, what we are, how we are.”

Colorado trailed 21-7 after the first quarter and it only got worse in the second as Washington State added another three touchdowns with no response from the Buffaloes.

“That’s not the recipe for a win,” Sanders added. “They executed early and executed often and when they got Shedeur out of the game it was tough sledding from then on.”

Colorado concludes its regular season against Utah on November 25.

Deion Sanders apologizes after Colorado loses to Arizona: ‘We just can’t get over that hump’

 Colorado football coach Deion Sanders issued a couple of apologies Saturday after his team lost another game, this time against No. 24 Arizona, 34-31.

He apologized to the Colorado players, who were playing their last game here at Folsom Field.

“I apologize … that we didn’t send them out right, in which we wanted to because they deserve it,” Sanders said.

He also apologized to Colorado fans, who sold out every game at home this season only to watch the Buffaloes finish with a 2-4 home record in Sanders’ first season.

“They’ve been supporting the heck out of us and they’ve been showing up and showing out — another sellout crowd that ended in disappointment,” Sanders said. “We’re so close. It’s what I told the team. But yet so far. We just simply, truly don’t know how to win yet.”

fter capturing the nation’s attention with a 3-0 start, the Buffaloes (4-6) now have lost six of their last seven, including the last four. All but two of those losses have come by seven points or fewer, including Saturday. The Buffs never trailed all game until Arizona kicker Tyler Loop booted a 24-yard, game-winning field goal as time expired. His kick ended a drive by the No. 24 Wildcats (7-3) that went 67 yards in 11 plays, running down the clock to keep the ball away from Colorado on a sunny but chilly day in front of 52,788.

“We just can’t get over that hump,” Sanders said in his postgame news conference.

Colorado now has two games remaining in the regular season, both on the road, and will need to win both to be eligible for a postseason bowl game.