There will be six more entrance gates designated for students at the next University of Colorado home football game, a change officials decided to make Monday in response to fan and crowd-control problems that plagued Saturday's home opener.

Dozens of late-arriving ticket-holders said they were barred from the 8:15 p.m. game against Florida State University because the concourses and student section were overcrowded. Some people who arrived earlier said they had the opposite problem, reporting they were shoved into stadium tunnels packed with thousands of rowdy fans.Numerous students, prepared to prove they'd bought a game pass with their Buff OneCards, said officials didn't even look at the multi-purpose identification cards. And still others said they weren't patted down before being allowed to enter — a standard security practice.

"The only other CU game I can recall being that packed was the CU-CSU game from three years ago," said CU senior Eric Welsh, 21.

CU spokesman Bronson Hilliard said officials met Monday to discuss what went wrong, what needs to be changed and how to compensate ticket-holders who were barred from the game.

Hilliard said the university is "apologetic" that some people who paid were turned away, and he said officials will deal with their complaints on a case-by-case basis. The university is adding six more student-entry gates to ease fan congestion, and officials are working on plans to alleviate traffic and parking problems around the field.

But, he said, officials are asking fans to help them by arriving early and keeping the concourses clear.

"Don't stop to talk," Hilliard said.

A combination of factors collided Saturday to create a "dangerous" situation and some disappointed fans, Hilliard said.

It was the season's home opener, drawing a lot of new students unfamiliar with the stadium; people waited to go to the game until the last moment; the stadium was nearly sold out, falling 800 tickets short; and some people who had designated seats opted to stand in the general admission section.

At about 8 p.m., when thousands of students began flooding the entry gates, officers decided to stop checking tickets and patting down entrants to keep the crowds moving. They just started letting people in, Hilliard said, and after nearly 3,800 people entered without having their cards checked — including some people who might not have paid — officers decided the stadium was too full and began turning people away.

"We looked at all the factors and said, 'OK, the main thing is crowd safety,'" Hilliard said. "They didn't want people getting hurt or trampled."

Denise O'Rourke said her daughter — a CU senior who got to the entrance gate near the end of the first quarter — was one of the barred ticket-holders.

"There were several levels of frustration," she said. "First, there was no explanation, and she spent the money for season tickets."

CU junior Jaime Siegrist, 20, said she didn't get turned away.

"But they didn't check my ticket," she said. "I got pushed in, and there were a ton of people so I didn't have a seat. People were standing in the aisles. It was pretty miserable."

Cole Busby, a CU senior, said the student section in the stands was shoulder-to-shoulder, and he couldn't leave to get a drink or use the bathroom.

CU police Cmdr. Brad Wiesley said there have been numerous football games and even Fourth of July fireworks events in which people have been sent away because the stadium — which seats 53,750 people — was at capacity.

"With a place like that, when you're out of room, you're out of room," he said.

Despite the entrance-gate problems and the packed conditions in the student section, CU police reported an average — or even below-average — number of ejections and arrests.

Thirty people were ejected from the stadium.

Five tickets were issued for underage drinking.

Nine people were referred to CU Judicial Affairs for alcohol-related issues.

Three people were taken to detox.