Oct. 8, 2005
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With the 27-24 loss the Lobos drop their fourth straight game to BYU at University Stadium…The road team has won the last five games in the series…The Cougars are the only team in the MWC Rocky Long has not defeated in Albuquerque, falling to 0-4… UNM also drops its third straight game overall, evening its season record at 3-3, 1-2 in MWC action.
Since 2001, the Lobos had been 26-2 when taking a lead into the 4th quarter…the only losses were to BYU in 2001 (led 13-10, but lost 24-20) and to Washington State last year (led 14-7, but lost 21-17).
Sophomore QB Kole McKamey has become the first Lobo to get 100 yards rushing and 100 yards passing in a game 3 times, and he has done so all in the past 7 games…he had 103 rushing and 218 passing tonight…he had 138 yards rushing and 207 yards passing in last year’s Emerald Bowl against Navy…he had 152 yards rushing and 172 yards passing earlier this season against New Mexico State
Senior WR Hank Baskett, a Biletnikoff Award candidate, had a career-high 11 catches for 141 yards, raising his season totals to 43 catches for 684 yards…It was his third 100-yard receiving game of the season and 7th of his career…He now has 1,901 career receiving yards, moving into 6th place all-time at UNM…he ranks tied for 7th with Martinez Williams with 116 career receptions at UNM…Cougar defenders were flagged 3 times for pass interference while guarding Baskett tonight…he has drawn 8 interference penalties this year…Baskett has gone over 100 yards five times in his last nine games…he has posted 100+ yards receiving in his last two games vs. BYU (125 yards on four catches in 2004).
Attendance for tonight’s game was 39,233, the fifth largest crowd in University Stadium history…New Mexico is averaging 40,509 fans in the first three home games this season.
Senior RB DonTrell Moore rushed 22 times for 82 yards and scored his sixth rushing TDs this year…He totaled five in 11 games last season…he upped his New Mexico and MWC career records to 43 rushing TDs and 51 total TDs…Moore now has 4,300 rushing yards in his career, moving into 43rd place on the NCAA career rushing list…Moore is 3 yards shy of Bo Jackson, who had 4,303 yards at Auburn from 1982-85
Sophomore WR Travis Brown scored his first career TD on a career-long 16-yard run…he finished with 59 yards on six carries to go along with his two catches for 8 yards…Brown had 15 yards on 5 career rushing attempts entering the night.
Senior DT Evroy Thompson recorded 5 tackles tonight, including 3 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks…Thompson now leads UNM with 7 tackles for loss and 4 sacks
Marcus Parker blocked the Cougars’ first extra point attempt…Terrell Golden was the last Lobo to block a PAT, against Northern Arizona in 2000.
Sophomore Tyson Ditmore recorded his first career interception…As a team, the Lobos have picked off eight passes on the season…Each team had one turnover in the game with the Lobos fumbling in the fourth quarter.
Freshman S DeAndre Wright recorded a career-high 10 tackles…His previous high was five at UTEP…he had seven in the first half alone.
Freshman S Blake Ligon has made 24 tackles of his 30 this season in the last 3 games…He had six solos and two assisted tackles in tonight’s game.
Sophomore LB Cody Kase recorded the first solo sack of his career…he now has 1.5 sacks on the year.
Senior DE Adam Garday recorded a sack in the game…he now has 1.5 sacks on the year, matching his 12 game total of a year ago.
Senior TE Logan Hall’s 34-yard catch to set up the Lobos’ first TD was a career-long…he finished with two catches for 39 yards.