Dec. 23, 2006
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New Mexico vs. San Jose State
Dec. 23, 2006
Albuquerque, N.M. – University Stadium
Team
New Mexico loses to San Jose State 20-12 in the inaugural New Mexico Bowl in front of 34,111 fans The Lobos lost their fifth straight bowl game since 1997…UNM is now 2-7-1 in 10 bowl games Finishing the season 6-7, the Lobos had a streak of five straight non-losing seasons come to an end The Lobos are 3-8 in their last 11 games at University Stadium New Mexico lost 4 fumbles for the first time since losing4 against Fresno State on Oct. 24, 1992 Junior WRs Travis Brown (64) and Marcus Smith (53) gave the Lobos two receivers with 50 or more receptions for the first time since 1990…the last duo to do it were Eric Morgan and Mike Henderson. San Jose State ran 46 plays, tying for the lowest by a UNM opponent under 9th-year head coach Rocky Long…Air Force also ran 46 in 2001.
Individual
Sophomore TB Rodney Ferguson
rushed 22 times for 102 yards, his 4th 100-yard game of the season and 3rd straight -finished the season with 1,234 yards, the 4th-best single season total in school history -rushed for 450 yards in the last 4 games (112.5 average) and 685 in the last 6 games (114.2 average) -finished the season with 252 carries, 5th-most by a Lobo -finished the season with 1,525 all-purpose yards, No. 7 on the UNM single-season list -career-highs of 8 catches for 78 yards
Junior WR Travis Brown
caught 7 passes for 83 yards has a catch in 25 consecutive games and 30 of his 33 career games -has 106 career receptions (1,143 yards), 9th all-time at UNM
Junior WR Marcus Smith
notched his 9th TD reception of the season, tying for 4th (Don Black, 1958/Mike Henderson, 1990/Hank Baskett, 2005) on the UNM single-season list.
Redshirt freshman QB Donovan Porterie
made his fourth start of the year…Porterie hadn’t played in a game in 6 weeks since injuring his ankle in the 3rd quarter vs. TCU on Nov. 11. has a 3-2 record as UNM’s starting quarterback
Senior OT Robert Turner
started his 49th consecutive game at New Mexico, every game in his Lobo career…the only current UNM player to start 3 bowl games will play in the East-West Shrine Game Jan. 20 in Houston
Senior K Kenny Byrd
booted the first field goal in New Mexico’s 10 bowl appearances – a 40-yarder at the end of the first half -hit 19 FGs in 2006 the 2nd most in a single season at UNM…Colby Cason is the single-season leader with 21 in 1997. made 13 of 14 FGs in the last 8 games finished his career 33 of 41 on FGs, good for 80.5% accuracy – the best in MWC history and 2nd all-time at UNM. scored 4 points today, giving him 88, which is good for seventh in a single season at UNM -finished his career 3rd with 91 PATs made and tied for 7th with 190 points scored -had touchbacks on both kickoffs, finishing the season with an MWC-high 34
Sophomore CB Glover Quin
had 4 tackles today, giving him 63 for the season and the most by a Lobo cornerback since Art Celestine had 72 in1995 finished the season with 12 pass breakups, tying for the 6th-most in a single season at UNM
Sophomore CB DeAndre Wright
had a PBU today to finish with 14 passes defended on the season (10 PBU, 4 INT).