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New Mexico Football Postgame Notes vs. Arizona

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MISC.

-New Mexico snaps a 9-game losing streak vs. Pac-10 opponent dating back to 1979

-Last victory over a Pac-10 opponent came on Sept. 8, 1979 – a 35-16 win over Oregon State in Albuquerque

-Head coach Rocky Long, a former defensive coordinator at Oregon State and UCLA, earns his first win over a Pac-10 opponent in 7 tries – all at New Mexico

-Lobos snap 4-game losing streak vs. Arizona and earn first win in Tucson since beating the 13th-ranked Wildcats 44-34 in 1975

-Rocky Long is now 3-1 against Arizona as a player (2-1 as the Lobos’ starting QB from 1969-71) and head coach

-New Mexico wins for the second time in its last 19 non-conference games outside the state of New Mexico

-However, the Lobos have won their last 2 games against BCS conference opponents – both coming on the road (45-35 win at Missouri in 2005)

TEAM

-New Mexico has over 400 yards of total offense in consecutive games for first time since 2005

-Senior WRs Travis Brown (10-121) and Marcus Smith (11-164) become the first duo with 100+ receiving yards against Arizona since USC’s Dwayne Jarrett (116) and Steve Smith (135) in 2005.

INDIVIDUAL

Senior WR Travis Brown
-Career-high 2 TD catches, including a 38-yard grab with :03 left in the 1st half – the longest TD of his career.
-Career-high 10 receptions (7 in the 1st half) for 121 yards
-4th career 100-yard receiving game and 2nd straight
-Moved up to 8th on the UNM career receptions list (121) and 12th (1,413) in career receiving yards.
-Extended his consecutive games with a reception streak to 28 (has a catch in 33 of his 36 career games)

Senior WR Marcus Smith
-Tied his career-high with 11 catches for a game-high 164 yards and a 23-yard TD catch
-3rd career 100-yard receiving game and 2nd straight
-Moved up to 14th on the career receiving yardage list (1,297) and is averaging 14.4 yards/catch in his career

Sophomore QB Donovan Porterie
-Career-highs of 29 completions and 41 attempts (71%) and 3 TDs (6, 38, 23 yards)
-3rd career 300-yard game (327)
-First Lobo with back-to-back 300-yard games since Graham Leigh in 1998 (316 vs. UTEP/359 vs. San Diego State)
-Completed his first 9 passes for 57 yards and a 6-yard TD
-Threw his first interception in 6 games – a span of 133 pass attempts

Sophomore S Frankie Solomon
-Career-high 3 pass break-ups, including 2 in the end zone
-Clinched the victory with a 4th quarter interception (2nd of his career) for the 2nd straight week

Junior TB Rodney Ferguson (Doak Walker Award Candidate)
-94 rushing yards on 26 carries…71 yards on 14 carries in the 2nd half
-Clinched the victory with a long run of 17 on 3rd-and-9 from the UNM 41 with 1:23 to play
-794 rushing yards (132.3 per game) in his last 6 games
-1,626 career rushing yards ranks 18th all-time at UNM

Senior K John Sullivan
-2-2 on field goals, including a career-long 44-yard kick with 6:41 remaining in the 4th quarter
-Has hit 6 field goals in a row after starting his collegiate career 1-3