Oct. 20, 2007
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TEAM
-The Lobos have forced 17 Aztec turnovers in the last 5 meetings, including 13 interceptions
-New Mexico had a season-long 94-yard TD drive (13 plays) with under 3 minutes to play in the 1st half
-New Mexico blocked a punt for the first time since 2005 when reserve WR Chris Hernandez got a hand on the ball
-It was the Lobos’ 17th blocked punt since the start of the 2000 season
INDIVIDUAL
Senior WR Travis Brown
-Over 100 yards receiving (119) for the 5th time in his last 6 games and 7th 100-yard game of his career
-Fifth TD reception of the year – a career-high – and is tied for 10th all-time at UNM with 11 career TD catches
-3 TD catches this year have come with under 1 minute to play in the 1st half (Arizona, Wyoming, SDSU)
-Now 8th all-time on the UNM career receiving yardage list with 1,799 on 152 catches (3rd all-time)
Junior TB Rodney Ferguson (Doak Walker Award Candidate)
-Lowest rushing total of the season, but won the game for the Lobos with his 6-yard TD run with 11 seconds to play
-Also gained 6 yards on a 4th-and-1 play from the SDSU 21 during the final drive
-Scored his 9th rushing TD of the year after finding the end zone 7 times in 13 games last year
-Moved into 11th on the UNM career rushing list with 2,009 yards
-Passed Bobby Santiago (1,937), Dave Bookert (1,971), and Don Perkins (2,001)
Senior WR Marcus Smith
-Finished with 182 all-purpose yards, including 73 on 5 catches
-Also had 100 yards on 4 kick-off returns, including a long of 35 – the longest by a Lobo this season
-22-yard catch on the first play of the Lobos’ game-winning TD drive in the final 2 minutes
-Returned to San Diego 3 weeks after his mother’s (Sheila) funeral here on Sept. 27
Sophomore QB Donovan Porterie
-Has led New Mexico to come-from-behind victories 4 times in his 12 starts (3 in ’06)
-Two of those have come on the final drive of the 4th quarter (also at Colorado State in ’06)
-8-2 in games he has started and finished in his career
-3-4 for 35 yards and 14 yards on 2 rushes on the game-winning 8-play, 65-yard TD drive in the final 2 minutes
-7-10 for 88 yards and a 25-yard TD on the Lobos’ game-tying 94-yard drive in the final 3 minutes of the 1st half
Junior CB DeAndre Wright
-Broke up another pass, giving him 5 PBUs in his last 3 games and 8 on the year
-Has not allowed a long pass (15+ yards) in 4 games
-All 4 long passes allowed this season have come in 2 games (Arizona and New Mexico State)
-29-yard fumble return to seal the victory
Senior S OJ Swift
-Recovered his 3rd fumble of the season, setting up the Lobos’ game-winning TD drive in the final 2 minutes
Senior K John Sullivan
-After a 1-3 start to his career, he has now hit 14 consecutive field goals to move to 15-17 on the year
-15 field goals is tied for 6th on the UNM single-season list
-Kicking with a torn ACL in his left (plant) leg that he suffered in late April of 2007
Senior P Jordan Scott
-Forced 5 fair catches, had two balls land inside the 20 and did not allow any return yardage on his 7 punts (35.6 net average)
-Just 7 of his 37 punts have been returned this year for a total of 25 yards (17 fair catches)
Junior LB Zach Arnett
-Matched his career-high with 7 tackles
MISC.
-New Mexico has won 7 straight versus San Diego State and 6 in a row at Qualcomm Stadium
-New Mexico is 9-3 in its last 12 road games overall and 13-4 in MWC road games since 2003