Sept. 13, 2008
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TEAM
New Mexico posts two straight wins over Arizona for the first time since 1975-76
The Mountain West Conference today was 3-0 vs. the Pac-10; BYU beat UCLA and TCU knocked off Stanford
The Lobos got their first lead of the season when TB Rodney Ferguson hit QB Donovan Porterie with a 25-yard TD pass with 20 seconds left in the 1st quarter…it also marked the first time this season that Arizona had trailed in a game
Arizona came into the game with offensive averages of 55.5 points and 486.5 yards…UNM held the Wildcats to 28 points and 388 yards
After creating 2 turnovers in their first 2 games, the Lobos got 5 tonight against the Wildcats…UNM scored 19 points – 4 field goals and 1 TD – following Arizona’s miscues
New Mexico caused 8 turnovers in the two games against Arizona in 2007-08: 1 interception and 2 fumbles in 2007 and 2 interceptions and 3 fumble recoveries tonight
New Mexico rushed for 221 yards, the most since gaining 227 against Air Force in 2005
The Lobos controlled the clock for 33:18…in last year’s 29-27 win in Tucson, UNM had the ball for 33:31
The Lobos had lost 11 straight games when the opponent scores first…the last time UNM prevailed in that situation was against New Mexico State in 2006
Since 2001, New Mexico is 37-5 when taking a lead into the 4th quarter
INDIVIDUAL
Senior RB Rodney Ferguson
rushed 26 times for 158 yards, his 12th career 100-yard game
remains No. 5 all-time at UNM with 2,811 rushing yards
5th all-time at UNM with 25 career rushing TDs
completed the first pass of his career, a 25-yard TD connection to QB Donovan Porterie in the 1st quarter…Ferguson had been 0-2 passing in his career
passed Chuck Hill for 8th place all-time at UNM with 3,402 all-purpose yards
True freshman K James Aho
tied a school record by kicking 5 field goals from 24, 43, 48, 42 and 46 yards…other Lobos to do it were Bob Berg vs. Fresno State in 1975, Rick Walsh vs. New Mexico State in 1988 and Colby Cason vs. SMU in 1997
is the first kicker in school history to make 4 field goals in a game from 40 yards or longer
7-7 FGs on the season
since 2001, UNM kickers are 116 of 141 on field goals, or 82.3% accuracy
Junior QB Donovan Porterie
scored the first TD of his career, a 25-yard reception from RB Rodney Ferguson
completed 13 of 17 passes for 89 yards and 1 interception
completed 26 of 45 passes for 191 yards and 3 interceptions in UNM’s first two games
Senior CB Glover Quin
8 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss, an interception, 2 passes defended and a fumble recovery
passed Billy Austin and Brandon Payne for 6th place all-time at UNM with 24 career passes defended
recovered his second career fumble in the 3rd quarter
got his 3rd career interception in the 4th quarter
Senior LB Zach Arnett
forced a fumble, his 3rd in the past 2 games
got his 1st sack of the season and the 3rd of his career, which resulted in a fumble recovery for UNM
Junior lobo Clint McPeek
had a career-high 13 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1 pass defended and a caused fumble
Sophomore WR Chris Hernandez
caught 4 passes for 39 yards; the first 3 receptions were good for 1st downs
Redshirt freshman DE Jaymar Latchison
recovered the first fumble of his Lobo career on a sack/caused fumble by LB Zach Arnett
Redshirt freshman NT Brett Kennedy
had an interception on his 1st career play in a Lobo uniform
Redshirt freshman WR Michael Scarlett
made the first start of his Lobo career