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Postgame Notes

Sept. 20, 2008

Recap | Final Stats

TEAM

• Tulsa now leads the series with UNM, 3-2

• Tulsa’s 56 points are the most scored against UNM since Air Force won 56-14 in 1998

• Tulsa QB David Johnson’s 6 TD passes ties for the most against New Mexico…it had been done 4 times previous, the last by Texas Tech’s Kliff Kingsbury in 2002

• The Lobos have been outscored 58-17 in the 1st quarter of the first 4 games

INDIVIDUAL

Senior RB Rodney Ferguson
• rushed 27 times for 122 yards, his 3rd straight 100-yard game and the 13th of his career
• No. 5 all-time at UNM with 2,933 rushing yards, 3 yards short of passing Fred Henry for 4th
• moved pass UNLV’s Dominique Dorsey for 3rd place on the MWC’s career rushing list
• 5th all-time at UNM with 26 career rushing TDs; Mike Williams is 4th with 27
• passed Don Perkins for 7th place all-time at UNM with 3,528 all-purpose yards

Senior CB Glover Quin
• got 2 interceptions, giving him 5 for his career; all of those interceptions have come in the past 6 games
• still 6th place all-time at UNM with 23 career pass breakups

True freshman K James Aho
• made the first 7 field goals of his collegiate career before a miss from 47 yards in the 1st quarter

Junior QB Donovan Porterie
• left with 3:42 to go in the 2nd quarter after injuring his right knee
• completed his first 10 passes for 79 yards before throwing his 5th interception of the season
• finished 11 of 13 passing and he has completed 24 of 30 attempts the past 2 games

Junior Frankie Solomon
• had a career-long 54 yard kickoff return

Redshirt freshman QB Brad Gruner
• tossed his 1st career TD pass, a 21-yarder to Bryant Williams in the 4th quarter

Sophomore WR Bryant Williams
• caught a team-high 5 passes for 32 yards, including the first TD reception of his UNM career

Senior DE Kevin Balogun
• had a career-high 5 tackles

Senior LB Herbert Felder III
• had a career-high 7 tackles

Senior LB Zach Arnett
• forced a fumble, his 4th in the past 3 games
• 4 forced fumbles ranks tied for 8th at UNM for a single season and is the most since Josh Bazinet had 4 in 2004

Junior Lobo Clint McPeek
• had career-high 2 pass break-ups along with a team-high 8 tackles