Sept. 6, 2008
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Final Score: Texas A&M 28, New Mexico 22
TEAM
New Mexico is 0-2 for the first time since the 2000 team began 0-3 New Mexico turned the ball over 4 times today with 2 interceptions and 2 fumbles…that’s 7 turnovers in the first 2 games…UNM’s 7th turnover last year came in the 4th game of the season Texas A&M scored 21 points following the Lobos’ 4 turnovers…one TD came on an interception return and the Aggies only had to travel 41 yards for the other 14 points The Lobo defense has allowed an average of 263.5 yards in the first 2 games Texas A&M’s Jordan Peterson had a 48-yard interception return for a TD in the 1st quarter…the last interception for a TD against UNM was last year by BYU’s Bryan Kehl (36 yards) The Lobos have lost 11 straight games when the opponent scores first UNM has sold a school-record 17,463 season tickets…the old mark is 17,404 set in 2005
INDIVIDUAL
Senior RB Rodney Ferguson
rushed 19 times for 135 yards, his 16th career 100-yard game scored UNM’s 1st TD of the season on a 45-yard run in the 1st quarter, and finished with 2 rushing TDs passed Willie Turral for No. 5 all-time at UNM with 2,658 rushing yards also passed Air Force’s Chad Hall for a No. 5 ranking on the Mountain West Conference rushing list ranks tied for 5th all-time at UNM with 23 career rushing TDs passed Manley Woods and Bobby Santiago into 9th place all-time at UNM with 3,241 all-purpose yards
Junior lobo Ian Clark
had a career-long 42-yard punt return, the longest by a Lobo since Dwight Counter went 74 yards against Baylor in 2002 had 2 punt returns for 66 yards led UNM with 7 tackles
Senior CB Glover Quin
had 6 tackles, 1 TFL and 1 PBU tied with Billy Austin and Brandon Payne for 6th all-time at UNM with 22 career passes defended
Senior LB Herbert Felder
had 6 tackles and a career-high 2.5 tackles for loss
Senior TB Paul Baker
scored his first career TD on a 5-yard run in the 4th quarter finished with 39 yards on 10 carries