Oct. 23, 2008
New Mexico has lost 4 straight to Air Force at the Academy, the last win coming in 2000 UNM has lost 4 straight conference road games for the first time since the Mountain West Conference started in1999 The Lobo tied a season-high with 4 turnovers – 3 coming in the 3rd quarter…New Mexico also had 4 in losses to Texas A&M and Tulsa…UNM has lost 17 turnovers in its 5 losses and just 3 in its 4 wins Entering tonight’s game, New Mexico had not allowed any points off turnovers in its previous 4 games; that changed when Air Force returned a fumble 96 yards for a touchdown at the end of the 1st quarter…the Falcons scored17 points following 4 Lobo turnovers New Mexico entered the red zone 4 times and scored 7 points…the results were a TD, a fumble that Air returned96 yards for a TD and twice failing to convert on 4th and short The Lobos held Air Force to 228 yards of total offense and caused 3 turnovers…UNM scored 10 points after a Falcons turnover The Lobos ran 22 plays for 149 yards in the 1st quarter; the last 3 quarters, UNM only had 154 yards on 43 plays The team with the time of possession advantage has won 9 of the past 10 games in this series UNM rushed for 212 yards and has averaged 276.8 rushing yards the past 5 games, increasing the season average to222.6
INDIVIDUAL
Senior RB Rodney Ferguson
19 carries for 107 yards and a TD was throwing up on the Lobo sidelines early in the 2nd quarter posted his 15th career 100-yard rushing game, tying BYU’s Curtis Brown for No. 2 in MWC history 4th place all-time at UNM with 3,324 rushing yards…Winslow Oliver is 3rd with 3,332 yards passed Stoney Case for 2nd place at UNM with 31 career rushing TDs 3rd all-time at UNM with 727 career rushing attempts
Senior LB Zach Arnett
Forced his nation-leading 5th fumble of the season – the most by a Lobo since former All-American Brian Urlacher in1999 and tied for third on the UNM single season list 11 tackles – his 3rd double-digit tackle total this fall – and tied his career-high with 2.5 tackles for loss
Junior Senior S Blake Ligon
grabbed his 5th career interception (2nd this season) and had a season-high 2.0 TFL – most since 2005
lobo Clint McPeek
Career-high 15 tackles (7 solo) and assisted on a tackle for loss…4th game with double-digit tackles this season recovered the 1st fumble of his career
Freshman K James Aho
made one FG from 45 yards 13 of 17 FGs on the season and 6 of 8 from 40-49 yards this season
Senior CB Glover Quin
had 1.0 TFL, giving him 4.5 for the season and 7.5 for his career; both totals are the most ever by a UNM cornerback
Senior CB DeAndre Wright
started his 39th consecutive game was not thrown at and has been targeted in man coverage just 7 times the past 5 weeks has not allowed a long pass (15+ yards) in his last 5 games and just 3 all year
Senior S Jake Bowe
had a career-high 10 tackles
Junior S Frankie Solomon
tied a career-high with 9 tackles
Senior LB Herbert Felder III
had 1 sack, increasing his team lead to 6.5 on the season; only the 2nd sack allowed by Air Force this season
Redshirt freshman DE Johnathan Rainey
had 2 tackles and caused the 1st fumble of his career
Junior lobo Ian Clark
left the game after the 3rd play of the game (rightshoulder)