Nov. 1, 2008
Recap | Final Stats | Quotes | Game Action 
Final Score: Utah 13, New Mexico 10
TEAM
- UNM is now 2-2 against nationally-ranked Utah teams
- The Lobos played turnover-free football for the second time this season (Wyoming)…UNM had been 19-2 under Rocky Long when not committing a turnover
- Utah came into the game leading the conference in scoring at 39 points a game…the Utes were held to a season-low for points…their previous low was 25 at Michigan
- The Lobos trailed 6-3 at halftime, holding Utah to a pair of field goals…it’s the fewest points Utah has scored in the 1st half this season and the 4th straight game the UNM defense has not allowed a TD in the 1st half
- New Mexico was limited to 284 yards of total offense, but in the 1st quarter the Lobos had 0 first downs, 3 yards rushing, -4 yards passing and -1 total yards
- In its last 8 home games, New Mexico has allowed averages of 13.5 points and 271.8 yards…UNM has not allowed a TD in 4 of those games
INDIVIDUAL
Senior RB Rodney Ferguson
season-lows for carries (13) and yards (34), plus 1 TD did pass Winslow Oliver for 3rd place all-time at UNM with 3,358 rushing yards moved into 4th place in MWC history with 33 career rushing TDs moved into a tie for 3rd place in MWC history with 36 career TDs overall moved into 4th place in MWC history with 216 career points for a non-kicker
Redshirt freshman QB Brad Gruner
a career-high 16 carries for 62 yards on the ground a career-high 170 yards passing on 16 of 25 with 0 interceptions 40-59 (68%) passing for 431 yards and 0 interceptions the past 5 games has not thrown an interception in 6 games, since New Mexico State on Sept. 27
Senior CB Glover Quin
had 6 tackles and 1 pass breakup, giving him 28 for his career, tying Steve Bradshaw (1971-73) and Eric Jack(1990-93) for No. 2 all-time at New Mexico…the record is29 by Stephen Persley (1998-2001)
Senior CB DeAndre Wright
started his 40th consecutive game 6 tackles, a 2-yard tackle for loss and his 10th career interception in the end zone, tying Utah’s Andre Dyson for 4th in MWC history suffered a left shoulder injury on the interception in the 4th quarter and did not return
Lobo Clint McPeek
11 tackles (8 solo), giving him a team-high 90 on the season…5th game with double-digit tackles in 2007
Freshman K James Aho
1-2 on FGs, connecting from 38 yards; he had a 41-yard attempt blocked 14 of 19 FGs on the season; the freshman record is 15 by David Margolis in 1989
Redshirt freshman LB Carmen Messina
recovered his 2nd fumble of the season on a muffed punt, tying fellow redshirt freshman Jaymar Latchison for the team lead