Sept. 27, 2009
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2009 New Mexico FootballPostgame NotesUNM vs. New Mexico State o Sept. 26, 2009
Team
In the 100th meeting between New Mexico and New Mexico State, the Aggies win 20-17…UNM still leads the series66-29-5UNM had won 6 straight in the series overall and 4 in a row over NMSU in Albuquerque…the Aggies’ last won in Albuquerque came in 1999New Mexico is 0-4 or the first time since an 0-5 start in 1994UNM has lost 8 straight games, the longest streak since 10 in a row in 1990-91; the final 6 games of 1990 and the first 4 games of 1991NMSU picks up 1.5 points in the Rio Grande Rivalry series for winning tonight’s game…the Lobos have a3-to-1.5 lead in the 2009-10 Rio Grande Rivalry standingsTonight’s attendance of 35,248 is the largest crowd since 41,003 against New Mexico State in 2007…UNM stopped the distribution of student tickets tonight at 6:10 p.m…a total of 6,057 student tickets were distributed for tonight’s game…less than 1,900 students were at last week’s game against Air ForceNew Mexico ran 53 plays to the Aggies’ 80, however, UNM totaled 356 yards to NMSU’s 218…the Lobos averaged 6.7 yards per play, New Mexico State 2.7UNM had the ball for just 22:05 compared to NMSU’s 37:55…in four games this season, UNM’s average time of possession is 23:13…the Lobos are averaging 56 plays a game to the opponents’ 82.3
Individual
Sophomore DE Johnathan Rainey
o set career-highs for tackles (9), tackles for loss (3.5) and sacks (2.5) in his first career start o second multiple sack game (2.0 at Texas A&M) this season and he leads UNM with 5.5 on the year o unofficially credited with 3 more QB hurries/hits, giving him a team-high 14 this season
Redshirt freshman WR Ty Kirk
set career-highs with 7 receptions and 105 receiving yards with a long of 42 o first Lobo over 100 yards receiving since Travis Brown(120) in the 2007 New Mexico Bowl
Senior QB Donovan Porterie
started 2-3 for 6 yards and an INT in the firstquarter…14-25 (56%) for 200 yards and a TD over the final3 quartersled the Lobos on a 7-play, 50-yard drive (3-6 passing) with 39 seconds remaining, but the game-tying 47-yard FG was missed o had 2 previous game-winning drives on the final possession of the 4th quarter in his career
True freshman TB Demond Dennis
career-highs of 16 carries for 98 yards and his first career TD…career-long 62-yard run
Sophomore LB Carmen Messina
third straight game with double-digit tackles, finishing with 15, including a career-high 2.0 TFL o came into the game tied for 1st nationally, averaging 14 tackles a game…average is now 14.3/gamealso notched his 1st career interception
Senior LB Clint McPeek
10 tackles for the second time this season…double-digit stops in 7 games in his career
Senior WR Victor James
career-long 45-yard catch is the team’s longest pass play of the season o had 2 catches for 51 yards
Senior DT Kendall Briscoe
Added 2.0 tackles for loss to his MWC-leading total of5.5 TFL…career-high 7.5 on the year
Sophomore DE Jaymar Latchison
matched his career-high for the second straight week with 9 tackles and assisted on a sack, giving him 2.5 sacks on the year
Redshirt freshman CB Nathan Enriquez (Las Cruces MayfieldHS)
made his first career start as a Lobo3 tackles and he recovered a fumble in the 3rd quarter
Sophomore FB Chris Biren
his 1st career reception was a 2-yard TD pass from Donovan Porterie in the second quarter
Sophomore RB James Wright
made his first career start as a Lobo4 carries for 47 yards before leaving late in the 2nd quarter with a hamstring injury (right leg)
Senior P Adam Miller
punted 5 times for a career-high 47.4-yard average o had a career-long 64-yarder in the third quarter