Oct. 24, 2009
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2009 New Mexico Football
Postgame Notes
UNM vs. UNLV o Oct. 24, 2009
Team
New Mexico is 0-7 for the first time since 1987 when it finished the season 0-11…UNM has lost 11 straight games, the longest since a 12-game slide in 1987-88…the Lobos’last win was 70-7 against San Diego State on Oct. 18, 2008UNM has also dropped 7 consecutive conference gamesThe Lobos scored a TD in the 3rd quarter for the first time this season, a 25-yard scoring pass from QB Donovan Porterie to WR Daryl JonesBefore tonight, UNM since 1996 had been 13-1 in games following scheduled bye weeks
Individual
Senior QB Donovan Porterie
20-30 passing for 219 yards, 2 TDs and 0 INTs o was 11 of 13 for 109 yards and 2 TDs in the second half o 92-154 (60%) for 993 yards (248.3/game) with 6 TDs and 3 INTs the past 4 games o 2 multiple TD games in the past 3 games
Sophomore LB Carmen Messina
the nation’s leading tackler had 17 stops for his 6th straight game with double-digit tackles o it’s the longest streak with 10+ tackles by a Lobo since LB/S Quincy Black (now with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers) had 7 in a row in 2006came into the game 1st in the nation, averaging 13.8 tackles a game; average is now 13.9 o also recorded his 2nd sack of the year, giving him 6.0 tackles for loss in 2009 o has 97 tackles on the season; last year’s tackles leader was Clint McPeek with 103
Redshirt freshman CB Nathan Enriquez
career-highs with 8 tackles and 2 pass break-ups (both in the end zone) o all 3 PBUs this year have come in the end zone
Redshirt freshman TE Lucas Reed
matched his career-high with 4 catches (34 yards), including his 1st career TD (13 yards)
True freshman RB Kasey Carrier
made his Lobo debut tonight, rushing 6 times for 29 yards with a long of 15 o became the 4th true freshman to play for UNM this year(2 RBs)
Senior WR Victor James
career-highs of 4 catches for 57 yards
Senior WR Daryl Jones
career-high 56 yards receiving on 3 catches (18.7 avg.) and caught the first TD pass of his career (25 yards)
Senior S Frankie Solomon
a career-high 14 tackles and 1 PBUleads the team with 6 PBUs on the season
Sophomore K James Aho
lone FG attempt was good from 44 yards out o 7-11 on FGs this season o now tied with Pete Parks for 8th all-time at UNM with 25 FGs
Sophomore DE Johnathan Rainey
unofficially credited with 5 QB hurries/hits, increasing his team-leading total to 29 on the season