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Game 12 - New Mexico hosts San Diego State

ALBUQUEQUE, N.M. – Five wins in a row have set up the biggest game in University Stadium history for the New Mexico Lobos. UNM hosts first-place San Diego State with a potential destination of the Mountain West title game on the line. Kickoff is on Friday at 1:32 pm, and tickets are flying off the shelves.

New Mexico is 8-3 overall and 5-2 in the Mountain West, tied with Boise State (7-4, 5-2), UNLV (9-2, 5-2). San Diego State is in first at 9-2 overall and 6-1 in the conference. Two of those four teams will be in the Old Trapper Mountain West Championship game.

For San Diego State, it's easy, as it will host the title matchup with a win. With a loss, San Diego State will return to Albuquerque in a week for the title game if Utah State beats Boise State and Nevada beats UNLV. If SDSU loses and either UNLV or BSU wins, it will come down to a composite of four computer rankings.

For New Mexico, the Lobos need a win and help. The perfect solution is a Lobo win and a Utah State win over Boise State, and UNM will host the championship game next Friday, December 5, at 6 p.m. If UNM and Boise State both win, then UNM's fate will be in the hands of the computer composite.

The game will be broadcast on CBS Sports Network with Jack Gordon and Randy Cross on the call. Robert Portnoy will be on the radio, calling the action, with DonTrell Moore providing analysis on the Lobo Radio Network.

GAME 12 INFORMATION

TV: CBS Sports Network

• Play-by-Play: Jack Gordon
• Analysis: Randy Cross
• CBS Sports Network
• Stream: https://www.paramountplus.com

RADIO: Lobo Radio Network
• Play-by-Play: Robert Portnoy
• Analyst: DonTrell Moore
• Sidelines: None
• Online: player.listenlive.co/22401

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• YouTube: @NewMexicoLobos
• Live Stats: golobos.com/FBStats

FAST FIVE

• Jason Eck has won eight games in his first season, tying Gwinn Henry for the most wins ever by a first-year head coach at UNM.

• UNM has won five straight Mountain West games and can tie the Lobo record for the Mountain West with a sixth win.

• The last time UNM was 6-0 at home was 1938

• UNM is 8-0 this year, when rushing for triple-digits, and when outrushing its opponent.

• The Lobos have the nation's most improved rushing defense and the third-most improved scoring defense.

New Mexico and San Diego State played a tight 21-16 game in Sandragon Stadium last year, which was UNM's first win over the Aztecs since 2008. It's a battle of great defenses, and UNM is the nation's most improved rushing defense, allowing 106.7 yards fewer than a year ago, but San Diego State is actually second at 104.1.

New Mexico is allowing just 23.0 points per game, and that is the nation's third-most improved defense, but San Diego State's defense has been lights out, allowing just 11.6 points per game. The Aztecs have shut out Stony Brook (42-0), Cal (34-0), and Fresno State (23-0), and have allowed single digits four other times (Northern Illinois (6-3), San Jose State (25-3), Wyoming (24-7), and Boise State (17-7).

The Aztecs have allowed just 15 touchdowns, and only 13 on defense (10 passing, three rushing).

New Mexico will look to run its home winning streak to seven in a row, and to go 6-0 at home.