ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — As New Mexico gets ready to face UNLV at 5:40 pm on Saturday in front of a packed house at University Stadium, here are 10 key numbers to help you prepare for the game.
1 – That’s where New Mexico ranks in the FBS in scoring defense, allowing just 10.9 points per game, and also in total defense, at 240.2 yards per game allowed
2 – That’s the number of FBS teams this season that have held an opponent to fewer than 100 yards of offense in a game. The Lobos became the second team to do it this season when they held Nevada to 97 total yards.
2 – That’s the number of rushing touchdowns allowed by UNM, tied with Iowa for the fewest in the FBS.
8 – That's the number of wins for Toa Fa'avae as the starting quarterback for UNM. He needs four wins to break into the top-10 list at UNM for career wins as a quarterback.
17 – That's the most wins that UNM has ever won over a two-season span. The Lobos broke the record with a 31-3 win over Nevada on Friday night.
71 – That’s how many years it's been since New Mexico held 14 straight opponents to 20 points or fewer. UNM has done that 13 times in a row dating back to a 40-35 win on November 1 against UNLV.
80 & 84 – That’s the yardage of two of UNM's touchdown passes by Jack Layne in the second quarter of last year's win at UNLV. It marked the first time in program history that UNM had two 80-yard touchdowns in the same game, both in the same quarter.
169 – That’s how many games UNM has gone without allowing a kickoff return touchdown, the longest streak in the nation. UNM inherited the streak last week when Kansas State, which had the longest streak, gave up a kickoff return touchdown.
279 – That’s the number of total punt return yards for Marco Beltran, Jr. this season. The 1st-year player is currently ninth on the UNM single-season list for punt return yards.
37,133 – That’s the largest November crowd in University Stadium history. It occurred on November 7, 2003, a 37-34 win over Colorado State. That attendance number should be noted as coming during the height of the Rudy Davalos "look around the stadium and throw out a number" era of Lobo Football, but it stands as the record.