BCS Bowl Games: Nevada vs New Mexico
New Mexico Lobos ended a 46 year skid as they dismantle Nevada Wolf Pack 23-0 in the New Mexico Bowl on Saturday.
New Mexico Lobos running back Paul Baker ran for 167 yards in his first start, and New Mexico Lobos quarterback Donovan Porterie threw for a career-high 354 yards and two touchdowns.
The New Mexico Lobos 9-4 ended a 46-year span without a postseason victory and gave New Mexico Lobos head coach Rocky Long, the team’s 10th-year coach, his first bowl win in five tries.
This marked New Mexico’s first bowl victory since beating Western Michigan 28-12 in the 1961 Aviation Bowl at Dayton, Ohio. The New Mexico Lobos also notched a nine-win season for just the fourth time in school history.
The Nevada Wolf Pack (6-7) hadn’t gone scoreless since losing 10-0 to Weber State on Sept. 27, 1980, a span of 329 games — the longest current streak in college football and the second longest in history. It was the first time Nevada Wolf Pack was shut out since moving to Division I-A in 1992.
New Mexico’s defenders pestered Nevada Wolf Pack quarterback Colin Kaepernick all afternoon and made Nevada’s “Pistol” offense look more like a pop-gun.
The Nevada Wolf Pack averaged 36.2 points and 488.9 yards during the season. Nevada had logged 23 scoring plays that covered at least 25 yards — second only to Oklahoma’s 25 big-play TDs.
Nevada Wolf Pack had 210 total yards, with only 73 yards rushing. On a chilly day, with the temperature at kickoff 34 degrees, Wolf Pack’s quarterback Colin Kaepernick finished 13-of-31 for 137 yards. He had 10 carries for 40 yards rushing.
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