FBA 2018 Media Guide FLIP (2)

New Mexico Bowl
GAME HISTORY
Date Result Attendance TV Rating
New Mexico Bowl
12/23/06 San Jose State 20, New Mexico 12 34,111 1.81ESPN2
12/22/07 New Mexico 23, Nevada 0 30,223 1.96 ESPN
12/20/08 Colorado State 40, Fresno State 35 24,735 2.2 ESPN
12/19/09 Wyoming 35, Fresno State 28 (2OT) 24,898 2.78 ESPN
12/18/10 BYU 52, UTEP 24 32,424 1.8 ESPN
Gildan New Mexico Bowl
12/17/11 Temple 37, Wyoming 15 25,762 1.54 ESPN
12/15/12 Arizona 49, Nevada 48 24,610 2.1 ESPN
12/21/13 Colorado State 48, Washington State 45 27,104 1.84 ESPN
12/20/14 Utah State 21, UTEP 6 28,725 1.3 ESPN
12/19/15 Arizona 45, New Mexico 37 30,289 1.3 ESPN
12/17/16 New Mexico 23, UTSA 20 29,688 0.9 ESPN
12/16/17 Marshall 31, Colorado State 28 26,087 .75 ESPN
Individual Awards:
Offensive MVP
Defensive MVP
2006 James Jones, San Jose State Matt Castelo, San Jose State
2007 Donovan Porterie, New Mexico Brett Madsen, New Mexico
2008 Gartrell Johnson, Colorado State Tommie Hill, Colorado State
2009 Austyn Carta-Samuels, Wyoming Mitch Unrein, Wyoming
2010 Jake Heaps, BYU Andrew Rich, BYU
2011 Chris Coyer, Temple Tahir Whitehead, Temple
2012 Matt Scott, Arizona Marquis Flowers, Arizona
2013 Connor Halliday, Washington State Shaquil Barrett, Colorado State
2014 Kent Myers, Utah State Zach Vigil, Utah State
2015 Anu Solomon, Arizona Scooby Wright III, Arizona
2016 Lamar Jordan, New Mexico Dakota Cox, New Mexico
2017 Tyre Brady, Marshall Channing Hames, Marshall
Memorable Games:
2013: Colorado State 48, Washington State 45 -- Colorado State trailed by 22 points (35-13) before coming back
to beat Washington State. That’s tied for the second-largest deficit overcome to win a non-overtime bowl
game in NCAA bowl history. It was also the second straight time that the winning team has scored at least
10 points in the final minute to win the Gildan New Mexico Bowl.
2012: Arizona 49, Nevada 48 -- After the Wolf Pack had taken a seemingly safe 13-point lead with 1:48 left, the
Wildcats drove 75 and 51 yards for touchdowns around a successful onside kick to take an improbable win.
The two teams combined for 70 first downs and 1,237 offensive yards.
2009: Wyoming 35, Fresno State 28 (2OT) -- After a shocking 11-point comeback to tie the game in the fourth
quarter, Wyoming’s defense stopped Fresno State’s Ryan Mathews -- one of the nation’s top three rushers
and a first-round NFL draft pick a few months later -- four times on the 1-yard line on the first possession
of overtime.
2008: Colorado State 40, Fresno State 35 -- Colorado State’s Gartrell Johnson clinched CSU’s victory with a 77-yard
touchdown run with just under two minutes remaining, the topper of a big night in which Johnson ran for
285 yards.
2007: New Mexico 23, Nevada 0 -- The hometown Lobos ended one of the longest streaks in Division I history,
winning a postseason game for the first time in 46 years in ending the nation’s sixth-longest winless bowl
streak.
Top Individual Performances:
Connor Halliday, QB, Washington State, 2013 -- Went 37-for-58 passing for 410 yards and six touchdowns,
all New Mexico Bowl records. He tied the NCAA bowl record for touchdown passes and became the first
quarterback in NCAA bowl history to throw for six touchdowns in a loss.
Gartrell Johnson, RB, Colorado State, 2008 -- Set an all-time FBS record for combined rushing and receiving yards
in a postseason game with 375 total yards in the Rams’ win over Fresno State. He had 285 yards rushing, the
second-most ever in a bowl game behind only the 307 of Georgia Tech at the 2004 Humanitarian Bowl. Johnson
had 97 yards in the first quarter alone.
Bernard Pierce, RB, and Brandon McManus, K, Temple, 2011 -- Pierce ran for two touchdowns in a 100-yard rushing
performance, with his two scores in the game’s first 16 minutes giving the Owls the lead for good. McManus
then kicked three field goals in the final 17 minutes as Temple posted a 37-15 win over Wyoming.
Matt Scott, QB, Arizona, 2012 -- Scott passed for 382 yards and three touchdowns, two of those scores coming in
the final 46 seconds to rally the Wildcats to a 49-48 victory over Nevada. Scott rallied Arizona back from a 17-0
early deficit along with the 13-point deficit in the final two minutes.
Last Year’s Game:
All the talk heading into the 2017 Gildan New Mexico Bowl was on Colorado State’s powerhouse offense that
ranked 10th in the FBS in yards per game with 501. But it was the Marshall Thundering Herd offense that put on
a show with three big scoring plays that allowed them to hold off the Rams, 31-28. In the second quarter, Tyre
Brady separated himself from CSU coverage and sprinted to a 76-yard touchdown reception. He was joined by
Keion Davis, who rushed for 141 yards, including a 68-yard touchdown run. Tyler King added a 90-yard rushing
touchdown for the Herd. The win was the first for Conference USA in four tries at the Gildan New Mexico Bowl.
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