2014 New Mexico Bowl

2014 Gildan New Mexico Bowl
9th New Mexico Bowl
Utah State Aggies UTEP Miners (9–4) (7–5) Mountain West C-USA 21 6 Head coach:  Matt Wells Head coach:  Sean Kugler
1 2 3 4 Total Utah State 7 0 7 7 21 UTEP 3 0 0 3 6
Date	December 20, 2014
Season	2014
Stadium	University Stadium
Location	Albuquerque, New Mexico
MVP	Offense: Utah State QB Kent Myers [1] Defense: Utah State LB Zach Vigil [1]
Favorite	Utah State by 10 [2]
Referee	Charles Lewis [1] (Sun Belt)
Attendance	28,725 [1]
Payout	US$456,250
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN/ESPN Radio
Announcers	Mark Neely, David Diaz-Infante, & Kayce Smith (ESPN) Drew Goodman, Tom Ramsey, & Dave Shore (ESPN Radio)
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The 2014 New Mexico Bowl was a college football bowl game that was played on December 20, 2014 at University Stadium in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The ninth annual New Mexico Bowl, it pitted the Utah State Aggies of the Mountain West Conference against the UTEP Miners of Conference USA. ^[3] It was one of the 2014–15 bowl games that concluded the 2014 FBS football season. The game started at 12:20 p.m. MST and aired on ESPN. Sponsored by clothing company Gildan Activewear, the game was officially known as the Gildan New Mexico Bowl. Utah State beat UTEP by a score of 21–6.

Team selection

The game featured the Utah State Aggies of the Mountain West Conference against the UTEP Miners of Conference USA.

This was the third meeting between these two teams, with Utah State previously leading the series 2–0. The last time these two teams had met was in 1961.

Utah State Aggies

See also: 2014 Utah State Aggies football team

This was Utah State's first New Mexico Bowl.

UTEP Miners

See also: 2014 UTEP Miners football team

This was UTEP's second New Mexico Bowl; the Miners had previously played in the 2010 game, where they lost to the BYU Cougars by a score of 52–24. It was also the Miners' first bowl appearance since that game, where they once again attempted to get their first bowl victory since the 1967 Sun Bowl.

Game summary

Scoring summary

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP USU UTEP 1 3:10 7 60 3:50 UTEP 32-yard field goal by Jay Mattox 0 3 1 1:52 3 75 1:18 USU Kent Myers 48-yard touchdown run, Nick Diaz kick good 7 3 3 12:12 7 75 2:28 USU Nick Vigil 3-yard touchdown run, Nick Diaz kick good 14 3 4 3:02 16 54 6:56 UTEP 34-yard field goal by Jay Mattox 14 6 4 1:33 4 65 1:29 USU Joe Hill 11-yard touchdown run, Nick Diaz kick good 21 6 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 21 6

Source: ^[1]

Statistics

Statistics [1]	USU	UTEP
First downs	16	12
Plays–yards	52–347	70–275
Rushes–yards	40–279	46–149
Passing yards	68	126
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	5–12–1	13–24–1
Time of possession	23:26	36:34

References

1. "Stats" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2014. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
2. Odds
3. UTEP, Utah State to Play in the 2014 Gildan New Mexico Bowl