2015 New Mexico Bowl

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2015 Gildan New Mexico Bowl
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Arizona Wildcats New Mexico Lobos
(6–6)(7–5)
Pac-12 Mountain West
4537
Head coach: 
Rich Rodriguez 		Head coach: 
Bob Davie
1234Total
Arizona72114345
New Mexico31414637
DateDecember 19, 2015
Season 2015
Stadium University Stadium
Location Albuquerque, New Mexico
MVPOffense: Arizona QB Anu Solomon [1]
Defense:Arizona LB Scooby Wright III [2]
Favorite Arizona by 8 [3]
Referee Larry Smith (MAC) [4]
Attendance30,289 [4]
Payout US$456,250
United States TV coverage
Network ESPN/ESPN Radio
Announcers Eamon McAnaney, Rocky Boiman, & Laura Rutledge (ESPN)
Drew Goodman Tom Ramsey, & Marty Cesario (ESPN Radio)
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The 2015 New Mexico Bowl was a college football bowl game that was played on December 19, 2015 at University Stadium in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The tenth annual New Mexico Bowl, it pitted the University of New Mexico Lobos of the Mountain West Conference against the University of Arizona Wildcats of the Pac-12 Conference. It was one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concluded the 2015 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.

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Team selection

The game featured the New Mexico Lobos against the Arizona Wildcats. It was the 67th overall meeting between these teams, with Arizona leading the series 43–20–3 before this game (both had previously been in-conference rivals in the Border Conference and the Western Athletic Conference before Arizona joined the Pacific-10 Conference (now the Pac-12 Conference) and New Mexico joined the Mountain West. The last meeting between these two teams was in 2008, when the Lobos beat the Wildcats 36–28 in Albuquerque. [5]

Arizona Wildcats

Arizona head coach Rich Rodriguez had led the Wildcats to bowl appearances in each of his four seasons with the school. Overall, Rodriguez entered with a 4–5 bowl record as the head coach at Arizona (2–1), Michigan (0–1) and West Virginia (2–3).

New Mexico Lobos

This was the first bowl appearance for the Lobos under fourth-year head coach Bob Davie, who had three previous bowl appearances as the head coach at Notre Dame. UNM entered 3–7–1 all time in bowl games, with their last appearance being a win in the 2007 New Mexico Bowl. The Lobos play their home games at the New Mexico Bowl site – University Stadium – and had a 5–2 record in 2015 at home.

Game summary

Scoring summary

Scoring summary
QuarterTime Drive TeamScoring informationScore
Plays Yards TOP ARIZUNM
19:525172:45UNM37-yard field goal by Zack Rogers03
17:262800:31ARIZ Cayleb Jones 78-yard touchdown reception from Anu Solomon, Casey Skowron kick good73
214:513770:47ARIZJared Baker 27-yard touchdown run, Casey Skowron kick good143
28:506673:04UNM Lamar Jordan 31-yard touchdown run, Zack Rogers kick good1410
23:274531:18ARIZAnu Solomon 14-yard touchdown run, Casey Skowron kick good2110
22:193901:08UNMDelane Hart-Johnson 92-yard touchdown reception from Lamar Jordan, Zack Rogers kick good2117
20:304511:49ARIZDavid Richards 1-yard touchdown reception from Anu Solomon, Casey Skowron kick good2817
313:564751:04ARIZJared Baker 32-yard touchdown run, Casey Skowron kick good3517
39:178724:39UNMLamar Jordan 11-yard touchdown run, Zack Rogers kick good3524
37:35140:05ARIZJared Baker 4-yard touchdown run, Casey Skowron kick good4224
32:0210505:33UNMLamar Jordan 3-yard touchdown run, Zack Rogers kick good4231
413:528403:10UNMAustin Apodaca 4-yard touchdown run, 2-point run failed4237
41:3213425:10ARIZ37-yard field goal by Casey Skowron4537
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.4537

Source: [4]

Statistics

Statistics [4] ARIZUNM
First downs1925
Plays–yards56–50391–522
Rushes–yards32–17469–333
Passing yards329189
Passing: Comp–Att–Int13–24–110–22–3
Time of possession19:0840:52
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
ARIZPassing Anu Solomon 13/24, 329 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT
RushingJared Baker12 car, 107 yds, 3 TD
Receiving Cayleb Jones 4 rec, 182 yds, 1 TD
UNMPassing Lamar Jordan 3/9, 110 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT
Rushing Lamar Jordan 21 car, 135 yds, 3 TD
ReceivingDelane Hart-Johnson1 rec, 92 yds, 1 TD

See also

References

  1. ↑ GildanNewMexicoBowl [@GildanNMbowl] (December 19, 2015). "2015 Offensive Player of the Game, Anu Solomon" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ↑ GildanNewMexicoBowl [@GildanNMbowl] (December 19, 2015). "2015 Defensive Player of the Game, Scooby Wright" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ↑ Odds, Los Angeles Times, December 19, 2015
  4. 1 2 3 4 "2015 New Mexico Bowl: Arizona vs. New Mexico Stats". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Winsipedia - Arizona Wildcats vs. New Mexico Lobos football series history".
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