2015 New Mexico Bowl
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.
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 |
| Quarter |
Time |
Drive |
Team |
Scoring information |
Score |
|---|
| Plays |
Yards |
TOP |
ARIZ |
UNM |
| 1 |
9:52 |
5 |
17 |
2:45 |
UNM |
37-yard field goal by Zack Rogers |
0 |
3
|
| 1 |
7:26 |
2 |
80 |
0:31 |
ARIZ |
Cayleb Jones 78-yard touchdown reception from Anu Solomon, Casey Skowron kick good |
7 |
3
|
| 2 |
14:51 |
3 |
77 |
0:47 |
ARIZ |
Jared Baker 27-yard touchdown run, Casey Skowron kick good |
14 |
3
|
| 2 |
8:50 |
6 |
67 |
3:04 |
UNM |
Lamar Jordan 31-yard touchdown run, Zack Rogers kick good |
14 |
10
|
| 2 |
3:27 |
4 |
53 |
1:18 |
ARIZ |
Anu Solomon 14-yard touchdown run, Casey Skowron kick good |
21 |
10
|
| 2 |
2:19 |
3 |
90 |
1:08 |
UNM |
Delane Hart-Johnson 92-yard touchdown reception from Lamar Jordan, Zack Rogers kick good |
21 |
17
|
| 2 |
0:30 |
4 |
51 |
1:49 |
ARIZ |
David Richards 1-yard touchdown reception from Anu Solomon, Casey Skowron kick good |
28 |
17
|
| 3 |
13:56 |
4 |
75 |
1:04 |
ARIZ |
Jared Baker 32-yard touchdown run, Casey Skowron kick good |
35 |
17
|
| 3 |
9:17 |
8 |
72 |
4:39 |
UNM |
Lamar Jordan 11-yard touchdown run, Zack Rogers kick good |
35 |
24
|
| 3 |
7:35 |
1 |
4 |
0:05 |
ARIZ |
Jared Baker 4-yard touchdown run, Casey Skowron kick good |
42 |
24
|
| 3 |
2:02 |
10 |
50 |
5:33 |
UNM |
Lamar Jordan 3-yard touchdown run, Zack Rogers kick good |
42 |
31
|
| 4 |
13:52 |
8 |
40 |
3:10 |
UNM |
Austin Apodaca 4-yard touchdown run, 2-point run failed |
42 |
37
|
| 4 |
1:32 |
13 |
42 |
5:10 |
ARIZ |
37-yard field goal by Casey Skowron |
45 |
37
|
| "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. |
45 |
37 |
|
Source: [4]
Statistics
| Statistics[4] | ARIZ | UNM |
|---|
| First downs | 19 | 25 |
| Plays–yards | 56–503 | 91–522 |
| Rushes–yards | 32–174 | 69–333 |
| Passing yards | 329 | 189 |
| Passing: Comp–Att–Int | 13–24–1 | 10–22–3 |
| Time of possession | 19:08 | 40:52 |
|
See also
References
