2016 New Mexico Bowl

College football game

2016 Gildan New Mexico Bowl

11th New Mexico Bowl
| UTSA Roadrunners | New Mexico Lobos

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(6–6) | (8–4)
C-USA | Mountain West
20 | 23
Head coach:
Frank Wilson | Head coach:
Bob Davie
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UTSA | 3| 3| 0| 14 | 20
New Mexico | 7| 3| 6| 7 | 23
Date| December 17, 2016
Season| 2016
Stadium| University Stadium
Location| Albuquerque, New Mexico
MVP| Offense: New Mexico QB Lamar Jordan[1]
Defense:New Mexico LB Dakota Cox[1]
Favorite| New Mexico by 7[2]
National anthem| Senior Airman Rashaun Carter[3]
Referee| Jason McArthur (Sun Belt)[4]
Attendance| 29,688[4]
Payout| US$456,250[5]
United States TV coverage
Network| ESPN
ESPN Radio
Announcers| Adam Amin, Mack Brown, Molly McGrath (ESPN)
Roy Philpott, Clint Stoerner, Kevin Weidl (ESPN Radio)
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The 2016 New Mexico Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 17, 2016 at University Stadium in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The eleventh annual New Mexico Bowl, was one of the 2016–17 bowl games that concluded the 2016 FBS football season. The game aired on ESPN. Sponsored by clothing company Gildan Activewear, the game was officially known as the Gildan New Mexico Bowl.

## Teams

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The game featured the UTSA Roadrunners of Conference USA against the New Mexico Lobos of the Mountain West Conference.[6]

This was the third meeting between the schools, with the all-time series tied at 1–1. The previous meeting was on October 14, 2014, where the Lobos defeated the Roadrunners by a score of 21–9.[7]

### UTSA

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See also: 2016 UTSA Roadrunners football team and 2016 Conference USA football season

The New Mexico Bowl was the first bowl appearance for the Roadrunners.

### New Mexico

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See also: 2016 New Mexico Lobos football team and 2016 Mountain West Conference football season

Powered by a triple option offense, the Lobos were led by coach Bob Davie who envisioned the offense he eventually installed while coaching at Notre Dame and playing against the service academies, who used the scheme effectively.[8] The Lobos' offense led the Football Bowl Subdivision in rushing yards.[9] Although both Austin Apodaca and Lamar Jordan had both started at quarterback for New Mexico during the season, Jordan was the more potent runner, whose 658 rushing yards ranked third on the team.[10] A trio of running backs made large contributions to the rushing attack: senior Teriyon Gipson averaged 9.2 yards per rush to lead the team with 1209 yards, sophomore Tyrone Owens led the team with 134 rushes for 1084 yards, and junior Richard McQuarley rushed for a team-leading 16 touchdowns.[11]

## Game summary

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UTSA started the game with the ball; they put together a 65-yard drive over the next 6:15 and scored the first points of the game after Victor Falcon converted on a 23-yard field goal. New Mexico opened their storing with 4 seconds left in the first quarter with a 1-yard touchdown run. The first quarter ended 7–3, Lobos. With 1:32 left in the second quarter, Victor Falcon hit a 28-yard field goal to bring UTSA within 1 at 7–6. With time expiring in the first half, Jason Sanders converted a 52-yard field goal to put the Lobos up 10–6 at halftime. To open the second half, Teriyon Gipson capped a 10-play, 75-yard drive with a 10-yard touchdown rush. The extra point was blocked so New Mexico led 16–6. After trading punts UTSA got a drive into New Mexico territory but Dalton Sturm was picked off from the UNM 34. The Lobos went 3-and-out and punted. UTSA got good field position but faced a 4th and 15 from the Lobos 35. Sturm threw a 19-yard pass for the first down. 2 plays later he found Trevor Stevens, a senior wide receiver who had only caught 7 passes ever for his 1st career touchdown. The PAT was good and it was 16–13 Lobos. UNM drove down the field until they had a 4th and 1 at the 5 yard line. They converted and then Richard McQuarley got a 1-yard touchdown run to put UNM up 23–13. UTSA would strike at the end of the game but the Lobos recovered the onside kick.

### Scoring summary

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Scoring summary

| Quarter  | Time  | Drive | Team  | Scoring information  | Score

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Plays | Yards  | TOP | UTSA  | UNM
1  | 8:41  | 13  | 65  | 6:15  | UTSA  | 23-yard field goal by Victor Falcon  | 3  | 0
1  | 0:04  | 9  | 66  | 4:21  | UNM  | Richard McQuarley 1-yard touchdown run, Jason Sanders kick good  | 3  | 7
2  | 1:32  | 13  | 49  | 6:40  | UTSA  | 28-yard field goal by Victor Falcon  | 6  | 7
2  | 0:00  | 5  | 40  | 1:32  | UNM  | 52-yard field goal by Jason Sanders  | 6  | 10
3  | 9:54  | 10  | 75  | 5:06  | UNM  | Teriyon Gipson 10-yard touchdown run, Jason Sanders kick no good  | 6  | 16
4  | 9:43  | 10  | 53  | 5:41  | UTSA  | Trevor Stevens 16-yard touchdown reception from Dalton Sturm, Victor Falcon kick good  | 13  | 16
4  | 2:22  | 12  | 75  | 7:21  | UNM  | Richard McQuarley 1-yard touchdown run, Jason Sanders kick good  | 13  | 23
4  | 0:25  | 9  | 80  | 1:58  | UTSA  | JaBryce Taylor 6-yard touchdown reception from Dalton Sturm, Victor Falcon kick good  | 20  | 23
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. | 20  | 23

Source:[4]

### Statistics

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Statistics[4] | UTSA | UNM

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First downs | 20 | 17
Third down efficiency | 7–14 | 6–13
Rushes–yards | 38–246 (6.5) | 52–219 (4.2)
Passing yards | 118 | 77
Passing: Comp–Att–Int | 10–26–1 | 3–6–0
Time of possession | 29:11 | 30:42
Category | Team | Player | Statistics

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Passing | UTSA | Dalton Sturm | 10/26, 118 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT
UNM | Lamar Jordan | 3/4, 77 yds
Rushing | UTSA | Jarveon Williams | 16 car, 125 yds
UNM | Lamar Jordan | 13 car, 81 yds
Receiving | UTSA | Kerry Thomas Jr. | 4 rec, 45 yds
UNM | Dameon Gamblin | 1 rec, 34 yds

## References

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1. ^ a b GildanNewMexicoBowl [@GildanNMbowl] (December 17, 2016). "Congratulations to @LJII13 and @dakotacox49 for receiving Offensive and Defensive Players of the Game!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
2. ^ "College Bowl Game Odds". ESPN. December 7, 2016. Archived from the original on December 10, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
3. ^ "Holidays happening: Gildan Bowl national anthem | News Stream | kafbnucleus.com". Archived from the original on October 1, 2018. Retrieved December 23, 2016.
4. ^ a b c d "2016 New Mexico Bowl Game Stats". Stat Broadcast. Stat Broadcast. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
5. ^ "Bowl payout". Archived from the original on November 10, 2016. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
6. ^ "UTSA, New Mexico to play in 11th annual Gildan New Mexico Bowl" (Press release). Albuquerque, N.M.: New Mexico Bowl. December 4, 2016. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
7. ^ – New Mexico Lobos vs. UTSA Roadrunners football series history
8. ^ Myerberg, Paul (December 16, 2016). "Bob Davie's blueprint – triple option – helps build success at New Mexico". USA Today. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
9. ^ "2016 FBS (I-A) College Football Team Statistics Leaders for Rushing". ESPN. ESPN Internet Ventures. Archived from the original on December 17, 2016. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
10. ^ Webber, Will (November 18, 2016). "Davie comes full circle on starting QB: It's Apodaca again". Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
11. ^ "New Mexico Lobos 2016 Statistics – Team and Player Stats". College Football – ESPN. ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved December 17, 2016.

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