Postseason college football bowl game
College football game
The 2021 New Mexico Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 18, 2021, with kickoff at 2:15 p.m. EST (12:15 p.m. local MST ) on ESPN .[ 3] New Mexico Bowl , and was one of the 2021–22 bowl games concluding the 2021 FBS football season . Due to sponsorship from video game PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Mobile 2021 PUBG Mobile New Mexico Bowl .
Teams
Consistent with conference tie-ins, the game will be played between teams from the Conference USA (C-USA) and Mountain West Conference (MWC). The bowl also has a tie-in with the American Athletic Conference (AAC).
This will be the thirteenth meeting between UTEP and Fresno State; the Bulldogs lead the all-time series 8-3-1.[ 4] Western Athletic Conference .
UTEP Miners
The Miner started out their season at 2-0, after beating both New Mexico State and Bethune–Cookman (FCS). The program suffered its first loss against Boise State . Following the loss they won 4 games in a row against with a record of 6-1, New Mexico , Old Dominion , Southern Miss , and Louisiana Tech . After the 4 game winning streak, they followed up 3 straight losses to Florida Atlantic , UTSA and North Texas . The Miners ended their 4 game losing streak with a win over Rice . To end their season UTEP lost to UAB for a final record of 7-5.
Fresno State Bulldogs
Game summary
2021 PUBG Mobile New Mexico Bowl
Quarter
Total
UTEP
7
10
0 7 24
Fresno State 9
10
7 5 31
at Dreamstyle Stadium • Albuquerque, New Mexico
Date : Saturday, December 18, 2021Game time : 2:15 p.m. EST (12:15 p.m. local MST )Game weather : Sunny • Temperature : 40 °F (4 °C) • Wind : S 6 mphGame attendance : 16,422Referee : David SiegleTV announcers (ESPN ) : John Schriffen (play-by-play), Rene Ingoglia (analyst), and Stormy Buonantony (sideline)Box score
Scoring summary
Quarter
Time
Drive
Team
Scoring information
Score
Plays
Yards
TOP
UTEP
FRES
1
12:44
5
75
2:16
Fresno State
Jordan Mims 2-yard touchdown run, Cesar Silva kick failed
0
6
1
9:03
7
80
3:36
UTEP
Trent Thompson 1-yard touchdown reception from Gavin Hardison , Gavin Baechle kick good
7
6
1
1:31
11
52
5:06
Fresno State
42-yard field goal by Cesar Silva
7
9
2
14:49
6
54
1:42
UTEP
38-yard field goal by Gavin Baechle
10
9
2
6:54
10
70
4:01
UTEP
Ronald Awatt 1-yard touchdown run, Gavin Baechle kick good
17
9
2
1:52
10
75
5:02
Fresno State
Jordan Mims 1-yard touchdown run, Cesar Silva kick good
17
16
2
0:04
7
43
0:38
Fresno State
45-yard field goal by Cesar Silva
17
19
3
1:17
8
85
3:50
Fresno State
Jordan Mims 22-yard touchdown reception from Jake Haener , Cesar Silva kick good
17
26
4
14:10
5
75
2:07
UTEP
Trent Thompson 51-yard touchdown reception from Calvin Brownholtz, Gavin Baechle kick good
24
26
4
9:04
13
71
5:06
Fresno State
21-yard field goal by Cesar Silva
24
29
4
7:05
Fresno State
UTEP fumble recovered in own end zone for a safety
24
31
"TOP" = time of possession . For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football .
24
31
Statistics
Statistics
UTEP
FRES
First downs
16
25
Plays–yards
57–398
76–467
Rushes–yards
28–95
35–181
Passing yards
303
286
Passing: comp –att –int
13–29–1
26–41–0
Time of possession
25:17
34:43
Team
Category
Player
Statistics
UTEP
Passing
Gavin Hardison 12/27, 252 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
Rushing
Ronald Awatt
14 carries, 40 yards, 1 TD
Receiving
Tyrin Smith
3 receptions, 61 yards
Fresno State
Passing
Jake Haener 26/41, 286 yards, 1 TD
Rushing
Jordan Mims 29 carries, 165 yards, 2 TD
Receiving
Jalen Cropper 9 receptions, 72 yards
References
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