New Mexico Bowl

New Mexico Bowl
	Gildan New Mexico Bowl
Stadium	Dreamstyle Stadium
Location	Albuquerque, New Mexico
Operated	2006–present
Conference tie-ins	MWC, C-USA
Previous conference tie-ins	WAC (2006–10), Pac-12(2012–13)
Payout	US$912,500
Sponsors
	Gildan (2011–present)
Former names
	New Mexico Bowl (2006–2010)
2016 matchup
	UTSA vs. New Mexico (New Mexico 23–20)
2017 matchup
	TBD (December 16, 2017)

The New Mexico Bowl (officially known since 2011 as the Gildan New Mexico Bowl for sponsorship reasons) is an NCAA-sanctioned post-season college football bowl game that has been played annually since 2006 at Dreamstyle Stadium (known before May 2017 as University Stadium) on the campus of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Since its founding, the bowl has been typically scheduled before Christmas as one of the first of the season. In 2011, clothing manufacturer Gildan became the first title sponsor for the game.

Beginning with the 2014 game, the New Mexico Bowl features a team from the Mountain West Conference and a team from Conference USA, provided both conferences have enough bowl eligible teams. If one or both conferences does not, the bowl selection committee chooses an at-large team from another conference. In August 2013, it was announced that Conference USA had signed an agreement to send a regional team to participate in the game for six seasons beginning in 2014 replacing the Pac-12 Conference. From 2006 to 2010, a team from the Mountain West played a team from the Western Athletic Conference.

ESPN, whose ESPN Regional Television division (also known as ESPN Plus) supervises the bowl activities as one of the 11 bowl games they run, is the television home for the game.^[2]The game is the only annually nationally televised sporting event in the state of New Mexico. The 2006 contest was the first bowl game played in New Mexico, seeing the San Jose State Spartans defeat the New Mexico Lobos 20–12. The 2012 game was the highest-scoring and closest New Mexico Bowl of all-time and ended with two Arizona touchdowns in the final 42 seconds of play.

The New Mexico Bowl trophy is a 20-inch piece of Zia Pueblo pottery, painted with Pueblo symbols, the New Mexico Bowl logo, football players, and the logos of the competing teams. The Zia symbol, a Zia Pueblo symbol that is used in the state flag, is incorporated into the bowl game logo. The most valuable player trophies are crafted from traditional leather shields.^[3]

The New Mexico Bowl stays active in the offseason among the nation and the local community. The bowl co-sponsors the Presbyterian Ear Institutes' Run To Break The Silence, a 5K, 10K and 20K fun run at Sandia Resort and Casino. They also team with NCAA Football to put on a free clinic for area youth coached by both New Mexico and New Mexico State coaches.^[4]

Game results[edit]

Date	Winning Team	Score	Losing Team
December 23, 2006	San Jose State	20–12	New Mexico
December 22, 2007	New Mexico	23–0	Nevada
December 20, 2008	Colorado State	40–35	Fresno State
December 19, 2009	Wyoming	35–28^(2OT)	Fresno State
December 18, 2010	BYU	52–24	UTEP
December 17, 2011	Temple	37–15	Wyoming
December 15, 2012	Arizona	49–48	Nevada
December 21, 2013	Colorado State	48–45	Washington State
December 20, 2014	Utah State	21–6	UTEP
December 19, 2015	Arizona	45–37	New Mexico
December 17, 2016	New Mexico	23–20	UTSA

MVPs[edit]

Year	Offensive MVP			Defensive MVP
Year	Player	Team	Pos.	Player	Team	Pos.
2006	James Jones	San José State	WR	Matt Castelo	San José State	LB
2007	Donovan Porterie	New Mexico	QB	Brett Madsen	New Mexico	LB
2008	Gartrell Johnson	Colorado State	RB	Tommie Hill	Colorado State	DE
2009	Austyn Carta-Samuels	Wyoming	QB	Mitch Unrein	Wyoming	DE
2010	Jake Heaps	BYU	QB	Andrew Rich	BYU	FS
2011	Chris Coyer	Temple	QB	Tahir Whitehead	Temple	LB
2012	Matt Scott	Arizona	QB	Marquis Flowers	Arizona	LB
2013	Connor Halliday	Washington State	QB	Shaquil Barrett	Colorado State	DE
2014	Kent Myers	Utah State	QB	Zach Vigil	Utah State	LB
2015	Anu Solomon	Arizona	QB	Scooby Wright	Arizona	LB
2016	Lamar Jordan	New Mexico	QB	Dakota Cox	New Mexico	LB

Most appearances[edit]

Rank	Team	Appearances	Record
1	New Mexico	4	2–2
T2	Colorado State	2	2–0
T2	Arizona	2	2–0
T2	Wyoming	2	1–1
T2	UTEP	2	0–2
T2	Fresno State	2	0–2
T2	Nevada	2	0–2
T8	BYU	1	1–0
T8	San Jose State	1	1–0
T8	Temple	1	1–0
T8	Utah State	1	1–0
T8	UTSA	1	0–1
T8	Washington State	1	0–1

Wins by conference[edit]

Conference	Appearances	Wins	Losses	Pct.
Mountain West	11	7	4	.636
WAC	4	1	3	.250
Pac-12	3	2	1	.750
C-USA	3	0	3	.000
MAC	1	1	0	1.000

Game records[edit]

Team	Performance vs. Opponent	Year
Most points scored	52, BYU vs. UTEP	2010
Fewest points allowed	0, New Mexico vs. Nevada	2007
Total Points	97, Nevada vs. Arizona	2012
Largest margin of victory	28, BYU vs. UTEP	2010
Smallest margin of victory	1, Arizona vs. Nevada	2012
First downs	39, Nevada vs. Arizona	2012
Rushing yards	404, Nevada vs. Arizona	2012
Passing yards	410, Washington State vs. Colorado State	2013
Total yards	659, Nevada vs. Arizona	2012
Individual	Player, Team	Year
Points scored	18, shared by 4 players; Cody Hoffman, BYU Kapri Bibbs, Colorado State Jared Baker, Arizona Lamar Jordan, New Mexico	2010 2013 2015 2015
Passing touchdowns	6, Connor Halliday, Washington State	2013
Rushing yards	285, Gartrell Johnson, Colorado State	2008
Passing yards	410, Connor Halliday, Washington State	2013
Receiving yards	182, Cayleb Jones, Arizona	2015

Attendance[edit]

Year	Attendance	Teams
2006	34,111	New Mexico vs. San Jose State
2007	30,223	New Mexico vs. Nevada
2008	24,735	Colorado State vs. Fresno State
2009	24,898	Wyoming vs. Fresno State
2010	32,424	BYU vs. UTEP
2011	25,762	Temple vs. Wyoming
2012	24,610	Arizona vs. Nevada
2013	27,104	Washington State vs. Colorado State
2014	28,725	Utah State vs. UTEP
2015	30,289	Arizona vs. New Mexico
2016	29,688	New Mexico vs. UTSA

Television coverage[edit]

New Mexico Bowl broadcasters

Former logos[edit]

Used from 2006–2009
5th Anniversary logo used in 2010

References[edit]

Jump up^ "2011–2012 College Football Bowl Game Schedule". CollegeFootballPoll.com. Retrieved 2011-11-22.
Jump up^ As bowl attendance dips, college football leaders mull changes http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/college-football/news/20130110/college-football-bowl-system-changes/?sct=hp_t2_a9&eref=sihp
Jump up^ Korte, Tim (2006-12-20). "Native American Artists Create Unique N.M. Bowl Trophy". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved 2006-12-24.
Jump up^ http://www.newmexicobowl.com

External links[edit]

Official website

[1] Jump up^ "2011–2012 College Football Bowl Game Schedule". CollegeFootballPoll.com. Retrieved 2011-11-22.

[2] Jump up^ As bowl attendance dips, college football leaders mull changes http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/college-football/news/20130110/college-football-bowl-system-changes/?sct=hp_t2_a9&eref=sihp

[3] Jump up^ Korte, Tim (2006-12-20). "Native American Artists Create Unique N.M. Bowl Trophy". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved 2006-12-24.

[4] Jump up^ http://www.newmexicobowl.com

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Game results[edit]

MVPs[edit]

Most appearances[edit]

Wins by conference[edit]

Game records[edit]

Attendance[edit]

Television coverage[edit]

Former logos[edit]

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References[edit]

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