Wyoming 30 San Diego State 27
New Mexico 7 San Diego State 35
2011 GAME RECAPS CONT.
Oct. 29, 2011 l Qualcomm stadium l san Diego, calif. l The Mtn.
Nov. 5, 2011 l Qualcomm stadium l san Diego, calif. l The Mtn.
SAN DIEGO – San Diego State outscored Wyoming 14-0 in the final 30 minutes, but could still not overcome a 17-point halftime deficit, as the Aztecs dropped a 30-27 decision to the visiting Cowboys at Qualcomm Stadium. SDSU found itself playing catch up most of the evening, as the Wyoming offense proved nearly unstoppable coming out of the gate. The Cowboys scored four touchdowns on each of their first four drives and later tacked on what would prove to be the game-winning field goal as time expired heading into the locker room ahead, 30-13. The Aztecs actually led twice, scoring on their first offensive possession for a 7-0 lead on a 44-yard touchdown reception by Gavin Escobar. After Wyoming equalized, SDSU went back ahead just 49 seconds later when Ryan Lindley found Ronnie Hillman open down the left sideline for a 71-yard touchdown strike, the team’s longest pass play of the season. After the schools combined for a 27-point first GAME sTATIsTIcs Wyoming 14 16 0 0 - 30 quarter, the Aztec offense went dormant as San Diego St. 13 0 14 0 - 27 Wyoming continued its streak of 23 unanswered points and rolled up an outstanding 396 yards of total SDSU - Escobar 44-yd pass from Lindley (Perez kick) offense in the first half alone. -- 8 plays, 80 yds, 4:36 (10:24, 1st) The San Diego State defense finally woke up WYO - Smith 2-yd run (Sullivan kick) -- 13 plays, 91 after the break, forcing Wyoming to punt eight conyds, 5:14 (5:10, 1st) SDSU - Hillman 71-yd pass from Lindley (kick failed) secutive times, including a streak of five straight -- 2 plays, 73 yds, 0:49 (4:21, 1st) three-and-outs, and allowing no points to leave the WYO - McNeill 26-yd pass from Smith (Sullivan kick) door open for a possible Aztec come-from-behind -- 8 plays, 80 yds, 3:32 (0:49, 1st) victory. WYO - Smith 20-yd run (kick failed) -- 8 plays, 79 yds, Hillman nearly single-handedly led the SDSU 3:20 (10:55, 2nd) rally, notching the longest play from scrimmage in WYO - McNeill 11-yd pass from Smith (Sullivan kick) school history, as he got the ball at his own 1-yard -- 8 plays, 60 yds, 2:50 (7:05, 2nd) WYO - Sullivan 33-yd field goal -- 7 plays, 64 yds, 1:16 line and rambled 99 yards for the touchdown, the first (0:00, 2nd) of his two second-half rushing scores. SDSU - Hillman 99-yd run (Perez kick) -- 1 play, 99 Trailing by just three points at 30-27 heading yds, 0:17 (13:08, 3rd) into the fourth quarter, SDSU advanced into SDSU - Hillman 3-yd run (Perez kick) -- 5 plays, 63 Wyoming territory three times, but came out with no yds, 2:07 (1:00, 3rd) points as place-kicker Abelardo Perez missed a pair WYO SDSU of field goals from 39 and 27 yards, with the latter being with under two minutes remaining. First Downs 22 21 Rushes-Yards 44-159 37-292 The Aztecs still had one final chance to at least Passing Yards 341 247 draw even, taking over with 1:23 left to play. Despite C-A-I 25-36-0 13-27-1 a 25-yard completion on first down, a sack and a Total Offense 500 539 false start penalty pushed the team in the wrong diFumbles-Lost 3-0 2-0 rection and it was unable to convert a fourth-and-8 Penalties-Yards 8-61 8-70 play near midfield, turning the ball over on downs to Possession Time 31:49 28:11 officially end the comeback. Turnovers 0 1 Average Field Pos. WYO 22 SDSU 27 Hillman finished the night with 305 all-purpose yards, including 224 on the ground for his third career INDIVIDUAL STATS 200-yard game. Rushing (Atts.-Yards-TDs): WYO: Muhammad 9-55The nation’s leading rusher also set two Moun0; Alexander 13-55-0; Miller 4-40-0; Smith 16-24-2; tain West records for most all-purpose yards in a Team 1-(-2)-0; Kirkegaard 1-(-13)-0. SDSU: Hillman 25-224-2; Lockett 1-43-0; Kazee 6-31-0; Young 2-11- conference contest and longest-ever rush with his 99-yard effort. 0; Lindley 3-(-17)-0.
SAN DIEGO – After a slow start, the San Diego State football team notched three second-half touchdowns to close out a two-game homestand and keep visiting New Mexico winless on the season with a 35-7 victory at Qualcomm Stadium. The Aztec defense pitched a second-half shutout for the second consecutive outing and kept an anemic New Mexico offense to only 162 total yards, including 74 on the ground and 88 through the air, and eight first downs. The 162 combined yards were the fourth-fewest allowed by SDSU in program history and fewest overall since 1998. Offensively, the home team scored all five of its touchdowns via the run (most in a single game since 1996), put up 486 total yards and did not have a turnover for the third time in 2011. Both sides started the evening slowly, as New Mexico punted four straight times and San Diego State punted on its first two possessions before breaking through on a 10-play, 66-yard drive capped by the first of three rushing touchdowns by junior Walter Kazee. The Lobos crossed midfield for the first time in the game early in the second quarter, but were later forced to punt from the Aztec 43-yard line. Taking over from their own 11, San Diego State utilized nine rushes and a pair of first-down completions from Ryan Lindley to Dylan Denso and Osmond Nicholas to double their lead at 14-0 on a 3yard Kazee run. The Lobos answered on their next possession GAME sTATIsTIcs with a key 23-yard pass from quarterback B.R. HolNew Mexico 0 7 0 0 - 7 San Diego St. 7 7 14 7 - 35 brook to Martize Barr on third-and-6 to extend the drive. UNM running back Crusoe Gongbay then had SDSU - Kazee 1-yd run (Perez kick) -- 10 plays, 66 a 14-yard reception and a 14-yard run, before yds, 4:44 (2:51, 1st) recording his team’s first points in three games from SDSU - Kazee 3-yd run (Perez kick) -- 11 plays, 89 six yards out with only 32 seconds remaining in the yds, 5:52 (4:26, 2nd) half to make the score 14-7. UNM - Gongbay 6-yd run (Aho kick) -- 9 plays, 80 yds, Coming out of the break, San Diego State 3:54 (0:32, 2nd) SDSU - Kazee 1-yd run (Perez kick) -- 6 plays, 32 yds, scored on three of its first four possessions on a pair of 1-yard runs by Kazee and sophomore Ronnie Hill2:47 (9:56, 3rd) SDSU - Hillman 1-yd run (Perez kick) -- 3 plays, 41 man and a 3-yarder from Chad Young to round out yds, 1:07 (7:12, 3rd) scoring at 35-7. SDSU - Young 3-yd run (Perez kick) -- 7 plays, 48 yds, The Lobos, meanwhile, never got past their 3:30 (10:42, 4th) own 40-yard line in the second half, compiling only 41 yards of total offense and having two drives UNM SDSU come to an end on interceptions by Aztec junior First Downs 8 23 Leon McFadden and sophomore Gabe Lemon. Rushes-Yards 29-74 48-215 Defensively, SDSU senior linebacker Miles Passing Yards 88 271 C-A-I 10-20-2 16-24-0 Burris led the way with a team-high nine tackles, inTotal Offense 162 486 cluding 2.5 for a loss. Offensively, Hillman had 29 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-0 carries for 141 yards for his seventh 100-yard rushPenalties-Yards 9-67 3-33 ing game in 2011. Possession Time 27:02 32:58 Lindley pulled to within 26 yards of breaking Turnovers 2 0 the conference’s all-time passing record, completing Average Field Pos. UNM 24 SDSU 35 16 of his 24 attempts for 271 yards.
Passing (Att.-Comp.-Int., Yards, TDs): WYO: Smith 3625-0, 341, 2. SDSU: Lindley 27-13-1, 247, 2. Receiving (No.-Yards-TDs): WYO: McNeill 8-11-2; Doctson 4-28-0; Ogbonna 3-51-0; Herron 3-23-0; Alexander 2-60-0; Rufran 2-45-0; Muhammad 2-230; Miller 1-0-0. SDSU: Escobar 4-95-1; Lockett 3-380; Hillman 2-81-1; Quigley 2-8-0; Russell 1-13-0; Kazee 1-12-0.
INDIVIDUAL STATS Rushing (Atts.-Yards-TDs): UNM: Gongbay 15-68-1; Rogers 9-19-0; Holbrook 5-(-13)-0; SDSU: Hillman 29-141-1; Kazee 10-39-3; Muema 4-37-0; Young 34-1; Roberts 1-3-0; Lindley 1-(-9)-0. Passing (Att.-Comp.-Int., Yards, TDs): UNM: Holbrook 20-10-2, 88, 0 SDSU: Lindley 24-16-0, 271, 0.
Receiving (No.-Yards-TDs): UNM: Merritt 2-18-0; Solomon 2-16-0; Barr 1-23-0; Gongbay 1-14-0; Reed 1-13-0; Clayton 1-5-0; Rogers 1-0-0; Biren 1-(-1)-0. SDSU: Denso 5-71-0; Lockett 3-93-0; Escobar 3-250; Hillman 2-38-0; Nicholas 2-34-0; Kazee 1-8-0; Russell 0-2-0.
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