2009 New Mexico Bowl

American college football game August 2023 December 2025 2009 New Mexico Bowl New Mexico Bowl logo. 2009 Fresno State Bulldogs California State University, Fresno Wyoming Cowboys University of Wyoming 8–4 WAC 6–6 Mountain West Pat Hill Dave Christensen 0 14 7 7 0 0 7 7 3 11 0 7 December 19 University Stadium Albuquerque, New Mexico QB Austyn Carta-Samuels, Wyoming DE Mitch Unrein, Wyoming Fresno State by 11http://www.vegassports-odds.com/200912161803/collegefootball/headlines/2009-new-mexico-bowl-odds-fresno-state-vs-wyoming 2009 New Mexico Bowl Odds - Fresno State vs Wyoming Headlines CollegeFootball December 10, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20110717191519/http://www.vegassports-odds.com/200912161803/collegefootball/headlines/2009-new-mexico-bowl-odds-fresno-state-vs-wyoming July 17, 2011 dead Mike Conlin (MAC) 24,898https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap?gameId=293532751 https://web.archive.org/web/20221030025753/https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap?gameId=293532751 dead October 30, 2022 Wyoming edges Fresno St. in double overtime, wins New Mexico Bowl ESPN 750,000 per team ESPN List of announcers of major college bowl games Terry Gannon & David Norrie 2.78 http://www.bcsfootball.org/news/story?id=4819384 College Football Playoff News & Highlights - ESPN December 10, 2010 December 28, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101228225439/http://www.bcsfootball.org/news/story?id=4819384 dead The 2009 New Mexico Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game, held on December 19, 2009, at University Stadium on the campus of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as part of the 2009–10 NCAA bowl season. The game, telecast on ESPN, featured the Wyoming Cowboys from the Mountain West Conference and the Fresno State Bulldogs from the WAC. This was the first trip to the New Mexico Bowl for Wyoming. It was also their first trip to a post season bowl game since the 2004 season when the Cowboys defeated the UCLA Bruins UCLA Bruins 24–21 in the Pioneer PureVison Las Vegas Bowl. This marked Fresno State's second straight trip to the New Mexico Bowl; they were defeated 40–35 by Colorado State in the 2008 contest. Before the 2009 New Mexico Bowl, Wyoming and Fresno State had played each other a total of six times, playing in consecutive years from 1992–1997 as rivals in the Western Athletic Conference; the teams have split their match-ups with each squad winning three games. The last meeting in 1997 was won by Fresno State, 24–7. Behind freshman quarterback Austyn Carta-Samuels, Wyoming upset Fresno State 35–28 in the game, which went into double overtime after a late field goal by Cowboy kicker Ian Watts. Carta-Samuels threw three touchdowns in the win including the game-winner in overtime, a 13-yard strike to David Leonard. Game summary Wyoming wore their home Brown uniforms, and Fresno wore white visitor uniforms. Wyoming freshman Austyn Carta-Samuels, the offensive MVP, threw for 201 yards and three touchdowns including the game-winning 13-yard touchdown pass to David Leonard. Defensive MVP Mitch Unrein tallied six tackles and two sacks for the Wyoming defense including a forced fumble midway through the 4th quarter which led to the game-tying field goal. Wyoming stopped the nation's leading rusher, Fresno State's Ryan Mathews, on three rushing attempts in the first overtime. The Bulldogs tried a quarterback sneak on third down, and Mathews came up short again on fourth down. Scoring summary Fresno State Wyoming expand 1 7:37 Wyoming 1 68 0:10 RushTD Alvester Alexander 68 good Ian Watts 0 7 2 12:22 Fresno State 7 51 3:29 RushTD Ryan Matthews 4 good Kevin Goessling 7 7 2 5:01 Wyoming 15 95 7:21 RecTD Greg Bolling Austyn Carta–Samuels 21 good Jason Smith 7 14 2 0:33 Fresno State 10 65 4:28 RecTD Jamel Hamler Ryan Colburn 10 good Kevin Goessling 14 14 3 13:06 Fresno State 6 71 1:54 RecTD Jamel Hamler Chastin West 43 good Kevin Goessling 21 14 3 8:19 Wyoming 9 39 4:47 FG 40 Ian Watts 21 17 4 13:59 Fresno State 2 6 0:46 RushTD Ryan Matthews 5 good Kevin Goessling 28 17 4 10:15 Wyoming 7 72 5:51 RecTD David Leonard Austyn Carta–Samuels 11 pass good 28 25 4 0:20 Wyoming 19 54 7:48 FG 37 Ian Watts 28 28 2OT Wyoming 5 25 RecTD David Leonard Austyn Carta–Samuels 13 good Ian Watts 28 35 28 35 Statistics Statistics Fresno Wyoming First downs 19 26 Total offense, plays - yards 64-366 83-438Rushes-yards (net) 44-197 50-234 Passing yards (net) 169 204Passes, Comp-Att-Int 14-20-0 18-33-1 Time of Possession 26:47 33:13 Game Notes Matthews led the nation in rushing for the 2009 season. Wyoming was playing in its first bowl since 2004. Carta-Samuels was the Mountain West Freshman of the Year. Fresno State made its second straight appearance - and loss - in the New Mexico Bowl. References External links Box Score - ESPN New Mexico Bowl Category:New Mexico Bowl Category:Fresno State Bulldogs football bowl games Category:Wyoming Cowboys football bowl games Category:2009 in sports in New Mexico Category:December 2009 sports events in the United States