2008 New Mexico Bowl
The 2008 New Mexico Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game held on December 20, 2008 at University Stadium on the campus of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque as part of the 2008-09 NCAA Bowl season. The game, telecast on ESPN, featured the Colorado State Rams from the Mountain West Conference and the Fresno State Bulldogs from the WAC. The two teams were rivals when Colorado State was in the WAC from 1968-98.
Colorado State scored 20 points in the fourth quarter to defeat Fresno State, 40-35 behind running back Gartrell Johnson's 375 rushing and receiving yards, an NCAA bowl record.Game summary
Scoring summary
- 1st Quarter
- *FRES – Lonyae Miller 1-yard run, 11:46. Fresno State 7-0. Drive: 7 plays, 72 yards, 3:14.
- *CSU – Grant Stucker 18-yard run, 09:37. Colorado State 7-7. Drive: 4 plays, 84 yards, 2:09.
- *FRES – Anthony Harding 2-yard run, 06:35. Fresno State 14-7. Drive: 7 plays, 73 yards, 3:02.
- *CSU – Jason Smith 29-yard field goal, 02:57. Fresno State 14-10. Drive: 9 plays, 66 yards, 3:38.
- 2nd Quarter
- *CSU – Jason Smith 22-yard field goal, 05:50. Fresno State 14-13. Drive: 10 plays, 75 yards, 5:35.
- *FRES – Lonyae Miller 69-yard run, 04:26. Fresno State 21-13. Drive: 4 plays, 80 yards, 1:24.
- *CSU – Kory Sperry 22-yard pass from Billy Ferris, 00:02. Fresno State 21-20. Drive: 12 plays, 87 yards, 4:24.
- 3rd Quarter
- *FRES – Anthony Harding 2-yard run, 08:31. Fresno State 28-20. Drive: 7 plays, 59 yards, 3:51.
- 4th Quarter
- *CSU – Gartrell Johnson 1-yard run, 09:45. Fresno State 28-26. Drive: 7 plays, 32 yards, 3:41.
- *CSU – Rashaun Greer 69-yard pass from Billy Ferris, 07:00. Colorado State 33-28. Drive: 3 plays, 73 yards, 1:07.
- *CSU – Gartrell Johnson 77-yard run, 01:46. Colorado State 40-28. Drive: 2 plays, 85 yards, 0:57.
- *FRES – Ryan Skidmore 7-yard pass from Tom Brandstater, 00:55. Colorado State 40-35. Drive: 5 plays, 59 yards, 0:51.
