Oct. 10, 2014
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| STATISTICAL LEADERS | ||||
| Passing | C-Att | Yds | TD | Int |
| Nick Bawden, SDSU | 4-13 | 63 | 0 | 0 |
| Lamar Jordan, UNM | 8-18 | 97 | 1 | 1 |
| Rushing | Car | Yds | TD | Long |
| Donnel Pumphrey, SDSU | 20 | 246 | 2 | 93 |
| Lamar Jordan, UNM | 6 | 52 | 0 | 27 |
| Receiving | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
| Eric Judge, SDSU | 2 | 50 | 0 | 43 |
| J. Pressley, UNM | 3 | 21 | 0 | 11 |
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Donnel Pumphrey rushed for a career-high 246 yards and two touchdowns and Chase Price added 141 yards and a score to lead San Diego State to a 24-14 win at New Mexico on Oct. 10.
Pumphrey and Price helped the Aztecs rush for 397 yards, the eighth most in single-game history (third most in SDSU's Division I history), and lead San Diego State to the win in Rocky Long's first game as head coach at his alma mater.
Long, the all-time winningest coach in the Mountain West, who coached at New Mexico from 1998-08 and graduated from UNM in 1974, has now been on the winning sideline in each of the last 13 times the two teams have played (2001-08 as head coach with the Lobos, 2009-10 as defensive coordinator with the Aztecs and 2011, 2013-14 as the head coach at SDSU).
Pumphrey got his 246 yards on 20 attempts (12.3 avg.) with 93 of them coming on a touchdown run in the third quarter. It was the true sophomore's fourth 100-yard game of the season (in six contests) and seventh of his career. The 246 yards were the 13th most in a game in school history.
Price rumbled for 141 yards on 17 carries (8.3 avg.) for his first 100-yard game of his career. He became the 74th player in school history to rush for at least 100 yards in a game.
It was the 18th time in school history that San Diego State had multiple 100-yard rushers, where the Aztecs are 17-1 in those occasions.
SDSU wasted no time on its opening drive, taking it 70 yards on 14 plays over 6:29 before Donny Hageman nailed a 25-yard field goal. It was the seventh straight make for Hageman, who improved to 8-for-9 on the year on field goal tries. True freshman Nick Bawden, making his second career start, got San Diego State out of a jam with a 15-yard run on a third and 12 and later connected on a 43-yard strike to Eric Judge on a 3rd and 15, the longest pass of his short career. Bawden would go onto become just the second Aztec true freshman to start at quarterback in a SDSU victory.
The score would remain 3-0 until early in the second quarter when Pumphrey took San Diego State's first play 49 yards for the score with 11:37 left in the half.
New Mexico answered Pumphrey's rushing touchdown with a quick 5-play, 75-yard drive over 1:17, culminating with a 45-yard pass from Lamar Jordan to Carlos Wiggins with 10:20 to play.
The Wiggins' grab would be the final score of the first half as the Aztecs held onto a 10-7 lead.
After forcing a punt to start the second half, SDSU took another 10-point lead when Price scored on a 27-yard touchdown run. The drive, which went 56 yards in just three plays over 0:36, was led by quarterback Quinn Kaehler, who entered the game in the beginning of the third quarter.
The Lobos responded with a 13-play, 75-yard drive over 6:29, ending with a 1-yard run by Teriyon Gipson to bring the game back to three points at 17-14.
San Diego State appeared to seal the game when Pumphrey took the second play of the drive 93 yards for the score. The 93-yard rush was the second longest in the Aztecs' Division I era (since 1999) and the third-longest rushing play in program history.
SDSU was unable to put the game out of reach as it committed four turnovers in the fourth quarter, including three straight plays and four times in six snaps. UNM, however, never got into San Diego State's side of the field en route to its fifth consecutive loss to the Aztecs.
SDSU won its 10th consecutive game in the Mountain time zone, the longest active streak in the nation, and won for the 15th time in the past 18 contests.
San Diego State finished the game with a 245-yard advantage in rushing (397-152), its fifth-largest advantage in the Division I era. New Mexico came into the weekend ranked fourth in the nation at 322.40 yards per game.
Josh Gavert led the Aztec defense with 11 tackles, including 0.5 tackles for loss, and his first interception of the season (third of career). Calvin Munson added eight stops and 1.0 TFL, while J.J. Whittaker and Na'im McGee came up with six tackles apiece.
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| First Downs | 19 | 15 | ||||
| Total Yards | 470 | 263 | ||||
| Passing Yards | 73 | 111 | ||||
| Rushing Yards | 397 | 152 | ||||
| Number of Plays | 63 | 62 | ||||
| Penalties-Yards | 10-102 | 6-57 | ||||
| 3rd Down Conversions | 7 of 13 | 4 of 13 | ||||
| 4th Down Conversions | 0 of 0 | 0 of 1 | ||||
| Kick Return Yards | 13 | 38 | ||||
| Punt Return Yards | 16 | -1 | ||||
| Punts-Yards | 4 - 42.2 | 8 - 43.6 | ||||
| Turnovers | 4 | 1 | ||||
| Time of Possession | 27:49 | 32:11 | ||||