2009 New Mexico Bowl
Wyoming edges Fresno St. in double overtime, wins New Mexico Bowl
2009 Game Photos | Official Stats Book | ESPN Coverage ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. --- Wyoming trailed by 11 points in the fourth quarter. Its offense was led by a freshman quarterback, its defense was facing the nation's leading rusher. Time to worry? Not these comeback Cowboys. Freshman Austyn Carta-Samuels threw three touchdown passes, the last a 13-yarder to David Leonard in the second overtime Saturday, and Wyoming rallied past Fresno State 35-28 in the New Mexico Bowl. "Same old deal for all of us," Carta-Samuels said. "We knew we could do it." The first of 34 bowls was a high-scoring matchup that was decided at the end by defense. |
Wyoming (7-6) stopped the nation's leading rusher, Fresno State's Ryan Mathews, on three rushing attempts from the 1 in the first overtime. The Bulldogs (8-5) tried a quarterback sneak on third down, and Mathews came up short again on fourth down. "If you can't put it in from the 1-yard line, you have to give a lot of credit to the defensive stand by Wyoming," Bulldogs coach Pat Hill said. "We had our chances." The Cowboys, who won four times this season after rallying in the fourth quarter, scored on the first possession in double overtime, then held Fresno State on downs. |
| MWC 2009 Standings | MWC W-L |
Overall W-L |
| TCU |
8-0 | 12-0 |
| BYU |
7-1 | 10-2 |
| Utah |
6-2 | 9-3 |
| Air Force |
5-3 | 7-5 |
| Wyoming |
4-4 | 6-6 |
| UNLV |
3-5 | 5-7 |
| San Diego State |
2-6 | 4-8 |
| New Mexico |
1-7 | 1-11 |
| Colorado State |
0-8 | 3-9 |
| WAC 2009 Standings | WAC W-L |
Overall W-L |
| Boise State |
7-0 | 12-0 |
| Nevada |
7-1 | 8-4 |
| Fresno State |
6-2 | 8-4 |
| Idaho |
4-4 | 7-5 |
| Hawai`i |
3-5 | 6-7 |
| Louisiana Tech |
3-5 | 4-8 |
| Utah State |
3-5 | 4-8 |
| New Mexico State |
1-7 | 3-10 |
| San Jose State |
1-7 | 2-10 |
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