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The 2008
New Mexico Bowl The New Mexico Bowl is an NCAA-sanctioned post-season college football bowl game that has been played annually since 2006 at University Stadium (Albuquerque), University Stadium, on the campus of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New M ...
was a post-season American
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held on December 20, 2008 at University Stadium on the campus of the
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in
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as part of the 2008-09 NCAA Bowl season. The game, telecast on
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, featured the
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from the
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and the
Fresno State Bulldogs The Fresno State Bulldogs are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent California State University, Fresno (commonly referred to as Fresno State). The university is a member of NCAA Division I's Mountain West Conference (MW). It was a ...
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 (Kevin Goessling kick), 11:46. ''Fresno State 7-0. Drive: 7 plays, 72 yards, 3:14.'' **CSU – Grant Stucker 18-yard run (Jason Smith kick), 09:37. ''Colorado State 7-7. Drive: 4 plays, 84 yards, 2:09.'' **FRES – Anthony Harding 2-yard run (Kevin Goessling kick), 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 (Kevin Goessling kick), 04:26. ''Fresno State 21-13. Drive: 4 plays, 80 yards, 1:24.'' **CSU – Kory Sperry 22-yard pass from Billy Ferris (Jason Smith kick), 00:02. ''Fresno State 21-20. Drive: 12 plays, 87 yards, 4:24.'' *3rd Quarter **FRES – Anthony Harding 2-yard run (Kevin Goessling kick), 08:31. ''Fresno State 28-20. Drive: 7 plays, 59 yards, 3:51.'' *4th Quarter **CSU – Gartrell Johnson 1-yard run (Johnson run failed), 09:45. ''Fresno State 28-26. Drive: 7 plays, 32 yards, 3:41.'' **CSU – Rashaun Greer 69-yard pass from Billy Ferris (Jason Smith kick), 07:00. ''Colorado State 33-28. Drive: 3 plays, 73 yards, 1:07.'' **CSU – Gartrell Johnson 77-yard run (Johnson run failed), 01:46. ''Colorado State 40-28. Drive: 2 plays, 85 yards, 0:57.'' **FRES – Ryan Skidmore 7-yard pass from Tom Brandstater (Kevin Goessling kick), 00:55. ''Colorado State 40-35. Drive: 5 plays, 59 yards, 0:51.''


Game Notes

*Gartrell Johnson set an FBS bowl game record for yards from scrimmage with 375 *Johnson's 285 rushing yards were second most in FBS bowl history (P.J. Daniels, 307 in 2003) *Johnson's rushing performance ranked second in Colorado State history *Colorado State won their first bowl game since 2001


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Box Score - ESPN
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