SportsDirect Inc. staff
Nov 22, 2014
No. 23 Colorado State 58, New Mexico 20: Dee Hart rushed for 230 yards and scored six touchdowns to tie a Mountain West Conference record for the host Rams.
Garrett Grayson completed 23-of-29 passes for 389 yards and three touchdowns for Colorado State (10-1, 6-1 MWC). Rashard Higgins finished with 10 catches for 167 yards and two touchdowns to break the schoolกฏs single-season record for receiving yardage.
Jhurell Pressley rushed for 109 yards while Teriyon Gipson added another 86 yards on the ground and a touchdown for New Mexico (3-8, 1-6). Lamar Jordan completed just 3-of-11 passes for 55 yards, but rushed for 74 yards and a score, helping the Lobos total 301 yards on the ground.
New Mexico fumbled the opening kickoff and Jasen Oden Jr. recovered at the Lobos 24. Five plays later, Grayson threw a 7-yard TD pass to Higgins, the first of five first-half touchdowns for the Rams.
Oden Jr. recovered another fumbled kickoff after Colorado State had moved ahead 14-0 and the Rams quickly capitalized with Hartกฏs 6-yard TD run. The Lobos got on the scoreboard with Jordanกฏs 10-yard TD run but Colorado State quickly answered with Hartกฏs 76-yard TD run and the lead would eventually balloon to 37-7 at the half.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The Rams, who amassed a school-record 698 yards, have won nine in a row to match their longest winning streak since 1997. กญ Colorado State K Jared Roberts missed a point-after in the second quarter, ending his school record of consecutive makes at 111. กญ New Mexico came in allowing an average of 276.7 rushing yards per game and surrendered 292 to the Rams.