Saturday, December 19th, 2015
New Mexico Bowl
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The Arizona Wildcats take on the New Mexico Lobos on Saturday, December 19th, 2015 in the New Mexico Bowl. The opening line for this game has Arizona as 11.5 point favorites and the over/under was set at 62.
Brandon Dawkins finished his last game with 305 yards through the air for Arizona. He completed 16 passes out of 30 attempts for a 53% completion percentage. The Wildcats were led in rushing by Brandon Dawkins, who finished with 78 yards on 21 rushes. He ended the contest with an average of 4 yards per carry. Trey Griffey was the team leader in receiving with a total of 138 yards and 2 receptions. He finished the game with an average of 69 yards per reception. As a team in that game Arizona totaled 449 yards by way of 77 plays. They rushed the ball 34 times for a total of 109 yards on the game and the Wildcats totaled 19 first downs by getting 5 rushing, 13 passing and 1 by penalty.
Lamar Jordan finished his last game with 135 yards through the air for New Mexico. He completed 4 passes out of 9 attempts for a 44% completion percentage. The Lobos were led in rushing by Jhurell Pressley, who finished with 170 yards on 17 rushes. He ended the contest with an average of 10 yards per carry. Reece White was the team leader in receiving with a total of 58 yards and 2 receptions. He finished the game with an average of 29 yards per reception. New Mexico totaled 512 yards by way of 65 plays. They rushed the ball 56 times for a total of 377 yards on the game and the Lobos totaled 17 first downs by getting 13 rushing, 4 passing and 0 by penalty.
Arizona is scoring 36.8 points per game on offense this season. In the passing department, they are averaging 21.7 passes on 36.8 attempts for a 59 percent completion percentage this season. They throw for a total of 267.3 yards per game through the air as well. The Wildcats are running for an average of 226.9 yards per game on 41.1 attempts for an average of 5.5 yards per carry. They run 77.8 plays per game and average 6.3 yards per play for an average of 494.2 total yards each outing. The Wildcats get 24.9 first downs per game and they average 50.3 penalty yards via 5.8 penalties each contest.
Arizona allows 274.8 passing yards per game and 35.7 points per contest on defense. They give up 22.2 completions on 35.1 attempts per game for a completion percentage of 63.2. The Wildcats give up 188.5 rushing yards per contest on 42.7 carries for a 4.4 average per carry. Arizona allows 463.3 total yards per game including 6 yards per play. They force 1.1 turnovers per contest and get flagged for 7.3 penalties for 68.8 yards per game.
New Mexico averages 29.3 points per game this season on offense. In the passing department, they complete 8.9 passes per game on 17.3 attempts for a 51.7 percent completion percentage. They are throwing for 129.8 yards through the air per game thus far. The Lobos run for an average of 249.2 yards per game on 47.3 attempts for an average of 5.3 yards per carry this season. They run 64.6 plays per game and average 5.9 yards per play for an average of 379 total yards per game. The Lobos are averaging 17.5 first downs per outing and accumulate 61.7 penalty yards via 6.8 penalties each game.
New Mexico allows an average of 237.7 passing yards and 27 points per contest. They give up 17.3 completions on 29.6 attempts for a completion percentage of 58.3 per game. The Lobos give up 194.3 rushing yards per game on 43.3 carries for an average of 4.5 yards per carry. New Mexico allows 431.9 total yards per game for an average of 5.9 yards per play. They force 1.9 turnovers per contest and 5.3 penalties for 42.3 yards in each contest.
Arizona Betting Trends
Arizona is 9-3-0 against the over/under so far this season
Arizona has an ATS record of 6-6-0 this season
New Mexico Betting Trends
New Mexico is 5-7-0 against the over/under so far this season
New Mexico has an ATS record of 6-6-0 this season
Injuries to Watch
Arizona
12/06/15 QB Anu Solomon Head "?" Saturday vs. New Mexico
12/06/15 OL Freddie Tagaloa Knee "?" Saturday vs. New Mexico
11/15/15 LB Jake Matthews Foot out for season
10/29/15 LB Derrick Turituri Hip out indefinitely
09/28/15 LB Scooby Wright III Foot out indefinitely
08/29/15 LB Cody Ippolito Knee out for season
08/28/15 TE Trevor Wood Shoulder out for season
08/13/15 OL Carter Wood Foot out for season
New Mexico
10/15/15 S Markel Byrd Suspension out indefinitely
10/05/15 DL Kene Okonkwo Ankle out indefinitely
09/06/15 C Toye Adewon Undisclosed out for season
09/01/15 OT Johnny Vizcaino Concussion out for season
09/01/15 LB Richard Winston Headache out indefinitely
Tony's Pick: Take Arizona
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