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Utah Utes © |
New Mexico Lobos |
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Played November 5, 1994 at University Stadium Albuquerque, New Mexico |
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Teams' Belt Records
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Team |
Belt Reigns |
Overall Record |
Home Record |
Away Record |
Neutral Record |
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L |
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PCT |
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L |
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PCT |
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PCT |
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PCT |
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| Utah © | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | ||||
| New Mexico | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | ||||||||
Previous Belt Meetings: None
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1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Final |
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Utah |
14 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
21 |
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New Mexico |
0 |
11 |
3 |
9 |
23 |
The 3-6 New Mexico Lobos of coach Dennis Franchione hosted the 9th ranked, 8-0 Utah Utes & coach Ron McBride. New Mexico's PK Nathan Vail connected on 3 field goals as the Lobos upset the Utes to claim their first Belt reign with a 23-21 victory. New Mexico shutout the Utes in the 2nd half after giving up 305 yards & 21 points in the 1st half. It seemed early that Utah would extend their unbeaten streak when QB Mike McCoy found WR Kevin Dyson for a 56-yard touchdown pass & RB Charlie Brown scored on an 8-yard touchdown run giving the Utes a 14-0 1st quarter lead. New Mexico got on the board when Vail hit a field goal from 45 yards but Brown’s second touchdown down came from 12 yards & Utah extended the lead to 21-3. New Mexico's RB Eric Young score on a 5-yard touchdown run &, with the successful 2-point conversion, the Lobos closed to 21-11 at the half. Vail’s 22-yard field goal accounted for the only points of the 3rd quarter but New Mexico still trailed 21-14. It looked like the Lobos had tied the game when All-WAC QB Stoney Case found WR Roy White for a 2-yard touchdown pass but the missed extra-point attempt left New Mexico trailing 21-20. With 3:10 left to play, the Lobos faced a 4th & 3 from their own 27-yard line. Instead of punting, Coach Franchione chose to try a pass allowing Case to find WR Gavin Pearlman open at the 35-yard line. Pearlman broke a tackle before racing 56 yards to the Utah 17-yard line & setting up Vail’s field goal with just seconds left that sealed the upset. Case finished with 240 yards passing with a touchdown while Pearlman added 5 catches for 123 yards to his score. For Utah, McCoy threw for 314 yards with a touchdown but 2 interceptions while Brown added 103 yards on the ground to his 2 scores. The Utes finished the season 10-2; ranked 10th nationally while the Lobos finished 5-7. Utah would play for The Belt again in 1996.
