2004 Week 13

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico - Statistics can be misleading. Take, for example, the total yards gained by Wyoming and New Mexico Saturday. Wyoming finished with 588 total yards, and New Mexico finished with 589. Yet the game was never really in doubt, as the Lobos notched a convincing 35-21 victory over the Cowboys.

As was the case most of the year, Wyoming struggled to run the ball, finishing with 34 yards on 25 carries. That led to third and long all afternoon, which resulted in a dismal 3-13 performance on third down, and three interceptions.

"It's nothing new," head coach Joe Glenn announced.

"We couldn't run the ball at the beginning of the year, we couldn't run it last week, and we sure as hell couldn't run it today. In fact, we couldn't even hang onto the ball today. We're not going to beat anybody decent as long as our only offensive threat is Wingate's arm."

On the afternoon, Wyoming turned the ball over five times, including the three interceptions by Wingate and two fumbles, that gave New Mexico good field position all day. Considering the short field, the defense actually played a decent game. Strong safety Solomon Swift, starting in place of the injured Herbert Holland, led the way with ten tackles.

With the loss, Wyoming falls to 6-5 on the year. The Cowboys have one last chance to secure a winning season next week against UNLV.