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Utah State at New Mexico State

    Utah St. 24, New Mexico St. 21


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    LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) - Adam Kennedy threw three touchdown passes, the last to Matt Austin with 35 seconds left, as Utah State defeated New Mexico State 24-21 on Saturday.

    The 8-yard pass capped a 13-play, 83-yard drive. Kennedy and Austin collaborated on another scoring pass, with 1:39 left in the first half, to give Utah State (7-6, 6-2 in WAC) a 14-7 lead.

    Kennedy completed 12 of 16 passes for 123 yards. He also rushed for 96 yards, part of a 395-yard effort on the ground. Michael Smith ran for 121 yards and Robert Turbin had 98. Utah State had 515 yards total offense.

    New Mexico State (4-9, 2-4) took a 21-17 lead with 8:29 left in the game on a 3-yard run by Kenny Turner.

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    Scoring Summary
    UTSTRobert Turbin 21 yd pass from Adam Kennedy (Josh Thompson kick)
    NMSTMatt Christian 16 yd run (Tyler Stampler kick)
    UTSTMatt Austin 6 yd pass from Adam Kennedy (Josh Thompson kick)
    NMSTKemonte Bateman 51 yd pass from Matt Christian (Tyler Stampler kick)
    UTSTJosh Thompson 23 yd FG
    NMSTKenny Turner 3 yd run (Tyler Stampler kick)
    UTSTMatt Austin 8 yd pass from Adam Kennedy (Josh Thompson kick)
     
    Team Stats
     UTSTNMST
    First Downs2817
    Third Down Efficiency8-174-14
    Fourth Down Efficiency1-30-0
    Plays-Net Yards90-51564-397
    Rushes-Yds73-39224-145
    Passing Yds123252
    Kick Return Yds8668
    Punt Return Yds100
    Passes12-17-117-40-2
    Punts5-1908-313
    Fumbles-Lost2-11-1
    Penalties-Yds4-403-20
    Time of Poss.38:022:0
     
    Individual Stats
    RUSHING
    UTST: Michael Smith 18-121, Robert Turbin 25-98, Adam Kennedy 15-95, Kerwynn Williams 12-68, Chuck Jacobs 1-12, Team 2--2
    NMST: Kenny Turner 13-65, Matt Christian 9-48, Todd Lee 1-31, Robert Clay 1-1
    PASSING
    UTST: Adam Kennedy 12-16-123-1, Stanley Morrison 0-1-0-0
    NMST: Matt Christian 17-40-252-2
    RECEIVING
    UTST: Matt Austin 5-32, Stanley Morrison 4-60, Robert Turbin 1-21, Michael Smith 1-5, Eric Moats 1-5
    NMST: Taveon Rogers 6-73, Todd Lee 4-54, Kemonte Bateman 2-54, Austin Franklin 2-16, Trevor Walls 1-24, Robert Clay 1-23, David Quiroga 1-8