FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) - Conner Smith threw a fourth-quarter touchdown pass, and Kevin Pierre-Louis batted away a last-play pass in the end zone as Colorado State held on to defeat New Mexico 24-20 Saturday night.
With the Rams trailing 20-17 with 3:06 left, Smith, who was 19 for 26 for 254 yards and two TDs passing, took over at the Colorado State 24. It took seven plays and a key 6-yard run on fourth and 2 by Chris Nwoke to set up a 30-yard pass to Joe Hansley with 1:29 left.
Donnell Alexander ran for 112 yards for the Rams (4-8, 3-5 Mountain West).
After Hansley's touchdown, B.J. Holbrook was 5 of 6 passing and ran for 6 yards in driving the Lobos (4-9, 1-7) to the Colorado State 16, but missed his next two passes.
After a timeout, Holbrook, who was 12 of 21 for 205 yards and a touchdown, attempted to get a pass to Cory Wiggins in the end zone, but Pierre-Louis got in the way.
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| Scoring Summary |
| COLOST | Joe Hansley 29 yd pass from Conner Smith (Jared Roberts kick) |
| COLOST | Donnell Alexander 3 yd run (Jared Roberts kick) |
| NMEX | Kasey Carrier 1 yd run (Justus Adams kick) |
| COLOST | Jared Roberts 48 yd FG |
| NMEX | Justus Adams 38 yd FG |
| NMEX | Justus Adams 30 yd FG |
| NMEX | Jhurell Pressley 55 yd pass from B.R. Holbrook (Justus Adams kick) |
| COLOST | Joe Hansley 30 yd pass from Conner Smith (Jared Roberts kick) |
| Team Stats | ||
| NMEX | COLOST | |
| First Downs | 17 | 26 |
| Third Down Efficiency | 5-14 | 2-10 |
| Fourth Down Efficiency | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| Plays-Net Yards | 58-342 | 62-413 |
| Rushes-Yds | 37-137 | 36-159 |
| Passing Yds | 205 | 254 |
| Kick Return Yds | 75 | 37 |
| Punt Return Yds | 30 | 2 |
| Passes | 12-21-0 | 19-26-1 |
| Punts | 5-252 | 4-200 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 2-0 | 1-0 |
| Penalties-Yds | 4-74 | 4-47 |
| Time of Poss. | 28:9 | 31:51 |
| Individual Stats |
| RUSHING |
| NMEX: Kasey Carrier 16-59, Cole Gautsche 10-41, B.R. Holbrook 3-13, Lamaar Thomas 4-12, Chase Clayton 2-7, Jhurell Pressley 1-3, Crusoe Gongbay 1-2 |
| COLOST: Donnell Alexander 24-112, Chris Nwoke 11-49, Joe Hansley 1--2 |
| PASSING |
| NMEX: B.R. Holbrook 12-21-205-0 |
| COLOST: Conner Smith 19-26-254-1 |
| RECEIVING |
| NMEX: Lamaar Thomas 4-35, Ty Kirk 3-39, Carlos Wiggins 2-24, Jhurell Pressley 1-55, Andrew Aho 1-48, Kasey Carrier 1-4 |
| COLOST: Joe Hansley 5-102, Marquise Law 5-57, Charles Lovett 4-35, Crockett Gillmore 3-46, Austin Gillmore 1-11, Jake Levin 1-3 |
| Standings | |||
| Team | Standings | Conference | Overall |
| New Mexico | 9th Mountain West | 1-7 | 4-9 |
| Colorado State | 6th Mountain West | 3-5 | 4-8 |
