New Mexico at Air Force

Saturday, October 9, 2004

Air Force beat New Mexico 28–⁠23. It was their 22nd meeting; after it, Air Force led the series 13–⁠9.

AwayNew Mexico7–⁠5 in 2004
23
HomeAir Force5–⁠6 in 2004
28

Final at Falcon Stadium, Colorado SpringsTV: ESGPAttendance 36,369

At kickoff
66°F, mostly cloudy, wind 11 mph from the southWeather: NOAA NCEI Integrated Surface Database; Air Force Academy (KAFF), 4 km from the stadium, 30 minutes before kickoff

Scoring by quarter

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
New Mexico0016723
Air Force1470728

Standouts

Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.

Player stats

New Mexico

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
Tali Ena9/2211901
RushingCarYdsTDLong
Dontrell Moore29110011
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Hank Baskett5107057
Mike Augustyniak2905
Travis Brown1707

Air Force

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
Shaun Carney4/99500
RushingCarYdsTDLong
Darnell Stephens894158
Anthony Butler1379128
Adam Cole112414
Shaun Carney132119
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Greg Kirkwood133033
Alec Messerall130030
J.P. Waller126026
Justin Handley1606
InterceptionsIntYdsTD
Nate Allen1260

From CollegeFootballData’s box score. Names lead to each player’s page. ★ a career high on file.

Team stats

New MexicoAir Force
259Total yards334
130Passing yards105
140Rushing yards239
5.4Yards per pass10.6
3.4Yards per rush4.5
13First downs17
4–⁠15Third downs5–⁠14
0–⁠3Fourth downs0–⁠0
1Turnovers0
0–⁠0Penalties0–⁠0
17:21Possession19:04

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Air Force 51% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Air Force leads 26–⁠16 in 42 meetings, counting the 20 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025New Mexico 20, Air Force 3
2024New Mexico 52, Air Force 37
2022Air Force 35, New Mexico 3
2021Air Force 38, New Mexico 10
2020Air Force 28, New Mexico 0
2019Air Force 44, New Mexico 22

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