| 2021 PUBG Mobile New Mexico Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 16th New Mexico Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 18, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | University Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Albuquerque, New Mexico | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Offense: Jordan Mims (RB, Fresno State) Defense: Elijah Gates (DB, Fresno State)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Fresno State by 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | David Siegle (MAC)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 16,422 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN ESPN Radio | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | ESPN: John Schriffen (play-by-play), Rene Ingoglia (analyst), and Stormy Buonantony (sideline) ESPN Radio: Mike Corey (play-by-play) and Hutson Mason (analyst) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | ESPN Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Matheus Pinheiro (play-by-play) and Weinny Eirado (analyst) | ||||||||||||||||||
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The 2021 New Mexico Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 18, 2021, with kickoff at 2:15 p.m. EST (12:15 p.m. local MST) on ESPN.[3] It was the 16th edition of the New Mexico Bowl, and was one of the 2021–22 bowl games concluding the 2021 FBS football season. Due to sponsorship from video game PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Mobile, the game was branded as the 2021 PUBG Mobile New Mexico Bowl.
Consistent with conference tie-ins, the game will be played between teams from the Conference USA (C-USA) and Mountain West Conference (MWC). The bowl also has a tie-in with the American Athletic Conference (AAC).
This will be the thirteenth meeting between UTEP and Fresno State; the Bulldogs lead the all-time series 8-3-1.[4] From 1992 until 2004, both teams were together as members of the Western Athletic Conference.
The Miner started out their season at 2-0, after beating both New Mexico State and Bethune–Cookman (FCS). The program suffered its first loss against Boise State. Following the loss they won 4 games in a row against with a record of 6-1, New Mexico, Old Dominion, Southern Miss, and Louisiana Tech. After the 4 game winning streak, they followed up 3 straight losses to Florida Atlantic, UTSA and North Texas. The Miners ended their 4 game losing streak with a win over Rice. To end their season UTEP lost to UAB for a final record of 7-5.
2021 PUBG Mobile New Mexico Bowl
| Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| UTEP | 7 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| Fresno State | 9 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 31 |
atDreamstyle Stadium • Albuquerque, New Mexico
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| Statistics | UTEP | FRES |
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| First downs | 16 | 25 |
| Plays–yards | 57–398 | 76–467 |
| Rushes–yards | 28–95 | 35–181 |
| Passing yards | 303 | 286 |
| Passing: comp–att–int | 13–29–1 | 26–41–0 |
| Time of possession | 25:17 | 34:43 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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| UTEP | Passing | Gavin Hardison | 12/27, 252 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT |
| Rushing | Ronald Awatt | 14 carries, 40 yards, 1 TD | |
| Receiving | Tyrin Smith | 3 receptions, 61 yards | |
| Fresno State | Passing | Jake Haener | 26/41, 286 yards, 1 TD |
| Rushing | Jordan Mims | 29 carries, 165 yards, 2 TD | |
| Receiving | Jalen Cropper | 9 receptions, 72 yards |
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