College Football
BOXSCORE
Liberty 30, New Mexico State 24
When: 10:15 PM   ET ,  Saturday, September 7, 2024
Where: Aggie Memorial Stadium, Las Cruces, New Mexico
Attendance: 16562
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Liberty 3 6 0 21 30
New Mexico State 10 7 0 7 24
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 7:23
New Mexico State   FG  New Mexico State 3 - Liberty 0
Abraham Montano 29 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 5:39
New Mexico State   TD  New Mexico State 10 - Liberty 0
Monte Watkins 64 yd. pass from Parker Awad (Abraham Montano kick)
1st Quarter - 2:53
Liberty   FG  New Mexico State 10 - Liberty 3
Colin Karhu 39 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 13:15
New Mexico State   TD  New Mexico State 17 - Liberty 3
Seth McGowan 5 yd. pass from Parker Awad (Abraham Montano kick)
2nd Quarter - 5:55
Liberty   FG  New Mexico State 17 - Liberty 6
Colin Karhu 31 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 0:37
Liberty   FG  New Mexico State 17 - Liberty 9
Colin Karhu 29 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 9:45
Liberty   TD  New Mexico State 17 - Liberty 15
CJ Bazile Jr. 22 yd. fumble recovery (kick failed)
4th Quarter - 7:42
New Mexico State   TD  New Mexico State 24 - Liberty 15
Parker Awad 2 yd. run (Abraham Montano kick)
4th Quarter - 5:12
Liberty   TD  New Mexico State 24 - Liberty 22
Quinton Cooley 27 yd. run (Colin Karhu kick)
4th Quarter - 1:05
Liberty   TD  New Mexico State 24 - Liberty 30
Quinton Cooley 44 yd. run (Reese Smith pass from Kaidon Salter)
TEAMS
Team Records
  Liberty New Mexico State
W‑L 2 - 0 - 0 1 - 1 - 0
Conference 1 - 0 - 0 0 - 1 - 0
Team Stats
  Liberty New Mexico State
Score 30 24
1st Downs 18 18
3rd Down Efficiency 1-for-11
9%		 3-for-15
20%
4th Down Efficiency 1-for-2
50%		 1-for-2
50%
Total Yards 473 275
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards 35-217 44-117
Average/Rush 6.2 2.7
Passing
Comp-Att 16-29 9-22
Passing Yards 256 158
Average/Pass Play 8.3 6.1
Penalties-Yards 11-122 9-58
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1
Interceptions Thrown 0 0
Time of Possession 28:56 31:04
PLAYER STATS
Liberty (2 - 0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
K. Salter 16/29 256 0 0
New Mexico State (1 - 1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
P. Awad 9/22 158 2 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
Q. Cooley 12 111 9.2 2
V. Blue 4 61 15.2 0
B. Lucas 8 23 2.9 0
K. Salter 10 23 2.3 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
S. McGowan 15 66 4.4 0
M. Washington 14 61 4.4 0
M. Watkins 3 14 4.7 0
P. Johnson III 1 -3 -3.0 0
P. Awad 10 -20 -2.0 1
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
T. Sibley 5 155 31.0 0
T. Mobley 4 32 8.0 0
R. Smith 2 23 11.5 0
B. Lucas 1 18 18.0 0
D. Copeland 2 13 6.5 0
E. Canion 1 11 11.0 0
B. Hanshaw 1 4 4.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
M. Watkins 1 64 64.0 1
S. McGowan 3 25 8.3 1
P. Johnson III 1 22 22.0 0
K. David 1 18 18.0 0
T. Pride 1 12 12.0 0
M. Washington 1 10 10.0 0
L. Neville 1 7 7.0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
T. Bush 2.0 18.0
Q. Reese 1.0 15.0
C. Bazile Jr. 0.5 4.0
L. Jones III 0.5 4.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
B. Peleti 1.5 10.0
N. Arinze 0.5 6.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
T. Bush 5 3
J. Carter 4 1
Q. Reese 4 1
B. Green 3 0
T. Jackson 2 1
B. Dixon 2 2
J. Brown 2 3
B. Jennings 1 0
M. Bell 1 0
M. Morgan 1 0
A. Oliver 1 1
C. Yates Jr. 1 1
C. Boti 1 1
J. Jolly Jr. 1 2
D. Ricks Jr 1 2
C. Bazile Jr. 1 5
B. Williams 0 1
C. Bodnar 0 1
L. Jones III 0 1
E. Nairne 0 4
Tackles
  Tk Ast
D. Hobbs 3 0
S. Aupiu 3 2
K. Glinton 2 1
D. Crosby 2 1
J. Cox 2 2
T. Barnes 2 2
T. Martinez 2 3
B. Peleti 2 3
J. Charles 1 0
C. Eberle 1 0
Z. Rodriguez-Brown 1 0
M. Ta'ase 1 0
D. Early 1 1
M. Lawson 1 2
N. Session 1 2
K. Edwards 1 4
N. Fahina 1 4
Q. Davis 0 1
J. Beadles 0 1
H. Davis III 0 1
L. Johnson 0 1
N. Arinze 0 1
C. Schnettgoecke 0 2
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
T. Bush 2.0 18.0
Q. Reese 1.0 15.0
C. Yates Jr. 1.0 3.0
J. Brown 1.0 1.0
C. Bazile Jr. 0.5 4.0
L. Jones III 0.5 4.0
B. Williams 0.5 1.0
C. Bodnar 0.5 0.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
B. Peleti 1.5 10.0
N. Arinze 0.5 6.0
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles
Fumbles
  NO.
P. Awad 1