Game Notes
- New Mexico's 23-0 victory was its first bowl victory in 46 years, the last victory coming in December 1961 when the Lobos won the only edition of the Aviation Bowl.
- New Mexico became the 89th different team to win a bowl game since Notre Dame's last bowl game win.
- The Nevada loss marked the first time the Wolf Pack had been shut out since 1980, a 330-game streak that was the longest such streak in the NCAA at that time.
- During the game, defensive end Michael Tuhoy set the Mountain West Conference career sacks record.
- The Lobos' bowl win drought was the fifth-longest in the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. Northwestern holds the longest streak; its last win was in the 1949 Rose Bowl.
- Paul Baker got the start at running back, as the usual starter was declared academically ineligible.
- Nevada's last five bowl games before this one were decided by three points or fewer.
- Both school nicknames relate to the wolf family.
- Nevada will join New Mexico in the MWC starting in 2012.
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