The Montana State Bobcats rode a fourth quarter surge in Albuquerque to a 35-31 victory over the New Mexico Lobos. Trailing 31-14 at the beginning of the fourth
quarter, the Bobcats scored 21 unanswered points to exit Week Zero with a victory and hand New Mexico a discouraging loss in head coach Bronco Mendenhall's first game at the helm.
-Two defensive scores gave New Mexico hope early in the game. Christian Ellis picked up a fumble forced by linebacker Jayden Wilson and ran it back for a 38-yard touchdown. First one for new mexico since 2021. Noah Avinger ran back the second QB fumble for a score early in the third quarter, though that call was less obvious, going to a review with Montana State convinced that the call should have been an incomplete pass.
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