The Nevada Wolf Pack will get one more chance to improve on their weak ATS record for the season on December 15 as they take on the Arizona Wildcats as an underdog on the college football betting lines at the New Mexico Bowl.
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New Mexico Bowl
Saturday, December 15 @ 1:00pm ET
University Stadium, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Team: Nevada Wolf Pack
Conference: Mountain West
Records: 7-5 SU, 3-8-1 ATS, 6-5 OU
Team: Arizona Wildcats
Conference: Pacific-12
Records: 7-4 SU, 6-5 ATS, 7-3 OU
Opening Spread / Total (from BetOnline)
Arizona -8 / 75 Points
[New Mexico Bowl Matchup Stats]
New Mexico Bowl Betting Trends: Past four bowl games went OVER the total . . . Arizona outscored 69-10 in past two bowl losses.
New Mexico Bowl History
Data includes original name of bowl, current name, teams, point spread of the second listed team, SU winner and ATS winner.
| 2006 | New Mexico Bowl | San Jose State | 20 | New Mexico | 12 | -3 | SJ.ST | SJ.ST |
| 2007 | New Mexico Bowl | Nevada | 0 | New Mexico | 23 | -2 | NEWMEX | NEWMEX |
| 2008 | New Mexico Bowl | Fresno State | 35 | Colorado State | 40 | 2 | COLOST | COLOST |
| 2009 | New Mexico Bowl | Wyoming | 35 | Fresno State | 28 | -10.5 | WYOMNG | WYOMNG |
| 2010 | New Mexico Bowl | Texas El Paso | 24 | BYU | 52 | -10.5 | BYU | BYU |
| 2011 | New Mexico Bowl | Temple | 37 | Wyoming | 15 | 7 | TEMPLE | TEMPLE |
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In just their fourth bowl appearance all time the Temple Owls look for their first bowl win since 1979 in the New Mexico Bowl against the Wyoming Cowboys.
For lines and totals on all of this year's bowl games head over to the college football betting board at 5Dimes today.
New Mexico Bowl
Saturday, December 17 @ 2:00pm ET
University Stadium, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Team: Temple Owls
Conference: Mid-American
Records: 8-4 SU, 8-4 ATS, 5-7 OU
Team: Wyoming Cowboys
Conference: Mountain West
Records: 8-4 SU, 7-5 ATS, 4-7-1 OU
Spread / Total (from )
Temple -7.0 / 48 Points
[New Mexico Bowl Matchup Stats]
The Temple Owls and the Wyoming Cowboys will kick bowl season off on December 17 in the New Mexico Bowl. Both teams finished the season with 8-4 records and went 5-2 over their last seven games.
With the seventh-best rushing attack in the nation averaging 256.7 yards per carry, Temple hopes to have a field day on the ground against a Wyoming rushing defense that ranks 115th in the country allowing 230.1 rushing yards per game. The total went UNDER in each of Wyoming’s last five games and in 15 of Temple’s last 23.
Bernard Pierce had a fantastic season for the Owls, rushing for 1,381 yards and 25 touchdowns on 248 carries. Pierce had 189 yards and three touchdowns in Temple’s regular season finale against Kent State.
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The BYU Cougars will be in search of their fourth bowl title in six appearances when they are big favorites on New Mexico Bowl odds against the UTEP Miners, who have dropped four straight bowl games.
New Mexico Bowl
Saturday, December 18 @ 2pm ET
University Stadium, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Team: Brigham Young Cougars
Conference: Mountain West Conference
Records: 6-6 SU, 7-5 ATS, 3-9 OU
Team: UTEP Miners
Conference: Conference USA
Records: 6-6 SU, 5-6 ATS, 5-6 OU
Spread / Total (from Sportsbook.ag)
BYU -12 / 49 Points
[New Mexico Bowl Matchup Stats]
The Cougars finished the season strong at 4-1 SU and ATS, and could be in line to cover the 12-point spread when college football betting cranks up a notch in December. UNDER bettors were rewarded in nine of the past 12 BYU games.
Trevor Vittatoe did not reach 3,000 yards for the first time in his college career, and it’s the school’s first time since 2005 they haven’t won 10 games. With wide receiver Ross Apo questionable, Vittatoe might have to look for other targets.
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A ground assault could be questionable too with running back Mike Hague possibly out. Defense has held BYU in many games, and is the lone bright spot on a team that had set higher goals at the beginning of the season.
The Miners dug themselves a hole after exploding out of the gates to start the season, dropping five of their final six games. The team is ranked below the league-average in nearly every defensive and offensive category.
UTEP is not a team that is notorious for covering the spread in NCAAF odds, going 2-4 ATS in its final six regular-season contests. With an ailing offense, the Miners are not known for jacking up the score either, as four of their final six games paid out to UNDER bettors.
UTEP is averaging 157 yards rushing per game, which is the only team stat above the league average. If they stand any chance at earning their first bowl game win in awhile, this is the area that needs to excel.
