San Diego State Aztecs

Isleta New Mexico Bowl

Ugh, no.

San Diego State Aztecs lost to the North Texas Mean Green

12-2 49 – 47

9-4

Final · Sat, Dec 27

Game Details

University Stadium (NM) (Albuquerque) · 18,867 fans · ESPN View tournament bracket →

Highlights

No. 23 North Texas beats San Diego State 49-47 in high-scoring New Mexico Bowl

Caleb Hawkins ran for two touchdowns and caught a scoring pass, Ashton Gray added a pair of rushing touchdowns and Cameron Dorner had two scoring catches as No. 22 North Texas beat San Diego State 49-47 in the New Mexico Bowl on Saturday night.

Recap via ESPN

0:24 Caleb Hawkins scores on 4-yard touchdown

0:21 Bert Emanuel Jr. rushes in for 8-yard touchdown

0:19 Ashton Gray runs for 17-yard rushing touchdown

0:31 Drew Mestemaker throws 23-yard touchdown pass to Caleb Hawkins

Clips play on ESPN

University Stadium (NM) · Albuquerque

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
UNT	21	7	14	7	49
SDSU	6	14	0	27	47

Win Probability · San Diego State Aztecs

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Game Leaders

North Texas Mean Green

Drew Mestemaker · 27/47, 250 YDS, 3 TD, 2 INTPassing Yards
Caleb Hawkins · 31 CAR, 198 YDS, 2 TDRushing Yards
CD Cameron Dorner · 6 REC, 66 YDS, 2 TDReceiving Yards
Evan Jackson · 1Sacks
Will Jones II · 14Tackles

San Diego State Aztecs

Kyle Crum · 14/29, 169 YDS, 1 TD, 2 INTPassing Yards
Bert Emanuel Jr. · 11 CAR, 170 YDS, 2 TDRushing Yards
Nathan Acevedo · 4 REC, 61 YDSReceiving Yards
Dalesean Staley · 13Tackles

2026 American Conference Standings

Team
Florida Atlantic
Memphis
UTSA
North Texas
UAB
South Florida
Army
Temple
East Carolina
Tulane
Tulsa
Rice
Charlotte
Navy

2026 Pac-12 Conference Standings

Team
Boise State
Fresno State
Oregon State
San Diego State
Colorado State
Texas State
Utah State
Washington State

Scoring

Q4 0:01

TD K. Crum run for 1 yd, for a TD (G. Plascencia KICK)49–47

Q4 4:39

TD C. Washington run for 11 yds, for a TD (Two-Point Conversion failed)49–40

Q4 6:08

TD D. Mestemaker pass to C. Dorner for 31 yds, for a TD (M. Arenas KICK)49–34

Q4 10:41

TD Sa. Evans punt for 42 yds, N. Acevedo returns for 63 yds for a TD (G. Plascencia KICK)42–34

Q4 12:03

TD K. Crum run for 11 yds, for a TD (G. Plascencia KICK)42–27

Q3 0:03

TD D. Mestemaker pass to C. Dorner for 1 yd, for a TD (M. Arenas KICK)42–20

Q3 6:34

TD C. Hawkins run for 3 yds, for a TD (M. Arenas KICK)35–20

Q2 4:36

TD K. Crum pass to J. Ford for 3 yds, for a TD (G. Plascencia KICK)28–20

Q2 13:28

TD A. Gray run for 51 yds, for a TD (M. Arenas KICK)28–13

Q2 14:49

TD B. Emanuel Jr. run for 72 yds, for a TD (G. Plascencia KICK)21–13

Q1 0:10

TD D. Mestemaker pass to C. Hawkins for 23 yds, for a TD (M. Arenas KICK)21–6

Q1 3:18

TD A. Gray run for 17 yds, for a TD (M. Arenas KICK)14–6

Q1 6:57

TD Bert Emanuel Jr. 8 Yd Run (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)7–6

Q1 11:32

TD Caleb Hawkins 9 Yd Run (Miguel Arenas Kick)7–0

Team Stats

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Offense

618 Total Yards 532

250 Passing Yards 206

368 Rushing Yards 326

28 First Downs 25

Efficiency

9-20 3rd Down 4-14

5-7 4th Down 3-5

27/49 Completions 18/36

Turnovers & Clock

2 Turnovers 3

10-90 Penalties 8-77

32:32 Possession 27:28

Box Score

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Drew Mestemaker	27/47	250	5.3	3	2	70.3
Team	0/1	0	0.0	0	0	--
Ashton Gray	0/1	0	0.0	0	0	4.7
Team	27/49	250	5.1	3	2	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Caleb Hawkins	31	198	6.4	2	49
Ashton Gray	16	152	9.5	2	51
Drew Mestemaker	2	18	9.0	0	14
Team	49	368	7.5	4	51

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Cameron Dorner	6	66	11.0	2	31
Wyatt Young	7	55	7.9	0	13
Landon Sides	5	49	9.8	0	23
Caleb Hawkins	3	25	8.3	1	23
Kyle Koch	2	17	8.5	0	10
Miles Coleman	1	14	14.0	0	14
Simeon Evans	1	11	11.0	0	11
Ashton Gray	1	9	9.0	0	9
Tre Williams III	1	4	4.0	0	4
Team	27	250	9.3	3	31

Fumbles

Player	FUM	REC
Cameron Dorner	1	0
Keviyan Huddleston	0	1
Team	1	1

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Will Jones II	14	7	0	1	0	0
Ethan Wesloski	9	3	0	0	0	1
Kenton Allen	7	3	0	0	0	0
S'Maje Burrell	6	3	0	1	0	0
Evan Jackson	5	3	1	1	1	0
Ethan Day	5	2	0	0	0	0
Saadiq Clements	4	1	0	0	0	0
David Fisher	3	2	0	0	0	0
Jackson Lataimua	3	1	0	1	1	0
Da'Veawn Armstead	3	1	0	0	0	0
Dalton Carnes	2	2	0	0	0	0
Richard Outland Jr.	2	1	0	0	1	0
Patrick Smith-Young	2	0	0	0	1	0
Briceon Hayes	1	1	0	0	0	1
Gabe Blair	1	1	0	0	0	0
Kollin Lewis	1	1	0	0	0	0
Jalyn Durgan	1	1	0	0	0	0
Terrell Washington	1	1	0	0	0	0
Keviyan Huddleston	1	0	0	0	0	0
Miles Coleman	1	0	0	0	0	0
Amarion Berry	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kevin Odikpo	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team	74	34	1	4	4	2

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Will Jones II	1	0	0
Evan Jackson	1	0	0
Team	2	0	0

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Simeon Evans	1	25	25.0	25	0
Team	1	25	25.0	25	0

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Miles Coleman	3	6	2.0	4	0
Team	3	6	2.0	4	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Miguel Arenas	0/1	0.0	0	7/7	7
Team	0/1	0.0	0	7/7	7

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	In 20	LONG
Sawyer Evans	3	112	37.3	1	42
Team	1	40	40.0	0	40
Team	4	152	38.0	1	42

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Kyle Crum	14/29	169	5.8	1	2	28.0
Bert Emanuel Jr.	4/7	37	5.3	0	0	99.5
Team	18/36	206	5.7	1	2	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Bert Emanuel Jr.	11	170	15.5	2	72
Christian Washington	10	77	7.7	1	38
Lucky Sutton	15	60	4.0	0	9
Kyle Crum	8	21	2.6	2	11
Byron Cardwell Jr.	1	6	6.0	0	6
Nathan Acevedo	1	-8	-8.0	0	4
Team	46	326	7.1	5	72

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Nathan Acevedo	4	61	15.3	0	42
Donovan Brown	3	43	14.3	0	22
Will Cianfrini	3	30	10.0	0	12
Christian Washington	4	27	6.8	0	11
Jaylon Hawkins	1	19	19.0	0	19
Jackson Ford	2	18	9.0	1	15
Lucky Sutton	1	8	8.0	0	8
Team	18	206	11.4	1	42

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST
Christian Washington	1	1
Bert Emanuel Jr.	1	0
Team	2	1

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	TFL	PD	QB HUR	TD
Dalesean Staley	13	2	0	1	0	0
Isaiah Buxton	9	9	0	2	0	0
DJ Herman	8	2	0	0	0	0
Josh Hunter	7	4	0	0	0	0
Dwayne McDougle III	7	2	0	1	0	0
Tanner Williams	5	3	0	0	0	0
Deshawn McCuin	4	3	1	1	0	0
Jelani McLaughlin	4	2	0	0	0	0
Brady Anderson	4	1	0	0	0	0
Trey White	4	1	0	0	1	0
Owen Chambliss	4	1	0	0	0	0
Malachi Finau	4	0	0	0	1	0
Prince Williams	3	3	0	0	0	0
Josiah Cox	3	2	1	0	0	0
Sam Benjamin	3	0	0	0	0	0
Niles King	3	0	0	0	0	0
Mikey Welsh	2	2	0	0	0	0
Eric Butler	2	1	0	1	0	0
Krishna Clay	2	1	0	0	0	0
Brady Nassar	2	0	0	0	0	0
Amari Comier	2	0	0	0	0	0
Lucky Sutton	1	1	0	0	0	0
Jatavious Magee	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mister Williams	1	0	0	0	0	0
Max Garrison	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ryan Henderson	1	0	0	0	0	0
Nathan Acevedo	0	0	0	0	0	1
Team	100	40	2	6	2	1

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS
Jelani McLaughlin	1	25
Dwayne McDougle III	1	19
Team	2	44

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Christian Washington	1	4	4.0	4
Deshawn McCuin	0	3	0.0	3
Team	1	7	7.0	4

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Nathan Acevedo	2	63	31.5	63	1
Team	2	63	31.5	63	1

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Gabriel Plascencia	0/1	0.0	0	5/5	5
Team	0/1	0.0	0	5/5	5

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Hunter Green	4	197	49.3	0	0	58
Team	4	197	49.3	0	0	58

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