[edit] Bowl games
| Date |
Bowl |
W/L |
Opponent |
PF |
PA |
| January 2, 1939 |
Sun Bowl |
L |
Utah |
0 |
26 |
| January 1, 1944 |
Sun Bowl |
L |
Southwestern University |
0 |
7 |
| January 1, 1946 |
Sun Bowl |
W |
University of Denver |
34 |
24 |
| January 1, 1947 |
Harbor Bowl |
T |
Montana State |
13 |
13 |
| December 9, 1961 |
Aviation Bowl |
W |
Western Michigan |
28 |
12 |
| December 27, 1997 |
Insight.com Bowl |
L |
Arizona |
14 |
20 |
| December 25, 2002 |
Las Vegas Bowl |
L |
UCLA |
13 |
27 |
| December 24, 2003 |
Las Vegas Bowl |
L |
Oregon State |
14 |
55 |
| December 30, 2004 |
Emerald Bowl |
L |
Navy |
19 |
34 |
| December 23, 2006 |
New Mexico Bowl |
L |
San José State |
12 |
20 |
| December 22, 2007 |
New Mexico Bowl |
W |
Nevada |
23 |
0 |
| Total |
11 bowl games |
3-7-1 |
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[edit] 2007 Annual team awards
Each year members of the Lobos football team who distinguished themselves during the football season are honored at the Lobos Annual Football Awards Banquet. For the 2007 football season, the following team members were honored: Bill Brannin Award (Most Valuable Player), Rodney Ferguson, RB; Reese Leroy Hill Memorial Award (Offensive Player of the Year), Travis Brown, WR; Clyde Horace Hill Memorial Award (Most Improved Player), Ian Clark, S; Outstanding Offensive Lineman, Devin Clark, OT; Colonel H.J. Golightly Award (Top Defensive Player), OJ Swift, S and Michael Tuohy, DE; Chuck Cummins Memorial Award (Morale and Spirit), Marcus Smith, WR; Lobo Club Award (Unselfish Devotion to the Team), Bryan Clampitt, QB; Outstanding Special Teams Player(s), John Sullivan, K and Frankie Baca, DB.
About the Clyde and Reese Hill memorial awards: The Hill brothers were members of the Lobos football team prior to WWII (Clyde, 1941; Reese, 1939-1941). Both men were described by UNM coaches as extraordinary athletes. Clyde came to UNM after serving in the U.S. Marines where he was a boxing champion. At UNM, he was a member of the university boxing team and made the football team as a walk-on. Reese came to UNM as a highly touted recruit. A "legend" in northern New Mexico high school sports, he lettered in four sports at St. Michael's High School in Santa Fe. While at UNM, he was a member of the university's track, basketball and football teams. The Hill brothers were described by a contemporary as being "He-Men -- the kind of men who could throw you across a room." After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Clyde and Reese left UNM to enlist in the military. Clyde died as a U.S. Marine F4U fighter pilot at Okinawa with the rank of Captain, while Reese -- a U.S. Army 1st Lt. and glider pilot -- survived the invasion of Normandy only to be killed when his glider was shot down over Holland.
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