Millen, defense lead Colorado State over New Mexico 17-0

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — Freshman Clay Millen threw two landing passes and Colorado State shut out New Mexico 17-0 to shut out the common season on Friday.

It was Colorado State’s first shutout since beating Fresno State 37-0 in 2016. Previous to that, the Rams’ final shutout got here in 1997 — a 63-0 victory over Hawaii. The Rams (3-9, 3-5 Mountain West Convention), of their first season underneath Jay Norvell, scored 17 factors in every of their three wins.

Neither staff scored till Millen threw a 21-yard touchdown pass to freshman Justus Ross-Simmons with 3:34 left within the second quarter, giving Colorado State (3-9, 3-5 Mountain West Convention) a 7-0 lead at halftime. The 2 groups mixed for simply 211 yards of offense earlier than intermission.

The Rams’ second rating was arrange by a third-quarter sack. Ayden Hector acquired to New Mexico quarterback C.J. Montes, forcing a fumble that Grady Kelly recovered on the Lobos’ 18-yard line. New Mexico (2-10, 0-8) stuffed three straight runs and CSU settled for Michael Boyle’s 23-yard discipline aim and a 10-0 lead with six seconds left within the quarter.

Millen fired a 41-yard scoring strike to Tory Horton with 6:04 left to play to complete off the victory.

Millen accomplished 19 of 24 passes for 214 yards. Horton had 10 receptions for 131 yards. The Rams held New Mexico to 133 yards of offense.

Coming into the sport, New Mexico’s offense ranked final amongst FBS groups in whole yards and Colorado State was final in scoring. The Lobos have been forward of solely the Rams in third-down conversions. UNM was final in first downs and Colorado State was final in red-zone offense.

The Rams lead the sequence 44-25 and have crushed the Lobos 11 straight occasions.

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