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December 17th is highlighted on the calendar for the Gildan New Mexico Bowl in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Temple Owls will face the Wyoming Cowboys in this fight of two great teams. The Owls come to the game with an 8-4 record and a 5-3 record, which is good for 2nd in the conference. The Cowboys also earned an 8-4 record with a 5-2 record, which is 3rd in the Mountain West Conference.

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The Owls are led behind center senior QB Chester Stewart (743 passing yards – 65.1 completion pct – 2 td / 2 int – 143.4 rating). The Owls do the a lot of damage on the ground, however, which is led by juniors RB Bernard Pierce (248 carries – 1,381 yards – 25 td’s) and RB Matt Brown (142 carries – 867 yards – 5 td’s).

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The Cowboys are led by freshman QB Brett Smith (2,495 passing yards – 60.5 completion pct – 18 td / 8 int – 126.2 rating). The Cowboys running attack is a two-pronged strategy with junior RB Alvester Alexander (145 carries – 678 yards – 6 td’s) and QB Brett Smith (123 carries – 645 yards – 10 td’s) showing his two-way threat behind center. The Cowboys use a team effort in wide outs with five players having over 30 catches this year.