FINAL SCORE
New Mexico State Aggies at Liberty Flames game details
Friday, December 1, 2023 at 7:00 PM ET
Williams Stadium (VA) · Attendance 20,077
Put the final score in perspective.
Liberty finished 14 points ahead. The teams combined for 84 points. This is an unadjusted scoring comparison, with no allowance for possessions, opponent strength or overtime.
The reported halftime score was New Mexico State 21, Liberty 21. Across the 4 regulation quarters with line-score data for both teams, Liberty outscored its opponent in 1 and New Mexico State in 0. A quarter advantage counts scoring in that quarter only.
How these comparisons are calculated ↗QUARTER BY QUARTER
Line score
 New Mexico State | 7 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 35 |
 Liberty | 7 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 49 |
THE MATCHUP IN NUMBERS
Team statistics
| 1st Downs | 28 | 34 |
| 3rd down efficiency | 6-11 | 5-9 |
| 4th down efficiency | 1-2 | 1-2 |
| Total Yards | 499 | 712 |
| Passing | 322 | 319 |
| Comp/Att | 21/35 | 20/25 |
| Yards per pass | 9.2 | 12.8 |
| Rushing | 177 | 393 |
| Rushing Attempts | 28 | 45 |
| Yards per rush | 6.3 | 8.7 |
| Penalties | 7-75 | 5-60 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 0 |
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 0 |
| Interceptions thrown | 1 | 0 |
| Possession | 30:13 | 29:47 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
New Mexico State Aggies
passing
| Diego Pavia | 11/16 | 188 | 11.8 | 3 | 0 | 96.2 |
| Blaze Berlowitz | 10/19 | 134 | 7.1 | 1 | 1 | 56.5 |
rushing
| Diego Pavia | 5 | 45 | 9.0 | 1 | 25 |
| Star Thomas | 8 | 39 | 4.9 | 0 | 14 |
| Blaze Berlowitz | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 0 | 10 |
| Moni Jones | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 0 | 9 |
| Monte Watkins | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 0 | 12 |
| Makhilyn Young | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | 13 |
receiving
| Trent Hudson | 7 | 112 | 16.0 | 2 | 31 |
| Jonathan Brady | 4 | 95 | 23.8 | 1 | 75 |
| Bryce Childress | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 0 | 30 |
| Donovan Faupel | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | 17 |
| Thomaz Whitford | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 14 |
| Ron Tiavaasue | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 1 | 10 |
| Moni Jones | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Kordell David | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Star Thomas | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | 0 | 0 |
defensive
| JJ Dervil | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sone Aupiu | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keyshaun Elliott | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mehki Miller | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reggie Akles | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Myles Rowser | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andre Seldon | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gabe Peterson | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Vincent | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sterling Webb | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buddha Peleti | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Keonte Glinton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jayhvion Gipson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah Arinze | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dion Wilson Jr. | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaden Robinson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Angel Muñoz | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Izaiah Reed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Devlin Kirklin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gabriel Iniguez Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Early | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josiah Charles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
kickReturns
| Reggie Akles | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Jayden Bell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
kicking
| Ethan Albertson | 0/0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5/5 | 5 |
punting
| Zach Haynes | 3 | 123 | 41.0 | 0 | 1 | 47 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Liberty Flames
passing
| Kaidon Salter | 20/25 | 319 | 12.8 | 2 | 0 | 97.3 |
rushing
| Kaidon Salter | 12 | 165 | 13.8 | 1 | 52 |
| Billy Lucas | 14 | 86 | 6.1 | 1 | 43 |
| Aaron Bedgood | 5 | 72 | 14.4 | 0 | 33 |
| Quinton Cooley | 11 | 71 | 6.5 | 3 | 20 |
| Vaughn Blue | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
receiving
| CJ Daniels | 7 | 157 | 22.4 | 1 | 64 |
| Noah Frith | 5 | 60 | 12.0 | 1 | 26 |
| Aaron Bedgood | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | 18 |
| Treon Sibley | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | 12 |
| Austin Henderson | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | 19 |
| Quinton Cooley | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 |
defensive
| Brandon Bishop | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joseph Carter | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyren Dupree | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| CJ Bazile Jr. | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quinton Reese | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jay Hardy | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Amarian Williams | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Brylan Green | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| TJ Bush Jr. | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Preston Hodge | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Days | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kobe Singleton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryce Dixon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaylon Jimmerson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Boti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Max Morgan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Whitehead | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
interceptions
kickReturns
| Aaron Bedgood | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Victor Venn | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
puntReturns
| Brylan Green | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
kicking
| Nick Brown | 0/1 | 0.0 | 0 | 7/7 | 7 |
HOW IT HAPPENED
Scoring summary
| 1 | 10:08 | Diego Pavia 25 Yd Run (Ethan Albertson Kick) | 7 – 0 |
| 1 | 6:09 | Quinton Cooley 1 Yd Run (Nick Brown Kick) | 7 – 7 |
| 2 | 14:55 | Ron Tiavaasue 10 Yd pass from Diego Pavia (Ethan Albertson Kick) | 14 – 7 |
| 2 | 5:38 | Quinton Cooley 12 Yd Run (Nick Brown Kick) | 14 – 14 |
| 2 | 0:27 | Noah Frith 26 Yd pass from Kaidon Salter (Nick Brown Kick) | 14 – 21 |
| 2 | 0:03 | Trent Hudson 17 Yd pass from Diego Pavia (Ethan Albertson Kick) | 21 – 21 |
| 3 | 13:15 | Quinton Cooley 4 Yd Run (Nick Brown Kick) | 21 – 28 |
| 3 | 9:19 | CJ Daniels 20 Yd pass from Kaidon Salter (Nick Brown Kick) | 21 – 35 |
| 3 | 9:07 | Jonathan Brady 75 Yd pass from Diego Pavia (Ethan Albertson Kick) | 28 – 35 |
| 3 | 2:57 | Trent Hudson 11 Yd pass from Blaze Berlowitz (Ethan Albertson Kick) | 35 – 35 |
| 4 | 13:51 | Billy Lucas 2 Yd Run (Nick Brown Kick) | 35 – 42 |
| 4 | 8:23 | Kaidon Salter 35 Yd Run (Nick Brown Kick) | 35 – 49 |
ESPN · Updated Oct 12, 11:31 AM UTCData methodology