New Mexico football collected another conference weekly accolade — the team’s third in the past six weeks.
Junior kicker Jason Sanders took home Mountain West Special Teams Player of the Week honors for the second time this season, after having also been recognized after the season opener.
Sanders kept the Lobos within striking distance after the team fell behind 14-0 early in last weekend’s game at Utah State, and the eventual go-ahead score came off his leg.
Earlier, he put through a pair of field goals before the half, and the kicker said those makes helped him later in the game when he crushed the 40-yard game winner.