1997 Insight.com Bowl

The 1997 Insight.com Bowl was the 9th edition to the bowl game. It featured the New Mexico Lobos and the Arizona Wildcats. It was a meeting of old Western Athletic Conference and Border Conference rivals.

Scoring summary

 * Arizona – Eafon 15-yard run (McDonald kick), 6:30, 1st
 * New Mexico – Thomas 15-yard pass from Leigh (Cason kick), 12:05, 2nd
 * Arizona – Canidate 3-yard run (kick failed), 7:50, 2nd
 * Arizona – Eafon 1-yard run (McDonald kick), 2:07, 3rd
 * New Mexico – Leigh 4-yard run (Cason kick), 00:26, 3rd

Arizona opened the scoring with a 15 yard touchdown run by Kevin Eafon, giving UA a 7–0 lead. It would be the only score of the 1st quarter. In the second quarter, New Mexico's Graham Leigh threw a 12 yard touchdown pass to Milton Thomas tying the game at 7. Trung Canidate scored on a 3 yard touchdown run, giving the Wildcats a 13–7 halftime lead. In the third quarter, Kevin Eafon scored on a 1 yard touchdown run, making it 20–7 Arizona. Graham Leigh's 4 yard touchdown run made the final score Arizona 20, New Mexico 14.

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