The 1997 Insight.com Bowl was the 9th edition to the bowl game. It featured the

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and the Arizona Wildcats. It was a meeting of old

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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 Trung Jered Canidate (born March 3, 1977) is a former American football running back in the NFL. Drafted out of Arizona, Canidate was selected with the 31st overall pick of the 2000 NFL Draft by the St. Louis Rams. Professional career Pre-dra ...

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.Bowl History
(PDF), ''2003 New Mexico Football Media Guide'', p. 17, University of New Mexico, 2003.

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