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Toa Fa’avae led two first-quarter touchdown drives, Brett Karhu forced a fumble on a sack to set up a score and No. 22 New Mexico won in the first game in the AP poll in school history, beating Nevada 31-3 on Friday night. Fa’avae was 14 of 20 for 150 yards and a touchdown and ran for 34 yards on eight carries for the Lobos (8-1, 5-0 Mountain West). Scottre Humphrey had 17 carries for 107 yards and two touchdowns. Humphrey capped New Mexico’s opening drive with a 2-yard run and added a 1-yard scoring run in the third. Kiefer Sibley had a 31-yard touchdown run in the first quarter. Fa’avae threw a 25-yard TD pass to Cade Keith early in the fourth quarter..