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The University of New Mexico Lobo football team is one game away from a possible Mountain West championship berth after a big win at Air Force.
San Diego State heads into its regular-season finale simply needing to win at New Mexico on Friday to earn the right to host the Mountain West championship game
It is easy to imagine the type of waste that is generated at a University of New Mexico football tailgate, with aluminum cans, plastic bottles and cardboard usually sent directly to the landfill. This season,
Art Briles was hired as football coach at Eastern New Mexico on Monday, getting his first college head coaching job since Baylor fired the two-time Big 12 champion more than nine years ago amid a sexual assault scandal at the world’s largest Baptist university.
Perspective came for Air Force senior Payton Zdroik before his final game at Falcon Stadium. The Falcons lost in a 20-3 lopsided contest to New Mexico, just the second loss in a home finale for the program since 2013 and the first home loss to the Lobos in 25 years.
In a clash of titans, the University of New Mexico Lobos and Texas Tech University Red Raiders met in The Pit on Sunday, Nov. 23, with the Raiders ultimately defeating the Lobos 82-57. The game featured a strong Lobo team — who have been blowing out opponents by an average of 26 points over the last four games,
With the Miners' impending move to the Mountain West Conference, this will be the last Battle of I-10 in football until at least 2027 and potentially longer. This is the 102nd meeting between the two rivals, and the Aggies lost 42-35 last season in Las Cruces.
El Paso's Isaiah Rudison has made his mark for the New Mexico State football program, which plays at UTEP on Saturday, Nov. 22 in the Sun Bowl.