2018 New Mexico Lobos football team

2018 New Mexico Lobos football
Conference Mountain West Conference
Division Mountain Division
2018 record 3–2 (1–0 MW)
Head coach Bob Davie (7th season)
Offensive coordinator Calvin Magee (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Kevin Cosgrove (4th season)
Home stadium Dreamstyle Stadium
(Capacity: 39,224)
2018 Mountain West football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Mountain Division
Utah State  2 –0     5 –1  
Boise State  2 –1     4 –2  
Colorado State  2 –1     3 –4  
New Mexico  1 –1     3 –3  
Air Force  0 –3     2 –4  
Wyoming  0 –3     2 –5  
West Division
Hawaii  3 –0     6 –2  
Fresno State  2 –0     5 –1  
San Diego State  2 –0     5 –1  
Nevada  1 –2     3 –4  
UNLV  0 –2     2 –4  
San Jose State  0 –3     0 –6  
Championship: December 1, 2018
As of October 16, 2018; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2018 New Mexico Lobos football team represents the University of New Mexico in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Lobos are led by seventh-year head coach Bob Davie and play their home games at Dreamstyle Stadium. They compete as members of the Mountain Division of the Mountain West Conference.

Previous season

The Lobos finished the 2017 season 3–9, 1–7 in Mountain West play to finish in last place in the Mountain Division.

Preseason

Award watch lists

Award Player Position Year
Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award[1] Tyrone Owens RB SR

Mountain West media days

During the Mountain West media days held July 24–25 at the Cosmopolitan on the Las Vegas Strip, the Lobos were predicted to finish in last place in the Mountain Division.[2]

Media poll

Mountain Division
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Boise State132 (22)
2Wyoming95
3Colorado State82
4Utah State78
5Air Force52
6New Mexico23

Preseason All-Mountain West Team

The Lobos had one player selected to the preseason all-Mountain West team.[3]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 16:00 p.m.Incarnate Word*
ESPN3W 62–3018,213
September 810:00 a.m.at No. 5 Wisconsin*
BTNL 14–4577,003
September 156:00 p.m.at New Mexico State*
ELVNW 42–2520,673
September 294:00 p.m.Liberty*dagger
  • Dreamstyle Stadium
  • Albuquerque, NM
L 43–5218,804
October 62:00 p.m.at UNLV
ATTSNRMW 50–1418,949
October 132:00 p.m.at Colorado State
ATTSNRM
October 205:30 p.m.Fresno State
  • Dreamstyle Stadium
  • Albuquerque, NM
ESPNU
October 272:00 p.m.at Utah State
Stadium
November 3San Diego State
  • Dreamstyle Stadium
  • Albuquerque, NM
ESPN Networks
November 101:30 p.m.at Air Force
CBSSN
November 167:00 p.m.Boise State
  • Dreamstyle Stadium
  • Albuquerque, NM
CBSSN
November 2412:30 p.m.Wyoming
  • Dreamstyle Stadium
  • Albuquerque, NM
ATTSNRM
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Mountain time

Source:[4]

Game summaries

Incarnate Word

1 2 3 4 Total
Cardinals 7 9 0 14 30
Lobos 28 7 13 14 62
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Wisconsin

1 2 3 4 Total
Lobos 7 0 0 7 14
No. 5 Badgers 3 7 14 21 45
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at New Mexico State

1 2 3 4 Total
Lobos 7 14 7 14 42
Aggies 17 0 0 8 25
Overall record Last meeting Result
70–33–5 2017 NMSU, 30–28

Liberty

1 2 3 4 Total
Flames 21 21 0 10 52
Lobos 7 3 13 20 43
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at UNLV

1 2 3 4 Total
Lobos 0 29 7 14 50
Rebels 0 0 0 14 14
Overall record Last meeting Result
11–12 2017 UNLV, 38–35

at Colorado State

1 2 3 4 Total
Lobos 0
Rams 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
25–40 2017 CSU, 24-27

Fresno State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0
Lobos 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–12 2017 FSU, 38–0

at Utah State

1 2 3 4 Total
Lobos 0
Aggies 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
13–11 2017 USU, 24–10

San Diego State

1 2 3 4 Total
Aztecs 0
Lobos 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
15–26 2017 SDSU, 35–10

at Air Force

1 2 3 4 Total
Lobos 0
Falcons 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
14–21 2017 UNM, 56–38

Boise State

1 2 3 4 Total
Broncos 0
Lobos 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–8 2017 BSU, 28–14

Wyoming

1 2 3 4 Total
Cowboys 0
Lobos 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
34–36 2017 WYO, 42–3

References

  1. ↑ "2018 Nominations The Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award" (PDF). August 16, 2018. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
  2. ↑ https://themw.com/news/2018/7/24/boise-state-fresno-state-picked-to-win-2018-mountain-west-football-divisional-titles.aspx
  3. ↑ https://themw.com/news/2018/7/24/2018-mountain-west-football-preseason-all-conference-team.aspx
  4. ↑ New Mexico Lobos football schedule. GoLobos.com. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
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