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2019 New Mexico Lobos football team
American college football season
The 2019 New Mexico Lobos football team represented the University of New Mexico in the Mountain Division of the Mountain West Conference (MW) during the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team played its games at Dreamstyle Stadium. It was the eighth season under head coach Bob Davie.[1] They finished the season 2–10, 0–8 in Mountain West play to finish in last place in the Mountain Division.
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| 2019 New Mexico Lobos football | |
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| Conference | Mountain West Conference |
| Division | Mountain Division |
| Record | 2–10 (0–8 MW) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Joe Dailey (1st season) |
| Offensive scheme | Flexbone option |
| Defensive coordinator | Jordan Peterson (1st season) |
| Base defense | 4–3 |
| Home stadium | Dreamstyle Stadium |
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| Mountain Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 23 Boise State xy$ | 8 | – | 0 | 12 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 22 Air Force | 7 | – | 1 | 11 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah State | 6 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wyoming | 4 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado State | 3 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico | 0 | – | 8 | 2 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Hawaii xy | 5 | – | 3 | 10 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego State x | 5 | – | 3 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nevada | 4 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Jose State | 2 | – | 6 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UNLV | 2 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fresno State | 2 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Championship: Boise State 31, Hawaii 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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On November 25, Davie and New Mexico agreed to part ways.[2] He finished at New Mexico with an eight-year record of 35–64.
Mountain West media days
The 2019 Mountain West Media days were held on July 23–24 at the Cosmopolitan on the Las Vegas Strip
Media poll
The preseason poll was released at the Mountain West media days on July 23, 2019. The Lobos were predicted to finish in sixth place in the MW Mountain Division.[3]
More information Predicted finish, Team ...
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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| 1 | Boise State | 120 (15) |
| 2 | Utah State | 108 (6) |
| 3 | Air Force | 73 |
| 4 | Wyoming | 66 |
| 5 | Colorado State | 52 |
| 6 | New Mexico | 22 |
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More information Date, Time ...
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| August 31 | 4:00 p.m. | No. 23 (FCS) Sam Houston State* | LOBOTV | W 39–31 | 13,749 | |
| September 14 | 12:30 p.m. | at No. 7 Notre Dame* | NBC | L 14–66 | 77,622 | |
| September 21 | 2:30 p.m. | New Mexico State* |
| ATTSNRM | W 55–52 | 27,269 |
| September 28 | 4:00 p.m. | at Liberty* | ESPN+ | L 10–17 | 17,101 | |
| October 4 | 8:00 p.m. | at San Jose State | CBSSN | L 21–32 | 16,119 | |
| October 11 | 6:00 p.m. | Colorado State |
| CBSSN | L 21–35 | 15,393 |
| October 19 | 2:00 p.m. | at Wyoming | ATTSNRM | L 10–23 | 22,884 | |
| October 26 | 2:00 p.m. | Hawaii |
| SPEC HI | L 31–45 | 12,617 |
| November 2 | 8:30 p.m. | at Nevada |
| ESPNU | L 10–21 | 15,631 |
| November 16 | 8:15 p.m. | at No. 21 Boise State | ESPN2 | L 9–42 | 31,492 | |
| November 23[lower-alpha 1] | 12:00 p.m. | Air Force |
| ESPN3 | L 22–44 | 13,844 |
| November 30 | 2:00 p.m. | Utah State |
| Stadium on Facebook | L 25–38 | 11,611 |
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Sam Houston State
Bob Davie experienced heart problems following the victory, forcing him to cancel the post-game press conference.[6] On September 5, run game/offensive line coach Saga Tuitele was named acting head coach.[7]
At Notre Dame
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Lobos | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| No. 7 Fighting Irish | 7 | 31 | 14 | 14 | 66 |
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New Mexico State
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Aggies | 17 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 52 |
| Lobos | 14 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 55 |
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At Liberty
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Lobos | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| Flames | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
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See also: 2019 Liberty Flames football team
At San Jose State
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Lobos | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Spartans | 6 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 32 |
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Colorado State
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Rams | 7 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
| Lobos | 6 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
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See also: 2019 Colorado State Rams football team
At Wyoming
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Lobos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Cowboys | 7 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 23 |
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See also: 2019 Wyoming Cowboys football team
Hawaii
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Rainbow Warriors | 21 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 45 |
| Lobos | 3 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 31 |
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At Nevada
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Lobos | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Wolf Pack | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
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At Boise State
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Lobos | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| No. 21 Broncos | 28 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 42 |
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Air Force
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Falcons | 7 | 7 | 16 | 14 | 44 |
| Lobos | 7 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 22 |
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See also: 2019 Air Force Falcons football team
Utah State
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Aggies | 7 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 38 |
| Lobos | 0 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 25 |
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See also: 2019 Utah State Aggies football team
- "Lobo Football Schedule Released". GoLobos.com. February 4, 2019. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
- "New Mexico, Davie to part ways after 8 seasons". November 26, 2019.
- "Boise State, Fresno State Picked to Win 2019 Mountain West Football Divisional Titles". TheMW.com. July 23, 2019. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
- 2019 New Mexico Lobos football schedule. FBSchedules.com Retrieved March 27, 2019.
- "Air Force at New Mexico football game postponed to Nov. 23". FBSchedules.com. November 6, 2019. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
- Tyree, Amber (September 1, 2019). "New Mexico's Bob Davie hospitalized with 'heart trouble' after win vs. Sam Houston, report says". Sporting News. Retrieved September 5, 2019.
- Bumbaca, Christopher (September 5, 2019). "New Mexico coach Bob Davie will not make Notre Dame trip next week due to health concerns". USA Today. Retrieved September 5, 2019.