BYU at New Mexico
Saturday, November 26, 1955 Share
New Mexico beat BYU 21–16. It was their fifth meeting; after it, New Mexico led the series 3–1–1.
FinalHigh 57°F, low 24°F
In the newspapers

Evening star, November 27, 1955, page 72
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New Mexico Stops Briqhum Young ALBUQUERQUE. Nov. 26 P, New Mexico defeated Brigham Young 21–16 in a Skyline Con ference football game today largely due to Tackle Wayne Cares, who detected a punt deer lin Brigham Young territory late in the fourth quarter. New Mexico took over on the Brigham Young 81 and drove te the winning touchdown. scoring on a l3-yard pass from Herbis Hughes to Dick Pribble.
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
New Mexico 69% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every BYU–New Mexico gameBYU leads 45–14–1 in 60 meetings, counting the 55 since this game.
| 2010 | BYU 40, New Mexico 7 | |
| 2009 | BYU 24, New Mexico 19 | |
| 2008 | BYU 21, New Mexico 3 | |
| 2007 | BYU 31, New Mexico 24 | |
| 2006 | BYU 42, New Mexico 17 | |
| 2005 | BYU 27, New Mexico 24 |
Around this game
BYU
- Next gameat Wichita StateSept. 15, 1956
- SeasonBYU in 1955
- ProgramBYU history and records
New Mexico
- Next gameat New Mexico StateSept. 22, 1956
- SeasonNew Mexico in 1955
- ProgramNew Mexico history and records

