BYU at New Mexico

Saturday, November 26, 1955

New Mexico beat BYU 21–⁠16. It was their fifth meeting; after it, New Mexico led the series 3–⁠1–⁠1.

AwayBYU1–⁠9 in 1955
16
HomeNew Mexico2–⁠8 in 1955
21

FinalHigh 57°F, low 24°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: New Mexico Stops Briqhum Young

    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.

BYU leads 45–⁠14–⁠1 in 60 meetings, counting the 55 since this game.

Recent meetings
2010BYU 40, New Mexico 7
2009BYU 24, New Mexico 19
2008BYU 21, New Mexico 3
2007BYU 31, New Mexico 24
2006BYU 42, New Mexico 17
2005BYU 27, New Mexico 24

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