New Mexico at Wyoming

Saturday, October 13, 1956

Wyoming beat New Mexico 20–⁠13. It was their 13th meeting; after it, Wyoming led the series 9–⁠4.

AwayNew Mexico4–⁠6 in 1956
13
HomeWyoming10–⁠0 in 1956
20

FinalHigh 53°F, low 32°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Wins, 20-13

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 14, 1956, page 1

    Read the text

    Wins, 20–⁠13 LARAMIE. Wyo., Oct. 10 (P.- The Wyoming Cowboys, undefeated in five football starts this season, stopped New Mexico. 20 Is. today in a Skyline Conference game witnessed in chilly, windy weather by only 6.021 fans.

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)

Wyoming 83% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Wyoming leads 41–⁠36 in 77 meetings, counting the 64 since this game.

Recent meetings
2024Wyoming 49, New Mexico 45
2023Wyoming 35, New Mexico 26
2022Wyoming 27, New Mexico 14
2021New Mexico 14, Wyoming 3
2020New Mexico 17, Wyoming 16
2019Wyoming 23, New Mexico 10

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