Game notes: New Mexico at Wyoming
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The matchup
- New Mexico (5–1, 2–0 in conference) at Wyoming (4–3, 3–1 in conference), Saturday, November 21, 9 p.m. ET, War Memorial Stadium.resultsWins and losses in this season’s finished games before kickoff, from the game results on file. Ranks as of the game, as listed with the schedule (AP poll, else the coaches’).
The series
- It will be their 78th meeting; Wyoming leads the series 41–36.resultsEvery meeting on file; official counts take out wins the NCAA vacated and count forfeits as the rivalry’s article does.
- Last meeting: Saturday, November 2, 2024: Wyoming 49, New Mexico 45.resultsThe most recent meeting on file.
- They first met in 1930: Wyoming 19, New Mexico 6.resultsThe earliest meeting on file.
- Wyoming is 21–16 at home against New Mexico.resultsThe home team’s record against this opponent in its home games (neutral sites aside), every meeting on file.
- Last five meetings: 2024: Wyoming 49–45 (at New Mexico); 2023: Wyoming 35–26 (at Wyoming); 2022: Wyoming 27–14 (at New Mexico); 2021: New Mexico 14–3 (at Wyoming); 2020: New Mexico 17–16 (at New Mexico).resultsThe last five meetings on file.
New Mexico
- New Mexico is 5–1 (2–0 in conference games), 0–1 against ranked teams.resultsWins and losses in this season’s finished games before kickoff, from the game results on file.
- This season: W 38–7 vs. Central Michigan; W 70–7 vs. Mercyhurst; L 6–14 at No. 24 Oklahoma; W 42–18 at New Mexico State; W 61–7 vs. UTEP; W 21–10 at Hawai’i.resultsThis season’s finished games.
- New Mexico has won three straight, since losing 14–6 to Oklahoma (Sept. 19, 2026).resultsThe team’s current run of results, every finished game on file across seasons.
- New Mexico is No. 34 of 138 FBS teams in our Elo ratings.our ratingsOur Elo rating, from every game on file, ranked among active FBS teams.
- Jason Eck is 14–5 in his second season at New Mexico.results, WikipediaHead-coaching seasons on file, ours rebuilt from game results and the season articles’ coaching splits.
- Jason Eck faces Wyoming as a head coach for the first time.results, WikipediaGames between the two coaches’ teams in seasons each was the head coach, every game on file.
- Toa Faavae (QB): 695 passing yards, 4 TD, the team leader in passing yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Scottre Humphrey (RB): 422 rushing yards, 8 TD, the team leader in rushing yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Mercury Swaim (LB): 32 tackles, 1.5 sacks, the team leader in tackles.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- On this date in 1970, New Mexico lost to No. 9 Arizona State 33–21.resultsThe team’s most notable finished game on this calendar date in an earlier season: a ranked opponent first, then a bowl, then the newest.
Wyoming
- Wyoming is 4–3 (3–1 in conference games).resultsWins and losses in this season’s finished games before kickoff, from the game results on file.
- This season: L 13–35 at Colorado State; W 21–13 vs. Northern Colorado; L 10–24 at Central Michigan; W 27–10 vs. Hawai’i; L 0–28 at North Dakota State; W 16–13 at San José State; W 41–23 vs. Northern Illinois.resultsThis season’s finished games.
- Wyoming is No. 107 of 138 FBS teams in our Elo ratings.our ratingsOur Elo rating, from every game on file, ranked among active FBS teams.
- Jay Sawvel is 11–20 in his third season at Wyoming.results, WikipediaHead-coaching seasons on file, ours rebuilt from game results and the season articles’ coaching splits.
- Jay Sawvel is 1–0 against New Mexico.results, WikipediaGames between the two coaches’ teams in seasons each was the head coach, every game on file.
- Tyler Hughes (QB): 1,018 passing yards, 3 TD, the team leader in passing yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Markell Holman (RB): 390 rushing yards, 3 TD.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Jones Thomas (S): 50 tackles, 2 INT, the team leader in tackles.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- On this date in 2009, Wyoming lost to No. 4 TCU 45–10.resultsThe team’s most notable finished game on this calendar date in an earlier season: a ranked opponent first, then a bowl, then the newest.
The coaches
- It is the first meeting of Jason Eck and Jay Sawvel as head coaches.results, WikipediaGames between the two coaches’ teams in seasons each was the head coach, every game on file.
Sources
Every sentence here is ours, written from counts we make over the games on file. Where the facts come from:
- CollegeFootballData.com: Game results, rankings and player statistics; the sentence and every count in it are ours. Derived output (CollegeFootballData.com terms, section 4).
- CollegeFootballDigest: Our own ratings (Elo) and research notes. CC BY 4.0.
- Wikipedia: Facts from Wikipedia’s lists and articles (schools’ record books, trophies, College GameDay sites, coaching records), restated. CC BY-SA 4.0 (facts restated; credit Wikipedia).
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