Game notes: Liberty at New Mexico State
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The matchup
- Liberty (5–1, 2–0 in conference) at New Mexico State (2–4, 1–1 in conference), Saturday, November 7, 5 p.m. ET, Aggie 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 10th meeting; Liberty leads the series 7–2.resultsEvery meeting on file; official counts take out wins the NCAA vacated and count forfeits as the rivalry’s article does.
- Last meeting: Tuesday, October 14, 2025: Liberty 30, New Mexico State 27.resultsThe most recent meeting on file.
- They first met in 2018: New Mexico State 49, Liberty 41.resultsThe earliest meeting on file.
- New Mexico State is 1–2 at home against Liberty.resultsThe home team’s record against this opponent in its home games (neutral sites aside), every meeting on file.
- Last five meetings: 2025: Liberty 30–27 (at Liberty); 2024: Liberty 30–24 (at New Mexico State); 2023: Liberty 49–35 (at Liberty); 2023: Liberty 33–17 (at Liberty); 2022: New Mexico State 49–14 (at Liberty).resultsThe last five meetings on file.
Liberty
- Liberty is 5–1 (2–0 in conference games).resultsWins and losses in this season’s finished games before kickoff, from the game results on file.
- This season: L 13–20 at James Madison; W 24–23 vs. Gardner-Webb; W 51–15 vs. Ball State; W 34–17 at Coastal Carolina; W 30–14 at Delaware; W 35–3 vs. Sam Houston.resultsThis season’s finished games.
- Liberty has won five straight, since losing 20–13 to James Madison (Sept. 5, 2026).resultsThe team’s current run of results, every finished game on file across seasons.
- Liberty is No. 58 of 138 FBS teams in our Elo ratings.our ratingsOur Elo rating, from every game on file, ranked among active FBS teams.
- Jamey Chadwell is 30–14 in his fourth season at Liberty and 69–36 as an FBS head coach.results, WikipediaHead-coaching seasons on file, ours rebuilt from game results and the season articles’ coaching splits.
- Jamey Chadwell is 4–0 against New Mexico State.results, WikipediaGames between the two coaches’ teams in seasons each was the head coach, every game on file.
- Deshawn Purdie (QB): 1,050 passing yards, 8 TD, the team leader in passing yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Kam Davis (RB): 524 rushing yards, 4 TD, the team leader in rushing yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Aidan Vaughan (LB): 33 tackles, the team leader in tackles.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- On this date in 2020, Liberty beat Virginia Tech 38–35.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.
New Mexico State
- New Mexico State is 2–4 (1–1 in conference games).resultsWins and losses in this season’s finished games before kickoff, from the game results on file.
- This season: L 17–34 at Florida State; W 51–14 vs. Mercyhurst; L 19–29 at Hawai’i; L 18–42 vs. New Mexico; W 34–13 vs. Western Kentucky; L 3–22 at Florida International.resultsThis season’s finished games.
- New Mexico State is No. 126 of 138 FBS teams in our Elo ratings.our ratingsOur Elo rating, from every game on file, ranked among active FBS teams.
- Tony Sanchez is 9–21 in his third season at New Mexico State and 29–61 as an FBS head coach.results, WikipediaHead-coaching seasons on file, ours rebuilt from game results and the season articles’ coaching splits.
- Tony Sanchez is 0–2 against Liberty.results, WikipediaGames between the two coaches’ teams in seasons each was the head coach, every game on file.
- James Jones (RB): 599 rushing yards, 3 TD, the team leader in rushing yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Trey Hedden (QB): 906 passing yards, 5 TD, the team leader in passing yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Nicolas Sessions (S): 51 tackles, 1 INT, the team leader in tackles.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- On this date in 2015, New Mexico State beat Texas State 31–21.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.
The coaches
- Tony Sanchez is 0–2 against Jamey Chadwell’s teams as a head coach.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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