Colorado State vs. New Mexico
Colorado State and New Mexico have 71 meetings on file, the first in 1935; Colorado State leads the series 45–26 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Colorado State 9–1. Share
- Colorado State wins
- 45
- New Mexico wins
- 26
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1935
- Longest streak
- 13 Colorado State
- Current streak
- 1 New Mexico
- Last 10 meetings
- Colorado State 9–1
- Most recent
- 2025
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 2–2 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 5–4 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 3–5 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 3–4 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 7–3 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 6–2 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 5–5 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 10–0 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 3–1 |
- Average margin
- 11.2 points; 38 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Colorado State
- 21–11 Colorado State’s record at home
- At New Mexico
- 15–22 New Mexico’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 2–0 Colorado State first
- Shutouts
- 5
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Colorado State’s biggest win1990: Colorado State 47, New Mexico 7by 40 points
- New Mexico’s biggest win1964: New Mexico 42, Colorado State 0by 42 points
- Upset1991: New Mexico 38, Colorado State 36New Mexico had a 22% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1984: Colorado State 16, New Mexico 10Colorado State had a 22% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1995: New Mexico 22, Colorado State 14New Mexico had a 27% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Coach against coach
| Years | Colorado State | Series | New Mexico |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1938–1940 | Harry Hughes | 1–2 | Ted Shipkey |
| 1953–1955 | Robert Davis | 2–1 | Robert Titchenal |
| 1962–1966 | Milo Lude | 2–3 | Bill Weeks |
| 1974–1979 | Sarkis Arslanian | 3–3 | Bill Mondt |
| 1983–1986 | Leon Fuller | 4–0 | Joe Lee Dunn |
| 1989–1991 | Earle Bruce | 2–1 | Mike Sheppard |
| 1993–1997 | Sonny Lubick | 3–1 | Dennis Franchione |
| 1999–2007 | Sonny Lubick | 5–4 | Rocky Long |
| 2009–2011 | Steve Fairchild | 2–1 | Mike Locksley |
| 2012–2014 | Jim McElwain | 3–0 | Bob Davie |
| 2015–2019 | Mike Bobo | 5–0 | Bob Davie |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Colorado State’s side (Hughes 1–2 against Shipkey). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
Both programs through the years
Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.
Stars of the series
Biggest days
| Patrick O’Brien Colorado State | 25 of 34, 420 yards, 3 TD | 2019 Passing | |
| Garrett Grayson Colorado State | 23 of 29, 389 yards, 3 TD | 2014 Passing | |
| Kapri Bibbs Colorado State | 38 carries, 291 yards, 6 TD | 2013 Rushing | |
| Dee Hart Colorado State | 20 carries, 230 yards, 5 TD | 2014 Rushing | |
| Warren Jackson Colorado State | 9 catches, 214 yards, 2 TD | 2019 Receiving | |
| John Mosure Colorado State | 27 carries, 177 yards, 2 TD | 2009 Rushing |
Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).
From the newspapers

1939 · The Daily Alaska empire, Dec 1, 1939
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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.
Every game
Every game is listed as played on the field.