Denver vs. New Mexico
Denver and New Mexico first met in 1922 and have played 18 times; the series is tied 9–9. Over the last 10 meetings it’s even at 5–5, and New Mexico has won the last 3. Share
- Denver wins
- 9
- New Mexico wins
- 9
- Ties
- 0
- First meeting
- 1922
- Longest streak
- 4 Denver
- Current streak
- 3 New Mexico
- Last 10 meetings
- even at 5–5
- Most recent
- 1960
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 2–0 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 1–2 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 1–2 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 5–4 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 0–1 |
- Average margin
- 16.9 points; 6 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Denver
- 5–5 Denver’s record at home
- At New Mexico
- 3–4 New Mexico’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 0–1 Denver first
- Shutouts
- 5
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Denver’s biggest win1922: Denver 41, New Mexico 0by 41 points
- New Mexico’s biggest win1959: New Mexico 42, Denver 0by 42 points
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.
From the newspapers
1939 · Evening star, Oct 7, 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
| Oct 28, 1960 | New Mexico 41, Denver 6 | at Denver | ||
| Oct 31, 1959 | New Mexico 42, Denver 0 | at New Mexico | ||
| Oct 31, 1958 | New Mexico 21, Denver 15 | at Denver | ||
| Nov 1, 1957 | Denver 19, New Mexico 0 | at New Mexico | ||
| Oct 26, 1956 | Denver 20, New Mexico 14 | at Denver | ||
| Oct 29, 1955 | Denver 33, New Mexico 6 | at New Mexico | ||
| Oct 29, 1954 | Denver 19, New Mexico 6 | at Denver | ||
| Oct 31, 1953 | New Mexico 20, Denver 18 | at New Mexico | ||
| Nov 8, 1952 | New Mexico 15, Denver 0 | at Denver | ||
| Oct 13, 1951 | Denver 33, New Mexico 17 | at Denver | ||
| Jan 1, 1946 | New Mexico 34, Denver 24 | Neutral site | Sun Bowl | |
| Nov 11, 1944 | Denver 41, New Mexico 6 | at New Mexico | ||
| Nov 13, 1943 | New Mexico 33, Denver 13 | at Denver | ||
| Oct 6, 1939 | New Mexico 7, Denver 6 | at Denver | ||
| Nov 5, 1938 | New Mexico 7, Denver 6 | at New Mexico | ||
| Oct 1, 1937 | Denver 12, New Mexico 0 | at Denver | ||
| Oct 6, 1923 | Denver 10, New Mexico 7 | at Denver | ||
| Oct 7, 1922 | Denver 41, New Mexico 0 | at New Mexico |
Every game is listed as played on the field.