Iowa State vs. New Mexico

Iowa State and New Mexico have 6 meetings on file, the first in 1965; Iowa State leads the series 5–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 6 meetings it’s Iowa State 5–⁠1, and Iowa State has won the last 5.

Iowa State wins
5
New Mexico wins
1
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1965
Longest streak
5 Iowa State
Current streak
5 Iowa State
Last 10 meetings
Iowa State 5–⁠1
Most recent
1974

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1960s1–⁠1
1970s4–⁠0
Average margin
19 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Iowa State
3–⁠0 Iowa State’s record at home
At New Mexico
1–⁠2 New Mexico’s record at home
Shutouts
1

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Iowa State’s biggest win1972: Iowa State 31, New Mexico 0by 31 points
  2. New Mexico’s biggest win1965: New Mexico 10, Iowa State 9by 1 points

Coach against coach

YearsIowa StateSeriesNew Mexico
1970–⁠1972Johnny Majors3–⁠0Rudy Feldman

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Iowa State’s side (Majors 3–⁠0 against Feldman). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Iowa State and New Mexico, 1965 on130015001700197019801990200020102020

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.

Every game

Oct 5, 1974Iowa State 27, New Mexico 3at Iowa State
Sep 30, 1972Iowa State 31, New Mexico 0at Iowa State
Sep 25, 1971Iowa State 44, New Mexico 20at New Mexico
Sep 19, 1970Iowa State 32, New Mexico 3at New Mexico
Sep 30, 1967Iowa State 17, New Mexico 12at Iowa State
Nov 20, 1965New Mexico 10, Iowa State 9at New Mexico

Every game is listed as played on the field.