Montana vs. New Mexico

Montana and New Mexico have 14 meetings on file, the first in 1951; New Mexico leads the series 10–⁠4 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s New Mexico 7–⁠3, and New Mexico has won the last 3.

Montana wins
4
New Mexico wins
10
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1951
Longest streak
3 New Mexico
Current streak
3 New Mexico
Last 10 meetings
New Mexico 7–⁠3
Most recent
1964

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1950s3–⁠6
1960s1–⁠4
Average margin
18.9 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Montana
4–⁠2 Montana’s record at home
At New Mexico
8–⁠0 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. Montana’s biggest win1961: Montana 40, New Mexico 8by 32 points
  2. New Mexico’s biggest win1959: New Mexico 55, Montana 14by 41 points
  3. Upset1957: Montana 21, New Mexico 6Montana had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1961: Montana 40, New Mexico 8Montana had a 35% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsMontanaSeriesNew Mexico
1960–⁠1962Ray Jenkins1–⁠2Bill Weeks

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Montana’s side (Jenkins 1–⁠2 against Weeks). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Montana and New Mexico, 1951 on1300150017001960197019801990200020102020

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

Sep 26, 1964New Mexico 20, Montana 0at New Mexico
Oct 26, 1963New Mexico 24, Montana 6at New Mexico
Nov 17, 1962New Mexico 41, Montana 12at New Mexico
Sep 30, 1961Montana 40, New Mexico 8at Montana
Nov 19, 1960New Mexico 24, Montana 7at New Mexico
Oct 24, 1959New Mexico 55, Montana 14at Montana
Oct 4, 1958New Mexico 44, Montana 16at New Mexico
Oct 26, 1957Montana 21, New Mexico 6at Montana
Nov 17, 1956New Mexico 14, Montana 13at New Mexico
Oct 22, 1955Montana 19, New Mexico 14at Montana
Nov 6, 1954New Mexico 20, Montana 14at New Mexico
Oct 24, 1953New Mexico 41, Montana 13at Montana
Nov 22, 1952New Mexico 12, Montana 6at New Mexico
Sep 29, 1951Montana 25, New Mexico 7at Montana

Every game is listed as played on the field.