New Mexico State vs. North Texas
New Mexico State and North Texas have 33 meetings on file, the first in 1958; North Texas leads the series 22–9–2 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s North Texas 9–1, and North Texas has won the last 5. Share
- New Mexico State wins
- 9
- North Texas wins
- 22
- Ties
- 2
- Earliest on file
- 1958
- Longest streak
- 9 North Texas
- Current streak
- 5 North Texas
- Last 10 meetings
- North Texas 9–1
- Most recent
- 2004
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1–1 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 3–3–2 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 3–7 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 1–3 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 1–3 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 0–5 |
- Average margin
- 13.5 points; 10 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At New Mexico State
- 5–9–1 New Mexico State’s record at home
- At North Texas
- 13–3–1 North Texas’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 1–0 New Mexico State first
- Shutouts
- 2
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- New Mexico State’s biggest win1962: New Mexico State 48, North Texas 12by 36 points
- North Texas’s biggest win1983: North Texas 49, New Mexico State 3by 46 points
- Upset1959: New Mexico State 28, North Texas 8New Mexico State had a 29% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1970: New Mexico State 32, North Texas 31New Mexico State had a 30% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset2001: North Texas 22, New Mexico State 20North Texas had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Coach against coach
| Years | New Mexico State | Series | North Texas |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1958–1966 | Warren Woodson | 4–2–1 | Odus Mitchell |
| 1968–1972 | Jim Wood | 3–2 | Rod Rust |
| 1973–1977 | Jim Bradley | 0–5 | Hayden Fry |
| 1998–2004 | Tony Samuel | 1–6 | Darrell Dickey |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from New Mexico State’s side (Woodson 4–2–1 against Mitchell). 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
| Jamario Thomas North Texas | 33 carries, 258 yards, 1 TD | 2004 Rushing |
Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).
From the newspapers

1959 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Jan 1, 1960
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.