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.

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

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1950s1–⁠1
1960s3–⁠3–⁠2
1970s3–⁠7
1980s1–⁠3
1990s1–⁠3
2000s0–⁠5
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

  1. New Mexico State’s biggest win1962: New Mexico State 48, North Texas 12by 36 points
  2. North Texas’s biggest win1983: North Texas 49, New Mexico State 3by 46 points
  3. Upset1959: New Mexico State 28, North Texas 8New Mexico State had a 29% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1970: New Mexico State 32, North Texas 31New Mexico State had a 30% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Upset2001: North Texas 22, New Mexico State 20North Texas had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsNew Mexico StateSeriesNorth Texas
1958–⁠1966Warren Woodson4–⁠2–⁠1Odus Mitchell
1968–⁠1972Jim Wood3–⁠2Rod Rust
1973–⁠1977Jim Bradley0–⁠5Hayden Fry
1998–⁠2004Tony Samuel1–⁠6Darrell 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

End-of-season Elo ratings of New Mexico State and North Texas, 1958 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.

Stars of the series

Biggest days

Jamario Thomas North Texas33 carries, 258 yards, 1 TD2004 Rushing

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).

From the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story of the 1959 game: Threato Of Rain Faces Cotton, Sugar Bowls Two Top Comes Of Day to Provide Tests of Rankings

    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

Oct 23, 2004North Texas 36, New Mexico State 26at North Texas
Nov 25, 2003North Texas 13, New Mexico State 10at New Mexico State
Nov 16, 2002North Texas 38, New Mexico State 27at North Texas
Nov 3, 2001North Texas 22, New Mexico State 20at New Mexico State
Nov 18, 2000North Texas 30, New Mexico State 23at North Texas
Nov 20, 1999New Mexico State 22, North Texas 9at New Mexico State
Nov 21, 1998North Texas 19, New Mexico State 11at North Texas
Nov 8, 1997North Texas 26, New Mexico State 15at New Mexico State
Oct 19, 1996North Texas 13, New Mexico State 0at North Texas
Sep 17, 1983North Texas 49, New Mexico State 3at North Texas
Nov 6, 1982New Mexico State 30, North Texas 19at New Mexico State
Oct 10, 1981North Texas 38, New Mexico State 16at North Texas
Nov 1, 1980North Texas 38, New Mexico State 28at New Mexico State
Oct 13, 1979North Texas 21, New Mexico State 7at North Texas
Sep 23, 1978North Texas 22, New Mexico State 21at New Mexico State
Nov 5, 1977North Texas 45, New Mexico State 17at North Texas
Oct 23, 1976North Texas 25, New Mexico State 14at New Mexico State
Nov 15, 1975North Texas 24, New Mexico State 20at New Mexico State
Oct 19, 1974North Texas 24, New Mexico State 19at North Texas
Oct 27, 1973North Texas 27, New Mexico State 7at New Mexico State
Nov 11, 1972New Mexico State 36, North Texas 22at North Texas
Sep 25, 1971New Mexico State 10, North Texas 0at New Mexico State
Oct 31, 1970New Mexico State 32, North Texas 31at North Texas
Oct 18, 1969North Texas 30, New Mexico State 12at New Mexico State
Sep 21, 1968North Texas 47, New Mexico State 20at North Texas
Oct 7, 1967New Mexico State 31, North Texas 31at New Mexico State
Sep 17, 1966North Texas 25, New Mexico State 21at North Texas
Nov 20, 1965New Mexico State 43, North Texas 13at New Mexico State
Oct 17, 1964New Mexico State 13, North Texas 7at North Texas
Oct 27, 1962New Mexico State 48, North Texas 12at New Mexico State
Oct 7, 1961North Texas 14, New Mexico State 14at North Texas
Dec 31, 1959New Mexico State 28, North Texas 8Neutral siteSun Bowl
Oct 4, 1958North Texas 43, New Mexico State 12at North Texas

Every game is listed as played on the field.