New Mexico vs. Wyoming
New Mexico and Wyoming have 77 meetings on file, the first in 1930; Wyoming leads the series 41–36 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Wyoming 6–4, and Wyoming has won the last 3. Share
- New Mexico wins
- 36
- Wyoming wins
- 41
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1930
- Longest streak
- 7 New Mexico
- Current streak
- 3 Wyoming
- Last 10 meetings
- Wyoming 6–4
- Most recent
- 2024
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 1–2 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 1–2 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 3–7 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 4–6 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 8–2 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 4–6 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 1–5 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 8–2 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 4–6 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 2–3 |
- Average margin
- 14.7 points; 31 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At New Mexico
- 20–20 New Mexico’s record at home
- At Wyoming
- 21–16 Wyoming’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 5
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- New Mexico’s biggest win2000: New Mexico 45, Wyoming 10by 35 points
- Wyoming’s biggest win1988: Wyoming 55, New Mexico 7by 48 points
- Upset1969: New Mexico 24, Wyoming 12New Mexico had a 17% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1952: New Mexico 7, Wyoming 0New Mexico had a 18% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset2021: New Mexico 14, Wyoming 3New Mexico had a 20% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Coach against coach
| Years | New Mexico | Series | Wyoming |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950–1952 | Dudley DeGroot | 1–2 | Bowden Wyatt |
| 1953–1955 | Robert Titchenal | 1–2 | Phil Dickens |
| 1962–1967 | Bill Weeks | 3–3 | Lloyd Eaton |
| 1968–1970 | Rudy Feldman | 2–1 | Lloyd Eaton |
| 1971–1973 | Rudy Feldman | 3–0 | Fritz Shurmur |
| 1977–1979 | Bill Mondt | 2–1 | Bill Lewis |
| 1983–1985 | Joe Lee Dunn | 2–1 | Al Kincaid |
| 1987–1990 | Mike Sheppard | 0–4 | Paul Roach |
| 1992–1994 | Dennis Franchione | 1–2 | Joe Tiller |
| 2000–2002 | Rocky Long | 3–0 | Vic Koenning |
| 2003–2008 | Rocky Long | 5–1 | Joe Glenn |
| 2014–2019 | Bob Davie | 3–3 | Craig Bohl |
| 2020–2023 | Danny Gonzales | 2–2 | Craig Bohl |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from New Mexico’s side (DeGroot 1–2 against Wyatt). 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
| Devon Dampier New Mexico | 12 carries, 207 yards, 3 TD | 2024 Rushing |
Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).
From the newspapers
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.

