New Mexico Lobos

Mountain WestAlbuquerque, NMUniversity Stadium (NM)

2026: 5–⁠1 (2–⁠0 Mountain West). Last: won at Hawai’i 21–⁠10. Next: North Dakota State, Saturday, Oct 24, 10 p.m. ET.

  1. W 38–⁠7Central Michigan
  2. W 70–⁠7Mercyhurst
  3. L 6–⁠14at No. 24 Oklahoma
  4. W 42–⁠18at New Mexico State
  5. W 61–⁠7UTEP
  6. W 21–⁠10at Hawai’i
  7. Oct 24North Dakota State
  8. Oct 31at San José State
  9. Nov 6at Nevada
  10. Nov 14UNLV
  11. Nov 21at Wyoming
  12. Nov 28Air Force
  • Outfitted by Nike
  • Live mascot: Zoerro

New Mexico has played football since 1892 and is 435–⁠603–⁠19 in the 1,057 games on record here, which start in 1909. They have won three Western Athletic Conference titles (the last in 1964) and one Border Conference title, counting shared titles. Since 1939, the NFL Draft has taken 38 players from here in its first seven rounds, 2 of them in the first round. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 2 players from New Mexico. Rocky Long (1998–⁠2008) won more games here than any other coach: 65. The most-played rival is New Mexico State: 116 meetings, New Mexico leads 76–⁠35–⁠5. This season, under Jason Eck, they’re 5–⁠1.

Résumé

All-time record
503–⁠633–⁠31 official; 435–⁠603–⁠19 on file; how we count
Postseason
4–⁠10 bowls, title games, playoff
AP No. 1 finishes
0
Weeks at No. 1
0 of 0 ranked
Elo now
1593 34th of 138 FBS
Computer rankings
Massey No. 62 · Composite No. 42 in FBS, Oct 17; up 3 since Oct 11. From Massey Ratings
Best season by Elo
1982 rated 1602
Conference titles
4 last in 1964
Bowl record
4–⁠9–⁠1 official, bowls only
Seasons
109 since 1909, 1,057 games

Identity

Live mascot
Zoerro (wolf)
Student section
Howl Raisers

2026 season 5–⁠1

RosterFull 2026 season

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

This season, game by game

New Mexico’s Elo through 2026: 1536 going into the opener, 1593 after the latest game.1525155015751600Elo 1536 going in; beat Central Michigan 38–7Elo 1556 going in; beat Mercyhurst 70–7Elo 1561 going in; lost to Oklahoma 14–6Elo 1546 going in; beat New Mexico State 42–18Elo 1566 going in; beat UTEP 61–7Elo 1577 going in; beat Hawai’i 21–10Now: Elo 1593 after the latest game1593
Elo going into each game, then after the latest. Filled dots: wins; open: losses.

Future schedule

2027–⁠29
20273 games: 1 home, 2 away, non-conference only
20281 game: 1 home, non-conference only
20291 game: 1 away, non-conference only

New Mexico’s announced games beyond the seasons on our schedule, as its Wikipedia article lists them (announced schedules as of May 12, 2026). Schedules change; a season shows only the games named so far, and many articles list non-conference games only. Future schedules: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

On the 2026 team

Program greats See all

Heisman finalists, College Football Hall of Famers, consensus All-Americans, national award winners and first-round picks, for what they did at New Mexico.

Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.

Around the program

Apparel
Nike · Official source
Mascot
Lobo Louie · Single source
Live mascot
Zoerro (wolf) · Official source
Student section
Howl Raisers · Official source
Athletic director
Ryan Berryman · Official source
Offensive coordinator
Luke Schleusner · Official source
Defensive coordinator
Spence Nowinsky · Official source
Radio flagship
KKOB · Official source

Found by several AI researchers searching the web, then kept only where the page loads and says so in words naming the program; every quote is checked again each time the data is rebuilt. Official source: the school’s own page. All of them.

The apparel deal

Nike, through 2027. Multi-year extension. Extended in October 2023 through the 2026-27 school year.

Apparel deals: Field Drip. Terms as the outlets reported them; checked Oct 3, 2026.

Program strength since 1909

Best seasons ever
New Mexico end-of-season Elo from 1909 to 2026, best in 1982 at 1602.13001500170019001920194019601980200020201982 peak: Elo 1602
End-of-season Elo. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team.

On Bluesky

  • David Hale

    From 2014-2025, no team had more than 18 takeaways through 5 games. This year, New Mexico and UCLA both have 19. New Mexico is +18 in turnover margin, which is +4 better than any other playoff-era team through 5 games and its +72 points off turnovers margin is the third-best since 2004.

    Read on Bluesky

From reporters and writers who cover college football, linked to their posts on Bluesky.

More coverage

Found through the GDELT Project, which indexes news sites worldwide. Each link opens the story on the outlet’s own site; each picture is that outlet’s own preview of its story, shown from its site and credited to it.

Head coaches

CoachYearsRecord
Jason Eck2025–⁠202614–⁠5
Bronco Mendenhall20245–⁠7
Danny Gonzales2020–⁠202311–⁠32
Bob Davie2012–⁠201935–⁠64
George Barlow20111–⁠7
Mike Locksley2009–⁠20112–⁠26
Rocky Long1998–⁠200865–⁠69
Dennis Franchione1992–⁠199733–⁠36
Mike Sheppard1987–⁠19919–⁠50
Joe Lee Dunn1983–⁠198617–⁠30
Joe Morrison1980–⁠198218–⁠15–⁠1
Bill Mondt1974–⁠197932–⁠36–⁠1
Rudy Feldman1968–⁠197324–⁠37–⁠2
Bill Weeks1960–⁠196740–⁠41–⁠1
Marv Levy1958–⁠195914–⁠6
Dick Clausen1956–⁠19578–⁠12
Robert Titchenal1953–⁠195512–⁠16–⁠1
Dudley DeGroot1950–⁠195213–⁠17
Berl Huffman1947–⁠19498–⁠22–⁠1
Willis Barnes1942–⁠194617–⁠20–⁠5
Ted Shipkey1937–⁠194130–⁠17–⁠2
Gwinn Henry1934–⁠193616–⁠12
Chuck Riley1931–⁠19337–⁠13–⁠3
Roy W. Johnson1920–⁠19304–⁠10–⁠1
John F. McGough19190–⁠0–⁠1
Ralph Hutchinson19160–⁠2
Sam P. McBirney19090–⁠1

Most-played series

All rivalries
OpponentGamesUNM record
New Mexico State11676–⁠35–⁠5 ‡
Wyoming7736–⁠41
Colorado State7126–⁠45
UTEP7138–⁠31–⁠2
BYU6014–⁠45–⁠1
Utah5217–⁠33–⁠2
Arizona5117–⁠32–⁠2
San Diego State4617–⁠29

Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file. Each series page gives both.

Rivals the program names: Arizona, New Mexico State.

The trophy it holds: The Roaster (New Mexico State, since 2025). Who holds each comes from the games on file; the trophies from Wikipedia.

Every opponent (105)

Every program New Mexico has played, A to Z, with New Mexico’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.

Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated, or with forfeits counted. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file.

Conference titles

4, counting shared titles
Western Athletic Conference 3
1962, 1963, 1964 (shared)
Border Conference 1
1938 (shared)
MW Mountain 1
2016 (tied)
WAC Mountain 1
1997

As the program counts them in its Wikipedia article, shared titles included, and listed under each conference’s current name (a Western Conference title of the 1900s counts as a Big Ten title); season pages use the name the conference had that year. A title the article files under a conference the team wasn’t in that season is listed under the one it was. Division titles include years the team tied for its division.

Conferences

  1. Independent 1892–⁠1930
  2. Border Conference 1931–⁠1950
  3. Skyline Conference 1951–⁠1961
  4. Mountain West Conference since 1999
  • 1962Joined the WAC from the Skyline Conference. Source
  • 1999Joined the Mountain West Conference from the WAC. Source

New Mexico’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time). The moves and their announcement dates from Wikipedia’s lists of NCAA Division I conference changes; the year is the first season in the new conference. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

National award winners

All awards
2020Teton Saltes OTWuerffel

Consensus All-Americans 3

2007John Sullivan K
1999Brian Urlacher LB/S
1989Terance Mathis WR

Led the nation 12

2018Marcus Hayes punt return average (21.2)
2014Jhurell Pressley yards per carry (9.5)
1994Stoney Case total offense (3,649 yds)
1990Eric Morgan receptions (80 catches)
1975Steve Myer passing touchdowns (21 TD)
1970Fred Henry yards per carry (7.3)
1967Joe Casas kickoff return yards (602 yds)
1959Billy Brown yards per carry (7.8)
1959Don Perkins kickoff return yards (520 yds), kickoff return average (34.7)
1953Bobby Lee punt return average (19.4)
1951Chuck Hill kickoff return yards (504 yds)
1950Chuck Hill kickoff return yards (729 yds)

The NCAA’s official national leaders since 1937, from Wikipedia’s yearly leader lists.

In the Hall of Fame

Every inductee
Players
2
Coaches
0
2023Terance Mathis WR
2017Brian Urlacher LB/S

In the NFL Draft

By college
Drafted, rounds 1–⁠7
38 since 1939
First-round picks
2
2000Brian Urlacher LBNo. 9, Chicago Bears
1977Robin Cole LBNo. 21, Pittsburgh Steelers

Who came and went in the 2026 transfer portal, and every portal year.

Official accounts

Football
X @UNMLoboFBInstagram @unmlobofbFacebook unmlobofb

Official accounts: the schools’ athletics websites: the ones golobos.com lists for its football program, as of Oct 12, 2026.

Voices

play-by-play
  1. from 1968Mike Roberts

From the announcers’ Wikipedia articles (CC BY-SA), with the years as each article gives them: those in Wikipedia’s New Mexico football announcers category, and any whose article names them the program’s play-by-play voice. Television network crews and announcers whose articles give no years are left out.

Season by season

National champions
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20265–⁠12–⁠0Jason Eck159312.3
20259–⁠46–⁠2Jason Eck15530.9
20245–⁠73–⁠4Bronco Mendenhall1398-14.8
20234–⁠82–⁠6Danny Gonzales1316-16.5
20222–⁠100–⁠8Danny Gonzales1253-26.9
20213–⁠91–⁠7Danny Gonzales1300-18.6
20202–⁠52–⁠5Danny Gonzales1333-15.0
20192–⁠100–⁠8Bob Davie1271-17.0
20183–⁠91–⁠7Bob Davie1343-9.5
20173–⁠91–⁠7Bob Davie1375-12.4
20169–⁠46–⁠2Bob Davie1532-5.1
20157–⁠65–⁠3Bob Davie1428-8.7
20144–⁠82–⁠6Bob Davie1355-15.0
20133–⁠91–⁠7Bob Davie1298-14.9
20124–⁠91–⁠7Bob Davie1299-13.4
20111–⁠111–⁠6Mike Locksley, George Barlow1234-27.9
20101–⁠111–⁠7Mike Locksley1248-24.8
20091–⁠111–⁠7Mike Locksley1295-19.1
20084–⁠82–⁠6Rocky Long1442-2.0
20079–⁠45–⁠3Rocky Long15464.4
20066–⁠74–⁠4Rocky Long1448-0.5
20056–⁠54–⁠4Rocky Long15000.2
20047–⁠55–⁠2Rocky Long15585.4
20038–⁠55–⁠2Rocky Long15608.6
20027–⁠75–⁠2Rocky Long1486-4.4
Every season back to 1909 (84 more)
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20016–⁠54–⁠3Rocky Long1508-3.8
20005–⁠73–⁠4Rocky Long14352.1
19994–⁠73–⁠4Rocky Long1391-5.6
19983–⁠91–⁠7Rocky Long1372-17.7
19979–⁠46–⁠2Dennis Franchione15337.1
19966–⁠53–⁠5Dennis Franchione1449-0.3
19954–⁠72–⁠6Dennis Franchione1411-10.0
19945–⁠74–⁠4Dennis Franchione14991.4
19936–⁠54–⁠4Dennis Franchione15063.5
19923–⁠82–⁠6Dennis Franchione1367-7.7
19913–⁠92–⁠6Mike Sheppard1306-19.7
19902–⁠101–⁠6Mike Sheppard1311-14.6
19892–⁠100–⁠7Mike Sheppard1321-7.0
19882–⁠101–⁠7Mike Sheppard1232-27.0
19870–⁠110–⁠8Mike Sheppard1256-25.7
19864–⁠82–⁠5Joe Lee Dunn1375-7.6
19853–⁠82–⁠6Joe Lee Dunn1347-10.2
19844–⁠81–⁠7Joe Lee Dunn1379-14.6
19836–⁠64–⁠3Joe Lee Dunn15382.5
198210–⁠16–⁠1Joe Morrison160211.6
19814–⁠7–⁠13–⁠4–⁠1Joe Morrison1428-3.4
19804–⁠73–⁠4Joe Morrison1377-8.0
19796–⁠63–⁠4Bill Mondt1474-7.9
19787–⁠53–⁠3Bill Mondt14875.3
19775–⁠72–⁠5Bill Mondt1455-4.4
19764–⁠73–⁠4Bill Mondt1455-1.7
19756–⁠54–⁠3Bill Mondt15004.0
19744–⁠6–⁠13–⁠4Bill Mondt1418-10.0
19734–⁠73–⁠4Rudy Feldman1410-0.4
19723–⁠82–⁠4Rudy Feldman1385-15.0
19716–⁠3–⁠25–⁠1Rudy Feldman15307.7
19707–⁠35–⁠1Rudy Feldman15216.5
19694–⁠61–⁠5Rudy Feldman1345
19680–⁠100–⁠7Rudy Feldman1189
19671–⁠90–⁠5Bill Weeks1235
19662–⁠80–⁠5Bill Weeks1301
19653–⁠72–⁠3Bill Weeks1400
19649–⁠23–⁠1Bill Weeks1589
19636–⁠43–⁠1Bill Weeks1542
19627–⁠2–⁠12–⁠1–⁠1Bill Weeks1550
19617–⁠43–⁠3Bill Weeks1511
19605–⁠54–⁠2Bill Weeks1473
19597–⁠34–⁠2Marv Levy1525
19587–⁠35–⁠1Marv Levy1437
19574–⁠62–⁠4Dick Clausen1332
19564–⁠62–⁠4Dick Clausen1329
19552–⁠81–⁠5Robert Titchenal1308
19545–⁠53–⁠3Robert Titchenal1434
19535–⁠3–⁠13–⁠2–⁠1Robert Titchenal1485
19527–⁠25–⁠1Dudley DeGroot1478
19514–⁠72–⁠4Dudley DeGroot1309
19502–⁠82–⁠5Dudley DeGroot1242
19492–⁠81–⁠6Berl Huffman1245
19482–⁠91–⁠6Berl Huffman1282
19474–⁠5–⁠11–⁠5–⁠1Berl Huffman1366
19465–⁠5–⁠24–⁠2–⁠1Willis Barnes1390
19456–⁠1–⁠11–⁠0–⁠1Willis Barnes1473
19441–⁠71–⁠2Willis Barnes1257
19431–⁠2Willis Barnes1401
19424–⁠5–⁠23–⁠4Willis Barnes1398
19415–⁠4–⁠13–⁠2–⁠1Ted Shipkey1433
19405–⁠44–⁠2Ted Shipkey1498
19398–⁠24–⁠2Ted Shipkey1515
19388–⁠34–⁠2Ted Shipkey1504
19374–⁠4–⁠12–⁠3–⁠1Ted Shipkey1405
19362–⁠71–⁠4Gwinn Henry1365
19356–⁠43–⁠2Gwinn Henry1449
19348–⁠13–⁠1Gwinn Henry1465
19333–⁠4–⁠12–⁠2Chuck Riley1282
19321–⁠6–⁠11–⁠3–⁠1Chuck Riley1251
19313–⁠3–⁠11–⁠1–⁠1Chuck Riley1396
19300–⁠2Roy W. Johnson1423
19281–⁠0Roy W. Johnson1496
19271–⁠0Roy W. Johnson1477
19261–⁠1Roy W. Johnson1450
19250–⁠1–⁠1Roy W. Johnson1436
19241–⁠0Roy W. Johnson1435
19230–⁠2Roy W. Johnson1391
19220–⁠2Roy W. Johnson1418
19210–⁠1Roy W. Johnson1452
19200–⁠1Roy W. Johnson1444
1919few games on file0–⁠0–⁠1John F. McGough1457
1916few games on file0–⁠2Ralph Hutchinson1435
1909few games on file0–⁠1Sam P. McBirney1475

Officially 503–⁠633–⁠31 since 1892 (per Wikipedia, rechecked weekly); game by game here, 435–⁠603–⁠19 (−68 wins, −30 losses, −12 ties). Our file starts in 1909; the program began in 1892. Some games are missing from our source.

No season on file for 1910–⁠15, 1917–⁠18, 1929: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.

Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.