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1937 New Mexico State

7–⁠2 (4–⁠1 Border Conference), coached by Gerald Hines.

Schedule and results

New Mexico State in 1937, game by game: won vs. UTEP 14–0; won vs. Western New Mexico 34–0; won vs. New Mexico 5–0; won at Northern Arizona 7–0; lost at San Diego State 0–20; lost at Arizona 12–27; won vs. Western Colorado 33–6; won vs. Arizona State 14–0; won vs. California–Santa Barbara 9–7+34−20Won 14–0 vs. UTEP+14UTEPWon 34–0 vs. Western New Mexico+34Western New Mex…Won 5–0 vs. New Mexico+5New MexicoWon 7–0 at Northern Arizona+7Northern ArizonaLost 0–20 at San Diego State-20San Diego StateLost 12–27 at Arizona-15ArizonaWon 33–6 vs. Western Colorado+27Western ColoradoWon 14–0 vs. Arizona State+14Arizona StateWon 9–7 vs. California–Santa Barbara+2California–Sant…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 24vsUTEPW 14–⁠067%
Oct 1vsWestern New MexicoW 34–⁠086%
Oct 8vsNew MexicoW 5–⁠065%
Oct 16atNorthern ArizonaW 7–⁠079%
Oct 23atSan Diego StateL 0–⁠2085%
Oct 30atArizonaL 12–⁠2730%
Nov 13vsWestern ColoradoW 33–⁠661%
Nov 25vsArizona StateW 14–⁠086%
Dec 4vsCalifornia–Santa BarbaraW 9–⁠779%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat California–Santa Barbara 9–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Border Conference.

In program history: The 14th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 93 on file).

Record
7–⁠2
Conference
4–⁠1 2nd in Border Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
128–⁠60
Coach
Gerald Hines
Elo
1442 +6 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−2.4 No. 80 of 126 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

1937 Border Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas Tech3–⁠08–⁠4
New Mexico State4–⁠17–⁠2
Arizona3–⁠18–⁠2
UTEP2–⁠1–⁠17–⁠1–⁠2
New Mexico2–⁠3–⁠14–⁠4–⁠1
Northern Arizona1–⁠45–⁠5
Arizona State0–⁠50–⁠8–⁠1

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.