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1958 New Mexico

7–⁠3 (5–⁠1 Skyline Conference), coached by Marv Levy.

Schedule and results

New Mexico in 1958, game by game: won at New Mexico State 16–7; lost at UTEP 6–15; won vs. Montana 44–16; won vs. Utah State 34–14; won vs. Arizona 33–13; won at Wyoming 13–12; won at Denver 21–15; lost at BYU 19–36; won vs. Colorado State 17–12; lost vs. No. 9 Air Force 7–45+28−38Won 16–7 at New Mexico State+9New Mexico StateLost 6–15 at UTEP-9UTEPWon 44–16 vs. Montana+28MontanaWon 34–14 vs. Utah State+20Utah StateWon 33–13 vs. Arizona+20ArizonaWon 13–12 at Wyoming+1WyomingWon 21–15 at Denver+6DenverLost 19–36 at BYU-17BYUWon 17–12 vs. Colorado State+5Colorado StateLost 7–45 vs. No. 9 Air Force-38No. 9 Air Force
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20atNew Mexico StateW 16–⁠757%
Sep 27atUTEPL 6–⁠1533%
Oct 4vsMontanaW 44–⁠1667%
Oct 11vsUtah StateW 34–⁠1460%
Oct 18vsArizonaW 33–⁠1373%
Oct 25atWyomingW 13–⁠1226%
Oct 31atDenverW 21–⁠1546%
Nov 8atBYUL 19–⁠3647%
Nov 15vsColorado StateW 17–⁠1261%
Nov 22vs9Air ForceL 7–⁠4548%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Air Force 45–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Skyline Conference.

In program history: The 46th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

Record
7–⁠3
Conference
5–⁠1 2nd in Skyline Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
210–⁠185
Coach
Marv Levy
Elo
1437 +49 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−5.4 No. 77 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Skyline Conference

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Don BlackEAP-1; UPI-1
  • Don PerkinsRBAP-1; UPI-1

Second team

  • Bo BankstonFBUPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1958 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1958 Skyline Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Wyoming6–⁠18–⁠3
New Mexico5–⁠17–⁠3
BYU5–⁠26–⁠4
Colorado State4–⁠36–⁠4
Utah3–⁠34–⁠7
Utah State2–⁠53–⁠7
Denver2–⁠52–⁠8
Montana0–⁠70–⁠10

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