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1965 New Mexico

3–⁠7 (2–⁠3 Western Athletic Conference), coached by Bill Weeks.

Schedule and results

New Mexico in 1965, game by game: lost vs. UTEP 14–35; lost at Colorado State 22–27; won at Arizona 24–2; won vs. Utah 13–10; lost at Arizona State 14–27; lost vs. San José State 7–27; lost vs. Wyoming 9–27; lost at New Mexico State 6–20; won vs. Iowa State 10–9; lost vs. BYU 8–42+22−34Lost 14–35 vs. UTEP-21UTEPLost 22–27 at Colorado State-5Colorado StateWon 24–2 at Arizona+22ArizonaWon 13–10 vs. Utah+3UtahLost 14–27 at Arizona State-13Arizona StateLost 7–27 vs. San José State-20San José StateLost 9–27 vs. Wyoming-18WyomingLost 6–20 at New Mexico State-14New Mexico StateWon 10–9 vs. Iowa State+1Iowa StateLost 8–42 vs. BYU-34BYU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 25vsUTEPL 14–⁠3579%
Oct 2atColorado StateL 22–⁠2755%
Oct 9atArizonaW 24–⁠231%
Oct 16vsUtahW 13–⁠1050%
Oct 23atArizona StateL 14–⁠2754%
Oct 30vsSan José StateL 7–⁠2771%
Nov 6vsWyomingL 9–⁠2738%
Nov 13atNew Mexico StateL 6–⁠2036%
Nov 20vsIowa StateW 10–⁠953%
Nov 27vsBYUL 8–⁠4251%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to BYU 42–⁠8; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Western Athletic Conference.

In program history: The 62nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

Record
3–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠3 4th in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
127–⁠226
Coach
Bill Weeks
Elo
1400 −159 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−13.8 No. 101 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

1965 Western Athletic Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
BYU4–⁠16–⁠4
Arizona State3–⁠16–⁠4
Wyoming3–⁠26–⁠4
New Mexico2–⁠33–⁠7
Utah1–⁠33–⁠7
Arizona1–⁠43–⁠7

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