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1968 New Mexico

0–⁠10 (0–⁠7 Western Athletic Conference), coached by Rudy Feldman.

Schedule and results

New Mexico in 1968, game by game: lost vs. Colorado State 13–21; lost at UTEP 15–44; lost vs. Arizona 8–19; lost at No. 8 Kansas 7–68; lost at Utah 7–30; lost vs. San José State 24–55; lost at Wyoming 6–35; lost at Arizona State 28–63; lost vs. New Mexico State 6–33; lost vs. BYU 6–35+7−61Lost 13–21 vs. Colorado State-8Colorado StateLost 15–44 at UTEP-29UTEPLost 8–19 vs. Arizona-11ArizonaLost 7–68 at No. 8 Kansas-61No. 8 KansasLost 7–30 at Utah-23UtahLost 24–55 vs. San José State-31San José StateLost 6–35 at Wyoming-29WyomingLost 28–63 at Arizona State-35Arizona StateLost 6–33 vs. New Mexico State-27New Mexico StateLost 6–35 vs. BYU-29BYU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 14vsColorado StateL 13–⁠2135%
Sep 21atUTEPL 15–⁠4412%
Sep 28vsArizonaL 8–⁠1935%
Oct 5at8KansasL 7–⁠6813%
Oct 12atUtahL 7–⁠3021%
Oct 19vsSan José StateL 24–⁠5545%
Oct 26atWyomingL 6–⁠356%
Nov 2atArizona StateL 28–⁠639%
Nov 16vsNew Mexico StateL 6–⁠3325%
Nov 23vsBYUL 6–⁠3531%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to BYU 35–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Western Athletic Conference.

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

Record
0–⁠10
Conference
0–⁠7 8th in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
120–⁠403
Coach
Rudy Feldman
Elo
1189 −134 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−25.5 No. 114 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

1968 Western Athletic Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Wyoming6–⁠17–⁠3
Arizona State5–⁠18–⁠2
Arizona5–⁠18–⁠3
UTEP3–⁠34–⁠5–⁠1
Utah2–⁠33–⁠7
Colorado State1–⁠22–⁠8
BYU1–⁠52–⁠8
New Mexico0–⁠70–⁠10

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