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1977 New Mexico

5–⁠7 (2–⁠5 Western Athletic Conference), coached by Bill Mondt.

Schedule and results

New Mexico in 1977, game by game: won at Hawai’i 35–26; lost at No. 8 Texas Tech 14–49; lost at No. 8 Colorado 7–42; lost at No. 15 BYU 19–54; lost vs. Arizona State 24–45; won vs. Wichita State 22–17; lost at Colorado State 9–14; won at New Mexico State 35–13; won vs. UTEP 33–17; lost at Arizona 13–15; lost vs. Wyoming 21–23; won vs. Utah 41–24+22−35Won 35–26 at Hawai’i+9Hawai’iLost 14–49 at No. 8 Texas Tech-35No. 8 Texas TechLost 7–42 at No. 8 Colorado-35No. 8 ColoradoLost 19–54 at No. 15 BYU-35No. 15 BYULost 24–45 vs. Arizona State-21Arizona StateWon 22–17 vs. Wichita State+5Wichita StateLost 9–14 at Colorado State-5Colorado StateWon 35–13 at New Mexico State+22New Mexico StateWon 33–17 vs. UTEP+16UTEPLost 13–15 at Arizona-2ArizonaLost 21–23 vs. Wyoming-2WyomingWon 41–24 vs. Utah+17Utah
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 10atHawai’iW 35–⁠2665%
Sep 17at8Texas TechL 14–⁠4923%
Sep 24at8ColoradoL 7–⁠4223%
Sep 30at15BYUL 19–⁠5423%
Oct 8vsArizona StateL 24–⁠4548%
Oct 15vsWichita StateW 22–⁠1761%
Oct 22atColorado StateL 9–⁠1431%
Oct 29atNew Mexico StateW 35–⁠1342%
Nov 5vsUTEPW 33–⁠1781%
Nov 12atArizonaL 13–⁠1543%
Nov 19vsWyomingL 21–⁠2362%
Nov 26vsUtahW 41–⁠2469%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Utah 41–⁠24; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Western Athletic Conference.

In program history: The tied 37th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1977.

Record
5–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠5 tied for 6th in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
273–⁠339
Coach
Bill Mondt
Elo
1455 −15 this season
SP+ rating
-4.4 No. 100 of 140; offense No. 44, defense No. 125
SRS
−2.2 No. 84 of 145 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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1977 Western Athletic Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
BYU6–⁠19–⁠220
Arizona State6–⁠19–⁠318
Colorado State5–⁠29–⁠2–⁠1
Wyoming4–⁠34–⁠6–⁠1
Arizona3–⁠45–⁠7
New Mexico2–⁠55–⁠7
Utah2–⁠53–⁠8
UTEP0–⁠71–⁠10

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