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1987 New Mexico

0–⁠11 (0–⁠8 Western Athletic Conference), coached by Mike Sheppard.

Schedule and results

New Mexico in 1987, game by game: lost at Utah 20–24; lost at New Mexico State 14–17; lost at Arizona 9–20; lost vs. BYU 25–45; lost vs. Hawai’i 31–41; lost at Colorado State 13–35; lost at UTEP 0–34; lost vs. Wyoming 16–59; lost vs. Air Force 26–73; lost at San Diego State 30–53; lost at Arkansas 25–43+7−47Lost 20–24 at Utah-4UtahLost 14–17 at New Mexico State-3New Mexico StateLost 9–20 at Arizona-11ArizonaLost 25–45 vs. BYU-20BYULost 31–41 vs. Hawai’i-10Hawai’iLost 13–35 at Colorado State-22Colorado StateLost 0–34 at UTEP-34UTEPLost 16–59 vs. Wyoming-43WyomingLost 26–73 vs. Air Force-47Air ForceLost 30–53 at San Diego State-23San Diego StateLost 25–43 at Arkansas-18Arkansas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5atUtahL 20–⁠2440%
Sep 12atNew Mexico StateL 14–⁠1762%
Sep 19atArizonaL 9–⁠2017%
Sep 26vsBYUL 25–⁠4537%
Oct 10vsHawai’iL 31–⁠4139%
Oct 17atColorado StateL 13–⁠3538%
Oct 31atUTEPL 0–⁠3422%
Nov 7vsWyomingL 16–⁠5926%
Nov 14vsAir ForceL 26–⁠7320%
Nov 21atSan Diego StateL 30–⁠5317%
Nov 28atArkansasL 25–⁠438%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Arkansas 43–⁠25; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Western Athletic Conference.

In program history: The 100th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

Record
0–⁠11
Conference
0–⁠8 9th in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
209–⁠444
Coach
Mike Sheppard
Elo
1256 −161 this season
SP+ rating
-25.7 No. 100 of 101; offense No. 67, defense No. 101
SRS
−24.0 No. 103 of 104 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Ed Lambert
Defensive coordinator
Jack Stanton

1987 Western Athletic Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Wyoming8–⁠010–⁠3
BYU7–⁠19–⁠4
Air Force6–⁠29–⁠4
UTEP5–⁠37–⁠4
San Diego State4–⁠45–⁠7
Hawai’i3–⁠55–⁠7
Utah2–⁠65–⁠7
Colorado State1–⁠71–⁠11
New Mexico0–⁠80–⁠11

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