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1989 New Mexico

2–⁠10 (0–⁠7 Western Athletic Conference), coached by Mike Sheppard.

Schedule and results

New Mexico in 1989, game by game: lost vs. No. 19 BYU 3–24; won vs. New Mexico State 45–13; lost at Texas Tech 20–27; lost at Tulsa 33–35; lost at Hawai’i 14–60; lost vs. Colorado State 20–34; lost at UTEP 7–26; lost at No. 20 Florida 21–27; lost vs. Wyoming 23–24; lost at San Diego State 28–45; lost at Utah 39–41; won vs. No. 23 Fresno State 45–22+32−46Lost 3–24 vs. No. 19 BYU-21No. 19 BYUWon 45–13 vs. New Mexico State+32New Mexico StateLost 20–27 at Texas Tech-7Texas TechLost 33–35 at Tulsa-2TulsaLost 14–60 at Hawai’i-46Hawai’iLost 20–34 vs. Colorado State-14Colorado StateLost 7–26 at UTEP-19UTEPLost 21–27 at No. 20 Florida-6No. 20 FloridaLost 23–24 vs. Wyoming-1WyomingLost 28–45 at San Diego State-17San Diego StateLost 39–41 at Utah-2UtahWon 45–22 vs. No. 23 Fresno State+23No. 23 Fresno State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2vs19BYUL 3–⁠2426%
Sep 9vsNew Mexico StateW 45–⁠1359%
Sep 16atTexas TechL 20–⁠2719%
Sep 23atTulsaL 33–⁠3521%
Sep 30atHawai’iL 14–⁠6015%
Oct 7vsColorado StateL 20–⁠3449%
Oct 14atUTEPL 7–⁠2623%
Oct 21at20FloridaL 21–⁠2710%
Oct 28vsWyomingL 23–⁠2426%
Nov 4atSan Diego StateL 28–⁠4518%
Nov 11atUtahL 39–⁠4124%
Nov 18vs23Fresno StateW 45–⁠2211%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Fresno State 45–⁠22; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Western Athletic Conference.

In program history: The 85th-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 1989.

Consensus All-AmericanTerance Mathis, WR

Record
2–⁠10
Conference
0–⁠7 9th in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
298–⁠378
Coach
Mike Sheppard
Elo
1321 +0 this season
SP+ rating
-7.0 No. 74 of 103; offense No. 39, defense No. 90
SRS
−6.6 No. 74 of 106 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Steve Fairchild
Defensive coordinator
Denny Moller

Drafted in 1990

The 1990 draft
Rd 6Terance Mathis WRNew York Jets

1989 Western Athletic Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
BYU7–⁠110–⁠322
Air Force5–⁠1–⁠18–⁠4–⁠1
Hawai’i5–⁠2–⁠19–⁠3–⁠1
Wyoming5–⁠35–⁠6
San Diego State4–⁠36–⁠5–⁠1
Colorado State4–⁠35–⁠5–⁠1
Utah2–⁠64–⁠8
UTEP1–⁠72–⁠10
New Mexico0–⁠72–⁠10

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