The 2019 New Mexico Lobos football team represented the University of New Mexico in the Mountain Division of the Mountain West Conference (MW) during the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team played its games at Dreamstyle Stadium. It was the eighth season under head coach Bob Davie.[1] They finished the season 2–10, 0–8 in Mountain West play to finish in last place in the Mountain Division.
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On November 25, Davie and New Mexico agreed to part ways.[2] He finished at New Mexico with an eight-year record of 35–64.
The 2019 Mountain West Media days were held on July 23–24 at the Cosmopolitan on the Las Vegas Strip
The preseason poll was released at the Mountain West media days on July 23, 2019. The Lobos were predicted to finish in sixth place in the MW Mountain Division.[3]
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Mountain Division
Predicted finish |
Team |
Votes (1st place) |
1 | Boise State | 120 (15) |
2 | Utah State | 108 (6) |
3 | Air Force | 73 |
4 | Wyoming | 66 |
5 | Colorado State | 52 |
6 | New Mexico | 22 |
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Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 31 | 4:00 p.m. | No. 23 (FCS) Sam Houston State* | | LOBOTV | W 39–31 | 13,749 |
September 14 | 12:30 p.m. | at No. 7 Notre Dame* | | NBC | L 14–66 | 77,622 |
September 21 | 2:30 p.m. | New Mexico State* | | ATTSNRM | W 55–52 | 27,269 |
September 28 | 4:00 p.m. | at Liberty* | | ESPN+ | L 10–17 | 17,101 |
| 8:00 p.m. | at San Jose State | | CBSSN | L 21–32 | 16,119 |
| 6:00 p.m. | Colorado State | - Dreamstyle Stadium
- Albuquerque, NM
| CBSSN | L 21–35 | 15,393 |
October 19 | 2:00 p.m. | at Wyoming | | ATTSNRM | L 10–23 | 22,884 |
October 26 | 2:00 p.m. | Hawaii | - Dreamstyle Stadium
- Albuquerque, NM
| SPEC HI | L 31–45 | 12,617 |
November 2 | 8:30 p.m. | at Nevada | | ESPNU | L 10–21 | 15,631 |
November 16 | 8:15 p.m. | at No. 21 Boise State | | ESPN2 | L 9–42 | 31,492 |
November 23[lower-alpha 1] | 12:00 p.m. | Air Force | - Dreamstyle Stadium
- Albuquerque, NM
| ESPN3 | L 22–44 | 13,844 |
November 30 | 2:00 p.m. | Utah State | - Dreamstyle Stadium
- Albuquerque, NM
| Stadium on Facebook | L 25–38 | 11,611 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Mountain time
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Sam Houston State
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
No. 23 (FCS) Bearkats |
0 |
16 |
7 |
8 |
31 |
Lobos |
13 |
9 |
10 |
7 |
39 |
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Bob Davie experienced heart problems following the victory, forcing him to cancel the post-game press conference.[6] On September 5, run game/offensive line coach Saga Tuitele was named acting head coach.[7]
At Notre Dame
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Lobos |
0 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
14 |
No. 7 Fighting Irish |
7 |
31 |
14 |
14 |
66 |
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New Mexico State
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Aggies |
17 |
14 |
7 |
14 |
52 |
Lobos |
14 |
17 |
17 |
7 |
55 |
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At Liberty
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Lobos |
0 |
3 |
0 |
7 |
10 |
Flames |
7 |
7 |
3 |
0 |
17 |
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At San Jose State
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Lobos |
0 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
21 |
Spartans |
6 |
20 |
0 |
6 |
32 |
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Colorado State
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Rams |
7 |
14 |
7 |
7 |
35 |
Lobos |
6 |
8 |
0 |
7 |
21 |
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At Wyoming
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Lobos |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
10 |
Cowboys |
7 |
0 |
6 |
10 |
23 |
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Hawaii
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Rainbow Warriors |
21 |
14 |
3 |
7 |
45 |
Lobos |
3 |
0 |
7 |
21 |
31 |
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At Nevada
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Lobos |
7 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
10 |
Wolf Pack |
0 |
14 |
0 |
7 |
21 |
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At Boise State
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Lobos |
0 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
9 |
No. 21 Broncos |
28 |
0 |
14 |
0 |
42 |
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Air Force
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Falcons |
7 |
7 |
16 |
14 |
44 |
Lobos |
7 |
3 |
6 |
6 |
22 |
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Utah State
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Aggies |
7 |
24 |
7 |
0 |
38 |
Lobos |
0 |
6 |
12 |
7 |
25 |
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The game between New Mexico and Air Force, originally scheduled for November 9, was rescheduled to November 23 due to the death of New Mexico player Nahje Flowers.