Arizona–New Mexico football rivalry

The Arizona–New Mexico football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Arizona Wildcats and New Mexico Lobos. They have met 68 times on the football field. Arizona leads the series 45–20–3.^[2][3][4]

Arizona–New Mexico football rivalry

Arizona Wildcats New Mexico Lobos
First meeting	November 26, 1908 Arizona, 10–5
Latest meeting	August 31, 2024 Arizona, 61–39
Next meeting	TBD
Stadiums	Arizona Stadium Tucson, Arizona, U.S. University Stadium Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.
Trophy	Kit Carson Rifle (1938–1990)
Statistics
Meetings total	68
All-time series	Arizona leads, 45–20–3[1]
Largest victory	Arizona, 38–0 (1950)
Longest win streak	Arizona, 10 (1947–1956)
Current win streak	Arizona, 2 (2015–2024)

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New Mexico

Arizona

  

Locations of Arizona and New Mexico

Kit Carson Rifle

From 1938 to 1990, the winner of the rivalry took ownership of the Kit Carson Rifle. The gun is a Springfield Model 1866 rifle that is rumored to have once belonged to the famous frontier scout, Kit Carson. Game scores from each game are carved into the stock of the rifle. Prior to the 1997 Insight.com Bowl, the two schools announced that they would retire the rifle due to concerns of its history of violence against Native Americans and it has not been used during any subsequent games between the two schools.^[5]

Game results

Arizona victories

New Mexico victories

Tie games

No. Date Location Winner Score 1 November 26, 1908 Albuquerque, NM Arizona 10–5 2 November 13, 1909 Tucson, AZ New Mexico 23–11 3 November 24, 1910 [lower-alpha 1] Tucson, AZ Arizona 1–0 4 November 30, 1911 Albuquerque, NM Arizona 6–0 5 November 30, 1912 Tucson, AZ Arizona 22–9 6 November 21, 1913 Albuquerque, NM Arizona 7–3 7 November 20, 1920 Tucson, AZ Arizona 28–7 8 November 19, 1921 Albuquerque, NM Arizona 24–0 9 November 18, 1922 Tucson, AZ Arizona 10–0 10 November 3, 1923 Albuquerque, NM Arizona 14–7 11 November 11, 1924 Tucson, AZ New Mexico 3–0 12 November 7, 1925 Albuquerque, NM Arizona 24–0 13 November 6, 1926 Tucson, AZ Arizona 21–0 14 November 5, 1927 Albuquerque, NM New Mexico 7–6 15 November 3, 1928 Tucson, AZ Tie 6–6 16 November 23, 1929 Albuquerque, NM Arizona 6–0 17 November 15, 1930 Tucson, AZ Arizona 33–0 18 November 14, 1931 Albuquerque, NM Tie 7–7 19 November 11, 1932 Tucson, AZ Arizona 13–6 20 November 11, 1933 Albuquerque, NM New Mexico 7–0 21 November 3, 1934 Tucson, AZ Arizona 14–6 22 November 23, 1935 Albuquerque, NM Arizona 38–6 23 November 7, 1936 Tucson, AZ Arizona 28–0 24 November 13, 1937 Albuquerque, NM Arizona 23–0 25 October 29, 1938 Tucson, AZ New Mexico 20–7 26 November 25, 1939 Albuquerque, NM New Mexico 7–6 27 November 23, 1940 Tucson, AZ New Mexico 13–12 28 October 18, 1941 Albuquerque, NM Arizona 31–6 29 November 7, 1942 Tucson, AZ Arizona 14–13 30 November 16, 1946 Albuquerque, NM Tie 13–13 31 October 25, 1947 Tucson, AZ Arizona 22–12 32 November 6, 1948 Albuquerque, NM Arizona 14–6 33 November 5, 1949 Tucson, AZ Arizona 46–14 34 November 4, 1950 Albuquerque, NM Arizona 38–0 35 November 3, 1951 Tucson, AZ Arizona 32–20 No. Date Location Winner Score 36 November 1, 1952 Albuquerque, NM Arizona 13–7 37 October 10, 1953 Tucson, AZ Arizona 20–0 38 October 23, 1954 Albuquerque, NM Arizona 41–7 39 November 19, 1955 Tucson, AZ Arizona 27–6 40 October 20, 1956 Albuquerque, NM Arizona 26–12 41 October 19, 1957 Tucson, AZ New Mexico 27–0 42 October 18, 1958 Albuquerque, NM New Mexico 33–13 43 October 17, 1959 Tucson, AZ New Mexico 28–7 44 October 22, 1960 Albuquerque, NM Arizona 26–14 45 October 21, 1961 Tucson, AZ Arizona 22–21 46 September 29, 1962 Albuquerque, NM New Mexico 35–25 47 December 7, 1963 Tucson, AZ New Mexico 22–15 48 October 10, 1964 Albuquerque, NM New Mexico 10–7 49 October 9, 1965 Tucson, AZ New Mexico 24–2 50 October 8, 1966 Albuquerque, NM Arizona 36–15 51 November 4, 1967 Tucson, AZ Arizona 48–13 52 September 28, 1968 Albuquerque, NM Arizona 19–8 53 October 25, 1969 Tucson, AZ Arizona 52–28 54 November 7, 1970 Albuquerque, NM New Mexico 35–7 55 October 30, 1971 Tucson, AZ New Mexico 34–28 56 October 14, 1972 Albuquerque, NM Arizona 27–15 57 October 13, 1973 Tucson, AZ Arizona 22–14 58 September 28, 1974 Albuquerque, NM #15 Arizona 15–10 59 October 25, 1975 Tucson, AZ New Mexico 44–34 60 November 20, 1976 Albuquerque, NM New Mexico 21–15 61 November 12, 1977 Tucson, AZ Arizona 15–13 62 September 19, 1987 Tucson, AZ Arizona 20–9 63 September 15, 1990 Albuquerque, NM #20 Arizona 25–10 64 December 27, 1997 Tucson, AZ Arizona 20–14 65 September 15, 2007 Tucson, AZ New Mexico 29–27 66 September 13, 2008 Albuquerque, NM New Mexico 36–28 67 December 19, 2015 Albuquerque, NM Arizona 45–37 68 August 31, 2024 Tucson, AZ #21 Arizona 61–39 Series: Arizona leads 45–20–3[1]

1. Game not played; Arizona won by forfeit

• Non-conference games (34: 1908–1930, 1951–1961 and 1978–2024)
• Two bowl games: 1997 and 2015
• Not played in 46 seasons (1914–1919, 1943–1945, 1978–1986, 1988–1989, 1991–1996, 1998–2006, 2009–2014 and 2016–2021)

Coaching records

Since first game on November 26, 1908

Arizona

Head Coach	Team	Games	Seasons	Wins	Losses	Ties	Pct.
H. B. Galbraith	Arizona	2	1908–1909	1	1	0	.500
Frank Shipp	Arizona	2	1910–1911	2	0	0	1.000
Raymond L. Quigley	Arizona	1	1912	1	0	0	1.000
Frank A. King	Arizona	1	1913	1	0	0	1.000
Pop McKale	Arizona	0	1914–1917	0	0	0	–
No team (1918)
Pop McKale	Arizona	11	1919–1930	8	2	1	.773
Fred Enke	Arizona	1	1931	0	0	1	.500
August W. Farwick	Arizona	1	1932	1	0	0	1.000
Tex Oliver	Arizona	5	1933–1937	4	1	0	.800
Orian Landreth	Arizona	1	1938	0	1	0	.000
Mike Casteel	Arizona	7	1939–1948	4	2	1	.643
Bob Winslow	Arizona	3	1949–1951	3	0	0	1.000
Warren B. Woodson	Arizona	5	1952–1956	5	0	0	1.000
Ed Doherty	Arizona	2	1957–1958	0	2	0	.000
Jim LaRue	Arizona	8	1959–1966	3	5	0	.375
Darrell Mudra	Arizona	2	1967–1968	2	0	0	1.000
Bob Weber	Arizona	4	1969–1972	2	2	0	.500
Jim Young	Arizona	4	1973–1976	2	2	0	.500
Tony Mason	Arizona	1	1974–1979	1	0	0	1.000
Larry Smith	Arizona	0	1980–1986	0	0	0	–
Dick Tomey	Arizona	3	1987–2000	3	0	0	1.000
John Mackovic	Arizona	0	2001–2003	0	0		–
Mike Hankwitz	Arizona	0	2003	0	0		–
Mike Stoops	Arizona	2	2004–2011	0	2		.000
Tim Kish	Arizona	0	2011	0	0		–
Rich Rodriguez	Arizona	1	2012–2017	1	0		1.000
Kevin Sumlin	Arizona	0	2018–2020	0	0		–
Jedd Fisch	Arizona	0	2021–2023	0	0		–
Brent Brennan	Arizona	1	2024–present	1	0		1.000

New Mexico

Head Coach	Team	Games	Seasons	Wins	Losses	Ties	Pct.
Hermon H. Conwell	New Mexico	1	1908	0	1	0	.000
Sam P. McBirney	New Mexico	1	1909	1	0	0	1.000
Carl Hamilton	New Mexico	1	1910	0	1	0	.000
Ralph Hutchinson	New Mexico	3	1911–1916	0	3	0	.000
Frank E. Wood	New Mexico	0	1917	0	0	0	–
No team (1918)
John F. McGough	New Mexico	0	1919	0	0	0	–
Roy W. Johnson	New Mexico	11	1920–1930	2	8	1	.227
Chuck Riley	New Mexico	3	1931–1933	1	1	1	.500
Gwinn Henry	New Mexico	3	1934–1936	0	3	0	.000
Ted Shipkey	New Mexico	5	1937–1941	3	2	0	.600
Willis Barnes	New Mexico	2	1942–1946	0	2	0	.000
Berl Huffman	New Mexico	3	1947–1949	0	3	0	.000
Dudley DeGroot	New Mexico	3	1950–1952	0	3	0	.000
Bob Titchenal	New Mexico	3	1953–1955	0	3	0	.000
Dick Clausen	New Mexico	2	1956–1957	1	1	0	.500
Marv Levy	New Mexico	2	1958–1959	2	0	0	1.000
Bill Weeks	New Mexico	8	1960–1967	4	4	0	.500
Rudy Feldman	New Mexico	6	1968–1973	4	2	0	.667
Bill Mondt	New Mexico	4	1974–1979	2	2	0	.500
Joe Morrison	New Mexico	0	1980–1982	0	0	0	–
Joe Lee Dunn	New Mexico	0	1983–1986	0	0	0	–
Mike Sheppard	New Mexico	2	1987–1991	0	2	0	.000
Dennis Franchione	New Mexico	1	1992–1997	0	1	0	.000
Rocky Long	New Mexico	2	1998–2008	2	0		1.000
Mike Locksley	New Mexico	0	2009–2011	0	0		–
George Barlow	New Mexico	0	2011	0	0		–
Bob Davie	New Mexico	1	2012–2019	0	1		.000
Danny Gonzales	New Mexico	0	2020–present	0	0		–
Bronco Mendenhall	New Mexico	1	2024–present	0	1		.000

See also

• List of NCAA college football rivalry games

References

1. "Winsipedia - Arizona Wildcats vs. New Mexico Lobos football series history". Winsipedia.
2. "Kit Carson Rifle Goes On Block In New Mexico Game". Prescott Evening Courier. November 4, 1949. Retrieved March 9, 2013.
3. "Wildcats Seeking Kit Carson Rifle". Prescott Evening Courier. November 4, 1948. Retrieved March 9, 2013.
4. "Kit Carson rifle no reward". Tucson Citizen. September 13, 2007. Retrieved March 9, 2013.
5. "Rifle retired in Wildcat-Lobo rivalry". Tucson Citizen. December 19, 1997. Retrieved March 9, 2013.