2019 New Mexico Lobos football team

2019 New Mexico Lobos football
2019 New Mexico Lobos football
Conference	Mountain West Conference
	Mountain Division
Record	2–10 (0–8 MW)
Head coach	Bob Davie (8th season);
Offensive coordinator	Joe Dailey (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Flexbone option
Defensive coordinator	Jordan Peterson (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Dreamstyle Stadium
Uniform

2019 Mountain West Conference football standings

Team	W		L	W		L
Mountain Division
No. 23 Boise State xy$	8	–	0	12	–	2
No. 22 Air Force	7	–	1	11	–	2
Utah State	6	–	2	7	–	6
Wyoming	4	–	4	8	–	5
Colorado State	3	–	5	4	–	8
New Mexico	0	–	8	2	–	10
West Division
Hawaii xy	5	–	3	10	–	5
San Diego State x	5	–	3	10	–	3
Nevada	4	–	4	7	–	6
San Jose State	2	–	6	5	–	7
UNLV	2	–	6	4	–	8
Fresno State	2	–	6	4	–	8
Championship: Boise State 31, Hawaii 10
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

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.

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.

Preseason

Mountain West media days

The 2019 Mountain West Media days were held on July 23–24 at the Cosmopolitan on the Las Vegas Strip

Media poll

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]

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

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	4:00 p.m.	No. 23 (FCS) Sam Houston State*	Dreamstyle Stadium Albuquerque, NM	LOBOTV	W 39–31	13,749
September 14	12:30 p.m.	at No. 7 Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN	NBC	L 14–66	77,622
September 21	2:30 p.m.	New Mexico State*	Dreamstyle Stadium Albuquerque, NM (Battle of I-25 / Rio Grande Rivalry)	ATTSNRM	W 55–52	27,269
September 28	4:00 p.m.	at Liberty*	Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA	ESPN+	L 10–17	17,101
October 4	8:00 p.m.	at San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium San Jose, CA	CBSSN	L 21–32	16,119
October 11	6:00 p.m.	Colorado State	Dreamstyle Stadium Albuquerque, NM	CBSSN	L 21–35	15,393
October 19	2:00 p.m.	at Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	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	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV (Battle of the Wolves)	ESPNU	L 10–21	15,631
November 16	8:15 p.m.	at No. 21 Boise State	Albertsons Stadium Boise, ID	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

Source:^[4]^[5]

Game summaries

Sam Houston State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 23 (FCS) Bearkats	0	16	7	8	31
Lobos	13	9	10	7	39

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

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lobos	0	7	0	7	14
No. 7 Fighting Irish	7	31	14	14	66

New Mexico State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	17	14	7	14	52
Lobos	14	17	17	7	55

At Liberty

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lobos	0	3	0	7	10
Flames	7	7	3	0	17

At San Jose State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lobos	0	7	7	7	21
Spartans	6	20	0	6	32

Colorado State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	7	14	7	7	35
Lobos	6	8	0	7	21

At Wyoming

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lobos	0	0	0	10	10
Cowboys	7	0	6	10	23

Hawaii

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rainbow Warriors	21	14	3	7	45
Lobos	3	0	7	21	31

At Nevada

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lobos	7	0	3	0	10
Wolf Pack	0	14	0	7	21

At Boise State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lobos	0	0	3	6	9
No. 21 Broncos	28	0	14	0	42

Air Force

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	7	7	16	14	44
Lobos	7	3	6	6	22

Utah State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	7	24	7	0	38
Lobos	0	6	12	7	25

Notes

↑ 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.

References

↑ "Lobo Football Schedule Released". GoLobos.com. February 4, 2019. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
↑ "New Mexico, Davie to part ways after 8 seasons". November 26, 2019.
↑ "Boise State, Fresno State Picked to Win 2019 Mountain West Football Divisional Titles". TheMW.com. July 23, 2019. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
↑ 2019 New Mexico Lobos football schedule. FBSchedules.com Retrieved March 27, 2019.
↑ "Air Force at New Mexico football game postponed to Nov. 23". FBSchedules.com. November 6, 2019. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
↑ Tyree, Amber (September 1, 2019). "New Mexico's Bob Davie hospitalized with 'heart trouble' after win vs. Sam Houston, report says". Sporting News. Retrieved September 5, 2019.
↑ Bumbaca, Christopher (September 5, 2019). "New Mexico coach Bob Davie will not make Notre Dame trip next week due to health concerns". USA Today. Retrieved September 5, 2019.

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[4] 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.

[1] "Lobo Football Schedule Released". GoLobos.com. February 4, 2019. Retrieved February 4, 2019.

[2] "New Mexico, Davie to part ways after 8 seasons". November 26, 2019.

[3] "Boise State, Fresno State Picked to Win 2019 Mountain West Football Divisional Titles". TheMW.com. July 23, 2019. Retrieved July 23, 2019.

[5] 2019 New Mexico Lobos football schedule. FBSchedules.com Retrieved March 27, 2019.

[6] "Air Force at New Mexico football game postponed to Nov. 23". FBSchedules.com. November 6, 2019. Retrieved November 6, 2019.

[7] Tyree, Amber (September 1, 2019). "New Mexico's Bob Davie hospitalized with 'heart trouble' after win vs. Sam Houston, report says". Sporting News. Retrieved September 5, 2019.

[8] Bumbaca, Christopher (September 5, 2019). "New Mexico coach Bob Davie will not make Notre Dame trip next week due to health concerns". USA Today. Retrieved September 5, 2019.

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