1955 New Mexico A&M Aggies football team

The 1955 New Mexico A&M Aggies football team was an American football team that represented New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts (now known as New Mexico State University) as a member of the Border Conference during the 1955 college football season. In their first year under head coach Tony Cavallo, the Aggies compiled a 3–7 record (0–4 against conference opponents), finished last in the conference, and were outscored by a total of 226 to 141.[1][2] The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium.[3]

1955 New Mexico A&M Aggies football
ConferenceBorder Conference
1955 record3–7 (0–4 Border)
Head coach
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
1955 Border Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Texas Tech $ 3 0 1  7 3 1
Arizona State 4 1 0  8 2 1
Hardin–Simmons 3 2 0  5 5 0
Texas Western 3 2 1  6 2 2
Arizona 1 2 1  5 4 1
West Texas State 1 4 1  4 4 1
New Mexico A&M 0 4 0  3 7 0
  • $ Conference champion

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 17at New Mexico*L 7–1410,000[4]
September 24New Mexico Highlands*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Las Cruces, NM
L 12–19
October 1at Hardin-SimmonsAbilene, TXL 0–39
October 8at Howard Payne*Brownwood, TXL 12–34
October 15West Texas State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Las Cruces, NM
L 6–32
October 22Texas A&M-Corpus Christi*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Las Cruces, NM
W 19–7
October 29at Texas Western
L 6–41
November 5Adams State*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Las Cruces, NM
W 47–8
November 12San Diego State*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Las Cruces, NM
W 26–6
November 19at Arizona StateL 6–26
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. "1955 New Mexico State Aggies Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 6, 2019.
  2. "New Mexico State Football 2018 Media Guide" (PDF). New Mexico State University. 2018. p. 72. Retrieved August 6, 2019.
  3. 2018 Media Guide, p. 15.
  4. J.D. Kailer (September 18, 1955). "Lobos Open 1955 With 14-7 Victory Over Aggies: UNM Annexes 14th Straight Win; Mazzei Stars". Albuquerque Journal. p. 41 via Newspapers.com.
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