2018 New Mexico State Aggies football team

The 2018 New Mexico State Aggies football team represented New Mexico State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Aggies were led by sixth–year head coach Doug Martin and played their home games at Aggie Memorial Stadium. They competed as an independent. They finished the season 3–9.

2018 New Mexico State Aggies football
ConferenceIndependent
2018 record3–9
Head coach
Associate head coachOliver Soukup (2nd season)
Offensive coordinatorDoug Martin (4th season)
Defensive coordinatorFrank Spaziani (3rd season)
Home stadiumAggie Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 30,343)
2018 NCAA Division I FBS independents football records
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 5 Notre Dame ^       12 1  
No. 19 Army       11 2  
BYU       7 6  
Liberty       6 6  
UMass       4 8  
New Mexico State       3 9  
Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

The Aggies finished the 2017 season 7–6, 4–4 in the final Sun Belt play to finish in a three-way tie for fifth place. The Aggies received a bowl bid for the first time in 57 years where they defeated Utah State in the Arizona Bowl.

Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

Award Player Position Year
Butkus Award[1] Terrill Hanks LB JR
Paul Hornung Award[2] Jason Huntley RB/KR JR
Wuerffel Trophy[3] Jamin Smith OL SR
Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award[4] Jason Huntley RB JR

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 258:00 p.m.WyomingESPN2L 7–2920,322
August 305:00 p.m.at MinnesotaBTNL 10–4841,291
September 86:00 p.m.at Utah StateStadiumL 13–6018,223
September 156:00 p.m.New Mexico
ELVNL 25–4220,673
September 225:30 p.m.at UTEPESPN3W 27–2019,412
October 66:00 p.m.Liberty
  • Aggie Memorial Stadium
  • Las Cruces, NM
Aggie VisionW 49–418,337
October 133:00 p.m.at LouisianaESPN+L 38–6618,131
October 202:00 p.m.Georgia Southern
  • Aggie Memorial Stadium
  • Las Cruces, NM
Aggie VisionL 31–487,300
October 275:00 p.m.at Texas StateESPN3L 20–2715,045
November 32:00 p.m.Alcorn State
  • Aggie Memorial Stadium
  • Las Cruces, NM
Aggie VisionW 52–4211,897
November 178:15 p.m.at BYUESPN2L 10–4547,505
November 2412:00 p.m.at LibertyESPN3L 21–2816,022

Game summaries

Wyoming

1 2 3 4 Total
Cowboys 9 6 7 7 29
Aggies 0 0 0 7 7

at Minnesota

1 2 3 4 Total
Aggies 7 3 0 0 10
Golden Gophers 7 28 3 10 48

at Utah State

1 2 3 4 Total
NMSU Aggies 7 3 3 0 13
USU Aggies 16 17 14 13 60

New Mexico

1 2 3 4 Total
Lobos 7 14 7 14 42
Aggies 17 0 0 8 25

at UTEP

1 2 3 4 Total
Aggies 10 7 7 3 27
Miners 7 3 7 3 20

Liberty

1 2 3 4 Total
Flames 7 7 14 13 41
Aggies 7 14 14 14 49

at Louisiana

1 2 3 4 Total
Aggies 14 7 10 7 38
Ragin' Cajuns 28 17 7 14 66

Georgia Southern

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 10 14 21 3 48
Aggies 14 3 7 7 31

at Texas State

1 2 3 4 Total
Aggies 0 13 7 0 20
Bobcats 13 7 7 0 27

Alcorn State

1 2 3 4 Total
Braves 7 7 7 21 42
Aggies 14 21 3 14 52

at BYU

1 2 3 4 Total
Aggies 7 0 3 0 10
Cougars 7 24 7 7 45

at Liberty

1 2 3 4 Total
Aggies 14 0 0 7 21
Flames 17 11 0 0 28


References

  1. "Butkus Award - 2018 Collegiate Watchlist". The Butkus Award. July 23, 2018. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
  2. "43 PLAYERS NAMED TO 2018 PAUL HORNUNG AWARD WATCH LIST". July 26, 2018. Archived from the original on July 26, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  3. "Wuerffel Trophy Unveils 2018 Watch List". July 26, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  4. "2018 Nominations The Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award" (PDF). August 16, 2018. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
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