2019 New Mexico Lobos football team

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.

2019 New Mexico Lobos football
ConferenceMountain West Conference
DivisionMountain Division
2019 record2–10 (0–8 MW)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJoe Dailey (1st season)
Offensive schemeFlexbone option
Defensive coordinatorJordan Peterson (1st season)
Home stadiumDreamstyle Stadium
(Capacity: 39,244)
Uniform
2019 Mountain West Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
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

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.

Previous season

The Lobos finished the 2018 season 3–9 overall and 1–7 in Mountain West play for the second straight year as they finished last for the second year in a row and did not qualify for a bowl game.

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)
1Boise State120 (15)
2Utah State108 (6)
3Air Force73
4Wyoming66
5Colorado State52
6New Mexico22

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 314:00 p.m.No. 23 (FCS) Sam Houston State*LOBOTVW 39–3113,749
September 1412:30 p.m.at No. 7 Notre Dame*NBCL 14–6677,622
September 212:30 p.m.New Mexico State*
ATTSNRMW 55–5227,269
September 284:00 p.m.at Liberty*ESPN+L 10–1717,101
October 48:00 p.m.at San Jose StateCBSSNL 21–3216,119
October 116:00 p.m.Colorado State
  • Dreamstyle Stadium
  • Albuquerque, NM
CBSSNL 21–3515,393
October 192:00 p.m.at WyomingATTSNRML 10–2322,884
October 262:00 p.m.Hawaii
  • Dreamstyle Stadium
  • Albuquerque, NM
SPEC HIL 31–4512,617
November 28:30 p.m.at Nevada
ESPNUL 10–2115,631
November 168:15 p.m.at No. 21 Boise StateESPN2L 9–4231,492
November 23[lower-alpha 1]12:00 p.m.Air Force
  • Dreamstyle Stadium
  • Albuquerque, NM
ESPN3L 22–4413,844
November 302:00 p.m.Utah State
  • Dreamstyle Stadium
  • Albuquerque, NM
Stadium on FacebookL 25–3811,611
  • *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

  1. 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

  1. "Lobo Football Schedule Released". GoLobos.com. February 4, 2019. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
  2. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/28164021/new-mexico-coach-bob-davie-part-ways-season-end
  3. "Boise State, Fresno State Picked to Win 2019 Mountain West Football Divisional Titles". TheMW.com. July 23, 2019. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
  4. 2019 New Mexico Lobos football schedule. FBSchedules.com Retrieved March 27, 2019.
  5. "Air Force at New Mexico football game postponed to Nov. 23". FBSchedules.com. November 6, 2019. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
  6. 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.
  7. 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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