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American college football season
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
The 2019 Mountain West Media days were held on July 23–24 at the Cosmopolitan on the Las Vegas Strip
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 * LOBOTV W 39–3113,749
September 14 12:30 p.m. at No. 7 Notre Dame * NBC L 14–6677,622
September 21 2:30 p.m. New Mexico State * ATTSNRM W 55–5227,269
September 28 4:00 p.m. at Liberty * ESPN+ L 10–1717,101
8:00 p.m. at San Jose State CBSSN L 21–3216,119
6:00 p.m. Colorado State Dreamstyle Stadium Albuquerque, NM CBSSN L 21–3515,393
October 19 2:00 p.m. at Wyoming ATTSNRM L 10–2322,884
October 26 2:00 p.m. Hawaii Dreamstyle Stadium Albuquerque, NM SPEC HI L 31–4512,617
November 2 8:30 p.m. at Nevada ESPNU L 10–2115,631
November 16 8:15 p.m. at No. 21 Boise State ESPN2 L 9–4231,492
November 23[ a] 12:00 p.m. Air Force Dreamstyle Stadium Albuquerque, NM ESPN3 L 22–4413,844
November 30 2:00 p.m. Utah State Dreamstyle Stadium Albuquerque, NM Stadium on Facebook L 25–3811,611
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings 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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