NEW MEXICO LOBOS FOOTBALL

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The 'New Mexico Lobos football team' is the interscholastic football team at the University of New Mexico. The Lobos compete as a member of the Mountain West Conference. They have a cumulative record of 430-492-31, a winning percentage of 45.1%. It is represented by the colors cherry and silver. The Lobos current head coach is Rocky Long, who has guided the Lobos to four bowl games in the last five seasons.
'Conference Affiliations'

★ 1892-1930: Independent

★ 1931-1951: Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association

★ 1952-61: Mountain States Conference

★ 1962-98: Western Athletic Conference

★ 1999-present: Mountain West Conference

Contents

Championships

Bowl Games

Championships

'Conference Championships'

New Mexico has won four conference championships in two different conferences, yet has not won a conference title in over 40 years.
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!bgcolor=Red| Year
!bgcolor=Red| Conference
!bgcolor=Red| Coach
!bgcolor=Red| Record
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| 1938 || BIAA || Ted Shipkey || 8-3
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| 1962 || WAC || Bill Weeks || 7-2-1
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| 1963 || WAC || Bill Weeks || 6-4
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| 1963 || WAC || Bill Weeks || 9-2
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| colspan=2 bgcolor="#FFFFFF"| 'Total conference championships'
| colspan=2 bgcolor="#FFFFFF"| '3'
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'Division Championships'

New Mexico made one appearance in the Western Athletic Conference Championship Game as the winner of the WAC Pacific Division.
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!bgcolor=Red| Year
!bgcolor=Red| Division Championship
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| 1997 || WAC Pacific || Dennis Franchione || 'L, 13-41' || Colorado State
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Bowl Games

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| 'Date' || 'Bowl' || 'W/L' || 'Opponent' || 'PF' || 'PA'
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| January 2, 1939 || Sun Bowl || 'L' || Utah || 0 || 26
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| January 1, 1944 || Sun Bowl || 'L' || Southwestern University || 0 || 7
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| January 1, 1946 || Sun Bowl || 'W' || University of Denver || 34 || 24
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| January 1, 1947 || Harbor Bowl || 'T' || Montana State || 13 || 13
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| December 9, 1961 || Aviation Bowl || 'W' || Western Michigan || 28 || 12
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| December 27, 1997 || Insight.com Bowl || 'L' || Arizona || 14 || 20
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| December 25, 2002 || Las Vegas Bowl || 'L' || UCLA || 13 || 27
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| December 24, 2003 || Las Vegas Bowl || 'L' || Oregon State || 14 || 55
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| December 30, 2004 || Emerald Bowl || 'L' || Navy || 19 || 34
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| December 23, 2006 || New Mexico Bowl || 'L' || San José State || 12 || 20
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| 'Total' || '10 bowl games' || '2-7-1' || || ||
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