2018 New Mexico State Aggies football team

American college football season

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.

Previous season[edit]

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[edit]

Award watch lists[edit]

Listed in the order that they were released

Schedule[edit]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 25	8:00 p.m.	Wyoming		ESPN2	L 7–29	20,322
	5:00 p.m.	at Minnesota		BTN	L 10–48	41,291
September 8	6:00 p.m.	at Utah State		Stadium	L 13–60	18,223
September 15	6:00 p.m.	New Mexico		ELVN	L 25–42	20,673
September 22	5:30 p.m.	at UTEP		ESPN3	W 27–20	19,412
October 6	6:00 p.m.	Liberty	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM	Aggie Vision	W 49–41	8,337
October 13	3:00 p.m.	at Louisiana		ESPN+	L 38–66	18,131
October 20	2:00 p.m.	Georgia Southern	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM	Aggie Vision	L 31–48	7,300
October 27	5:00 p.m.	at Texas State		ESPN3	L 20–27	15,045
November 3	2:00 p.m.	Alcorn State	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM	Aggie Vision	W 52–42	11,897
November 17	8:15 p.m.	at BYU		ESPN2	L 10–45	47,505
November 24	12:00 p.m.	at Liberty		ESPN3	L 21–28	16,022

Game summaries[edit]

Wyoming[edit]

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

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP WYO NMSU 1 6:34 9 60 4:37 WYO Nico Evans 24-yard touchdown run, Cooper Rothe kick good 7 0 1 6:16 WYO Jason Huntley rush for a loss of 2 yards, safety 9 0 2 11:49 13 49 6:27 WYO 36-yard field goal by Cooper Rothe 12 0 2 10:48 5 44 1:58 WYO 39-yard field goal by Cooper Rothe 15 0 3 7:13 1 56 0:12 WYO Nico Evans 56-yard touchdown run, Cooper Rothe kick good 22 0 4 10:07 12 71 7:00 WYO Jevon Bigelow 23-yard touchdown run, Cooper Rothe kick good 29 0 4 1:16 10 93 2:52 NMSU Drew Dan 31-yard touchdown reception from Matt Romero, Dylan Brown kick good 29 7 “TOP” = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 29 7

At Minnesota[edit]

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

At Utah State[edit]

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

New Mexico[edit]

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

At UTEP[edit]

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

Liberty[edit]

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

At Louisiana[edit]

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

Georgia Southern[edit]

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

At Texas State[edit]

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

Alcorn State[edit]

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

At BYU[edit]

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

At Liberty[edit]

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

References[edit]