Regular season ·

New Mexico beat New Mexico State

New Mexico State2-220
New Mexico3-138Final
Sat, Sep 27 · University Stadium, Albuquerque, N.M. · Crowd 37,440 · 74°, heavy rain shower

Records are after this game.

New Mexico beat New Mexico State by 18 points.

How the game turned

New Mexico aheadNew Mexico State aheadBiggest swing

Q2 12:18 New Mexico 7, New Mexico State 17

New Mexico 62% to win

S. Humphrey run for 5 yds, S. Humphrey fumbled, recovered by NMSU B. Iya, for 42 yds for a TD

Big moments

  1. 1Q1 9:21 · New Mexico 0, New Mexico State 7New Mexico's win chance fell from 87% to 78%.Faupel 34-yd TD pass to Pride, New Mexico State goes ahead 7-0
  2. 2Q2 14:14 · New Mexico 7, New Mexico State 10New Mexico's win chance fell from 86% to 82%.Hawk 47-yd field goal, New Mexico State goes ahead 10-7
  3. 3Q3 1:12 · New Mexico 24, New Mexico State 17New Mexico's win chance rose from 85% to 93%.Layne 24-yd TD pass to Thomas, New Mexico goes ahead 24-17

New Mexico was never below a 59 percent chance to win. Win chance is our own calculation from the play-by-play, with each game's start set from the pregame expectation.

The biggest swing

With 12:18 left in the 2nd quarter, New Mexico State's chance to win went from 18 percent to 38 percent when New Mexico State scored a touchdown.

The score went from New Mexico 7, New Mexico State 10 to New Mexico 7, New Mexico State 17.

What happened next

  1. New Mexico State's next game: W 37-10 vs Sam Houston, Oct 2

    5 days later
  2. New Mexico's next game: L 28-35 at San José State, Oct 3

    6 days later
  3. The teams' next meeting after Sep 27, 2025: New Mexico 42, New Mexico State 18, Sep 26, 2026

    about 12 months later

Related pages

Scores, dates and the stage: ESPN. Win chance: our curve from play-by-play; the turn is its largest one-play change that moved with the score.

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