Regular season ·

New Mexico beat San Diego State

San Diego State9-317
New Mexico9-323Final
Fri, Nov 28 · University Stadium, Albuquerque, N.M. · Crowd 30,575 · 60°, heavy rain showerCBS Sports Network

Records are after this game.

New Mexico beat San Diego State 23-17 in 2 overtimes, November 28, 2025.

How the game turned

New Mexico aheadSan Diego State aheadBiggest swing

Q3 8:59 New Mexico 17, San Diego State 14

New Mexico 61% to win

McKinney 54-yd TD run, New Mexico goes ahead 17-14

Big moments

  1. 1Q1 7:25 · New Mexico 3, San Diego State 0New Mexico's win chance rose from 57% to 59%.Drzewiecki 37-yd field goal, New Mexico goes ahead 3-0
  2. 2Q2 13:15 · New Mexico 10, San Diego State 0New Mexico's win chance rose from 65% to 79%.Laubstein 40-yd TD run, New Mexico leads 10-0
  3. 3Q2 0:59 · New Mexico 10, San Diego State 14New Mexico's win chance fell from 57% to 45%.Denegal 46-yd TD pass to Brown, San Diego State goes ahead 14-10
  4. 4Q3 8:59 · New Mexico 17, San Diego State 14New Mexico's win chance rose from 40% to 61%.McKinney 54-yd TD run, New Mexico goes ahead 17-14
  5. 5OT1 · New Mexico 17, San Diego State 17New Mexico's win chance rose from 36% to 50%.Denegal intercepted by Brawley

New Mexico's lowest chance to win was 27 percent. 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 8:59 left in the 3rd quarter, New Mexico's chance to win went from 40 percent to 61 percent when New Mexico scored a touchdown.

The score went from New Mexico 10, San Diego State 14 to New Mexico 17, San Diego State 14.

The play: McKinney 54-yd TD run, New Mexico goes ahead 17-14.

What happened next

  1. New Mexico's next game: L 17-20 vs Minnesota in the Rate Bowl, Dec 26

    28 days later
  2. San Diego State's next game: L 47-49 vs North Texas in the Isleta New Mexico Bowl, Dec 27

    29 days 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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