Oklahoma 14-6 New Mexico (Sep 19, 2026) Final Score

Team pages: New Mexico · Oklahoma

New Mexico2-16

No. 24 Oklahoma2-114Final

Sat, Sep 19 · Memorial Stadium (Norman, OK), Norman, Okla. · Crowd 83,423

No. 24 Oklahoma beat New Mexico 14-6.

We had Oklahoma favored. It won.

Next: New Mexico beat New Mexico State 42-18, Sat Sep 26

Next: Oklahoma lost to Georgia 41-13, Sat Sep 26

Top comment in the game thread

That is the worst spot of a football I've seen in my entire life. NM got screwed

Q4 2:57 · r/CFB game thread · Sat, Sep 19

How it swung

Before kickoff, our ratings gave Oklahoma a 77% chance, and the closing betting line (Oklahoma was a 21.5-point favorite) put it at 96%.

Favored the whole way: Oklahoma never fell below 87%.

New Mexico never had better than a 13% chance.

FinalOklahoma 14-6 New MexicoOklahoma wonMove across the chart, or tap a numbered swing, to see any play.

No single play moved the chance by 20 points.

What fans said, play by play

The line in bold above each quote is written by our model from the thread’s comments and the play-by-play.

Q2 0:03Oklahoma fans demand firing Arbuckle after Mateer's incomplete pass ends the halfFire Arbuckle. Bench Mateer.r/CFB game threadFire arbuckle. This is embarrassing.r/CFB game thread
Q4 2:57Fans criticize the spot of the ball after New Mexico's turnover on downsQuoted at the top of the page.

Oklahoma’s chance to win after every play.

How to read this chart

Starts from the pregame line (Oklahoma -21.5), at 94% for Oklahoma (the play-by-play feed's kickoff number, moved to match the line; our model's and the betting line's own numbers are in “The betting line, and the fans”). Dots are the biggest swings; ticks under the chart are scores. Under the scores, r/CFB comments per minute from fans with a Oklahoma or New Mexico flair (1,994 and 48); both sides share one scale, regulation only.

Watch the plays

The bar and the arrow show Oklahoma’s chance to win after each play; the logo is the team the play helped.

Every drive

Oklahoma scored on 2 of its 10 drives; New Mexico on 2 of its 10.

Oklahoma’s drives are teal, New Mexico’s amber. A line runs from where a drive started to where it ended; a filled dot means it scored.

“Hatewatching my own team at this point lmao”

An Oklahoma fan

How fans reacted

Steady

Fans saved their loudest stretch for the second quarter.

Jump to the loudest stretch

The jump was steady; the crowd was busy.

What it cost

Oklahoma’s chance to make the playoff rose from 27% to 32%.

Make the playoff

New Mexico · lost4% → ▼0%

Oklahoma · won27% → ▲32%

Win the conference

New Mexico · lost29% → ▼25%

Oklahoma · won2% → ▲9%

Before the game (September 18, 2026) → after this result, in our model.

Box score

Oklahoma 14, New Mexico 6

New Mexico covered +21.5 by 13.5. The total, 20, stayed under 45.5.

Team totals	New Mexico	Oklahoma
Total yards	185	299
Passing	8 of 19, 116 yds	19 of 26, 238 yds
Rushing	38 for 69 yds	32 for 61 yds
First downs	12	14
Third down	3 of 14	7 of 15
Fourth down	1 of 2	0 of 0
Turnovers	0	3
Penalties	8 for 55 yds	7 for 50 yds
Time of possession	34:08	25:52

New Mexico leaders

Passing Toa Faavae 4 of 10, 79 yds
Rushing Kiefer Sibley 9 for 41 yds; Toa Faavae 13 for 17 yds
Receiving Cade Keith 5 for 78 yds; Kiefer Sibley 1 for 20 yds

Oklahoma leaders

Passing John Mateer 19 of 25, 238 yds, 2 TD, 2 INT
Rushing Lloyd Avant 8 for 27 yds; John Mateer 10 for 17 yds
Receiving Isaiah Sategna 6 for 101 yds, 1 TD; Hayden Hansen 3 for 49 yds, 1 TD

No rain through the game

93° at kickoff · no rain recorded

Warmer than 9 in 10 of the 64 other games played at Memorial Stadium (Norman, OK) since 2016 (airport temperature during the game window). The usual here around this date is 77°, with about 7 in 10 games between 66° and 88°.

September game-day temperatures at Memorial Stadium (Norman, OK)

Drag along the chart, or step through the game.

First quarter, 14:52 left6:35 p.m.

New Mexico 0, Oklahoma 0 · Oklahoma 94% to win

94°

Avant 1-yd run

Where this weather comes from

Measured at Norman/westheimer airport, 3.1 miles away. Rain is NOAA's radar-and-gauge estimate at the stadium and wind is an airport reading; neither is measured on the field. Game times come from the play-by-play, good to a minute or two. Source: National Weather Service, through the Iowa Environmental Mesonet; rain radar from NOAA MRMS, through Iowa State University. Field direction from OpenStreetMap contributors.

Before kickoff

Recent games, the series and the betting line below are as they stood going in; the season profile is the season so far.

Recent games

Last two games

New Mexico · 2-0

Rated 73rd in our preseason ratings, 72nd now.

Two straight wins — but still hunting a ranked opponent.

W 70-7 vs Mercyhurst #240 of 668

won by 63 as a 42.5-point favorite

W 38-7 vs Central Michigan #120 of 668

won by 31 as an 11.5-point favorite

Last two games

Oklahoma · 1-1

Rated 17th in our preseason ratings, 15th now.

1-1 in its last two — but nothing on this résumé beats a top-40 team yet.

L 10-17 @ MichiganTop 25 #18 of 668

lost by 7 as a 5.5-point favorite

W 51-0 vs UTEP #196 of 668

won by 51 as a 40.5-point favorite

Week by week

Oklahoma

Wk 1Wvs UTEP51-0
Wk 2Lat Michigan10-17

New Mexico

Wk 1Wvs Central Michigan38-7
Wk 2Wvs Mercyhurst70-7

Power rating by week

Oklahoma is rated 8.0 points ahead as of week 2. Our power rating by week; higher is better.

Matchups

Biggest mismatch: Oklahoma’s EPA/play against New Mexico, 92 points

Each row ranks the two sides among all teams. The longer the line, the bigger the mismatch.

Oklahoma’s EPA/play against New Mexico’s defense
Oklahoma offense, 8th percentile · New Mexico defense, 100th
Oklahoma’s rushing EPA against New Mexico’s defense
Oklahoma offense, 2nd percentile · New Mexico defense, 84th
New Mexico’s explosive plays against Oklahoma’s defense
New Mexico offense, 73rd percentile · Oklahoma defense, 39th

Season profile, all the rows

Season profile

New MexicoOklahoma

EPA/play, offense

EPA/play, defense

Success rate, offense

Success rate, defense

Explosive-play rate, offense

Explosive-play rate, defense

Rush EPA, offense

Rush EPA, defense

Pass EPA, offense

Pass EPA, defense

The series

Oklahoma leads the series 2-0

2 meetings since 1930 · Oklahoma has won the last 2

1935Oklahoma 25-0
1930Oklahoma 47-0

Line, fans and home field

The betting line, and the fans

New Mexico fans are in a better mood than Oklahoma fans (49th vs 4th among FBS fanbases), even with Oklahoma favored.

Oklahoma favored by 21.5 · Total 45.5

How games like this usually go

Oklahoma by 21.5, and it went to form

Half of games8 in 10 gamesThis game

The band is where a favorite’s chance ran in the 411 games since 2025 with a favorite of 21.5 points or more.

The market

The spread moved 2 points toward New Mexico.

The total fell 3 points.

The books’ cut: 3.8%, the margin built into the odds

Weather at kickoff

Hot. Feels like 90° at kickoff.

New Mexico at Oklahoma · Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026 · Memorial Stadium, Norman

90°feels like at kickoff
76weather score, Mixed
2ndbest of the day's 8 kickoff times

At kickoff, Sept. 19, 2026.

Weather score: 0 to 100, higher is better, for the first 3 hours and 20 minutes of the game. Ideal is 100, Comfortable 90 to 99, Mixed 75 to 89, Rough 50 to 74, Harsh under 50.

Kickoff times that Saturday

Games in this time zone used 8 kickoff times that day, local time (kickoffs within 30 minutes of each other count as one). This game, ringed, was the second best of the day's eight kickoff times. At Memorial Stadium that day, a 7 pm kickoff would have scored 80, against 76 at 6:30 pm.

11 am: 57, Rough
11:45 am: 54, Rough
1 pm: 49, Harsh
2:30 pm: 45, Harsh
3:30 pm: 46, Harsh
6 pm: 64, Rough
6:30 pm: 76, Mixed (this game)
7 pm: 80, Mixed

Weather score at each kickoff time.

Tap a dot to read that kickoff time.

At kickoff, Sept. 19, 2026. Wind is not drawn here; gusts are in each score.

Home field

Oklahoma is worth +5.6 points (±4.0) more at home than on the road since 2018 — top third of FBS, 76th percentile.

84% at home, 61% on the road against FBS opponents (43-8 home, 22-14 away).

Our model gives every stadium the same flat 2.3-point home edge (why); the books use about 3. Against the closing line this stadium reads +2.0 at home vs. away over 91 games — inside the ±6.3 noise, so the flat number is the honest one here.

Night kickoff — historically worth about half a point more to the home side against the number, and not much more than that. The visitors travel about 519 miles to get here.

No. 24 Oklahoma beats New Mexico 14-6