The 2025 season's largest margin: New Mexico 35, UCLA 10. A 25-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2025 — The Winning Chapter
New Mexico's 2025 season (9-4) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Jack LayneQB2,486 passing yards
- Damon BankstonRB635 rushing yards
- DJ McKinneyRB464 rushing yards
- James LaubsteinQB363 rushing yards
- Keagan JohnsonWR754 receiving yards
- Dorian ThomasTE560 receiving yards
- Cade KeithTE253 receiving yards
- Jaxton EckDL128 tackles
- Tavian CombsS72 tackles
- Jon JohnsonCB54 tackles
- Keyshawn James-NewbyDT9 sacks
- Brett KarhuDE7.5 sacks
- Gabriel LopezDT2 sacks
Season leaders, 2025.
The season's deepest loss: New Mexico 17, Michigan 34. A 17-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: New Mexico fell to Minnesota 17-20 in the postseason.
"Go Lobos"
2025 is a middle chapter for New Mexico — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.