COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The University of New Mexico was selected for five more additional national games, all on the ESPN Family of Networks as the Mountain West announced an additional 35 games on national networks. The announcement follows last week’s announcement of the Thursday and Friday night national package.
All told, the Lobos now have six national games, including its Friday night game against Boise State on CBS Sports Network at 7 p.m. at Branch Field at University Stadium.
The five additional contests include three games away from home: October 15 vs. Air Force at The Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas; November 12 at Utah State and November 19 at Colorado State. Two home games will also be on one of the ESPN Networks, November 5 against Nevada and November 26 against Wyoming.
Game times and the specific network for the five ESPN Networks games will be announced 12 days prior to the particular contest. Games for ESPN Networks can be on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN News or ESPN3.
| Day | Date | Opponent | Time | TV | Site |
| Saturday | 9/3 | South Dakota | TBA | TBA | Albuquerque, N.M. |
| Saturday | 9/10 | !at New Mexico State | TBA | TBA | Las Cruces, N.M. |
| Saturday | 9/17 | at Rutgers | TBA | TBA | Piscataway, N.J. |
| Saturday | 10/1 | *San José State | TBA | TBA | Albuquerque, N.M. |
| Friday | 10/7 | *Boise State | 7 p.m. | CBSSN | Albuquerque, N.M. |
| Saturday | 10/15 | *$at Air Force | TBA | ESPN Networks | Dallas, Texas |
| Saturday | 10/22 | ULM | TBA | TBA | Albuquerque, N.M. |
| Saturday | 10/29 | *at Hawai’i | TBA | TBA | Honolulu, Haw. |
| Saturday | 11/5 | *Nevada | TBA | ESPN Networks | Albuquerque, N.M. |
| Saturday | 11/12 | *at Utah State | TBA | ESPN Networks | Logan, Utah |
| Saturday | 11/19 | *at Colorado State | TBA | ESPN Networks | Ft. Collins, Colo. |
| Saturday | 11/26 | *Wyoming | TBA | ESPN Networks | Albuquerque, N.M. |
* denotes Mountain West game
! denotes Rio Grande Rivalry game
$ denotes game played in The Cotton Bowl
Bold denotes home game at University Stadium (39,224)
Game dates times are Mountain time and subject to change
%Game Times for contests on ESPN Networks will be announced 12 days prior to the game