The University of New Mexico has played in 12Bowl games over the program’s history, going 3-8-1. The heyday for Bowl appearances came from an 11-season span from 1997-2007, when UNM made it to six Bowls in an 11-season span. Even better, UNM qualified for three straight from 2002-04, and five in a six-year span from 2002-07. The Lobos picked up a win in 2007, a 23-0 whitewashing of Nevada in the 2007 New Mexico Bowl. UNM’s last Bowl appearance was in 2015 when the Lobo played the Arizona Wildcats in the opening bowl game of the season, the Gildan New Mexico Bowl.
- 1939 Sun Bowl: Utah 26, New Mexico 0 Opens in a new window
- 1944 Sun Bowl: Southwestern 7, New Mexico 0 Opens in a new window
- 1946 Sun Bowl: New Mexico 34, Denver 24 Opens in a new window
- 1947 Harbor Bowl: New Mexico 13, Montana State 13 Opens in a new window
- 1961 Aviation Bowl: New Mexico 28, Western Michigan 12 Opens in a new window
- 1997 Insight.com Bowl: Arizona 20, New Mexico 14 Opens in a new window
- 2002 Sega Sports Las Vegas Bowl: UCLA 27, New Mexico 13 Opens in a new window
- 2003 Las Vegas Bowl: Oregon State 55, New Mexico 14 Opens in a new window
- 2004 Emerald Bowl: Navy 34, New Mexico 19 Opens in a new window
- 2006 New Mexico Bowl: San Jose State 20, New Mexico 12 Opens in a new window
- 2007 New Mexico Bowl: New Mexico 23, Nevada 0 Opens in a new window
- 2015 Gildan New Mexico Bowl: Arizona 45, New Mexico 37 Opens in a new window