Lobo Football Home Game Times Set
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Game times for the remaining five home games for Lobo Football have been set, with all five games appearing on the either the Mountain West Network or Spectrum.
UNM’s opening two home games, on September 9 against Tennessee Tech and September 16 against New Mexico State, will kickoff at 6 pm. UNM’s home games against San José State (October 14), Hawai’i (October 21) and UNLV (November 4) will all have 4 pm kickoffs.
Of those five games, all but the Hawai’i game will be broadcast on the Mountain West Network. The game with Hawai’i will be available on Spectrum in Hawai’i and digitally elsewhere. UNM’s final home game against Utah State on Black Friday (Nov. 24) was previously announced as a 1:30 pm kickoff on CBS Sports Network.
The later kickoffs will allow for a great fan experience as installation is currently ongoing for the new lightning system for Lobo Football, replacing the previous halogen system that was in place for years. The new system not only needs no time to warm up after powering down as the old system did, but it is a computerize system that will allow for various lighting patterns to be used during the game to aid in the fan experience.
The opening two 6 pm kickoff games will allow the fans to avoid the direct sunlight and hottest temperatures in early September while allowing fans plenty of time to tailgate. The game against San José State comes not only on the back half of the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, but it also coincides with antotal annular solar eclipse of the Sun. The path of the eclipse will pass directly over University Stadium at 10:35 am and last for nearly five full minutes. There will not be another such event in Albuquerque for at least 178 years. It’s the first total eclipse of the Sun over Albuquerque since May 20, 2012.
UNM’s matchup with Hawai’i will also be UNM’s 98th Homecoming football game, and it will be the sixth time that UNM faces off with Hawai’i on Homecoming.
Lobo Football has turned into a trendy dark horse pick to do damage in the Mountain West in 2023 with a revamped offense and what is shaping up to be another hard-hitting solid defense. The Lobos also boast perhaps on of the best special teams units in all phases from punting to kicking to returns to coverage not just in the Mountain West, but nationally. Christian Washington was named Preseason All-Mountain West at kick returner, and various magazines and websites have honored the likes of punter Aaron Rodriguez and punt returner Luke Wysong.
Fans can catch all of the action of Media Days via the Mountain West Network on Wednesday and Thursday, July 19 and 20. Quarterback Dylan Hopkins and cornerback Donte Martin will be live on the Mountain West Network with Jesse Kurtz at 9:30 am Pacific/10:30 am Mountain Time on Wednesday and head coach Danny Gonzales will be live at 9 am Pacific/10 Mountain on Thursday. Fans can watch those interviews via the Mountain West Network App, by downloading the Mountain West Netowrk App on Roku or by heading to golobos.com/watch.
Season tickets for what is shaping up to be an exciting season of Lobo Football are on sale now at www.golobos.com/tickets. You can follow Lobo Football on Twitter (@UNMLoboFB), Instagram (@UNMLoboFB), Threads, (@UNMLoboFB) and Facebook (www.facebook.com/unmlobofb).