The Turquoise Returns as UNM Hosts Utah State on Saturday at 1 pm

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Game 8 - New Mexico hosts Utah State

ALBUQUEQUE, N.M. – The University of New Mexico Lobos, currently 4-3, 1-2 in the Mountain West and coming off a 24-22 win over Nevada, host the Utah State Aggies. The Aggies are likewise 4-3, but 2-1 in the Mountain West.

The game marks the return of former Lobo head coach Bronco Mendenhall, who left UNM in December of 2024 after a 5-7 season to become Utah State's head coach.  

The game will be broadcast on Altitude, with a free live stream on the MW App and at golobos.com/watch. Robert Portnoy will move from UNM's radio chair to TV to call the action with DonTrell Moore providing analysis. J.J. Buck and Ned James, along with Skye McMillon, will have the radio call on the Lobo Radio Network.

GAME 8 INFORMATION

TV: Altitude Sports / Mountain West Network
• Play-by-Play: Robert Portnoy
• Analyst: DonTrell Moore
• Altitude Sports (DirecTV681, Comcast 1251 (HD), 291, fuboTV (see chart below)
• Stream: www.golobos.com/watch

RADIO: Lobo Radio Network
• Play-by-Play: J.J. Buck
• Analyst: Ned James
• Sidelines: Skye McMillon
• Online: player.listenlive.co/22401

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• YouTube: @NewMexicoLobos
• Live Stats: golobos.com/FBStats

FAST FIVE

• Utah State leads the all-time series 17-14, but New Mexico won the last meeting 50-45, coming last year in Logan when Eli Sanders scored with just over a minute to go, and Dimitri Johnson picked off a pass in the final seconds.

• Utah State coach Bronco Mendenhall was a UNM assistant from 1998-2002, and he was UNM's head coach last year.

• In all, 21 players, coaches, or support staff associated with Utah State were with UNM last year.

• The Lobos rushed for 210 yards in Saturday's win over Nevada, making UNM 4-0 this year when rushing for triple-digits.

• UNM's attendance of 18,233 on Saturday was the largest non-Rio Grande Rivalry crowd since 2018 when UNM hosted Liberty.

The game features the return of UNM's turquoise jerseys, last worn in the final game of the 1979 season. New Mexico football wore turquoise at home from 1973-79, going 21-17 overall in the jerseys.

The Lobos are coming off a 24-22 win over Nevada that featured several timely plays by the Lobo defense and a few key fourth-down conversions by the Lobo offense. UNM limited Nevada to just 257 yards of total offense on Saturday night, and just 1-for-3 on fourth down.

New Mexico never trailed in the game, opening the game with a 16-play, 75-yard touchdown drive. Overall, UNM rushed for 210 yards and three touchdowns as UNM beat Nevada for the first time since 2016.

Utah State is 4-3 on the season with a 4-0 record at home and a 0-3 record on the road. However, the Aggies have played and lost on the road to No. 19 Texas A&M (44-22), No. 18 Vanderbilt (55-35), and bowl-eligible Hawai'i (44-26). Quarterback Bryson Barnes is playing at an all-conference level, throwing for 1,644 yards and 13 touchdowns with just two interceptions, and rushing for 363 yards and seven more touchdowns.

Defensively, Utah State has picked off six passes, and five of those are by former Lobos.