ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — As New Mexico gets ready to face Nevada at 7:02 pm Mountain Time on Friday night in Reno, here are 10 key numbers to help you prepare for the game.
1 – That’s where New Mexico ranks in the FBS in scoring defense, allowing just 11.9 points per game.
5 – That’s the number of FBS teams where its tight end is both the leading pass catcher and the leading receiver. New Mexico tight end Cade Kieth leads the team with 20 catches and 265 yards. Memphis, Wyoming, Louisiana Tech, and Eastern Michigan are the other schools.
6 – That’s the number of teams with two running backs with at least 485 yards on the season. Of the six, two are playing on Friday night as both New Mexico and Nevada have two running backs that fit the bill.
8 – That's the number of consecutive games that New Mexico has recorded at least two takeaways. UNM is the only team in the nation to have multiple takeaways in every game this season.
16 – That's the most wins that UNM has ever won over a two-season span. The Lobos currently have 16 wins and can break the record with a win on Friday night.
56 – That’s how many years it's been since New Mexico started a season 5-0 in conference play. The Lobos did that as WAC members in 1970, starting 5-0 before losing the season finale to finish in second place.
84 – That’s how many years it's been since New Mexico earned its lone positive outcome of a tie in Reno against Nevada. The two teams tied 0-0 in 1942. UNM is 0-4-1 in Reno all-time against Nevada. Ironically, 84 years was also the number of years it had been for Rose DeWitt Bukater when Bill Paxton's character flew her out into the middle of the Atlantic Ocean in his search for the Heart of the Ocean, which she had in the whole time. She could still smell the fresh paint.
168 – That’s how many games UNM has gone without allowing a kickoff return touchdown, the longest streak in the nation. UNM inherited the streak last week when Kansas State, which had the longest streak, gave up a kickoff return touchdown.
258.1 – That’s the average yards allowed per game by UNM's defense. It's the fewest yards allowed since 1964, when UNM allowed 210.5 yards per game.
32,884 – That’s the number of days from the start of the AP Poll on October 20, 1936, to November 1, 2026, when the Lobos finally broke through and earned their first AP Poll ranking, coming in at No. 22. Those 32,884 days are a further span of time than to John Quincy Adams, the 6th President of the United States, being alive at the start of the AP Poll. President Adams was born in 1767 and died on February 23, 1848. That was only 32,341 days between those two events.