Rio Grande Rivalry (football)
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Sport | Football |
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First meeting | January 1, 1894 New Mexico 18, New Mexico A&M 6 |
Latest meeting | September 21, 2019 New Mexico 55, New Mexico State 52 |
Next meeting | September 19, 2020 in Las Cruces |
Stadiums | Dreamstyle Stadium Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S. Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, New Mexico, U.S. |
Trophy | None (1894–1992 and 2001–present) Maloof Trophy (1993–2000) |
Statistics | |
Meetings total | 110 |
All-time series | New Mexico leads 72–33–5 (.677) |
Largest victory | New Mexico A&M, 110–3 (1917) |
Longest win streak | New Mexico, 18 (1938–1958) |
Current win streak | New Mexico, 2 (2018–present) |
The New Mexico–New Mexico State football rivalry,[1] known as the Battle of I-25 and the Rio Grande Rivalry in all sports, is an annual football game between the University of New Mexico and New Mexico State University. It is called the Battle of I-25 because the two universities are located along Interstate 25 connecting Albuquerque and Las Cruces.
Series history
The rivalry between New Mexico's only two NCAA Division I institutions dates back to January 1, 1894 – eighteen years before New Mexico achieved statehood – when the schools met in a football contest in Albuquerque. While it is clear that New Mexico won that first game, school records seem to disagree on the score. According to New Mexico media guides the final score was 25–5 but according to New Mexico State media guides the score was 18–6. By the time New Mexico entered the union in 1912 UNM and New Mexico A&M (as NMSU was known prior to 1959) had already met on the gridiron six times. Beginning in 1993, the two universities played for the Maloof Trophy, but it was short-lived; the trophy was retired in 2000. Until 1937, the series was competitive with the Aggies holding a 15–12–4 lead over the Lobos. Since 1938, the Lobos have dominated the series 55–16–1 except during 1959–1968 when the Aggies won 7 of 10 meetings. The Lobos all-time advantage is 72–33–5, however the rivalry remains spirited. Most recently the Lobos defeated the Aggies 55–52 on September 21, 2019. The September 26, 2009 game when the Aggies won 20–17 in Albuquerque was the 100th time the teams had played each other.
Game results
New Mexico victories | New Mexico State victories | Tie games |
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- Non-conference games (94: 1894–1930 and 1951–present)
- Not played in 16 seasons (1895–1904, 1907, 1910, 1918 and 1943–1945)
Coaching records
Since first game on January 1, 1894
New Mexico
Head Coach | Team | Games | Seasons | Wins | Losses | Ties | Pct. |
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No coach | New Mexico | 1 | 1892–1893 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
W. A. Zimmer | New Mexico | 0 | 1894 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
No team (1895–1898) | |||||||
No coach | New Mexico | 0 | 1899 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
No team (1900) | |||||||
Joe Napier | New Mexico | 0 | 1901 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
No team (1902) | |||||||
Walter McEwan | New Mexico | 0 | 1903–1904 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
Martin F. Angell | New Mexico | 2 | 1905–1907 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 |
Hermon H. Conwell | New Mexico | 1 | 1908 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
Sam P. McBirney | New Mexico | 1 | 1909 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
Carl Hamilton | New Mexico | 0 | 1910 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
Ralph Hutchinson | New Mexico | 6 | 1911–1916 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .417 |
Frank E. Wood | New Mexico | 1 | 1917 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
No team (1918) | |||||||
John F. McGough | New Mexico | 1 | 1919 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
Roy W. Johnson | New Mexico | 11 | 1920–1930 | 4 | 5 | 2 | .455 |
Chuck Riley | New Mexico | 3 | 1931–1933 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .500 |
Gwinn Henry | New Mexico | 3 | 1934–1936 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 |
Ted Shipkey | New Mexico | 5 | 1937–1941 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 |
Willis Barnes | New Mexico | 2 | 1942–1946 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
Berl Huffman | New Mexico | 3 | 1947–1949 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
Dudley DeGroot | New Mexico | 3 | 1950–1952 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
Bob Titchenal | New Mexico | 3 | 1953–1955 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
Dick Clausen | New Mexico | 2 | 1956–1957 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
Marv Levy | New Mexico | 2 | 1958–1959 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 |
Bill Weeks | New Mexico | 8 | 1960–1967 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .375 |
Rudy Feldman | New Mexico | 6 | 1968–1973 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .750 |
Bill Mondt | New Mexico | 6 | 1974–1979 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 |
Joe Morrison | New Mexico | 3 | 1980–1982 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
Joe Lee Dunn | New Mexico | 4 | 1983–1986 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
Mike Sheppard | New Mexico | 5 | 1987–1991 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 |
Dennis Franchione | New Mexico | 6 | 1992–1997 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 |
Rocky Long | New Mexico | 11 | 1998–2008 | 8 | 3 | .727 | |
Mike Locksley | New Mexico | 2 | 2009–2011 | 0 | 2 | .000 | |
George Barlow | New Mexico | 1 | 2011 | 0 | 1 | .000 | |
Bob Davie | New Mexico | 8 | 2012–2019 | 6 | 2 | .750 | |
Danny Gonzales | New Mexico | 0 | 2020–present | 0 | 0 | – |
New Mexico State
Head Coach | Team | Games | Seasons | Wins | Losses | Ties | Pct. |
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W. M. Clutte | New Mexico A&M | 1 | 1893 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
Alfred Holt | New Mexico A&M | 0 | 1894 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
No coach | New Mexico A&M | 0 | 1895–1896 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
Charles M. Barber | New Mexico A&M | 0 | 1897–1898 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
John O. Miller (a) | New Mexico A&M | 0 | 1899 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
William A. Sutherland | New Mexico A&M | 0 | 1900 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
John O. Miller (b) | New Mexico A&M | 2 | 1901–1907 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
William G. Hummell | New Mexico A&M | 1 | 1908 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
J. H. Squires | New Mexico A&M | 1 | 1909 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
Art Badenoch | New Mexico A&M | 3 | 1910–1913 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
Clarence W. Russell | New Mexico A&M | 3 | 1914–1916 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .167 |
John G. Griffith | New Mexico A&M | 1 | 1917 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
No team (1918) | |||||||
Anthony Savage | New Mexico A&M | 1 | 1919 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
Dutch Bergman | New Mexico A&M | 3 | 1920–1922 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 |
R. R. Brown | New Mexico A&M | 3 | 1923–1925 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 |
Arthur Burkholder | New Mexico A&M | 1 | 1926 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 |
Ted Coffman | New Mexico A&M | 2 | 1927–1928 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 |
Jerry Hines | New Mexico A&M | 11 | 1929–1939 | 5 | 4 | 2 | .545 |
Julius H. Johnston | New Mexico A&M | 3 | 1940–1942 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 |
Maurice Moulder | New Mexico A&M | 0 | 1943 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
No team (1944–1945) | |||||||
Raymond A. Curfman | New Mexico A&M | 2 | 1946–1947 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 |
Vaughn Corley | New Mexico A&M | 3 | 1948–1950 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 |
Joseph T. Coleman | New Mexico A&M | 2 | 1951–1952 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 |
James Patton | New Mexico A&M | 2 | 1953–1954 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 |
Tony Cavallo | New Mexico A&M | 3 | 1955–1957 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 |
Warren B. Woodson | New Mexico A&M / State | 10 | 1958–1967 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 |
Jim Wood | New Mexico State | 5 | 1968–1972 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .300 |
Jim Bradley | New Mexico State | 5 | 1973–1977 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .200 |
Gil Krueger | New Mexico State | 5 | 1978–1982 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .000 |
Fred Zechman | New Mexico State | 3 | 1983–1985 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 |
Mike Knoll | New Mexico State | 4 | 1986–1989 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .250 |
Jim Hess | New Mexico State | 8 | 1990–1996 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .125 |
Tony Samuel | New Mexico State | 8 | 1997–2004 | 3 | 5 | .375 | |
Hal Mumme | New Mexico State | 4 | 2005–2008 | 0 | 4 | .000 | |
DeWayne Walker | New Mexico State | 4 | 2009–2012 | 3 | 1 | .750 | |
Doug Martin | New Mexico State | 7 | 2013–present | 2 | 5 | .286 |
- John O. Miller's overall record in series was 2–0–0 (1.000)
See also
- List of NCAA college football rivalry games
- List of most-played college football series in NCAA Division I
References
- ^ "New Mexico State looks for second straight rivalry win over New Mexico". Las Cruces Sun News. September 8, 2017.
The New Mexico State football team hasn't beaten rival New Mexico in consecutive years since DeWayne Walker beat the Lobos three straight times from 2009-2011.