1946 New Mexico A&M Aggies football team

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1946 New Mexico A&M Aggies football
Conference Border Conference
Record4–5 (1–4 Border)
Head coach
Home stadium Quesenberry Field
Seasons
  1943
1947  
1946 Border Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Hardin–Simmons $ 6 0 011 0 0
Texas Tech 3 1 08 3 1
New Mexico 4 2 15 5 2
Arizona 2 2 14 4 2
West Texas State 3 4 05 5 0
Arizona State–Flagstaff 1 2 15 2 2
Texas Mines 2 4 03 6 0
Arizona State 1 4 12 7 2
New Mexico A&M 1 4 04 5 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1946 New Mexico A&M Aggies football team was an American football team that represented New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts (now known as New Mexico State University) as a member of the Border Conference during the 1946 college football season. In its first year under head coach Raymond A. Curfman, the team compiled a 4–5 record and outscored opponents by a total of 155 to 154. [1] [2] The team played home games at Quesenberry Field in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21 New Mexico Western *W 37–03,500 [3]
September 28at Tulsa *L 0–5212,300 [4]
October 12 New Mexico Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Quesenberry Field
  • Las Cruces, NM (rivalry)
L 6–76,500 [5]
October 19at Arizona State–Flagstaff
L 6–14 [6] [7]
October 26at West Texas State
L 14–216,000 [8]
November 2 Arizona State
  • Quesenberry Field
  • Las Cruces, NM
L 7–14 [9]
November 9 Sul Ross *
  • Quesenberry Field
  • Las Cruces, NM
W 26–252,500 [10] [11]
November 16 Colorado State–Greeley *
  • Quesenberry Field
  • Las Cruces, NM
W 20–71,200 [12]
November 28at Texas Mines W 14–79,000 [13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming

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