1951 New Mexico A&M Aggies football team

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1951 New Mexico A&M Aggies football
Conference Border Conference
Record1–9 (1–4 Border)
Head coach
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
Seasons
  1950
1952  
1951 Border Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Texas Tech $ 4 0 07 4 0
Arizona State 4 1 06 3 1
Hardin–Simmons 4 1 06 6 0
Arizona 3 3 06 5 0
Texas Western 2 4 03 7 0
New Mexico A&M 1 4 01 9 0
West Texas State 1 5 02 7 0
Arizona State–Flagstaff 0 1 01 7 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1951 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 1951 college football season In their first year under head coach Joseph T. Coleman, the Aggies compiled a 1–9 record (1–4 against conference opponents), finished sixth in the conference, and were outscored by a total of 337 to 115. [1] [2] The team played home games at Memorial Stadium in Las Cruces, New Mexico. [3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 15at Arizona L 13–67
September 22 Stephen F. Austin *L 7–275,000 [4] [5]
September 29at Texas Western L 7–41
October 6 New Mexico *
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Las Cruces, NM (rivalry)
L 0–20
October 12at Colorado Mines * Golden, CO L 0–7 [6]
October 20at Bradley *
L 6–344,500 [7]
October 27at Arizona State L 0–46
November 3 Arizona State–Flagstaff
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Las Cruces, NM
W 48–12 [8]
November 10 West Texas State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Las Cruces, NM
L 20–502,000 [9] [10] [11]
November 17 McMurry *
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Las Cruces, NM
L 14–33
  • *Non-conference game

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