1957 New Mexico A&M Aggies football team

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1957 New Mexico A&M Aggies football
Conference Border Conference
Record3–7 (0–4 Border)
Head coach
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
Seasons
  1956
1958  
1957 Border Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 12 Arizona State $ 4 0 010 0 0
West Texas State 3 1 07 3 0
Texas Western 3 2 06 3 0
Hardin–Simmons 3 2 05 5 0
New Mexico A&M 0 4 03 7 0
Arizona 0 4 01 8 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1957 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 1957 college football season. In their third and final year under head coach Tony Cavallo, the Aggies compiled a 3–7 record (0–4 against conference opponents), finished last in the conference, and were outscored by a total of 215 to 157. [1] [2] The team played home games at Memorial Stadium in Las Cruces, New Mexico. [3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21at New Mexico *L 7–2512,000 [4]
September 28 Cal Poly *L 8–10
October 5 Corpus Christi *
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Las Cruces, NM
W 32–0
October 19 West Texas State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Las Cruces, NM
L 7–35
October 26at Texas Western L 12–42
November 2at Arizona State L 0–21
November 9 McMurry *
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Las Cruces, NM
L 6–26
November 16 Omaha *
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Las Cruces, NM
W 39–6
November 23 Western State (CO) *
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Las Cruces, NM
W 26–21
November 28at Hardin–Simmons
L 20–29
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. "1957 New Mexico State Aggies Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 6, 2019.
  2. "New Mexico State Football 2018 Media Guide" (PDF). New Mexico State University. 2018. p. 72. Retrieved August 6, 2019.
  3. 2018 Media Guide, p. 15.
  4. J.D. Kailer (September 22, 1957). "New Mexico Beats Aggies, 25-7, in Season Opener". Albuquerque Journal. p. 25 via Newspapers.com.