The New Mexico Lobos football team is the intercollegiate football team at the University of New Mexico. The Lobos compete as a member of the Mountain West Conference. Their official colors are cherry and silver. The Lobos play their home games at University Stadium.
The New Mexico Lobos are the athletic teams that represent the University of New Mexico, located in Albuquerque. The university participates in the NCAA Division I in the Mountain West Conference (MW) since 1999, after leaving the Western Athletic Conference. The university's athletic program fields teams in 18 varsity sports.
The 2011 New Mexico Lobos football team represented the University of New Mexico in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Lobos were led by third-year head coach Mike Locksley for the first four games and by interim head coach George Barlow for the remainder of the season. They played their home games at University Stadium and are members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 1–11, 1–6 in Mountain West play to finish in a three way tie for sixth place.
The 2012 New Mexico Lobos football team represented the University of New Mexico in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Lobos were led by first-year head coach Bob Davie. They played their home games at University Stadium and were members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 4–9, 1–7 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for ninth place.
The 2013 New Mexico Lobos football team represented the University of New Mexico in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Lobos were led by second-year head coach Bob Davie. They played their home games at University Stadium and were members of the Mountain Division of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 3–9, 1–7 in Mountain West play to finish in sixth place in the Mountain Division.
The 2014 New Mexico Lobos football team represented the University of New Mexico in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Lobos were led by third-year head coach Bob Davie. They played their home games at University Stadium and were members of the Mountain Division of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 4–8, 2–6 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for fifth place in the Mountain Division.
The 2014–15 New Mexico Lobos men's basketball team represented the University of New Mexico during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season as a member of the Mountain West Conference. They played their home games at The Pit in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Lobos were led by second-year head coach Craig Neal. They finished the season 15–16, 7–11 in Mountain West play, to finish in eighth place. They lost in the first round of the Mountain West tournament to Fresno State.
The 2015 Nevada Wolf Pack football team represented the University of Nevada, Reno in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Wolf Pack were led by third–year head coach Brian Polian and played their home games at Mackay Stadium. They were members of the West Division of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 7–6 and 4–4 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for second place in the West Division. They were invited to the inaugural Arizona Bowl where they defeated fellow Mountain West member Colorado State.
The 2015–16 New Mexico Lobos women's basketball team will represent the University of New Mexico during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lobos, led by fifth year head coach Yvonne Sanchez. They play their home games at The Pit with one game at Johnson Gymnasium and were a members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 17–15, 9–9 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Mountain West women's tournament where they lost to Colorado State. They were invited to the Women's Basketball Invitational where they lost to North Dakota in the first round.
The 2016 New Mexico Lobos football team represented the University of New Mexico during the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Lobos were led by fifth-year head coach Bob Davie. They played their home games at University Stadium and were members of the Mountain Division of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 9–4, 6–2 in Mountain West play to win a share of the Mountain Division title with Boise State and Wyoming. After tiebreakers, they did not represent the Mountain Division in the Mountain West Championship Game. They were invited to the New Mexico Bowl where they defeated UTSA.
The New Mexico–New Mexico State football rivalry, 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. In the entire history of the rivalry, the game has never been contested anywhere beside those two cities.
The 2017 New Mexico Lobos football team represented the University of New Mexico in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Lobos were led by sixth-year head coach Bob Davie and played their home games at the newly renamed Dreamstyle Stadium. They competed as members of the Mountain Division of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 3–9, 1–7 in Mountain West play to finish in last place in the Mountain Division.
The 2018 New Mexico Lobos football team represented the University of New Mexico in the Mountain Division of the Mountain West Conference (MW) during 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team played its home games at Dreamstyle Stadium. In their seventh season under head coach Bob Davie, the team finished with a 3–9 record, 1–7 against MW opponents to finish last in the Mountain Division. They were outscored by a total of 434 to 319.
The 2002 New Mexico Lobos football team represented the University of New Mexico during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. New Mexico competed as a member of the Mountain West Conference (MW), and played their home games in the University Stadium. The Lobos were led by fifth-year head coach Rocky Long.
The 2018–19 New Mexico Lobos women's basketball team represented the University of New Mexico during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lobos, led by third year head coach Mike Bradbury. They played their home games at Dreamstyle Arena and were a member of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 24–7, 14–4 in Mountain West play to finish in second place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournament to San Diego State. They received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they got upset by Denver in the first round.
The 2019 New Mexico Lobos football team represented the University of New Mexico in the Mountain Division of the Mountain West Conference (MW) during the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team played its games at Dreamstyle Stadium. It was the eighth season under head coach Bob Davie. They finished the season 2–10, 0–8 in Mountain West play to finish in last place in the Mountain Division.
The 2019–20 New Mexico Lobos men's basketball team represented the University of New Mexico during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Lobos were led by third-year head coach Paul Weir. They played their home games at The Pit, formally known as Dreamstyle Arena, in Albuquerque, New Mexico as members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 19–14, 7–11 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They defeated San Jose State in the first round of the Mountain West tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to Utah State.
The 2020 New Mexico Lobos football team represented the University of New Mexico in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Lobos played their home games at Sam Boyd Stadium in Whitney, Nevada as members of the Mountain West Conference due to COVID-19 restrictions imposed by the state of New Mexico. They were led by first-year head coach Danny Gonzales.
The 2021 New Mexico Lobos football team represented the University of New Mexico in the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Lobos played their home games at University Stadium as members of the Mountain Division of the Mountain West Conference. They were led by second-year head coach Danny Gonzales.
The 2022 New Mexico Lobos football team represented the University of New Mexico as a member of the Mountain West Conference during the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They will be led by head coach Danny Gonzales, who will be coaching his third season with the team. The Lobos will play their home games at University Stadium in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
