2021 New Mexico Military Broncos football team

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2021 New Mexico Military Broncos football
NJCAA Division I champion
NJCAA championship game, W 31–12 vs. Iowa Western
Conference Southwest Junior College Football Conference
Record12–1 (6–1 SWJCFC)
Head coach
Home stadiumWool Bowl
Seasons
 2020
2022 
2021 Southwest Junior College Football Conference standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
New Mexico Military $  6 1   12 1  
Tyler  5 3   7 5  
Kilgore  4 4   5 5  
Trinity Valley  3 4   5 4  
Navarro  3 4   5 5  
Blinn  3 4   5 5  
Cisco  3 4   4 5  
Northeastern Oklahoma A&M  2 4   4 5  
  • $ Conference champion

The 2021 New Mexico Military Broncos football team was an American football team that represented the New Mexico Military Institute as a member of the Southwest Junior College Football Conference (SWJCFC) during the 2021 junior college football season. [1] [2] In their first year under head coach Kurt Taufa'ausa, the Broncos compiled a 12–1 record (6–1 in conference games), defeated Iowa Western in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division I championship game, and won the NJCAA National Football Championship.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 4Papago*
W 40–9
September 11Maricopa*
  • Wool Bowl
  • Roswell, NM
W 66–0
September 18at Navarro
W 39–31
September 25at Kilgore
  • Wool Bowl
  • Roswell, NM
W 37–26 [3]
October 2at Blinn
W 28–18
October 16 Tyler
  • Wool Bowl
  • Roswell, NM
W 49–13
October 23 Cisco
  • Wool Bowl
  • Roswell, NM
L 19–38
October 30at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M
W 17–7
November 6 Trinity Valley
  • Wool Bowl
  • Roswell, NM
W 58–28
November 13Blinn*
  • Wool Bowl
  • Roswell, NM (SWJCFC semifinal)
W 48–0
November 20Tyler*
  • Wool Bowl
  • Roswell, NM (SWJCFC championship)
W 45–10
December 52:00 p.m. Northwest Mississippi *
  • Wool Bowl
  • Roswell, NM (NJCAA Division I semifinal)
W 49–30
December 17vs. Iowa Western *
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Little Rock, AR (NJCAA Division I national championship)
W 31–13 [4]

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References

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