New Mexico Lobos football
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[[Image:2004 Emerald Bowl Navy-New Mexico run.jpg|thumb|225px|right|The Lobos in action against [[Navy Midshipmen football|Navy]]]]
The '''New Mexico Lobos football team''' is the interscholastic [[college football|football]] team at the [[University of New Mexico]]. The Lobos compete as a member of the [[Mountain West Conference]]. They have a cumulative record of 430-492-31, with a winning percentage of 45.1%. Their official colors are cherry and silver. The Lobos current [[head coach]] is [[Rocky Long]], who has guided the Lobos to four bowl games in the last five seasons. The Lobos play their home games at [[University Stadium, Albuquerque|University Stadium]].
==Conference affiliation history==
*1892–1930: Independent
*1931–1951: [[Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association]]
*1952–61: [[Mountain States Conference]]
*1962–98: [[Western Athletic Conference]]
*1999–present: [[Mountain West Conference]]
==Championships==
===Conference championships===
New Mexico has won four conference championships in two different conferences, yet has not won a conference title in over 40 years.
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!bgcolor=Red| <font color=white>Year
!bgcolor=Red| <font color=white>Conference
!bgcolor=Red| <font color=white>Coach
!bgcolor=Red| <font color=white>Record
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| 1938 || BIAA || [[Ted Shipkey]] || 8-3
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| 1962 || WAC || Bill Weeks || 7-2-1
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| 1963 || WAC || Bill Weeks || 6-4
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| 1964 || WAC || Bill Weeks || 9-2
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| colspan=2 bgcolor="#FFFFFF"| '''Total conference championships'''
| colspan=2 bgcolor="#FFFFFF"| '''4'''
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===Division championships===
New Mexico made one appearance in the [[Western Athletic Conference football champions|Western Athletic Conference Championship Game]] as the winner of the WAC Pacific Division.
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!bgcolor=Red| <font color=white>Year
!bgcolor=Red| <font color=white>Division Championship
!bgcolor=Red| <font color=white>Coach
!bgcolor=Red| <font color=white>Result
!bgcolor=Red| <font color=white>Opponent
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| 1997 || WAC Pacific || [[Dennis Franchione]] || '''L, 13-41''' || [[Colorado State University|Colorado State]]
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==Bowl games==
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| <font color=white>'''Date''' || <font color=white>'''Bowl''' || <font color=white>'''W/L''' || <font color=white>'''Opponent''' || <font color=white>'''PF''' || <font color=white>'''PA'''
|-align=center
| [[January 2]], [[1939]] || [[Sun Bowl]] || '''L''' || [[Utah Utes|Utah]] || 0 || 26
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| [[January 1]], [[1944]] || [[Sun Bowl]] || '''L''' || [[Southwestern University]] || 0 || 7
|-align=center
| [[January 1]], [[1946]] || [[Sun Bowl]] || '''W''' || [[University of Denver]] || 34 || 24
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| [[January 1]], [[1947]] || [[Harbor Bowl]] || '''T''' || [[Montana State University - Bozeman|Montana State]] || 13 || 13
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| [[December 9]], [[1961]] || [[Aviation Bowl]] || '''W''' || [[Western Michigan Broncos|Western Michigan]] || 28 || 12
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| [[December 27]], [[1997]] || [[Insight Bowl|Insight.com Bowl]] || '''L''' || [[Arizona Wildcats|Arizona]] || 14 || 20
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| [[December 25]], [[2002]] || [[Las Vegas Bowl]] || '''L''' || [[UCLA Bruins football|UCLA]] || 13 || 27
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| [[December 24]], [[2003]] || Las Vegas Bowl || '''L''' || [[Oregon State Beavers football|Oregon State]] || 14 || 55
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| [[December 30]], [[2004]] || [[Emerald Bowl]] || '''L''' || [[Navy Midshipmen football|Navy]] || 19 || 34
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| [[December 23]], [[2006]] || [[New Mexico Bowl]] || '''L''' || [[San José State University|San José State]] || 12 || 20
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| [[December 22]], [[2007]] || [[New Mexico Bowl]] ||'''W''' || [[University of Nevada|Nevada]] || 23 || 0
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| '''Total''' || '''11 bowl games''' || '''3-7-1''' || || ||
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==2007 Annual team awards==
Each year members of the Lobos football team who distinguished themselves during the football season are honored at the Lobos Annual Football Awards Banquet. For the 2007 football season, the following team members were honored: Bill Brannin Award (Most Valuable Player), '''Rodney Ferguson, RB'''; Reese Leroy Hill Memorial Award (Offensive Player of the Year), '''Travis Brown, WR'''; Clyde Horace Hill Memorial Award (Most Improved Player), '''Ian Clark, S'''; Outstanding Offensive Lineman, '''Devin Clark, OT'''; Colonel H.J. Golightly Award (Top Defensive Player), '''OJ Swift, S''' and '''Michael Tuohy, DE'''; Chuck Cummins Memorial Award (Morale and Spirit), '''Marcus Smith, WR'''; Lobo Club Award (Unselfish Devotion to the Team), '''Bryan Clampitt, QB'''; Outstanding Special Teams Player(s), '''John Sullivan, K''' and '''Frankie Baca, DB'''.
'''About the Clyde and Reese Hill memorial awards:''' The Hill brothers were members of the Lobos football team prior to WWII (Clyde, 1941; Reese, 1939-1941). Both men were described by UNM coaches as extraordinary athletes. Clyde came to UNM after serving in the U.S. Marines where he was a boxing champion. At UNM, he was a member of the university boxing team and made the football team as a walk-on. Reese came to UNM as a highly touted recruit. A "legend" in northern New Mexico high school sports, he lettered in four sports at St. Michael's High School in Santa Fe. While at UNM, he was a member of the university's track, basketball and football teams. The Hill brothers were described by a contemporary as being "He-Men -- the kind of men who could throw you across a room." After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Clyde and Reese left UNM to enlist in the military. Clyde died as a U.S. Marine F4U fighter pilot at Okinawa with the rank of Captain, while Reese -- a U.S. Army 1st Lt. and glider pilot -- survived the invasion of Normandy only to be killed when his glider was shot down over Holland.
==External links==
*[http://golobos.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/nm-m-footbl-body.html Official website]
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