New Mexico — Mountain West
HC
Jason Eck · University Stadium (NM) · Albuquerque, NM · 39,224 cap
PPA off / def
0.18 / 0.11
2025
Class rank
#87
class of 2026
Returning PPA
58%
returning production
2026 schedule
2025 results (9–4)
Statistical comps — 2025 New Mexico's closest analogs
Nearest neighbors by z-scored success rate, explosiveness, run rate & havoc (offense + defense), 2015–25.
2025 leaders
Transfer portal — 2026 (14 in / 14 out)
| Outgoing |
|---|
| Dorian Thomas | TE | → California |
| Cole Welliver | QB | → Southeastern Louisiana |
| Marcus Vinson | TE | → Florida Atlantic |
| Trey Dubuc | LS | → Texas |
| Max Lantzsch | TE | → uncommitted |
| Clint Stephens | S | → uncommitted |
| Isaiah Blair | WR | → uncommitted |
| DJ McKinney | RB | → Tulsa |
| + 6 more |
Origins
Long played here, coached here for eleven years, and produced the program's only stretch of consistent bowl games. The Lobos otherwise measure success in individual Saturdays.
Founded 1889 · Territorial university founded 23 years before statehood · first football 1892 · defined by Rocky Long
All-time record
All-time
430–602–19
1909–2025
Win %
41.8%
108 seasons played
Winning seasons
34
31% of seasons
| Best seasons | W | L | Conference |
|---|
| 1982 | 10 | 1 | Western Athletic |
| 1964 | 9 | 2 | Western Athletic |
| 2025 | 9 | 4 | Mountain West |
| 2016 | 9 | 4 | Mountain West |
| 2007 | 9 | 4 | Mountain West |
Season records from CollegeFootballData, which is why the span starts at 1909 — that is where its coverage of this program begins, not necessarily the first year it fielded a team.
Play-calling tendencies (2025 · garbage time excluded)
| Situation | Plays | Run % | Success % | Nat'l | Avg yds | Expl % |
|---|
| 1st down | 359 | 58% |
41% | 96 of 136 | 6.0 | 13% |
| 2nd down | 257 | 51% |
39% | 94 of 136 | 5.2 | 8% |
| 3rd & short (≤3) | 42 | 83% |
62% | — | 5.0 | 10% |
| 3rd & medium (4–7) | 62 | 31% |
40% | — | 6.0 | 10% |
| 3rd & long (8+) | 60 | 32% |
25% | — | 6.8 | 20% |
| 4th down | 31 | 55% |
61% | — | 6.5 | 19% |
146 drives · 38% ended in points · 7.4 plays and 42.2 yards per drive · 0.88 PPA per drive
Success: 50% of yardage needed on 1st, 70% on 2nd, 100% on 3rd/4th. Explosive: 12+ yd rush / 16+ yd pass. National rank is shown only for 1st and 2nd down, where every team has 100+ plays; the later buckets average 18-43 and a rank there would be noise.
League leaderboard →Most valuable plays (by PPA, 2025)
| Wk | Opp | Play | Yds | PPA |
|---|
| 10 | UNLV |
Keagan Johnson 80 Yd pass from Jack Layne (Luke Drzewiecki Kick) |
80 | 6.65 |
| 10 | UNLV |
Damon Bankston 84 Yd pass from Jack Layne (Luke Drzewiecki Kick) |
84 | 6.58 |
| 14 | San Diego State |
(09:05) Shotgun #4 D.McKinney rush right for 54 yards gain to the SDSU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock … |
54 | 6.18 |
| 2 | Idaho State |
Scottre Humphrey run for 61 yds for a TD (Luke Drzewiecki KICK) |
61 | 5.89 |
| 3 | UCLA |
Jack Layne pass complete to Damon Bankston for 43 yds for a TD (Luke Drzewiecki KICK) |
43 | 5.47 |
| 14 | San Diego State |
(13:25) Shotgun #13 J.Laubstein rush left for 40 yards gain to the SDSU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock… |
40 | 5.09 |
| 10 | UNLV |
End of 1st quarter. |
75 | 4.17 |
| 10 | UNLV |
(12:17) Shotgun #2 J.Layne pass complete short left to #88 C.Keith caught at UNM47, for 45… |
45 | 4.09 |