2016 New Mexico Lobos football team


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.

Schedule

Roster

Game summaries

South Dakota

at New Mexico State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
70–31–52015UNM, 38–29

at Rutgers

San Jose State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
4–12–12015SJSU, 31–21

Boise State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
1–62015UNM, 31–24

vs. Air Force

Overall recordLast meetingResult
12–212015UNM, 47–35

Louisiana–Monroe

at Hawaii

Overall recordLast meetingResult
9–142015UNM, 28–27

Nevada

Overall recordLast meetingResult
2–3–12015NEV, 35–17

at Utah State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
12–102015UNM, 14–13

at Colorado State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
25–382015CSU, 28–21

Wyoming

Overall recordLast meetingResult
33–352015UNM, 38–28

UTSA–New Mexico Bowl

Overall recordLast meetingResult
1–12014UNM, 21–9