2013 New Mexico State Aggies football team

The 2013 New Mexico State Aggies football team represents New Mexico State University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Aggies were led by first–year head coach Doug Martin and played their home games at Aggie Memorial Stadium. They competed as an independent. They were a football–only member of the Sun Belt Conference (SBC) from 2014 to 2017.

2013 New Mexico State Aggies football
Conference	Independent
2013 record	2–10
Head coach	Doug Martin (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Gregg Brandon (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	David Elson (2nd season)
Home stadium	Aggie Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 30,343)

2013 NCAA Division I FBS independents football records
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Navy			–						9	–	4
BYU			–						8	–	5
Army			–						3	–	9
New Mexico State			–						2	–	10
Idaho			–						1	–	11
No. 20 Notre Dame			–						0*	–	4
*All wins for Notre Dame (9–4) in the 2013 season were vacated Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	6:00 pm	at No. 15 Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	LHN	L 7–56	99,623
September 7	6:00 pm	Minnesota	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM	Aggie Vision	L 21–44	16,418
September 14	6:00 pm	UTEP	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM (The Battle of I-10)	Aggie Vision	L 21–42	18,366
September 21	8:30 pm	at No. 15 UCLA	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	P12N	L 13–59	58,263
September 28	6:00 pm	San Diego State	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM	Aggie Vision	L 16–26	16,113
October 5	5:00 pm	at New Mexico	University Stadium Albuquerque, NM (Rio Grande Rivalry)	RTRM	L 17–66	29,749
October 19	6:00 pm	Rice	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM	Aggie Vision	L 19–45	16,164
October 26	6:00 pm	Abilene Christian	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM	Aggie Vision	W 34–29	15,628
November 2	3:00 pm	at Louisiana–Lafayette	Cajun Field Lafayette, LA	ESPN3	L 35–49	30,028
November 9	1:30 pm	Boston College	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM	Aggie Vision	L 34–48	14,997
November 23	1:00 pm	at Florida Atlantic	FAU Stadium Boca Raton, FL		L 55–10	12,253
November 30	1:30 pm	Idaho	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM	Aggie Vision	W 24–16	14,661
Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

Aggie Vision affiliates, by game:

Minnesota- FCS Pacific [JIP], Comcast New Mexico, FS Arizona+, Altitude2, BTN2Go

UTEP- Comcast New Mexico, Altitude2, KASY

San Diego State- Comcast New Mexico, Altitude, FS Arizona+, KASY, KVIA, FS San Diego, ESPN3

Rice- Comcast New Mexico, Altitude [JIP], Comcast Houston+, KVIA, ESPN3

Abilene Christian- FCS Pacific [JIP], Comcast New Mexico, Altitude, FS Arizona+, KVIA, ESPN3

Boston College- Comcast New Mexico, Altitude2, FS Arizona+, Comcast Houston+, KASY, KVIA, ESPN3

Idaho- Comcast New Mexico, Altitude, Comcast Houston+, KASY, KVIA, ESPN3

Game summaries

@ Texas

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	0	7	0	0	7
#15 Longhorns	0	14	21	21	56

Minnesota

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Gophers	3	24	3	14	44
Aggies	0	7	7	7	21

UTEP

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners	14	7	7	14	42
Aggies	14	0	7	0	21

@ UCLA

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	0	0	0	13	13
#13 Bruins	7	24	14	14	59

First meeting between the two schools. New Mexico State head coach Doug Martin replaced DeWayne Walker, who was a former UCLA defensive coordinator. Nick Pasquale was remembered during the game.

1st quarter scoring: UCLA – Jordon James 4-yard run (Kaim Fairbairn kick)

2nd quarter scoring: UCLA – Steven Manfro 20-yard pass from Brett Hundley (Fairbairn kick); UCLA – Manfro 12-yard run (Fairbairn kick); UCLA – Fairbairn 38-yard field goal; UCLA – Devin Fuller 21-yard pass from Hundley (Fairbairn kick)

3rd quarter scoring: UCLA – Shaquell Evans 7-yard pass from Hundley (Fairbairn kick); UCLA – James 19-yard run (Fairbairn kick)

4th quarter scoring: NMSU – Adam Shapiro 33-yard pass from A. McDonald (Mitch Johnson kick); UCLA – Malcolm Jones 3-yard run (Fairbairn kick); NMSU – B. Betancourt 4-yard run (Johnson kick failed); UCLA – Jones 3-yard run (Fairbairn kick)

San Diego State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aztecs	0	5	6	15	26
Aggies	10	6	0	0	16

@ New Mexico

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	0	14	3	0	17
Lobos	21	21	10	14	66

Rice

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls	21	7	7	10	45
Aggies	3	9	7	0	19

Abilene Christian

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	3	19	0	7	29
Aggies	7	14	0	13	34

@ Louisiana–Lafayette

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	21	7	0	7	35
Ragin' Cajuns	7	7	13	22	49

Boston College

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	13	7	7	21	48
Aggies	3	14	7	10	34

@ Florida Atlantic

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies					0
Owls					0

Idaho

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vandals					0
Aggies					0

References

1. Infos at New Mexico State Aggies website Archived 2012-09-28 at the Wayback Machine