2019 New Mexico State Aggies football team

The 2019 New Mexico State Aggies football team represented New Mexico State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Aggies were led by seventh–year head coach Doug Martin and played their home games at Aggie Memorial Stadium. They competed as an independent.

2019 New Mexico State Aggies football
Conference	Independent
2019 record	2–10
Head coach	Doug Martin (7th season)
Associate head coach	Oliver Soukup (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Doug Martin (5th season)
Defensive coordinator	Frank Spaziani (4th season)
Home stadium	Aggie Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 30,343)

2019 NCAA Division I FBS independents football records
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 12 Notre Dame			–						11	–	2
Liberty			–						8	–	5
BYU			–						7	–	6
Army			–						5	–	8
New Mexico State			–						2	–	10
UMass			–						1	–	11
Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

The Aggies finished the 2018 season 3–9 and did not qualify for a bowl game.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	8:00 p.m.	at No. 23 Washington State	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	P12N	L 7–58	27,228
September 7	2:00 p.m.	at No. 2 Alabama	Bryant–Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL	SECN	L 10–62	100,710
September 14	6:00 p.m.	San Diego State	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM	FloSports/FSNAZ+	L 10–31	10,123
September 21	2:30 p.m.	at New Mexico	Dreamstyle Stadium Albuquerque, NM (Battle of I-25 / Rio Grande Rivalry)	ATTSNRM	L 52–55	27,269
September 28	6:00 p.m.	Fresno State	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM	FloSports/FSNAZ+	L 17–30	8,872
October 5	6:00 p.m.	Liberty	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM	FloSports/FSNAZ+	L 13–20	23,140
October 12	1:00 p.m.	at Central Michigan	Kelly/Shorts Stadium Mount Pleasant, MI	ESPN3	L 28–42	15,764
October 26	1:00 p.m.	at Georgia Southern	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA	ESPN3	L 7–41	10,907
November 9	2:00 p.m.	at Ole Miss	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS	SECN	L 3–41	45,973
November 16	2:00 p.m.	Incarnate Word	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM	FloSports/FSNAZ+	W 41–28	25,804
November 23	2:00 p.m.	UTEP	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM (Battle of I-10)	FloSports/FSNAZ+	W 44–35	21,584
November 30	12:00 p.m.	at Liberty	Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA	ESPN+	L 28–49	18,674
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

Schedule Source:[1]

Game summaries

at Washington State

New Mexico State at Washington State

1 2 3 4 Total Aggies 7 0 0 0 7 • No. 23 Cougars 14 21 13 10 58 Date: August 31, 2019 Location: Martin Stadium Pullman, WA Game start: 7:10 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 4 minutes Game attendance: 27,228 Game weather: Temperature: 83 °F (28 °C) • Weather: Clear • Wind: W 5–10 MPH Referee: Brandon Cruse TV announcers (P12N): Guy Haberman, Chad Brown and Samantha Peszek (sideline)

Scoring summary 1 09:21 WSU Rodrick Fisher 41–yard pass from Anthony Gordon (Blake Mazza kick) WSU 7–0 1 06:25 NMSU Josh Adkins 3–yard run (Dylan Brown kick) TIE 7–7 1 05:11 WSU Dezmon Patmon 48–yard pass from Anthony Gordon (Blake Mazza kick) WSU 14–7 2 11:07 WSU Easop Winston 19–yard pass from Anthony Gordon (Blake Mazza kick) WSU 21–7 2 09:55 WSU Travell Harris 54–yard pass from Anthony Gordon (Blake Mazza kick) WSU 28–7 2 01:23 WSU Max Borghi 12–yard run (Blake Mazza kick) WSU 35–7 3 11:56 WSU Travell Harris 20–yard pass from Anthony Gordon (Blake Mazza kick) WSU 42–7 3 08:38 WSU Blake Mazza 45–yard field goal WSU 45–7 3 06:12 WSU Blake Mazza 50–yard field goal WSU 48–7 4 14:13 WSU Renard Bell 9–yard pass from Gage Gubrud (Blake Mazza kick) WSU 55–7 4 12:18 WSU Blake Mazza 34–yard field goal WSU 58–7

at Alabama

New Mexico State at Alabama

1 2 3 4 Total Aggies 0 0 7 3 10 • No. 2 Crimson Tide 21 17 24 0 62 Date: September 7, 2019 Location: Bryant–Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL Game start: 3:01 p.m. CDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 5 minutes Game attendance: 100,710 Game weather: Temperature: 94 °F (34 °C) • Weather: Sunny and Hot • Wind: WNW 7 MPH Referee: Ken Williamson TV announcers (SECN): Taylor Zarzour, Matt Stinchcomb and Alyssa Lang (sideline)

Scoring summary 1 14:47 UA Henry Ruggs III 75–yard run (Will Reichard kick) UA 7–0 1 09:08 UA Jerry Jeudy 21–yard pass from Tua Tagovailoa (Will Reichard kick) UA 14–0 1 00:00 UA Jerry Jeudy 23–yard pass from Tua Tagovailoa (Will Reichard kick) UA 21–0 2 10:08 UA Henry Ruggs III 10–yard pass from Tua Tagovailoa (Will Reichard kick) UA 28–0 2 03:49 UA Tua Tagovailoa 25–yard run (Will Reichard kick) UA 35–0 2 01:04 UA Will Reichard 48–yard field goal UA 38–0 3 08:20 UA Najee Harris 8–yard run (Will Reichard kick) UA 45–0 3 05:59 NMSU Jason Huntley 4–yard pass from Josh Adkins (Dylan Brown kick) UA 45–7 3 03:19 UA Jerry Jeudy 19–yard pass from Mac Jones (Will Reichard kick) UA 52–7 3 01:40 UA Will Reichard 49–yard field goal UA 55–7 3 00:13 UA Keilan Robinson 74–yard run (Will Reichard kick) UA 62–7 4 10:00 NMSU Dylan Brown 43–yard field goal UA 62–10

San Diego State

San Diego State at New Mexico State

1 2 3 4 Total • Aztecs 7 10 7 7 31 Aggies 0 0 10 0 10 Date: September 14, 2019 Location: Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM Game start: 6:07 p.m. MDT Elapsed time: 2 hours and 59 minutes Game attendance: 10,123 Game weather: Temperature: 67 °F (19 °C) • Weather: Cloudy • Wind: NE 8 MPH Referee: Kevin Hassell TV announcers (FloSports/FSNAZ+): Adam Young and Danny Knee

Scoring summary 1 10:18 SDSU Daniel Bellinger 2–yard pass from Ryan Agnew (Matt Araiza kick) SDSU 7–0 2 09:55 SDSU Jordan Byrd 1–yard run (Matt Araiza kick) SDSU 14–0 2 00:01 SDSU Matt Araiza 40–yard field goal SDSU 17–0 3 08:43 SDSU Jordan Byrd 7–yard run (Matt Araiza kick) SDSU 24–0 3 04:55 NMSU Robert Downs III 35–yard pass from Josh Adkins (Dylan Brown kick) SDSU 24–7 3 00:23 NMSU Dylan Brown 46–yard field goal SDSU 24–10 4 11:11 SDSU Chance Bell 18–yard run (Matt Araiza kick) SDSU 31–10

at New Mexico

New Mexico State at New Mexico

1 2 3 4 Total Aggies 17 14 7 14 52 • Lobos 14 17 17 7 55 Date: September 21, 2019 Location: Dreamstyle Stadium Albuquerque, NM Game start: 2:38 p.m. MDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 25 minutes Game attendance: 27,269 Game weather: Temperature: 77 °F (25 °C) • Weather: Sunny • Wind: N/A Referee: Eddy Shelton TV announcers (ATTSNRM): Brad Thompson, Sherdrick Bonner and Marc Stout (sideline)

Scoring summary 1 14:21 NM Jerrick Reed II 43–yard interception (Andrew Shelley kick) NM 7–0 1 11:15 NMSU Josh Adkins 3–yard run (Dylan Brown kick) TIE 7–7 1 04:36 NMSU Jason Huntley 2–yard run (Dylan Brown kick) NMSU 14–7 1 02:29 NM Ahmari Davis 2–yard run (Andrew Shelley kick) TIE 14–14 1 00:35 NMSU Dylan Brown 33–yard field goal NMSU 17–14 2 12:31 NM Andrew Shelley 48–yard field goal TIE 17–17 2 09:32 NMSU Josh Adkins 1–yard run (Dylan Brown kick) NMSU 24–17 2 07:26 NM Jordan Kress 55–yard pass from Tevaka Tuioti (Andrew Shelley kick) TIE 24–24 2 01:07 NM Ahmari Davis 1–yard run (Andrew Shelley kick) NM 31–24 2 00:02 NMSU Tony Nicholson 11–yard pass from Josh Adkins (Dylan Brown kick) TIE 31–31 3 11:25 NM Andrew Shelley 49–yard field goal NM 34–31 3 08:15 NMSU Tony Nicholson 3–yard pass from Josh Adkins (Dylan Brown kick) NMSU 38–34 3 03:45 NM Jordan Kress 20–yard pass from Tevaka Tuioti (Andrew Shelley kick) NM 41–38 3 01:02 NM Cedric Patterson III 62–yard pass from Tevaka Tuioti (Andrew Shelley kick) NM 48–38 4 10:26 NM Daevon Vigilant 1–yard run (Andrew Shelley kick) NM 55–38 4 07:37 NMSU Jason Huntley 4–yard pass from Josh Adkins (Dylan Brown kick) NM 55–45 4 05:22 NMSU Josh Adkins 4–yard run (Dylan Brown kick) NM 55–52

Fresno State

Fresno State at New Mexico State

1 2 3 4 Total • Bulldogs 7 17 6 0 30 Aggies 0 3 7 7 17 Date: September 28, 2019 Location: Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM Game start: 6:07 p.m. MDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 3 minutes Game attendance: 8,872 Game weather: Temperature: 85 °F (29 °C) • Weather: Sunny and Clear Skies • Wind: SW 10 MPH Referee: Cooper Castleberry TV announcers (FloSports/FSNAZ+): Adam Young and Danny Knee

Scoring summary 1 09:08 FS Josh Hokit 8–yard run (Cesar Silva kick) FS 7–0 2 11:28 FS Jalen Cropper 79–yard run (Cesar Silva kick) FS 10–0 2 02:56 FS Cesar Silva 28–yard field goal FS 17–0 2 01:00 FS Wylan Free 91–yard interception (Cesar Silva kick) FS 24–0 2 00:00 NMSU Dylan Brown 42–yard field goal FS 24–3 3 12:58 NMSU Jason Huntley 2–yard run (Dylan Brown kick) FS 24–10 3 06:58 FS Cesar Silva 38–yard field goal FS 27–10 3 04:22 FS Cesar Silva 24–yard field goal FS 30–10 4 09:25 NMSU Tony Nicholson 16–yard pass from Josh Adkins (Dylan Brown kick) FS 30–17

Liberty

Liberty at New Mexico State

1 2 3 4 Total • Flames 3 7 3 7 20 Aggies 0 0 6 7 13 Date: October 5, 2019 Location: Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM Game start: 6:07 p.m. MDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 9 minutes Game attendance: 23,140 Game weather: Temperature: 82 °F (28 °C) • Weather: Sunny and Clear Skies • Wind: WSW 8 MPH Referee: Reggie Smith TV announcers (FloSports/FSNAZ+): Adam Young and Danny Knee

Scoring summary 1 02:59 LIBERTY Alex Probert 25–yard field goal LIBERTY 3–0 2 00:22 LIBERTY Zac Foutz 2–yard pass from Stephen Calvert (Alex Probert kick) LIBERTY 10–0 3 12:15 NMSU Dylan Brown 33–yard field goal LIBERTY 10–3 3 08:08 LIBERTY Alex Probert 51–yard field goal LIBERTY 13–3 3 02:45 NMSU Dylan Brown 39–yard field goal LIBERTY 13–6 3 07:46 NMSU Jason Huntley 12–yard run (Dylan Brown kick) TIE 13–13 4 06:19 LIBERTY Joshua Mack 4–yard run (Alex Probert kick) LIBERTY 20–13

at Central Michigan

New Mexico State at Central Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total Aggies 7 14 0 7 28 • Chippewas 14 14 6 8 42 Date: October 12, 2019 Location: Kelly/Shorts Stadium Mount Pleasant, MI Game start: 3:00 p.m. EDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 23 minutes Game attendance: 15,764 Game weather: Temperature: 46 °F (8 °C) • Weather: Sunny and Partly Cloudy • Wind: E 16 MPH Referee: Timothy O'Dey TV announcers (ESPN3): Shawn Kenney and Marcus Ray

Scoring summary 1 08:51 CMU Kalil Pimpleton 44–yard pass from Quinten Dormady (Ryan Tice kick) CMU 7–0 1 07:09 CMU Kobe Lewis 57–yard run (Ryan Tice kick) CMU 14–0 1 02:37 NMSU Naveon Mitchell 4–yard pass from Josh Adkins (Dylan Brown kick) CMU 14–7 2 07:23 CMU Kobe Lewis 20–yard run (Ryan Tice kick) CMU 21–7 2 04:17 NMSU O.J. Clark 11–yard pass from Josh Adkins (Dylan Brown kick) CMU 21–14 2 03:57 CMU Jonathan Ward 75–yard run (Ryan Tice kick) CMU 28–14 2 00:50 NMSU Jason Huntley 37–yard run (Dylan Brown kick) CMU 28–21 3 08:54 CMU Ryan Tice 35–yard field goal CMU 31–21 3 00:00 CMU Ryan Tice 43–yard field goal CMU 34–21 4 07:48 CMU Tony Poljan 7–yard pass from Quinten Dormady (Kalil Pimpleton pass) CMU 42–21 4 06:21 NMSU Jared Wyatt 34–yard pass from Josh Adkins (Dylan Brown kick) CMU 42–28

at Georgia Southern

New Mexico State at Georgia Southern

1 2 3 4 Total Aggies 7 0 0 0 7 • Southern Eagles 7 21 13 0 41 Date: October 26, 2019 Location: Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA Game start: 3:05 p.m. EDT Elapsed time: 2 hours and 40 minutes Game attendance: 10,907 Game weather: Temperature: 80 °F (27 °C) • Weather: Cloudy and 70% Relative humidity • Wind: SE 6 MPH Referee: Kyle Olson TV announcers (ESPN3): Greg Talbott, Danny Waugh and Amy Zimmer (sideline)

Scoring summary 1 08:48 NMSU Jason Huntley 3–yard run (Dylan Brown kick) NMSU 7–0 1 07:49 GS Wesley Kennedy III 71–yard run (Tyler Bass kick) TIE 7–7 2 13:54 GS J.D. King 2–yard run (Tyler Bass kick) GS 14–7 2 09:56 GS Wesley Kennedy III 47–yard run (Tyler Bass kick) GS 21–7 2 05:19 GS J.D. King 1–yard run (Tyler Bass kick) GS 28–7 3 13:34 GS Wesley Kennedy III 67–yard punt return (Team rush failed) GS 34–7 3 04:42 GS Rashad Byrd 7–yard interception (Tyler Bass kick) GS 41–7

at Ole Miss

New Mexico State at Ole Miss

1 2 3 4 Total Aggies 0 3 0 0 3 • Rebels 10 14 7 10 41 Date: November 9, 2019 Location: Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS Game start: 3:01 p.m. CST Elapsed time: 2 hours and 48 minutes Game attendance: 45,973 Game weather: Temperature: 56 °F (13 °C) • Weather: Clear and Sunny • Wind: NE 4 MPH Referee: Hubert Owens TV announcers (SECN): Dave Neal, D. J. Shockley and Dawn Davenport (sideline)

Scoring summary 1 12:36 OM Luke Logan 36–yard field goal OM 3–0 1 05:39 OM Jarod Conner 30–yard run (Luke Logan kick) OM 10–0 2 11:57 OM Jerrion Ealy 5–yard run (Luke Logan kick) OM 17–0 2 05:46 NMSU Dylan Brown 34–yard field goal OM 17–3 2 00:40 OM John Rhys Plumlee 2–yard run (Luke Logan kick) OM 24–3 3 05:29 OM John Rhys Plumlee 18–yard run (Luke Logan kick) OM 31–3 4 13:38 OM Jarod Conner 1–yard run (Isaac Way kick) OM 38–3 4 05:38 OM Luke Logan 28–yard field goal OM 41–3

Incarnate Word

Incarnate Ward at New Mexico State

1 2 3 4 Total Cardinals (Div. I FCS) 0 7 7 14 28 • Aggies 14 10 3 14 41 Date: November 16, 2019 Location: Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM Game start: 2:07 p.m. MST Elapsed time: 3 hours and 45 minutes Game attendance: 25,084 Game weather: N/A Referee: Scott Campbell TV announcers (FloSports/FSNAZ+): Adam Young and Danny Knee

Scoring summary 1 04:38 NMSU Tony Nicholson 34–yard pass from Josh Adkins (Dylan Brown kick) NMSU 7–0 1 01:23 NMSU Tony Nicholson 42–yard pass from Josh Adkins (Dylan Brown kick) NMSU 14–0 2 14:42 NMSU O.J. Clark 77–yard punt return (Dylan Brown kick) NMSU 21–0 2 09:31 UIW Keyondrick Philio 1–yard run (Carson Mohr kick) NMSU 21–7 2 04:00 NMSU Dylan Brown 30–yard field goal NMSU 24–7 3 04:46 NMSU Dylan Brown 28–yard field goal NMSU 27–7 3 00:24 UIW Ameer King 11–yard pass from Jon Copeland (Carson Mohr kick) NMSU 27–14 4 13:53 NMSU Jason Huntley 1–yard run (Dylan Brown kick) NMSU 34–14 4 13:41 UIW Ce'Cori Tolds 100–yard run kickoff return (Carson Mohr kick) NMSU 34–21 4 03:49 NMSU Christian Gibson 2–yard run (Dylan Brown kick) NMSU 41–21 4 00:57 UIW Jon Copeland 1–yard run (Carson Mohr kick) NMSU 41–28

UTEP

UTEP at New Mexico State
(Battle of I-10)

1 2 3 4 Total Miners 0 13 3 19 35 • Aggies 7 7 7 23 44 Date: November 23, 2019 Location: Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM Game start: 2:07 p.m. MST Elapsed time: 3 hours and 23 minutes Game attendance: 21,584 Game weather: Temperature: 57 °F (14 °C) • Weather: Clear Skies • Wind: NNW 4 MPH Referee: Ken Antee TV announcers (FloSports/FSNAZ+): Adam Young and Danny Knee

Scoring summary 1 09:00 NMSU Jason Huntley 39–yard run (Dylan Brown kick) NMSU 7–0 2 12:36 UTEP Treyvon Hughes 11–yard run (Gavin Baechle kick) TIE 7–7 2 04:36 UTEP Gavin Baechle 34–yard field goal UTEP 10–7 2 01:29 UTEP Gavin Baechle 21–yard field goal UTEP 13–7 2 00:55 NMSU Jason Huntley 53–yard run (Dylan Brown kick) NMSU 14–13 3 04:01 UTEP Gavin Baechle 42–yard field goal UTEP 16–14 3 02:00 NMSU Jason Huntley 7–yard run (Dylan Brown kick) NMSU 21–16 4 14:55 UTEP Jacob Cowing 23–yard pass from Kai Locksley (pass failed) UTEP 22–21 4 11:57 NMSU Josh Adkins 7–yard pass from Tony Nicholson (Josh Adkins pass failed) NMSU 27–22 4 06:20 NMSU Dylan Brown 53–yard field goal NMSU 30–22 4 05:30 NMSU Matthew Young 19–yard fumble recovery (Dylan Brown kick) NMSU 37–22 4 04:27 UTEP Kai Locksley 1–yard run (Gavin Baechle kick) NMSU 37–29 4 02:39 NMSU Christian Gibson 53–yard run (Dylan Brown kick) NMSU 44–29 4 00:00 UTEP Justin Garrett 10–yard pass from Kai Locksley NMSU 44–35

at Liberty

New Mexico State at Liberty

1 2 3 4 Total Aggies 7 7 7 7 28 • Flames 10 10 15 14 49 Date: November 30, 2019 Location: Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA Game start: 2:06 p.m. EST Elapsed time: 3 hours and 26 minutes Game attendance: 18,674 Game weather: Temperature: 42 °F (6 °C) • Weather: Rainy • Wind: E 2 MPH Referee: Larry Saunders TV announcers (ESPN+): Matt Warner, Joe Jauch and Melanie Newman (sideline)

Scoring summary 1 11:55 LIBERTY Noah Frith 5–yard pass from Stephen Calvert (Alex Probert kick) LIBERTY 7–0 1 06:44 NMSU Christian Gibson 1–yard run (Dylan Brown kick) TIE 7–7 1 03:18 LIBERTY Alex Probert 46–yard field goal LIBERTY 10–7 2 14:17 LIBERTY Alex Probert 24–yard field goal LIBERTY 13–7 2 08:37 LIBERTY Frankie Hickson 7–yard run (Alex Probert kick) LIBERTY 20–7 2 04:26 NMSU Andre Bodison 1–yard pass from Josh Adkins (Dylan Brown kick) LIBERTY 20–14 3 12:05 LIBERTY Frankie Hickson 2–yard run (Alex Probert kick failed) LIBERTY 26–14 3 08:06 LIBERTY Alex Probert 21–yard field goal LIBERTY 29–14 3 05:27 NMSU Robert Downs III 27–yard pass from Josh Adkins (Dylan Brown kick) LIBERTY 29–21 3 00:35 LIBERTY Joshua Mack 2–yard run (Team rush failed) LIBERTY 35–21 4 14:25 LIBERTY Frankie Hickson 9–yard run (Alex Probert kick) LIBERTY 42–21 4 05:46 LIBERTY Frankie Hickson 9–yard run (Alex Probert kick) LIBERTY 49–21 4 01:00 NMSU Tony Nicholson 3–yard pass from Josh Adkins (Dylan Brown kick) LIBERTY 49–28

Players drafted into the NFL

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL Club
5	172	Jason Huntley	RB	Detroit Lions

References

1. "@NMStateFootball Announces Complete 2019 Schedule" (Press release). New Mexico State University. December 27, 2018. Retrieved January 31, 2018.