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American college football season
The 2017 New Mexico State Aggies football team represented
New Mexico State University in the
2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Aggies played their home games at
Aggie Memorial Stadium in
Las Cruces, New Mexico, and competed in the
Sun Belt Conference. They were led by fifth–year head coach
Doug Martin. The Aggies finished the season 6–6 and 4–4 in Sun Belt play to finish in a three-way tie for fifth place. The Aggies received a bowl bid for the first time in 57 years where they beat
Utah State in the
Arizona Bowl. This season would both be the Aggies last season with a winning record and last time they received a bowl invitation until the
2022 season.
Schedule
New Mexico State announced its 2017 football schedule on March 1, 2017. The 2017 schedule consisted of five home and seven away games in the regular season. The Aggies hosted Sun Belt foes
Arkansas State,
Idaho,
South Alabama, and
Troy, and traveled to
Appalachian State,
Georgia Southern,
Louisiana–Lafayette, and
Texas State.
The Aggies hosted one of the four non-conference opponents,
UTEP from
Conference USA, and traveled to
Arizona State from the
Pac-12 Conference,
Arkansas from the
Southeastern Conference and
New Mexico from the
Mountain West Conference.
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 31 | 8:30 p.m. | at
Arizona State* | |
P12N | L 31–37 | 46,596 |
September 9 | 6:00 p.m. | at
New Mexico* | |
Stadium | W 30–28 | 32,427 |
September 16 | 6:00 p.m. |
Troy | |
ESPN3 | L 24–27 | 15,446 |
September 23 | 6:00 p.m. |
UTEP* | | ESPN3 | W 41–14 | 17,546 |
September 30 | 10:00 a.m. | at
Arkansas* | |
SECN | L 24–42 | 70,727 |
October 7 | 1:30 p.m. | at
Appalachian State | | ESPN3 | L 31–45 | 22,787 |
October 14 | 4:00 p.m. | at
Georgia Southern | | ESPN3 | W 35–27 | 16,278 |
October 28 | 2:00 p.m. |
Arkansas State | - Aggie Memorial Stadium
- Las Cruces, NM
|
ALT | L 21–37 | 10,041 |
November 4 | 1:00 p.m. | at
Texas State | | ESPN3 | W 45–35 | 12,012 |
November 18 | 3:00 p.m. | at
Louisiana–Lafayette | | ESPN3 | L 34–47 | 16,048 |
November 25 | 2:00 p.m. |
Idaho | - Aggie Memorial Stadium
- Las Cruces, NM
| ESPN3 | W 17–10 | 21,894 |
December 2 | 2:00 p.m. |
South Alabama | - Aggie Memorial Stadium
- Las Cruces, NM
| ESPN3 | W 22–17 | 26,268 |
December 29 | 3:30 p.m. | vs.
Utah State* | |
CBSSN | W 26–20 OT | 39,132 |
|
- Schedule Source:
[1]
Game summaries
At Arizona State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Aggies
|
0
|
13
|
0
|
18 |
31 |
Sun Devils
|
14
|
0
|
16
|
7 |
37 |
At New Mexico
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Aggies
|
13
|
10
|
7
|
0 |
30 |
Lobos
|
2
|
3
|
0
|
23 |
28 |
Troy
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Trojans
|
13
|
0
|
14
|
0 |
27 |
Aggies
|
3
|
0
|
13
|
8 |
24 |
UTEP
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Miners
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
7 |
14 |
Aggies
|
7
|
14
|
13
|
7 |
41 |
At Arkansas
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Aggies
|
0
|
10
|
7
|
7 |
24 |
Razorbacks
|
14
|
14
|
7
|
7 |
42 |
At Appalachian State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Aggies
|
7
|
7
|
3
|
14 |
31 |
Mountaineers
|
3
|
14
|
0
|
28 |
45 |
At Georgia Southern
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Aggies
|
14
|
7
|
0
|
14 |
35 |
Eagles
|
14
|
10
|
3
|
0 |
27 |
Arkansas State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Red Wolves
|
7
|
0
|
10
|
20 |
37 |
Aggies
|
0
|
14
|
0
|
7 |
21 |
At Texas State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Aggies
|
7
|
10
|
14
|
14 |
45 |
Bobcats
|
14
|
7
|
7
|
7 |
35 |
At Louisiana–Lafayette
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Aggies
|
7
|
10
|
14
|
3 |
34 |
Ragin' Cajuns
|
14
|
17
|
3
|
13 |
47 |
Idaho
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Vandals
|
0
|
7
|
3
|
0 |
10 |
Aggies
|
14
|
0
|
0
|
3 |
17 |
South Alabama
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Jaguars
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
10 |
17 |
Aggies
|
0
|
13
|
0
|
9 |
22 |
Vs. Utah State–Arizona Bowl
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 | OT |
Total |
NMSU Aggies
|
10
|
3
|
0
|
7 | 6 |
26 |
USU Aggies
|
7
|
6
|
0
|
7 | 0 |
20 |
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