1983 New Mexico State Aggies football team

The 1983 New Mexico State Aggies football team was an American football team that represented New Mexico State University in the Missouri Valley Conference during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first year under head coach Fred Zechman, the Aggies compiled a 5–6 record.[1][2] The team played its home games at Aggie Memorial Stadium in Las Cruces, New Mexico.[3]

1983 New Mexico State Aggies football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record5–6 (3–2 MVC)
Head coach
Home stadiumAggie Memorial Stadium
1983 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Tulsa $ 5 –0 –08 –3 –0
No. 1 Southern Illinois ^ 4 –1 –013 –1 –0
No. 5 Indiana State ^ 3 –2 –09 –4 –0
New Mexico State 3 –2 –05 –6 –0
Illinois State 2 –2 –16 –4 –1
Wichita State 3 –3 –03 –8 –0
Drake 1 –6 –01 –10 –0
West Texas State 0 –5 –10 –10 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
  • The conference was a hybrid of NCAA Division I-A and I-AA programs. New Mexico State, Tulsa, and Wichita State were I-A and the other teams were I-AA.
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 3at UTEP*
L 9–20
September 10Louisiana Tech*
W 15–7[4]
September 17at North Texas State*
L 3–49[5]
September 24New Mexico*
  • Aggie Memorial Stadium
  • Las Cruces, NM (rivalry)
L 10–31
October 1at Iowa State*
W 24–17
October 8at Tulsa
L 10–24
October 15Drake
  • Aggie Memorial Stadium
  • Las Cruces, NM
W 42–23
October 22at Texas–Arlington*
L 7–28[6]
October 29at Southern Illinois
L 3–41
November 5Wichita State
  • Aggie Memorial Stadium
  • Las Cruces, NM
W 62–28[7]
November 19West Texas State
  • Aggie Memorial Stadium
  • Las Cruces, NM
W 26–24
  • *Non-conference game

References
  1. "1983 New Mexico State Aggies Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
  2. "New Mexico State Football 2019 Media Guide" (PDF). New Mexico State University. 2019. p. 73. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
  3. 2019 Media Guide, p. 15.
  4. "Punter boots Ags to their 1st win". Albuquerque Journal. September 11, 1983. Retrieved July 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "NTSU destroys Aggies 49–3". The New Mexican. September 18, 1983. Retrieved October 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Mavs run past NMSU 28–7". The El Paso Times. October 23, 1983. p. D1. Retrieved February 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Aggies demolish Shockers". El Paso Times. November 6, 1983. Retrieved February 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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