2017 New Mexico Lobos football team

The 2017 New Mexico Lobos football team represented the University of New Mexico in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Lobos were led by sixth-year head coach Bob Davie and played their home games at the newly renamed Dreamstyle Stadium. They competed as members of the Mountain Division of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 3–9, 1–7 in Mountain West play to finish in last place in the Mountain Division.

2017 New Mexico Lobos football
Conference	Mountain West Conference
Division	Mountain Division
2017 record	3–9 (1–7 MW)
Head coach	Bob Davie (6th season)
Offensive coordinator	Bob DeBesse (6th season)
Defensive coordinator	Kevin Cosgrove (3rd season)
Home stadium	Dreamstyle Stadium (Capacity: 39,224)

2017 Mountain West Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Mountain Division
No. 22 Boise State xy$		7	–	1					11	–	3
Colorado State		5	–	3					7	–	6
Wyoming		5	–	3					8	–	5
Utah State		4	–	4					6	–	7
Air Force		4	–	4					5	–	7
New Mexico		1	–	7					3	–	9
West Division
Fresno State xy		7	–	1					10	–	4
San Diego State		6	–	2					10	–	3
UNLV		4	–	4					5	–	7
Nevada		3	–	5					3	–	9
Hawaii		1	–	7					3	–	9
San Jose State		1	–	7					2	–	11
Championship: Boise State 17, Fresno State 14
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	6:00 p.m.	Abilene Christian*	Dreamstyle Stadium Albuquerque, NM		W 38–14	21,475
September 9	6:00 p.m.	New Mexico State*	Dreamstyle Stadium Albuquerque, NM (Rio Grande Rivalry)	Stadium	L 28–30	32,427
September 14	6:00 p.m.	at Boise State	Albertsons Stadium Boise, ID	ESPN	L 14–28	28,385
September 23	11:30 a.m.	at Tulsa*	H.A. Chapman Stadium Tulsa, OK	ESPN3	W 16–13	18,026
September 30	5:00 p.m.	Air Force	Dreamstyle Stadium Albuquerque, NM	CBSSN	W 56–38	21,864
October 14	8:00 p.m.	at Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA	ATTSNRM	L 0–38	28,090
October 20	8:15 p.m.	Colorado State	Dreamstyle Stadium Albuquerque, NM	ESPN2	L 24–27	17,358
October 28	5:30 p.m.	at Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	ESPNU	L 3–42	18,249
November 4	3:30 p.m.	Utah State	Dreamstyle Stadium Albuquerque, NM	ATTSNRM	L 10–24	19,293
November 11	5:00 p.m.	at Texas A&M*	Kyle Field College Station, TX	ESPNU	L 14–55	99,051
November 17	7:30 p.m.	UNLV	Dreamstyle Stadium Albuquerque, NM	ESPN2	L 35–38	14,744
November 24	1:30 p.m.	at San Diego State	SDCCU Stadium San Diego, CA	CBSSN	L 10–35	28,978
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Mountain time

Source:[1]

Roster

2017 New Mexico Lobos football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 95 Jason Sanders Sr	Head coach Bob Davie Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Game summaries

Abilene Christian

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	7	0	0	7	14
Lobos	7	7	10	14	38

See also: 2017 Abilene Christian Wildcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

New Mexico State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	13	10	7	0	30
Lobos	2	3	0	23	28

See also: 2017 New Mexico State Aggies football team and Rio Grande Rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
70–32–5	2016	NMSU, 32–31

at Boise State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lobos	0	7	0	7	14
Broncos	7	7	0	14	28

See also: 2017 Boise State Broncos football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–7	2016	BSU, 49–21

at Tulsa

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lobos	7	6	0	3	16
Golden Hurricane	3	7	0	3	13

See also: 2017 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–5	2015	TULSA, 40–21

Air Force

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	0	21	3	14	38
Lobos	7	7	21	21	56

See also: 2017 Air Force Falcons football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
13–21	2016	UNM, 45–40

at Fresno State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lobos	0	0	0	0	0
Bulldogs	14	7	10	7	38

See also: 2017 Fresno State Bulldogs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–11	2014	FRES, 35–24

Colorado State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	0	21	0	6	27
Lobos	7	3	7	7	24

See also: 2017 Colorado State Rams football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
25–39	2016	CSU, 49–31

at Wyoming

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lobos	0	0	0	3	3
Cowboys	7	35	0	0	42

See also: 2017 Wyoming Cowboys football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
34–35	2016	UNM, 56–35

Utah State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	7	7	3	7	24
Lobos	0	3	0	7	10

See also: 2017 Utah State Aggies football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
13–10	2016	UNM, 24–21

at Texas A&M

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lobos	0	7	7	0	14
Aggies	13	35	0	7	55

See also: 2017 Texas A&M Aggies football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–3	2009	TAMU, 41–6

UNLV

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rebels	10	14	3	11	38
Lobos	0	14	7	14	35

See also: 2017 UNLV Rebels football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–11	2014	UNM, 31–28

at San Diego State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lobos	0	0	10	0	10
Aztecs	7	7	7	14	35

See also: 2017 San Diego State Aztecs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
15–25	2014	SDSU, 24–14

Coaching staff

Name	Title
Bob Davie	Head Coach
Bob DeBesse	Offensive Coordinator/Wide Receivers Coach
Kevin Cosgrove	Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers Coach
Apollo Wright	Special Teams Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach
Charles McMillian	Defensive Passing Game Coordinator/Safeties Coach
Saga Tuitele	Run Game Coordinator/Offensive Line Coach
Scott Baumgartner	Running Backs Coach
Clay Davie	Tight Ends Coach
Stan Eggen	Defensive Line Coach
Al Simmons	Cornerbacks Coach

Source:[2]

Players in the 2018 NFL Draft

See also: 2018 NFL Draft

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
Jason Sanders	K	7	229	Miami Dolphins

References

1. 2017 New Mexico Lobos football schedule. FBSchedules.com. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
2. 2017 Football Coaching Staff. GoLobos.com. The University of New Mexico. Retrieved May 4, 2017.