2020 New Mexico Lobos football team

The 2020 New Mexico Lobos football team was to represent the University of New Mexico in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season until the cancellation of the 2020 season on August 10, 2020.[1] The Lobos were to play their home games at Dreamstyle Stadium as members of the Mountain West Conference in the Mountain Division. They were to be led by first-year head coach Danny Gonzales.

2020 New Mexico Lobos football
ConferenceMountain West Conference
DivisionMountain Division
Head coachDanny Gonzales (7th overall, 1st straight season)
Offensive coordinatorDerek Warehime (4th overall, 1st straight season)
Defensive coordinatorRocky Long (17th overall, 1st straight season)
Base defense3–3–5
Home stadiumDreamstyle Stadium
(Capacity: 39,244)
2020 Mountain West Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Mountain Division
Air Force   –      –  
Boise State   –      –  
Colorado State   –      –  
New Mexico   –      –  
Utah State   –      –  
Wyoming   –      –  
West Division
Fresno State   –      –  
Hawaii   –      –  
Nevada   –      –  
San Diego State   –      –  
San Jose State   –      –  
UNLV   –      –  
Championship: TBA
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • Note: Due to COVID-19, the Mountain West suspended the 2020 football season.
As of August 14, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

The Lobos finished the 2019 season 2–10 and 0–8 in Mountain West play to finish in last place in the Mountain Division and did not qualify for a bowl game. Head coach Bob Davie was replaced by Danny Gonzales.

Schedule

New Mexico announced its 2020 football schedule on February 26, 2020.[2] The 2020 schedule consisted of 6 home and 7 away games in the regular season. On August 10, 2020, the Mountain West Conference announced the cancellation of the football season due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.[1][3] The following schedule below was the set schedule for the 2020 season.

DateOpponentSiteResult
August 29 Idaho State*
Canceled
September 5 at Mississippi State*
Canceled
September 12 at USC*
Canceled
September 19 at New Mexico State*
Canceled
October 3 UMass*
  • Dreamstyle Stadium
  • Albuquerque, NM
Canceled
October 10 Colorado State
Canceled
October 17 Nevada
  • Dreamstyle Stadium
  • Albuquerque, NM
Canceled
October 24 at Utah State
Canceled
October 31 San Jose State
  • Dreamstyle Stadium
  • Albuquerque, NM
Canceled
November 7 at Hawaii
Canceled
November 14 Boise State
  • Dreamstyle Stadium
  • Albuquerque, NM
Canceled
November 21 at Air Force
Canceled
November 28 Wyoming
  • Dreamstyle Stadium
  • Albuquerque, NM
Canceled
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming

Source[4]

References
  1. "MWC cancels fall sports, including Lobo football". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
  2. "Lobo 2020 Football Schedule Released". University of New Mexico. February 26, 2020. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  3. "Mountain West postpones football, fall sports". ESPN.com. 2020-08-10. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
  4. "2020 New Mexico Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
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