1978 New Mexico State Aggies football team

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1978 New Mexico State Aggies football
MVC champion
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
1978 record6–5 (5–1 MVC)
Head coach
  • Gil Krueger (1st season)
Home stadiumAggie Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1977
1979 →
1978 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
New Mexico State $ 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Tulsa 4 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Southern Illinois 3 – 2 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Drake 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Indiana State 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Wichita State 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
West Texas State 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1978 New Mexico State Aggies football team was an American football team that represented New Mexico State University in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first year under head coach Gil Krueger, the Aggies compiled a 6–5 record and finished as MVC champions.[1][2] The team played its home games at Aggie Memorial Stadium in Las Cruces, New Mexico.[3]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 9at Indiana State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Terre Haute, IN
W 14–9
September 16UTEP*
W 35–32
September 23North Texas State*
  • Aggie Memorial Stadium
  • Las Cruces, NM
L 21–22
September 30at Southern Illinois
L 39–43
October 7Texas–Arlington*
  • Aggie Memorial Stadium
  • Las Cruces, NM
L 17–28[4]
October 14Tulsa
  • Aggie Memorial Stadium
  • Las Cruces, NM
W 23–20
October 21at New Mexico*
L 20–35
October 28at Wichita State
W 31–21[5]
November 4Drake
  • Aggie Memorial Stadium
  • Las Cruces, NM
W 21–20
November 11at Hawaii*
  • Aloha Stadium
  • Honolulu, HI
L 20–35
November 25at West Texas State
  • Kimbrough Memorial Stadium
  • Canyon, TX
W 33–31[6]
  • *Non-conference game

References[]

  1. ^ "1978 New Mexico State Aggies Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 18, 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. ^ "Mavericks pick up 28–17 win". El Paso Times. October 8, 1978. p. 12E. Retrieved February 26, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Aggies victorious, 31–21". Albuquerque Journal. October 29, 1978. Retrieved February 26, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "NM Aggies seize MVC title". Carlsbad Current-Argus. November 24, 1978. Retrieved April 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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