American college football season
The 2002 New Mexico State Aggies football team represented New Mexico State University in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season . The Aggies were coached by head coach Tony Samuel and played their home games at Aggie Memorial Stadium in Las Cruces, New Mexico . They participated as members of the Sun Belt Conference . Their 7 wins were the most wins for New Mexico State since 1970. Until the 2017 season, this was the last Aggies team to finish with a winning record. Despite finishing 7-5, they were not invited to a bowl game.
Schedule [ ] Date Time Opponent Site Result Attendance August 31 5:00 pm at No. 22 South Carolina * L 24–34[1] 83,717 September 7 4:30 pm at California * L 13–34[2] 24,692 September 21 6:00 pm New Mexico * W 24–13[3] [4] 28,587 September 28 3:00 pm at No. 7 Georgia * L 10–41[5] 86,520 October 5 6:05 pm UTEP * Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM (The Battle of I-10 ) W 49–14[6] 30,605 October 12 6:05 pm Louisiana–Lafayette Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM W 31–28[7] 19,876 October 19 2:05 pm Louisiana–Monroe Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM W 34–21[8] 12,183 October 26 5:00 pm at Arkansas State W 26–21[9] 11,036 November 2 4:00 pm Middle Tennessee Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM W 24–21[10] 19,562 November 9 1:00 pm at Utah State * L 30–32[11] 12,291 November 16 2:00 pm at North Texas L 27–38[12] 20,064 November 23 3:00 pm at Idaho W 35–31[13] 5,462 *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time
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