1983 New Mexico State Aggies football team

1983 New Mexico State Aggies football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record5–6 (3–2 MVC)
Head coach
Home stadiumAggie Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1982
1984 →
1983 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Tulsa $ 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
No. 1 Southern Illinois ^ 4 – 1 – 0 13 – 1 – 0
No. 5 Indiana State ^ 3 – 2 – 0 9 – 4 – 0
New Mexico State 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Illinois State 2 – 2 – 1 6 – 4 – 1
Wichita State 3 – 3 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Drake 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 10 – 0
West Texas State 0 – 5 – 1 0 – 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

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]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 3at UTEP*
L 9–2035,211[4]
September 10Louisiana Tech*
W 15–715,302[5]
September 17at North Texas State*
L 3–49[6]
September 24New Mexico*
  • Aggie Memorial Stadium
  • Las Cruces, NM (rivalry)
L 10–31[7]
October 1at Iowa State*
W 24–1747,703[8]
October 8at Tulsa
L 10–2416,098[9]
October 15Drake
  • Aggie Memorial Stadium
  • Las Cruces, NM
W 42–23[10]
October 22at Texas–Arlington*
L 7–284,271[11]
October 29at Southern Illinois
L 3–4114,000[12]
November 5Wichita State
  • Aggie Memorial Stadium
  • Las Cruces, NM
W 62–2821,847[13]
November 19West Texas State
  • Aggie Memorial Stadium
  • Las Cruces, NM
W 26–24[14]
  • *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. ^ "El Paso wins". Del Rio News Herald. September 4, 1983. Retrieved November 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Punter boots Ags to their 1st win". Albuquerque Journal. September 11, 1983. Retrieved July 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "NTSU destroys Aggies 49–3". The New Mexican. September 18, 1983. Retrieved October 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "UNM makes it 7 straight over NMSU, 31–10". Albuquerque Journal. September 25, 1983. Retrieved November 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Cooper 'kills' Iowa State". The Sioux City Journal. October 2, 1983. Retrieved November 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Hurricane runs over Ags in Valley opener". Tulsa World. October 9, 1983. Retrieved November 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Aggies thump Drake, 42–23". Albuquerque Journal. October 16, 1983. Retrieved November 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Mavs run past NMSU 28–7". The El Paso Times. October 23, 1983. p. D1. Retrieved February 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Defense sparks Southern". Herald and Review. October 30, 1983. Retrieved November 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Aggies demolish Shockers". El Paso Times. November 6, 1983. Retrieved February 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Late TD equals win for Aggies". Carlsbad Current-Argus. November 20, 1983. Retrieved November 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.