Athletic Media Relations Contact: Chris Kennedy 2018 NM STATE FOOTBALL O: 575-646-3269 | C: 617-833-9484 Stan Fulton Center, 1815 Wells Street | Las Cruces, NM | 88003 | @NMStateFootball | FB.com/NMStateFootball | www.NMStateSports.com E: [email protected] 2018 SCHEDULE GAME Ind. 0-2 Date Opponent TV Time VS August (0-2) 0-1, 0-0 25 Wyoming ESPN L, 29-7 MWC 30 at Minnesota Big Ten Network L, 48-10 ® September (0-0) 3 31 ..................Scoring Offense ................. 17 Utah State Aggies 8 at Utah State Facebook LIVE 6 PM An NM State Win Would... 38 ...............Scoring Defense .................77 NM State Aggies Head Coach .............................................Matt Wells Head Coach .........................................Doug Martin 15 New Mexico AggieVision 6 PM 25 ................ Rushing Offense ................29 • Give NM State back-to- Career Record (Yrs) .......................34-33 (6th) Career Record (Yrs) .......................46-98 (11th) 22 at UTEP ESPN3 5:30 PM back wins vs. USU for the 165 ..............Rushing Defense ..............607 Record at Utah State (Yrs) ...........34-33 (6th) 319 ...............Passing Offense ..............377 Record at NM State (Yrs) ...............17-46 (6th) October (0-0) first time since 1966-67 2018 STAT LEADERS 287 .............Passing Defense ............. 364 2018 STAT LEADERS 6 Liberty AggieVision 6 PM seasons. RUSHING | # Darwin Thompson 344 ................Total Offense ................ 406 RUSHING | #1 Jason Huntley 13 at Louisiana TBD • Be the first win in 10-28, 2.8 ypr, 2 TD, 28.0 ypg 452 .................Total Defese ...................971 13-28, 2.2 ypr, 0 TD, 14.0 ypg 20 Georgia Southern AggieVision 4 PM Logan, Utah since Nov. PASSING | # Jordan Love PASSING | #3 Matt Romero 29-44-2, 319 yds, 0 TD, 319 ypg ALL-TIME RESULTS 27 at Texas State ESPN3 TBD 25, 2006. • NM State trails all-time series 30-8. 45-85-1, 373 yds, 2 TD, 186.5 ypg RECEIVING | # Dax Raymond November (0-0) • Make Doug Martin the • NM State is 2-0 vs. Utah State in RECEIVING | #9 Drew Dan 7-76, 0 TD, 10.6 ypc, 76 ypg 3 Alcorn State AggieVision 2 PM bowl games. 8-121, 1 TD, 15.1 ypc, 60.5 ypg ninth all-time winningest DEFENSE | # David Woodward DEFENSE | #23 Ron LaForce 17 at BYU TBD coach at NM State. 16 tackles, 14 solo 27 tackles, 10 solo 24 at Liberty Noon AGGIE FOOTBALL GAME NOTES All Times Mountain KICKOFF UNCHARTED All Times Subject to Change The New Mexico State football team gets set for a New Mexico State fans looking to get an inside look road clash with 2017 NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl into the Aggies preparation for the 2018 season GAME DAY INFORMATION opponent Utah State on Saturday, Sept. 8 at 6 p.m. following a historic 2017 can check out just what it MT inside Maverik Stadium in Logan, Utah. takes in the four-part web series ‘Uncharted’ that Date .........................................................................September 8, 2018 Kickoff Time .........................................................................6 p.m. (MT) can be found here on YouTube. The series chronicles Location ...............................................................................Logan, Utah WHERE TO WATCH the start of the season for NM State all the way back Venue ..........................................................................Maverik Stadium Aggie fans who cannot make it to the game can to training camp with a lead in to the season opener Capacity ........................................................................................25,100 Surface .......................................................................................... Grass watch exclusively on Facebook Live. Chris Hassel and beyond. Television .......................................................................Facebook LIVE is on the play-by-play for Saturday’s action with Play-by-Play .....................................................................Chris Hassel Bruce Gradkowski serving as the analyst and Kristen SCOUTING UTAH STATE Analyst ....................................................................Bruce Gradkowski Balboni down on the field as the sideline reporter. Utah State enters Saturday’s contest sitting at 0-1 Sideline Reporter ......................................................Kristen Balboni Radio ................................................................. Aggie Sports Network overall after falling just short of an upset over No. Play-by-Play ........................................................................Jack Nixon STAY CONNECTED 11 Michigan State on Sept. 1. USU saw success both Analyst ................................................................................Cory Lucas Get up to the minute information and news about individually and as a team against a highly touted Flagship Station ............................................99.5 FM KXPZ (TuneIn) Affiliates .................................................Alamagordo 103.7 FM KNMZ the NM State football team all season on Twitter Spartan squad. ................................................................... Albuquerque 1150 AM KNMM by following @NMStateFootball, on Instagram by ..........................................................................Carlsbad 1240 AM KAMQ following @NMStateFB and through Facebook.com/ Tight end Dax Raymond had a career game at No. 11 ..............................................................................El Paso 1380 AM KHEY ...............................................................Gallup 1230 AM, 94.9 FM KYVA NMSUFootball. Michigan State last weekend as he caught a career- ........................................................................Las Vegas 107.1 FM KMDS high seven passes for a career-best 76 yards, Live Stats .............................................nmstate.statbroadcast.com including three receptions for 55 yards in the first half alone. Of Raymond’s seven catches in the game, STAY CONNECTED WITH US... six resulted in a first down for USU, with three of ON THE SIDELINE Twitter ......................................................................@NMStateFootball .......................................................................................@NMStateAggies Coaching Staff ......................................................................................... ...................................................................................@dougmartinnmsu ....................................................................................................@osoukup ....................................................................................@CoachCoryNMSU ...................................................................................@CoachMChristian Doug Martin Oliver Soukup Frank Spaziani Cory Martin Andy Richman John Mumford Matt Christian Chili Davis Josh Bermann .............................................................................................@CoachBell18 Head Coach / AHC / Linebackers / Def. 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Coordinator Co-Special Teams Run Game Coordinator Assistant .................................................................................... @CoachHolbrook_ INSIDE THE BOOTH ........................................................................................@coachrichman ......................................................................................@ChiliDavisNMSU ......................................................................................@CoachRonPentz .................................................................................@CoachPasswaters ...................................................................................@NMSCoachSherm .............................................................................................@Jlemming18 Instagram ..........................................................................@NMStateFB Brian Bell Chase Holbrook Ronnie Pentz Matt Passwaters Jacob Lemming Brock Sherman Secondary Quarterbacks Defensive Ends / Offensive Graduate Defensive Graduate Defensive Graduate Facebook ................................................................. /NMStateFootball Co-Special Teams Assistant Assistant Assistant 1 NM STATE at UTAH STATE - GAME 3 @NMStateFootball | NMStateSports.com UTAH STATE GAME WEEK 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Press Conference Practice Practice Travel Day Game Day 11:30 a.m. 3-5 p.m. 3-5 p.m. NM State at Hall of Legends Utah State Practice 3-5 p.m. Interviews Interviews Interviews 6 p.m. (MT) Upon Request Upon Request Upon Request No Player Interviews No Interviews No Interviews Facebook LIVE those receptions occurring on third down. Junior including 11 straight at home, and is 1-3-1 all-time in ALL-TIME vs. UTAH STATE running back Darwin Thompson rushed for a pair of games played on Sept. 8 as NM State looks to cut into Date Location Score W/L touchdowns in his first-ever game for Utah State last those records. 12/31/60 El Paso, Texas 20-13 W 11/16/63 Las Cruces, N.M. 7-6 L weekend. 9/26/64 Logan, Utah 76-0 L WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE 10/1/66 Logan, Utah 23-7 W 9/30/67 Las Cruces, N.M. 10-9 W Utah State’s defense played a strong role in the red On Friday, Dec. 29, the New Mexico State football team 9/14/68 Logan, Utah 28-12 L zone against Michigan State forcing the Spartans