2012 New Mexico Lobos football team

2012 Mountain West Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 18 Boise State +	7	–	1	11	–	2
Fresno State +	7	–	1	9	–	4
San Diego State +	7	–	1	9	–	4
Air Force	5	–	3	6	–	7
Nevada	4	–	4	7	–	6
Wyoming	3	–	5	4	–	8
Colorado State	3	–	5	4	–	8
UNLV	2	–	6	2	–	11
New Mexico	1	–	7	4	–	9
Hawaii	1	–	7	3	–	9

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2012 New Mexico Lobos football team represented the University of New Mexico in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Lobos were led by first-year head coach Bob Davie. They played their home games at University Stadium and were members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 4–9, 1–7 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for ninth place.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	3:00 p.m.	Southern*	University Stadium Albuquerque, NM		W 66–21	28,450
September 8	6:00 p.m.	at No. 17 Texas*	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	LHN	L 0–45	100,990
September 15	6:00 p.m.	at Texas Tech*	Jones AT&T Stadium Lubbock, TX	FCS Central	L 14–49	58,955
September 22	6:00 p.m.	at New Mexico State*	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM (Rio Grande Rivalry)	AV/ESPN3	W 27–14	25,211
September 29	4:00 p.m.	No. 24 Boise State	University Stadium Albuquerque, NM	Comcast	L 29–32	28,270
October 6	4:00 p.m.	Texas State*	University Stadium Albuquerque, NM	PVN	W 35–14	22,135
October 13	10:00 p.m.	at Hawaii	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI	ROOT	W 35–23	31,632
October 20	5:00 p.m.	at Air Force	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	ROOT	L 23–28	29,726
October 27	1:30 p.m.	Fresno State	University Stadium Albuquerque, NM	Comcast/TWCSN	L 32–49	19,856
November 3	2:00 p.m.	at UNLV	Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV	Comcast/TWCSN	L 7–35	12,835
November 10	1:30 p.m.	Wyoming	University Stadium Albuquerque, NM	Comcast	L 23–28	17,839
November 17	1:30 p.m.	Nevada	University Stadium Albuquerque, NM (Battle of the Wolves)	Comcast	L 24–31	17,290
November 24	5:00 p.m.	at Colorado State	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO	ROOT	L 20–24	12,286
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

	1	2	3	4	Total
Jaguars	0	6	7	8	21
Lobos	7	38	14	7	66

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lobos	0	0	0	0	0
#15 Longhorns	7	10	14	14	45

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lobos	0	14	0	0	14
Red Raiders	14	28	7	0	49

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lobos	3	10	7	7	27
Aggies	0	7	0	7	14

	1	2	3	4	Total
#24 Broncos	3	22	0	7	32
Lobos	0	0	14	15	29

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bobcats	7	7	0	0	14
Lobos	14	14	7	0	35

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lobos	14	7	7	7	35
Warriors	0	10	7	6	23

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lobos	10	0	7	6	23
Falcons	7	7	7	7	28

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	0	14	21	14	49
Lobos	14	10	0	8	32

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lobos	0	0	7	0	7
Rebels	7	14	7	7	35

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cowboys	0	21	0	7	28
Lobos	0	7	10	6	23

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wolf Pack	7	14	10	0	31
Lobos	14	3	7	0	24

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lobos	7	0	3	10	20
Rams	14	3	0	7	24

v t e New Mexico Lobos football
Venues	University Field (1892–1937) Zimmerman Field (1938–1959) University Stadium (1960–2019, 2021–present) Sam Boyd Stadium (2020)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Arizona New Mexico State: Rio Grande Rivalry
Culture & lore	Lobo "Hail, New Mexico" Spirit Marching Band Red Menace
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1892 1893 1894 1895–1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024