1982 New Mexico State Aggies football team

1982 New Mexico State Aggies football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record3–8 (1–4 MVC)
Head coach
Home stadiumAggie Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1981
1983 →
1982 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Tulsa $ 6 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
Wichita State 4 – 1 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Southern Illinois 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Indiana State 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Drake 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
New Mexico State 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
West Texas State 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Illinois State 0 – 5 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • 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.

The 1982 New Mexico State Aggies football team was an American football team that represented New Mexico State University in the Missouri Valley Conference during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fifth year under head coach Gil Krueger, the Aggies compiled a 3–8 record.[1][2] The team played its home games at Aggie Memorial Stadium in Las Cruces, New Mexico.[3]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 4UTEP*
L 17–2027,306
September 11at Indiana State
L 10–14
September 18at No. 3 Nebraska*
L 0–6876,141
September 25at Colorado State*
L 17–2823,129
October 2Illinois State
  • Aggie Memorial Stadium
  • Las Cruces, NM
W 26–17
October 9Tulsa
  • Aggie Memorial Stadium
  • Las Cruces, NM
L 14–3111,633
October 16at Wichita State
L 26–2823,500[4]
October 23at New Mexico*
L 14–66
October 30Northern Arizona*
  • Aggie Memorial Stadium
  • Las Cruces, NM
W 34–32
November 6North Texas State*
  • Aggie Memorial Stadium
  • Las Cruces, NM
W 30–19[5]
November 13at West Texas State
L 28–30
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References[edit]

  1. ^ "1982 New Mexico State Aggies Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 19, 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. ^ "Shockers nose out NMSU". El Paso Times. October 17, 1982. Retrieved February 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "McAlister spearheads Aggies' 30–19 romp". The New Mexican. November 7, 1982. Retrieved October 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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