1931 New Mexico Lobos football team
American college football season
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The 1931 New Mexico Lobos football team represented the University of New Mexico as a member of the Border Conference during the 1931 college football season. In their first season under head coach Chuck Riley, the Lobos compiled an overall record of 3â3â1 record with a mark of 1â1â1 against conference opponents, finished second in the Border Conference, and outscored opponents by a total of 80 to 70.[1][2]
ConferenceBorder Conference
Record3â3â1 (1â1â1 Border)
Headcoach
- Chuck Riley (1st season)
HomestadiumUniversity Field
| 1931 New Mexico Lobos football | |
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| Conference | Border Conference |
| Record | 3â3â1 (1â1â1 Border) |
| Head coach |
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| Home stadium | University Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona State $ | 3 | â | 0 | â | 0 | 6 | â | 2 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico | 1 | â | 1 | â | 1 | 3 | â | 3 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona | 1 | â | 1 | â | 1 | 3 | â | 5 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico A&M | 1 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 6 | â | 4 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona StateâFlagstaff | 1 | â | 3 | â | 0 | 3 | â | 5 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Coach Riley arrived in Albuquerque in August 1931. Riley had played football at Notre Dame and served as an assistant coach on the 1930 Loyola Lions football team. Riley brought with him former Notre Dame center Joe Nash as an assistant coach.[3]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| October 17 | at New Mexico Military* |
| W 25â0 | [4] | |||
| October 24 | Occidental* |
| W 14â0 | [5] | |||
| October 31 | Arizona StateâFlagstaff |
| W 20â6 | [6] | |||
| November 7 | at New Mexico A&M |
| L 6â13 | [7] | |||
| November 14 | Arizona |
| T 7â7 | [8] | |||
| November 20 | at Texas Tech* | L 6â32 | 2,500 | [9] | |||
| November 26 | Wyoming* |
| L 2â12 | [10] | |||
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