# 2018 New Mexico Lobos football team

The 2018 New Mexico Lobos football team represented the University of New Mexico in the Mountain Division of the Mountain West Conference (MW) during 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team played its home games at Dreamstyle Stadium. In their seventh season under head coach Bob Davie, the team finished with a 3–9 record, 1–7 against MW opponents to finish last in the Mountain Division. They were outscored by a total of 434 to 319.
The team's statistical leaders included Sheriron Jones with 1,402 passing yards, Tyrone Owens with 687 rushing yards, and Andrew Shelley with 55 points scored.

## Preseason
### Award watch lists

| Award | Player | Position | Year |
| Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award | Tyrone Owens | RB | SR |

### Mountain West media days

During the Mountain West media days held July 24–25 at the Cosmopolitan on the Las Vegas Strip, the Lobos were predicted to finish in last place in the Mountain Division.

#### Media poll

Mountain Division :
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
| 1 | Boise State | 132 (22) |
| 2 | Wyoming | 95 |
| 3 | Colorado State | 82 |
| 4 | Utah State | 78 |
| 5 | Air Force | 52 |
| 6 | New Mexico | 23 |

#### Preseason All-Mountain West Team

The Lobos had one player selected to the preseason all-Mountain West team.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 1 | 6:00 p.m. | Incarnate Word* | Dreamstyle StadiumAlbuquerque, NM | ESPN3 | W 62–30 | 18,213 |
| September 8 | 10:00 a.m. | at No. 5 Wisconsin* | Camp Randall StadiumMadison, WI | BTN | L 14–45 | 77,003 |
| September 15 | 6:00 p.m. | at New Mexico State* | Aggie Memorial StadiumLas Cruces, NM (Rio Grande Rivalry) | ELVN | W 42–25 | 20,673 |
| September 29 | 4:00 p.m. | Liberty* | Dreamstyle StadiumAlbuquerque, NM | | L 43–52 | 18,804 |
| October 6 | 2:00 p.m. | at UNLV | Sam Boyd StadiumWhitney, NV | ATTSNRM | W 50–14 | 18,949 |
| October 13 | 2:00 p.m. | at Colorado State | Canvas StadiumFort Collins, CO | ATTSNRM | L 18–20 | 36,514 |
| October 20 | 5:30 p.m. | Fresno State | Dreamstyle StadiumAlbuquerque, NM | ESPNU | L 7–38 | 16,708 |
| October 27 | 2:00 p.m. | at Utah State | Maverik StadiumLogan, UT | Stadium | L 19–61 | 16,119 |
| November 3 | 8:15 p.m. | San Diego State | Dreamstyle StadiumAlbuquerque, NM | ESPNU | L 23–31 | 14,646 |
| November 10 | 1:30 p.m. | at Air Force | Falcon StadiumColorado Springs, CO | CBSSN | L 24–42 | 23,723 |
| November 16 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 23 Boise State | Dreamstyle StadiumAlbuquerque, NM | CBSSN | L 14–45 | 16,883 |
| November 24 | 12:30 p.m. | Wyoming | Dreamstyle StadiumAlbuquerque, NM | ATTSNRM | L 3–31 | 14,269 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Mountain time |||||||
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## Game summaries
### Incarnate Word

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cardinals | 7 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 30 |
| Lobos | 28 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 62 |

### At Wisconsin

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Lobos | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| No. 5 Badgers | 3 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 45 |

### At New Mexico State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Lobos | 7 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 42 |
| Aggies | 17 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 25 |

### Liberty

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Flames | 21 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 52 |
| Lobos | 7 | 3 | 13 | 20 | 43 |

### At UNLV

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Lobos | 0 | 29 | 7 | 14 | 50 |
| Rebels | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |

### At Colorado State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Lobos | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 18 |
| Rams | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 |

### Fresno State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bulldogs | 10 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 38 |
| Lobos | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |

### At Utah State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Lobos | 3 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 19 |
| Aggies | 28 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 61 |

### San Diego State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Aztecs | 7 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 31 |
| Lobos | 7 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 23 |

### At Air Force

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Lobos | 0 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| Falcons | 7 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 42 |

### Boise State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 23 Broncos | 14 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 45 |
| Lobos | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |

### Wyoming

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cowboys | 7 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 31 |
| Lobos | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |