# 2017 New Mexico Lobos football team

The 2017 New Mexico Lobos football team represented the University of New Mexico in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Lobos were led by sixth-year head coach Bob Davie and played their home games at the newly renamed Dreamstyle Stadium. They competed as members of the Mountain Division of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 3–9, 1–7 in Mountain West play to finish in last place in the Mountain Division.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 2 | 6:00 p.m. | Abilene Christian* | Dreamstyle StadiumAlbuquerque, NM | | W 38–14 | 21,475 |
| September 9 | 6:00 p.m. | New Mexico State* | Dreamstyle StadiumAlbuquerque, NM (Rio Grande Rivalry) | Stadium | L 28–30 | 32,427 |
| September 14 | 6:00 p.m. | at Boise State | Albertsons StadiumBoise, ID | ESPN | L 14–28 | 28,385 |
| September 23 | 11:30 a.m. | at Tulsa* | H.A. Chapman StadiumTulsa, OK | ESPN3 | W 16–13 | 18,026 |
| September 30 | 5:00 p.m. | Air Force | Dreamstyle StadiumAlbuquerque, NM | CBSSN | W 56–38 | 21,864 |
| October 14 | 8:00 p.m. | at Fresno State | Bulldog StadiumFresno, CA | ATTSNRM | L 0–38 | 28,090 |
| October 20 | 8:15 p.m. | Colorado State | Dreamstyle StadiumAlbuquerque, NM | ESPN2 | L 24–27 | 17,358 |
| October 28 | 5:30 p.m. | at Wyoming | War Memorial StadiumLaramie, WY | ESPNU | L 3–42 | 18,249 |
| November 4 | 3:30 p.m. | Utah State | Dreamstyle StadiumAlbuquerque, NM | ATTSNRM | L 10–24 | 19,293 |
| November 11 | 5:00 p.m. | at Texas A&M* | Kyle FieldCollege Station, TX | ESPNU | L 14–55 | 99,051 |
| November 17 | 7:30 p.m. | UNLV | Dreamstyle StadiumAlbuquerque, NM | ESPN2 | L 35–38 | 14,744 |
| November 24 | 1:30 p.m. | at San Diego State | SDCCU StadiumSan Diego, CA | CBSSN | L 10–35 | 28,978 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingAll times are in Mountain time |||||||
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## Game summaries
### Abilene Christian

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

### New Mexico State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Aggies | 13 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 30 |
| Lobos | 2 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 28 |

### At Boise State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Lobos | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Broncos | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 28 |

### At Tulsa

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Lobos | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 |
| Golden Hurricane | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 13 |

### Air Force

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Falcons | 0 | 21 | 3 | 14 | 38 |
| Lobos | 7 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 56 |

### At Fresno State

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

### Colorado State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rams | 0 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 27 |
| Lobos | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 24 |

### At Wyoming

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Lobos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Cowboys | 7 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 42 |

### Utah State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Aggies | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 24 |
| Lobos | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |

### At Texas A&M

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Lobos | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Aggies | 13 | 35 | 0 | 7 | 55 |

### UNLV

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rebels | 10 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 38 |
| Lobos | 0 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 35 |

### At San Diego State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Lobos | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Aztecs | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 35 |

## Coaching staff

| Name | Title |
| Bob Davie | Head coach |
| Bob DeBesse | Offensive coordinator/wide receivers coach |
| Kevin Cosgrove | Defensive coordinator/linebackers coach |
| Apollo Wright | Special teams coordinator/quarterbacks coach |
| Charles McMillian | Defensive Passing Game Coordinator/safeties coach |
| Saga Tuitele | Run Game Coordinator/offensive line coach |
| Scott Baumgartner | Running backs coach |
| Clay Davie | Tight ends coach |
| Stan Eggen | Defensive line coach |
| Al Simmons | Cornerbacks coach |
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## Players in the 2018 NFL Draft

| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club |
| Jason Sanders | K | 7 | 229 | Miami Dolphins |