American college football season
2020 New Mexico State Aggies football Conference Independent Record 1–1 Head coach Associate head coach Oliver Soukup (4th season) Offensive scheme Air raid Defensive coordinator Frank Spaziani (5th season)Base defense 3–3–5 Captains Alex Escobar(Running Back) Sage Doxtater(Offensive line) Donavan King(Defensive line) Trevor Brohard(Linebacker) Home stadium Sun Bowl Seasons
The 2020 New Mexico State Aggies football team represented New Mexico State University in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Aggies were led by eighth–year head coach Doug Martin and played their home games at Sun Bowl due to COVID-19 restrictions imposed by the state of New Mexico . They competed as an independent .[1]
On August 13, 2020, New Mexico State suspended all sports competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic .[2] The Aggies played an abbreviated two-game season in February and March 2021.
Schedule [ edit ] Original [ edit ] Date Opponent Site Result August 29 at UCLA No contest at UAB No contest September 12 Akron No contest September 19 New Mexico No contest September 26 at UTEP No contest October 3 Texas State Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM No contest October 10 at Hawaii No contest October 17 at Fresno State No contest October 24 Louisiana Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM No contest November 7 at UMass No contest November 14 Texas Southern Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM No contest November 21 at Florida No contest
Revised [ edit ] Personnel [ edit ] Game summaries [ edit ] Tarleton State [ edit ] Tarleton State at New Mexico State 1 2 3 4 Total • Texans (Div. I FCS ) 23 10 7 3 43 Aggies 7 0 3 7 17
Date: Location: Sun Bowl El Paso, TX Game start: 3:07 p.m. MST Elapsed time: 3 hours and 42 minutesGame attendance: 0Game weather: Temperature: 58 °F (14 °C) • Weather: Sunny • Wind: NW 13 MPH Referee: Christian WatsonTV announcers (FSAZ /FloSports /Comcast ): Adam Young (play–by–play) and Danny Knee (analyst) Scoring summary 1 14:36 TSU Cameron Burston 70–yard run (Christian Hernandez kick)(1 play, 75 yards, 0:24) TSU 7–0 11:31 TSU Gabriel Douglas 86–yard pass from Cameron Burston (Christian Hernandez kick)(1 play, 86 yards, 0:12) TSU 14–0 11:19 NMSU Juwuan Price 94–yard kickoff return (Ethan Albertson kick) TSU 14–7 06:42 TSU Team 0–yard safety TSU 16–7 03:29 TSU Cameron Burston 21–yard run (Christian Hernandez kick)(7 plays, 51 yards, 3:07) TSU 23–7 2 07:16 TSU Gabriel Douglas 29–yard pass from Cameron Burston (Christian Hernandez kick)(4 plays, 55 yards, 1:12) TSU 30–7 00:00 TSU Adrian Guzman 35–yard field goal(9 plays, 52 yards, 2:42) TSU 33–7 3 14:11 TSU DeAngelo Rosemond 4–yard run (Christian Hernandez kick)(2 plays, 5 yards, 0:28) TSU 40–7 01:56 NMSU Ethan Albertson 27–yard field goal(6 plays, 67 yards, 2:19) TSU 40–10 4 13:38 TSU Adrian Guzman 34–yard field goal(7 plays, 57 yards, 3:18) TSU 43–10 03:28 NMSU Robert Downs III 27–yard pass from Jonah Johnson (Ethan Albertson kick)(4 plays, 65 yards, 1:01) TSU 43–17
Pregame line Over/under NMSU –5 57.5[3]
Statistics Tarleton State New Mexico State First downs 24 14 Total yards 501 241 Rushing yards 249 54 Passing yards 252 187 Turnovers 0 1 Time of possession 35:40 24:20
Team Category Player Statistics Tarleton State Passing Cameron Burston 15/29, 252 yards, 2 TDs Rushing Cameron Burston 4 carries, 79 yards, 2 TDs Receiving Gabriel Douglas 7 receptions, 190 yards, 2 TDs New Mexico State Passing Jonah Johnson 17/31, 187 yards, 1 TD, 3 INTs Rushing Juwuan Price 14 carries, 31 yards Receiving Terrell Warner 5 receptions, 77 yards
New Mexico Highlands (no contest) [ edit ] New Mexico Highlands at New Mexico State (No Contest) 1 2 3 4 Total Cowboys (Div. II ) 0 0 0 0 0 Aggies 0 0 0 0 0
Pregame line Over/under N/A N/A[4]
The New Mexico Highlands at New Mexico State game was canceled due to COVID-19 protocols and the game was not rescheduled.
Dixie State [ edit ] Dixie State at New Mexico State 1 2 3 4 Total Trailblazers (Div. I FCS ) 7 7 7 8 29 • Aggies 0 10 10 16 36
Date: Location: Sun Bowl El Paso, TX Game start: 3:08 p.m. MST Elapsed time: 3 hours and 38 minutesGame attendance: 0Game weather: Temperature: N/A • Weather: Sunny • Wind: N/AReferee: Kevin HassellTV announcers (FSAZ+ /FloSports /Comcast ): Adam Young (play–by–play) and Danny Knee (analyst) Scoring summary 1 09:15 DSU Quali Conley 57–yard run (James Baird kick)(5 plays, 76 yards, 2:15) DSU 7–0 2 10:39 NMSU Ethan Albertson 35–yard field goal(14 plays, 69 yards, 6:35) DSU 7–3 07:36 DSU Kody Wilstead 1–yard run (James Baird kick)(7 plays, 75 yards, 3:03) DSU 14–3 02:28 NMSU Andre Bodison 12–yard pass from Weston Eget (Ethan Albertson kick)(4 plays, 62 yards, 1:28) DSU 14–10 3 08:30 NMSU Jonah Johnson 1–yard run (Ethan Albertson kick)(10 plays, 71 yards, 4:04) NMSU 17–14 02:38 NMSU Ethan Albertson 33–yard field goal(7 plays, 74 yards, 3:01) NMSU 20–14 02:02 DSU Jalen Powell 65–yard pass from Kody Wilstead (James Baird kick)(2 plays, 75 yards, 0:36) DSU 21–20 4 13:10 NMSU Jonah Johnson 1–yard run (pass failed)(10 plays, 55 yards, 3:42) NMSU 26–21 06:03 NMSU Ethan Albertson 32–yard field goal(9 plays, 56 yards, 3:23) NMSU 29–21 05:52 DSU Quali Conley 75–yard pass from Kody Wilstead (Chase Hess pass)(1 play, 75 yards, 0:11) TIE 29–29 00:21 NMSU Juwaun Price 13–yard run (Ethan Albertson kick)(7 plays, 54 yards, 2:05) NMSU 36–29
Pregame line Over/under NMSU –1 56[5]
Statistics Dixie State New Mexico State First downs 18 33 Total yards 483 561 Rushing yards 124 329 Passing yards 359 232 Turnovers 3 1 Time of possession 24:42 35:18
Team Category Player Statistics Dixie State Passing Kody Wilstead 25/37, 359 yards, 2 TDs Rushing Quali Conley 11 carries, 95 yards, 1 TD Receiving Quali Conley 4 receptions, 98 yards, 1 TD New Mexico State Passing Jonah Johnson 19/29, 171 yards Rushing Juwaun Price 19 carries, 165 yards, 1 TD Receiving Isaiah Garcia-Castaneda 4 receptions, 56 yards
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