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Rivalry History

Battle of I-10

New Mexico State and UTEP have met 101 times since 1914. This page keeps the record, streaks, trophy context, and recent results in one canonical rivalry URL.

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Series snapshot

Record
31-55-1
Current streak
UTEP 1 game
Longest streak
UTEP 8 games (2009-2016)
Avg. margin / points
16.0 / 45.5

Series overview

New Mexico State 31-55-1 UTEP. Current streak: UTEP 1 game.

Last five meetings

New Mexico State 2 | UTEP 3

Largest margin

85 points

Rivalry notes

  • The tracked window runs from 1914 through 2024.
  • 87 completed games currently back the series calculations on this page.
  • The latest tracked meeting was Nov 30, 2024.

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What this rivalry is

New Mexico State and UTEP have a tracked series that starts in 1914 and spans 101 listed meetings. The page combines series record, streaks, recent games, and research links in one canonical rivalry URL.

Silver Spade gives this matchup a named trophy context in addition to the team-by-team series record.

Series history

Status
Active series
Years
1914-2024
Busiest era
1950s, 10 games
Longest pause
3 years (1942-1946)
  • 1950s10 games
  • 1960s10 games
  • 1970s10 games
  • 1980s10 games

Biggest games and recent trend

Landmark games are selected from the same tracked rivalry results used for the series record.

3 featured games

Latest meeting

2024 - Nov 30, 2024

New Mexico State 35, UTEP 42. Most recent completed chapter in the tracked series.

Closest finish

1952 - Oct 18, 1952

New Mexico State 20, UTEP 20. The smallest final-score margin in the available game log.

Highest scoring

1948 - Nov 25, 1948

New Mexico State 7, UTEP 92. The biggest combined scoring total in the available game log.

Recent trend

Last five
New Mexico State 2, UTEP 3 across 5 games
Last ten
New Mexico State 4, UTEP 6 across 10 games
Scoring profile
Balanced scoring profile; average total 45.5, average margin 16.0.
Current streak
UTEP 1 game

Players and coaches from recent chapters

Recent leaders are capped to keep the page fast while still pointing readers toward the names around recent meetings.

  • Parker Awad

    New Mexico State, 2024

    Passing Yards: 1079

  • Seth McGowan

    New Mexico State, 2024

    Rushing Yards: 813

  • TJ Pride

    New Mexico State, 2024

    Receiving Yards: 374

  • Jevon Jackson

    UTEP, 2024

    Rushing Yards: 754

  • Kenny Odom

    UTEP, 2024

    Receiving Yards: 761

  • Skyler Locklear

    UTEP, 2024

    Passing Yards: 1591

Coach context

Coach rows summarize recent rivalry-season overlap for each program.

  • Dana Dimel

    UTEP - 2019-2023 - 16-33

  • Jerry Kill

    New Mexico State - 2022-2023 - 17-11

  • Doug Martin

    New Mexico State - 2019-2021 - 4-20

  • Tony Sanchez

    New Mexico State - 2024 - 3-9

Weather, rankings, and research links

5 recent rivalry games have weather context, average temperature 73F.

Ranking context is available through the rankings archive and team season-result pages.

New Mexico State team page

Team history, seasons, roster context, and related data views.

UTEP team page

Team history, seasons, roster context, and related data views.

New Mexico State season results

Season-by-season schedules, records, rankings, and game links.

UTEP season results

Season-by-season schedules, records, rankings, and game links.

New Mexico State weather

Weather impact for games involving this program.

UTEP weather

Weather impact for games involving this program.

Game stats archive

Search box scores and detailed game stat pages.

Rankings

Poll and ranking context around rivalry seasons.

College football records

National record and history context.

Historical comparison

Compare program seasons and statistical profiles.

Recent rivalry results

The latest games are rendered in the page HTML so search engines and readers can see the rivalry's recent chapter without client-side interaction.

10 most recent tracked games

DateMatchupScoreVenueResult
Nov 30, 2024UTEP at New Mexico StateNew Mexico State 35, UTEP 42Venue unavailableUTEP
Oct 19, 2023New Mexico State at UTEPNew Mexico State 28, UTEP 7Venue unavailableNew Mexico State
Sep 11, 2022New Mexico State at UTEPNew Mexico State 13, UTEP 20Venue unavailableUTEP
Aug 29, 2021UTEP at New Mexico StateNew Mexico State 3, UTEP 30Venue unavailableUTEP
Nov 23, 2019UTEP at New Mexico StateNew Mexico State 44, UTEP 35Venue unavailableNew Mexico State
Sep 22, 2018New Mexico State at UTEPNew Mexico State 27, UTEP 20Venue unavailableNew Mexico State
Sep 24, 2017UTEP at New Mexico StateNew Mexico State 41, UTEP 14Venue unavailableNew Mexico State
Sep 4, 2016New Mexico State at UTEPNew Mexico State 22, UTEP 38Venue unavailableUTEP
Sep 20, 2015UTEP at New Mexico StateNew Mexico State 47, UTEP 50Venue unavailableUTEP
Sep 14, 2014New Mexico State at UTEPNew Mexico State 24, UTEP 42Venue unavailableUTEP

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