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Rivalry History

Rio Grande Rivalry

New Mexico and New Mexico State have met 115 times since 1894. This page keeps the record, streaks, trophy context, and recent results in one canonical rivalry URL.

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Series snapshot

Record
65-24-2
Current streak
New Mexico 2 games
Longest streak
New Mexico 18 games (1938-1958)
Avg. margin / points
9.8 / 46.7

Series overview

New Mexico 65-24-2 New Mexico State. Current streak: New Mexico 2 games.

Last five meetings

New Mexico 3 | New Mexico State 2

Largest margin

61 points

Rivalry notes

  • The tracked window runs from 1894 through 2025.
  • 91 completed games currently back the series calculations on this page.
  • The latest tracked meeting was Sep 27, 2025.

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Recent rivalry results

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10 most recent tracked games

DateMatchupScoreVenueResult
Sep 27, 2025New Mexico State at New MexicoNew Mexico 38, New Mexico State 20University Stadium (NM)New Mexico
Sep 29, 2024New Mexico at New Mexico StateNew Mexico 50, New Mexico State 40Venue unavailableNew Mexico
Sep 17, 2023New Mexico State at New MexicoNew Mexico 17, New Mexico State 27Venue unavailableNew Mexico State
Oct 16, 2022New Mexico at New Mexico StateNew Mexico 9, New Mexico State 21Venue unavailableNew Mexico State
Sep 11, 2021New Mexico State at New MexicoNew Mexico 34, New Mexico State 25Venue unavailableNew Mexico
Sep 21, 2019New Mexico State at New MexicoNew Mexico 55, New Mexico State 52Venue unavailableNew Mexico
Sep 16, 2018New Mexico at New Mexico StateNew Mexico 42, New Mexico State 25Venue unavailableNew Mexico
Sep 10, 2017New Mexico State at New MexicoNew Mexico 28, New Mexico State 30Venue unavailableNew Mexico State
Sep 11, 2016New Mexico at New Mexico StateNew Mexico 31, New Mexico State 32Venue unavailableNew Mexico State
Oct 4, 2015New Mexico State at New MexicoNew Mexico 38, New Mexico State 29Venue unavailableNew Mexico