UNM football notebook: Lobos’ offense is on a run that hasn’t been seen in more than a century

Oct. 13—Notes, stats, quotes and final thoughts from New Mexico’s 52-37 win over Air Force on Saturday:

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The last time this happened, New Mexico started 0-2. The 1916 varsity team — Lobos wasn’t introduced as a nickname until four years later — opened the season with a trip to Colorado College in early October and were soundly whipped 47-2, scoring only on a safety in the fourth quarter.

There were, however, a few signs things could change.

“The New Mexicans, although outweighed fifteen pounds on the average, gave the Tigers the greatest lesson in the use of the forward pass ever witnessed on Washburn Field,” the Denver Post reported, “with Aydelotte, their star halfback, throwing the ball from twenty to five yards.”

Twenty to five yards or not, UNM was dropped 23-0 by Colorado Mines a week later in Albuquerque; “MINERS UNABLE TO REACH SCORE MADE BY TIGERS” was the headline picked by the Albuquerque Journal. Once again, UNM was “outweighed” and outmatched in a game against a Miners team with a serious vigor for “fighting football.”

“And knowing all these things, they of the gray jerseys went out upon the field and fought a fight that, for sheer, indomitable pluck, would be hard to equal,” the Journal continued.

Nearly a month later, UNM broke through and dismantled a depleted Northern Arizona team 108-0, subbing heavily in the second half before the game was called at the start of the fourth quarter (remember it’s 1916, right?) due to darkness. A “practice game” the following week against Albuquerque Indian School ended 55-0 (and was adjoined to the record), but by that point UNM was already well-focused on a rivalry finale against 2-3-1 New Mexico A&M.

“Word now comes from Mesilla park that the Aggies have regained most of their star players who were with the militia on the border during the earlier part of the…

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Author : Albuquerque Journal, N.M.

Publish date : 2024-10-14 03:01:00

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