New Mexico State Aggies football

New Mexico State Aggies football
2025 New Mexico State Aggies football team
First season1893; 133 years ago
Athletic directorJoe Fields
Head coachTony Sanchez
2nd season, 7–17 (.292)
LocationLas Cruces, New Mexico
StadiumAggie Memorial Stadium
(capacity: 30,343)
NCAA divisionDivision I FBS
ConferenceConference USA
ColorsCrimson and white
   
All-time record462–688–30  (.404)
Bowl record4–1–1 (.750)
Conference championships
Border: 1938, 1960
MVC: 1976, 1978
RivalriesNew Mexico (rivalry)
UTEP (rivalry)
Marching bandThe "PRIDE" of New Mexico
WebsiteNMStatesports.com

The New Mexico State Aggies football team represents New Mexico State University in NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) college football as a member of Conference USA.

New Mexico State spent the 2013 season as an independent and from 2014 to 2017 as a football–only member of the Sun Belt Conference, New Mexico State began playing as an independent again with the 2018 football season. On November 5, 2021, New Mexico State announced it would be joining Conference USA in all sports including football starting in 2023. New Mexico State has one of the longest droughts among all current FBS teams of being ranked in the AP Poll, having previously being ranked in 1960.