Arizona–New Mexico football rivalry

The Arizona–New Mexico football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Arizona Wildcats and New Mexico Lobos. They have met 68 times on the football field. Arizona leads the series 45–20–3.

Kit Carson Rifle From 1938 to 1990, the winner of the rivalry took ownership of the Kit Carson Rifle. The gun is a Springfield Model 1866 rifle that is rumored to have once belonged to the famous frontier scout, Kit Carson. Game scores from each game are carved into the stock of the rifle. Prior to the 1997 Insight.com Bowl, the two schools announced that they would retire the rifle due to concerns of its history of violence against Native Americans and it has not been used during any subsequent games between the two schools.

Game results

Non-conference games (34: 1908–1930, 1951–1961 and 1978–2024) Two bowl games: 1997 and 2015 Not played in 46 seasons (1914–1919, 1943–1945, 1978–1986, 1988–1989, 1991–1996, 1998–2006, 2009–2014 and 2016–2021)

Coaching records

Since first game on November 26, 1908

Arizona Head CoachTeamGamesSeasonsWinsLossesTiesPct. H. B. GalbraithArizona21908–1909110 Frank ShippArizona21910–1911200 Raymond L. QuigleyArizona11912100 Frank A. KingArizona11913100 Pop McKaleArizona01914–1917000No team (1918) Pop McKaleArizona111919–1930821 Fred EnkeArizona11931001 August W. FarwickArizona11932100 Tex OliverArizona51933–1937410 Orian LandrethArizona11938010 Mike CasteelArizona71939–1948421 Bob WinslowArizona31949–1951300 Warren B. WoodsonArizona51952–1956500 Ed DohertyArizona21957–1958020 Jim LaRueArizona81959–1966350 Darrell MudraArizona21967–1968200 Bob WeberArizona41969–1972220 Jim YoungArizona41973–1976220 Tony MasonArizona11974–1979100 Larry SmithArizona01980–1986000 Dick TomeyArizona31987–2000300 John MackovicArizona02001–200300  Mike HankwitzArizona0200300  Mike StoopsArizona22004–201102  Tim KishArizona0201100  Rich RodriguezArizona12012–201710  Kevin SumlinArizona02018–202000  Jedd FischArizona02021–202300  Brent BrennanArizona12024–present10 

New Mexico Head CoachTeamGamesSeasonsWinsLossesTiesPct. Hermon H. ConwellNew Mexico11908010 Sam P. McBirneyNew Mexico11909100 Carl HamiltonNew Mexico11910010 Ralph HutchinsonNew Mexico31911–1916030 Frank E. WoodNew Mexico01917000No team (1918) John F. McGoughNew Mexico01919000 Roy W. JohnsonNew Mexico111920–1930281 Chuck RileyNew Mexico31931–1933111 Gwinn HenryNew Mexico31934–1936030 Ted ShipkeyNew Mexico51937–1941320 Willis BarnesNew Mexico21942–1946020 Berl HuffmanNew Mexico31947–1949030 Dudley DeGrootNew Mexico31950–1952030 Bob TitchenalNew Mexico31953–1955030 Dick ClausenNew Mexico21956–1957110 Marv LevyNew Mexico21958–1959200 Bill WeeksNew Mexico81960–1967440 Rudy FeldmanNew Mexico61968–1973420 Bill MondtNew Mexico41974–1979220 Joe MorrisonNew Mexico01980–1982000 Joe Lee DunnNew Mexico01983–1986000 Mike SheppardNew Mexico21987–1991020 Dennis FranchioneNew Mexico11992–1997010 Rocky LongNew Mexico21998–200820  Mike LocksleyNew Mexico02009–201100  George BarlowNew Mexico0201100  Bob DavieNew Mexico12012–201901  Danny GonzalesNew Mexico02020–202300  Bronco MendenhallNew Mexico1202401  Jason EckNew Mexico02025–present00 

See also List of NCAA college football rivalry games

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