The 2019 Mountain West Media days were held on July 23–24 at the Cosmopolitan on the Las Vegas Strip
The preseason poll was released at the Mountain West media days on July 23, 2019. The Lobos were predicted to finish in sixth place in the MW Mountain Division.[3]
Mountain Division Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place) 1 Boise State 120 (15) 2 Utah State 108 (6) 3 Air Force 73 4 Wyoming 66 5 Colorado State 52 6 New Mexico 22
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance August 31 4:00 p.m. No. 23 (FCS) Sam Houston State * LOBOTV W 39–3113,749 September 14 12:30 p.m. at No. 7 Notre Dame * NBC L 14–6677,622 September 21 2:30 p.m. New Mexico State * ATTSNRM W 55–5227,269 September 28 4:00 p.m. at Liberty * ESPN+ L 10–1717,101 8:00 p.m. at San Jose State CBSSN L 21–3216,119 6:00 p.m. Colorado State Dreamstyle Stadium Albuquerque, NM CBSSN L 21–3515,393 October 19 2:00 p.m. at Wyoming ATTSNRM L 10–2322,884 October 26 2:00 p.m. Hawaii Dreamstyle Stadium Albuquerque, NM SPEC HI L 31–4512,617 November 2 8:30 p.m. at Nevada ESPNU L 10–2115,631 November 16 8:15 p.m. at No. 21 Boise State ESPN2 L 9–4231,492 November 23[a] 12:00 p.m. Air Force Dreamstyle Stadium Albuquerque, NM ESPN3 L 22–4413,844 November 30 2:00 p.m. Utah State Dreamstyle Stadium Albuquerque, NM Stadium on Facebook L 25–3811,611 *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time
Source: [4] [5]
1 2 3 4 Total No. 23 (FCS) 0 16 7 8 31 Lobos 13 9 10 7 39
Bob Davie experienced heart problems following the victory, forcing him to cancel the post-game press conference.[6] Saga Tuitele was named acting head coach.[7]
1 2 3 4 Total Lobos 0 7 0 7 14 No. 7 Fighting Irish 7 31 14 14 66
1 2 3 4 Total Aggies 17 14 7 14 52 Lobos 14 17 17 7 55
1 2 3 4 Total Lobos 0 3 0 7 10 Flames 7 7 3 0 17
1 2 3 4 Total Lobos 0 7 7 7 21 Spartans 6 20 0 6 32
1 2 3 4 Total Rams 7 14 7 7 35 Lobos 6 8 0 7 21
1 2 3 4 Total Lobos 0 0 0 10 10 Cowboys 7 0 6 10 23
1 2 3 4 Total Rainbow Warriors 21 14 3 7 45 Lobos 3 0 7 21 31
1 2 3 4 Total Lobos 7 0 3 0 10 Wolf Pack 0 14 0 7 21
1 2 3 4 Total Lobos 0 0 3 6 9 No. 21 Broncos 28 0 14 0 42
1 2 3 4 Total Falcons 7 7 16 14 44 Lobos 7 3 6 6 22
1 2 3 4 Total Aggies 7 24 7 0 38 Lobos 0 6 12 7 25
^ The game between New Mexico and Air Force, originally scheduled for November 9, was rescheduled to November 23 due to the death of New Mexico player Nahje Flowers. ^ "Lobo Football Schedule Released" . GoLobos.com . February 4, 2019. Retrieved February 4, 2019 .^ "New Mexico, Davie to part ways after 8 seasons" . November 26, 2019.^ "Boise State, Fresno State Picked to Win 2019 Mountain West Football Divisional Titles" . TheMW.com . July 23, 2019. Retrieved July 23, 2019 .^ 2019 New Mexico Lobos football schedule . FBSchedules.com Retrieved March 27, 2019.^ "Air Force at New Mexico football game postponed to Nov. 23" . FBSchedules.com. November 6, 2019. Retrieved November 6, 2019 .^ Tyree, Amber (September 1, 2019). "New Mexico's Bob Davie hospitalized with 'heart trouble' after win vs. Sam Houston, report says" . Sporting News . Retrieved September 5, 2019 . ^ Bumbaca, Christopher (September 5, 2019). "New Mexico coach Bob Davie will not make Notre Dame trip next week due to health concerns" . USA Today . Retrieved September 5, 2019 .
