2022 New Mexico State Aggies football team

The 2022 New Mexico State Aggies football team represented New Mexico State University in the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Aggies played their home games at Aggie Memorial Stadium in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and compete as an FBS independent. They were led by first-year head coach Jerry Kill.[1][2]

2022 New Mexico State Aggies football
Quick Lane Bowl champion
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–6
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTim Beck (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorNate Dreiling (1st season)
Home stadiumAggie Memorial Stadium
(capacity: 28,853)
2022 NCAA Division I FBS independents football records
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 18 Notre Dame   –   9 –4  
Liberty   –   8 –5  
BYU   –   8 –5  
New Mexico State   –   7 –6  
Army   –   6 –6  
UConn   –   6 –7  
UMass   –   1 –11  
Rankings from CFP Rankings

The season was the program's last season as an independent as the Aggies joined Conference USA in 2023.[3][4] Prior to the 2022 season 247Sports predicted them to have a 3-9 record and be one of the ten worst programs in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision.[5]

Despite having a 6–6 regular-season record with two wins over FCS teams, the NCAA granted a waiver for New Mexico State to be bowl-eligible due to their canceled game against San Jose State.[6]

Previous season

The Aggies finished the 2021 season 2–10.

Following the final game of the season, the school announced the head coach Doug Martin's contract would not be renewed.[7] On November 27, the school announced that Jerry Kill would be the team's new head coach.[8]

Schedule

New Mexico State's schedule consists of six home games and six away games for the 2022 season.[9]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 278:00 p.m.Nevada
ESPN2L 12–2323,371
September 17:00 p.m.at Minnesota
BTNL 0–3844,012
September 107:00 p.m.at UTEP
ESPN+L 13–2023,325
September 171:30 p.m.at Wisconsin
BTNL 7–6673,080
September 246:00 p.m.Hawaii
  • Aggie Memorial Stadium
  • Las Cruces, NM
FloSportsW 45–2612,897
October 16:00 p.m.FIU
  • Aggie Memorial Stadium
  • Las Cruces, NM
FloSportsL 7–2110,423
October 156:00 p.m.New Mexico
FloSportsW 21–920,132
October 224:00 p.m.San Jose Statedagger
  • Aggie Memorial Stadium
  • Las Cruces, NM
FloSports Canceled
October 291:30 p.m.at UMass
ESPN3W 23–139,274
November 122:00 p.m.Lamar
  • Aggie Memorial Stadium
  • Las Cruces, NM
FloSportsW 51–148,367
November 195:00 p.m.at Missouri
ESPNUL 14–4545,231
November 2610:00 a.m.at Liberty
ESPN+W 49–1418,837
December 31:00 p.m.Valparaiso
  • Aggie Memorial Stadium
  • Las Cruces, NM
FloSportsW 65–314,784
December 2612:30 p.m.vs. Bowling Green
ESPNW 24–1922,987

References
  1. Lou Romano and Gabrielle Caracciolo (November 29, 2021). "Jerry Kill named new NMSU football coach". KFOX-TV. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  2. Stephen Wagner (November 29, 2021). "Welcome to the Kill era: New Mexico State introduces Jerry Kill as head football coach". Las Cruces Sun-News. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  3. Salina Madrid (November 5, 2021). "NMSU moves to Conference USA". KFOX-TV. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  4. Van Tate (November 6, 2021). "NMSU joins Conference USA". KRQE. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  5. Crawford, Brad. "Projecting college football's 10 worst teams for 2022 season". 247 Sports. 247 Sports. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  6. Rittenberg, Adam (December 1, 2022). "New Mexico State (5-6) granted waiver to play in bowl game". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
  7. "Doug Martin out as head football coach at New Mexico State; Aggies win season finale over UMass". KTSM 9 News. 2021-11-28. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
  8. "Sources: Kill to be next coach at New Mexico St". ESPN.com. 2021-11-28. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
  9. Jason Groves (June 23, 2021). "New Mexico State adds sixth home in 2022 with FIU home-and-home". Las Cruces Sun-News. Retrieved December 9, 2021.


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