1982 New Mexico State Aggies football team

1982 New Mexico State Aggies football
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Record	3–8 (1–4 MVC)
Head coach	Gil Krueger (5th season)
Home stadium	Aggie Memorial Stadium
Seasons ← 1981 1983 →

1982 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Tulsa $	6	–	0	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
Wichita State	4	–	1	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
Southern Illinois	4	–	1	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Indiana State	3	–	2	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Drake	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
New Mexico State	1	–	4	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
West Texas State	1	–	4	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Illinois State	0	–	5	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion The conference was a hybrid of NCAA Division I-A and I-AA programs. New Mexico State, Tulsa, and Wichita State were I-A and the other teams were I-AA.

The 1982 New Mexico State Aggies football team was an American football team that represented New Mexico State University in the Missouri Valley Conference during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fifth year under head coach Gil Krueger, the Aggies compiled a 3–8 record.^[1]^[2] The team played its home games at Aggie Memorial Stadium in Las Cruces, New Mexico.^[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 4	UTEP*	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM (rivalry)	L 17–20	27,306
September 11	at Indiana State	Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN	L 10–14
September 18	at No. 3 Nebraska*	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE	L 0–68	76,141
September 25	at Colorado State*	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO	L 17–28	23,129
October 2	Illinois State	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM	W 26–17
October 9	Tulsa	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM	L 14–31	11,633
October 16	at Wichita State	Cessna Stadium Wichita, KS	L 26–28	23,500	^[4]
October 23	at New Mexico*	University Stadium Albuquerque, NM (rivalry)	L 14–66
October 30	Northern Arizona*	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM	W 34–32
November 6	North Texas State*	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM	W 30–19		^[5]
November 13	at West Texas State	Kimbrough Memorial Stadium Canyon, TX	L 28–30
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ "1982 New Mexico State Aggies Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
^ "New Mexico State Football 2019 Media Guide" (PDF). New Mexico State University. 2019. p. 73. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
^ 2019 Media Guide, p. 15.
^ "Shockers nose out NMSU". El Paso Times. October 17, 1982. Retrieved February 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "McAlister spearheads Aggies' 30–19 romp". The New Mexican. November 7, 1982. Retrieved October 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

v t e New Mexico State Aggies football
Venues	Miller Field (1893–1932) Quesenberry Field (1933–1949) Memorial Stadium (1950–1977) Aggie Memorial Stadium (1978–2019 and 2021–present) Sun Bowl (2020)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games New Mexico: Rio Grande Rivalry UTEP: Battle of I-10
Culture & lore	Pistol Pete Aggie Fight Song Pride of New Mexico KXPZ
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
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