1983 New Mexico State Aggies football team

1983 New Mexico State Aggies football
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Record	5–6 (3–2 MVC)
Head coach	Fred Zechman (1st season)
Home stadium	Aggie Memorial Stadium
Seasons ← 1982 1984 →

1983 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Tulsa $	5	–	0	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
No. 1 Southern Illinois ^	4	–	1	–	0	13	–	1	–	0
No. 5 Indiana State ^	3	–	2	–	0	9	–	4	–	0
New Mexico State	3	–	2	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Illinois State	2	–	2	–	1	6	–	4	–	1
Wichita State	3	–	3	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Drake	1	–	6	–	0	1	–	10	–	0
West Texas State	0	–	5	–	1	0	–	10	–	1

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant 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. Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1983 New Mexico State Aggies football team was an American football team that represented New Mexico State University in the Missouri Valley Conference during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first year under head coach Fred Zechman, the Aggies compiled a 5–6 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 3	at UTEP*	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX (rivalry)	L 9–20	35,211
September 10	Louisiana Tech*	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM	W 15–7	15,302	^[4]
September 17	at North Texas State*	Fouts Field Denton, TX	L 3–49		^[5]
September 24	New Mexico*	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM (rivalry)	L 10–31
October 1	at Iowa State*	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA	W 24–17	47,703
October 8	at Tulsa	Skelly Stadium Tulsa, OK	L 10–24	16,098
October 15	Drake	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM	W 42–23
October 22	at Texas–Arlington*	Maverick Stadium Arlington, TX	L 7–28	4,271	^[6]
October 29	at Southern Illinois	McAndrew Stadium Carbondale, IL	L 3–41	14,000
November 5	Wichita State	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM	W 62–28	21,847	^[7]
November 19	West Texas State	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM	W 26–24
*Non-conference game

^ "1983 New Mexico State Aggies Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 20, 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.
^ "Punter boots Ags to their 1st win". Albuquerque Journal. September 11, 1983. Retrieved July 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "NTSU destroys Aggies 49–3". The New Mexican. September 18, 1983. Retrieved October 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Mavs run past NMSU 28–7". The El Paso Times. October 23, 1983. p. D1. Retrieved February 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Aggies demolish Shockers". El Paso Times. November 6, 1983. Retrieved February 25, 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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