1996 New Mexico State Aggies football team

1996 New Mexico State Aggies football
1996 New Mexico State Aggies football
Conference	Big West Conference
Record	1–10 (0–5 Big West)
Head coach	Jim Hess (7th season);
Home stadium	Aggie Memorial Stadium
	Seasons ← 1995 1997 →

The 1996 New Mexico State Aggies football team was an American football team that represented New Mexico State University in the Big West Conference during the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their seventh year under head coach Jim Hess, the Aggies compiled a 1–10 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
August 29	New Mexico*	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM (rivalry)	L 7–28
September 7	at No. 8 Texas*	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	L 7–41	69,762
September 14	at UTEP*	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX (rivalry)	L 7–14	31,654
September 21	Cal State Northridge*	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM	L 0–33	12,259	^[4]
September 28	at No. 17 LSU*	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	L 7–63	77,676
October 12	Utah State	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM	L 21–53	7,839
October 19	at North Texas	Fouts Field Denton, TX	L 0–13
October 26	Southern Utah*	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM	W 52–21
November 2	at Nevada	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	L 14–63	22,815
November 9	at Idaho	Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID	L 19–34	9,494
November 16	Boise State	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM	L 32–33	4,153
*Non-conference game Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

^ "1996 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. 74. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
^ 2019 Media Guide, p. 15.
^ Jeff Fletcher (September 22, 1996). "CSUN, Flowers Blossom in Desert". The Los Angeles Times (Valley ed.). Los Angeles, California. p. C8. Retrieved June 15, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.

New Mexico State Aggies football
Venues	Miller Field (1893–1932) Quesenberry Field (1933–1949) Memorial Stadium (1950–1977) Aggie Memorial Stadium (1978–2019, 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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