American college football season
The 2016 New Mexico State Aggies football team represented New Mexico State University as a member of the Sun Belt Conference during the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season . Led by fourth-year head coach Doug Martin , the Aggies compiled an overall record of 3–9 with a mark of 2–6 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for eighth in the Sun Belt. New Mexico State played home games at Aggie Memorial Stadium in Las Cruces, New Mexico .
Tyler Rogers was the team's starting quarterback .
New Mexico State had a coaching shake up prior to the season, when Martin hired defensive coordinator Frank Spaziani , whom Martin served as offensive coordinator for at Boston College in 2012.[ 1] Spaziani replaced Zane Vance who served as defensive coordinator and linebackers coach in 2015. Vance was retained and promoted to Assistant Head Coach, Defensive Ends coach and Special Teams Coordinator.
New Mexico State's recruiting class consisted of 23 recruits. New Mexico State's recruiting class was ranked 114th by Scout , 129th by 247Sports.com , not rated by Rivals and not rated by ESPN .[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
College recruiting information (2016) Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight 40‡ Commit date Josh Aganon WR Scottsdale, Arizona Mesa Community College 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 180 lb (82 kg) -- Dec 16, 2015 Star ratings : Scout : N/A Rivals : 247Sports : ESPN : N/A Darius Anderson DT Fresno, Texas Hightower H.S. 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 301 lb (137 kg) -- Feb 3, 2016 Star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : ESPN : N/A Drew Dan WR Muskogee, Oklahoma Checotah H.S. 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) -- Feb 3, 2016 Star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : ESPN : N/A Jefferson Hagen OL Moorpark, California Moorpark College 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 290 lb (130 kg) -- Apr 6, 2016 Star ratings : Scout : N/A Rivals : N/A 247Sports : N/A ESPN : N/A Bobby Hill DT Long Beach, California Orange Coast College 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 285 lb (129 kg) -- Feb 3, 2016 Star ratings : Scout : N/A Rivals : 247Sports : ESPN : N/A Jason Huntley RB Arlington, Texas Martin H.S. 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 165 lb (75 kg) -- Feb 3, 2016 Star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : ESPN : N/A Cameron Matthews QB Fort Worth, Texas Trinity Valley School 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) -- Feb 3, 2016 Star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : ESPN : N/A Overall recruiting rankings: Scout : 114 Rivals : NR 247Sports : 129 ESPN : NR Note : In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources:
New Mexico State Aggies announced its 2016 football schedule on March 3, 2016. The 2016 schedule consists of 5 home and 7 away games in the regular season. The Aggies will host Sun Belt foes Appalachian State , Georgia Southern , Louisiana–Lafayette , and Texas State , and will travel to Arkansas State , Idaho , South Alabama , and Troy . New Mexico State will skip out on two Sun Belt teams this season, Georgia State and Louisiana–Monroe .[ 6]
The team will play four non–conference games, one home game against New Mexico from the Mountain West Conference , and will travel to three road games against UTEP from Conference USA (C–USA), and Kentucky and Texas A&M both from the Southeastern Conference (SEC).
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 3 6:00 pm at UTEP * beIN L 22–3830,119 September 10 6:00 pm New Mexico * AV , ESPN3 W 32–3117,852 September 17 2:00 pm at Kentucky * SECN L 42–6249,669 September 24 4:00 pm at Troy ESPN3 L 6–5221,146 October 1 6:00 pm Louisiana–Lafayette Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM ESPN3 W 37–31 2OT 8,142 October 15 3:00 pm at Idaho ALT2 , ESPN3L 23–5510,278 October 22 6:00 pm Georgia Southern Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM AV, ESPN3 L 19–2210,085 October 29 5:30 pm at No. 9 Texas A&M * ESPNU L 10–5299,960 November 12 1:00 pm at Arkansas State ESPN3 L 22–4120,178 November 19 2:00 pm Texas State Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM AV, ESPN3 W 50–106,280 November 26 2:00 pm Appalachian State Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM AV, ESPN3 L 7–375,366 December 3 11:00 am at South Alabama ESPN3 L 28–3514,812
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1 2 3 4 Total Aggies 3 0 13 6 22 Miners 7 17 7 7 38
1 2 3 4 Total Lobos 14 3 7 7 31 Aggies 3 12 7 10 32
1 2 3 4 Total Aggies 21 14 7 0 42 Wildcats 14 21 14 13 62
1 2 3 4 Total Aggies 0 0 6 0 6 Trojans 7 24 14 7 52
Louisiana–Lafayette[ edit ] 1 2 3 4 OT 2OT Total Ragin' Cajuns 7 6 8 3 7 0 31 Aggies 7 14 0 3 7 6 37
1 2 3 4 Total Aggies 13 3 0 7 23 Vandals 7 20 21 7 55
1 2 3 4 Total Eagles 3 3 3 13 22 Aggies 0 9 3 7 19
1 2 3 4 Total NMSU Aggies 0 3 0 7 10 #9 TXAM Aggies 14 10 21 7 52
1 2 3 4 Total Aggies 3 3 9 7 22 Red Wolves 13 14 14 0 41
1 2 3 4 Total Bobcats 0 0 3 7 10 Aggies 28 10 3 9 50
1 2 3 4 Total Mountaineers 17 3 10 7 37 Aggies 0 7 0 0 7
1 2 3 4 Total Aggies 0 7 7 14 28 Jaguars 7 0 7 21 35
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