2016 New Mexico State Aggies football team

2016 New Mexico State Aggies football
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
2016 record	0–0 (0–0 Sun Belt)
Head coach	Doug Martin (4th year)
Offensive coordinator	Doug Martin (2nd as OC, 4th overall year)
Defensive coordinator	Zane Vance (2nd as DC, 4th overall year)
Home stadium	Aggie Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 30,343)

2016 Sun Belt football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Appalachian State		0	–	0					0	–	0
Arkansas State		0	–	0					0	–	0
Georgia Southern		0	–	0					0	–	0
Georgia State		0	–	0					0	–	0
Idaho		0	–	0					0	–	0
Louisiana–Lafayette		0	–	0					0	–	0
Louisiana–Monroe		0	–	0					0	–	0
New Mexico State		0	–	0					0	–	0
South Alabama		0	–	0					0	–	0
Texas State		0	–	0					0	–	0
Troy		0	–	0					0	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 New Mexico State Aggies football team will represent New Mexico State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Aggies will play their home games at Aggie Memorial Stadium in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and compete in the Sun Belt Conference. They will be led by fourth year head coach Doug Martin.

Schedule

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.^[1]

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^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3		at UTEP*		Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX (Battle of I-10)
September 10		New Mexico*		Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM (Rio Grande Rivalry)
September 17		at Kentucky*		Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY
September 24		at Troy		Vetrans Memorial Stadium • Troy, AL
October 1		Louisiana–Lafayette		Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM
October 15		at Idaho		Kibbie Dome • Moscow, ID
October 22		Georgia Southern		Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM
October 29		at Texas A&M*		Kyle Field • College Station, TX
November 12		at Arkansas State		Centennial Bank Stadium • Jonesboro, AR
November 19		Texas State		Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM
November 26		Appalachian State		Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM
December 3		at South Alabama		Ladd–Peebles Stadium • Mobile, AL
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time Zone.

Schedule Source:^[2]

References

1. "NM State Announces 2016 Football Schedule" (Press release). New Mexico State University Department of Athletics. March 3, 2016. Retrieved March 18, 2016.
2. "2016 New Mexico State Aggies Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved March 18, 2016.