NMSU releases complete football schedule for 2020

The 2020 schedule for the New Mexico State football team is all set and features five home games with a pair of Power 5 opponents book ending the schedule.

” We’re excited about the 2020 season and the challenge that our schedule presents, ” head football coach Doug Martin said. ” We are once again playing one of the toughest schedule of any Group of 5 programs in the nation with a pair of Power 5 opponents, Mountain West opponents and Sun Belt Conference opponents along with our two rivals New Mexico and UTEP . ”

The Aggies open up their 2020 season at the Rose Bowl with a zero week match-up against a historic program in UCLA. The Aug. 29 meeting is just the second time the two teams have squared off. The Bruins had a tough transition year in 2018 in Chip Kelly’s first year at the helm, going 3-9. UCLA is 10-5 against non-conference opponents the last five seasons but have gone 2-4 the past two years.

The rest of the schedule is as follows:

2020 Aggie Football Schedule

Week 0 Aug. 29 at UCLA Pasadena, Calif. (Rose Bowl)

Week 1 Sept. 3 at UAB Birmingham, Ala. (Legion Field)

Week 2 Sept. 12 AKRON Las Cruces, N.M. (Aggie Memorial Stadium)

Week 3 Sept. 19 NEW MEXICO Las Cruces, N.M. (Aggie Memorial Stadium)

Week 4 Sept. 26 at UTEP El Paso, Texas (Sun Bowl)

Week 5 Oct. 3 TEXAS STATE Las Cruces, N.M. (Aggie Memorial Stadium)

Week 6 Oct. 10 at Hawaii Honolulu, Hawaii (Aloha Stadium)

Week 7 Oct. 17 at Fresno State Fresno, Calif. (Bulldog Stadium)

Week 8 Oct. 24 LOUISIANA Las Cruces, N.M. (Aggie Memorial Stadium)

Week 9 BYE BYE BYE

Week 10 Nov. 7 at UMass Amherst, Mass. ( McGuirk Alumni Stadium)

Week 11 Nov. 14 TEXAS SOUTHERN Las Cruces, N.M. (Aggie Memorial Stadium)

Week 12 Nov. 21 at Florida Gainesville, Fla. (Ben Hill Griffin Stadium)