Rio Grande Rivalry
| Sport | Football |
|---|---|
| Teams | |
| First meeting | January 1, 1894 New Mexico 25, NM State 5 |
| Latest meeting | October 3, 2015 New Mexico 38, NM State 29 |
| Trophy | Rio Grande Rivalry |
| Statistics | |
| Meetings total | 106 |
| All-time series | New Mexico leads, 70–31–5 |
| Largest victory | NM State, 110–3 (1917) |
| Longest win streak | New Mexico, 18 (1938–1958) |
| Current win streak | New Mexico, 4 (2012–present) |
| Sport | Men's Basketball |
|---|---|
| First meeting | 1894 New Mexico 67, NM State 38 |
| Latest meeting | December 16, 2015 |
| Trophy | Rio Grande Rivalry |
| Statistics | |
| Meetings total | 212 |
| All-time series | New Mexico leads, 120–96 |
| Current win streak | New Mexico, 4 (2014–present) |
| New Mexico (6) | New Mexico State (0) |
|---|---|
| 2007–2008 2008–2009 2009–2010 2010–2011 2011–2012 2012–2013 |
Comparison of the two universities
The Rio Grande Rivalry is an intercollegiate rivalry between The University of New Mexico and New Mexico State University. The rivalry began in 1894. In comparison, New Mexico was a United States Territory from Sept 1850 to January 1912, when it became a member of the United States of America and the Union.
For many years the rivalry was often referred to as the "Battle of I-25" in recognition of the campuses both being located along that interstate highway.
The University of New Mexico students in collaboration with their student government, ASUNM, celebrates the rivalry with the Red Rally, an annual event which takes place the Thursday evening before that year's rivalry football game, in which an effigy of an Aggie is set on fire.
The men's basketball series between the schools has been more competitive than football, although UNM holds the all-time advantage in that series as well. Currently the Lobos hold a 121–97 advantage all-time over the Aggies. The most recent meeting in the series was a 84-71 Aggies victory at the Pan American Center in Las Cruces on December 10, 2016, the second of two meetings for the 2016–17 season. The December 19, 2007 contest was the 200th all-time meeting between the schools.
The UNM–NMSU series is somewhat unusual among non-conference rivalries in that the schools traditionally play a two-game home-and-home series each season (another example of such a rivalry is the Nashville mid-major matchup between Belmont and Lipscomb). Most other rivalries in which the schools are not members of the same conference usually only meet once per season. Although a few individuals have proposed cutting the series back to a more conventional single annual meeting, fan sentiment at both schools remains strong for preserving the traditional two meetings per season format.
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