2015 New Mexico State Aggies football team

2015 New Mexico State Aggies football
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
2015 record	3–9 (3–5 Sun Belt)
Head coach	Doug Martin (3rd year)
Offensive coordinator	Doug Martin (1st as OC, 3rd overall year)
Defensive coordinator	Zane Vance (1st as DC, 3rd overall year)
Home stadium	Aggie Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 30,343)

2015 Sun Belt football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Arkansas State $		8	–	0					9	–	4
Appalachian State		7	–	1					11	–	2
Georgia Southern		6	–	2					9	–	4
Georgia State		5	–	3					6	–	7
South Alabama		3	–	5					5	–	7
Idaho		3	–	5					4	–	8
Troy		3	–	5					4	–	8
Louisiana–Lafayette		3	–	5					4	–	8
New Mexico State		3	–	5					3	–	9
Texas State		2	–	6					3	–	9
Louisiana–Monroe		1	–	7					2	–	11
$ – Conference champion As of December 23, 2015; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015 New Mexico State Aggies football team represented New Mexico State University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Doug Martin and played their home games at Aggie Memorial Stadium in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The Aggies were football-only members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 3–9, 3–5 in Sun Belt play to finish in a five way tie for fifth place.

Schedule

New Mexico State announced their 2015 football schedule on February 27, 2015. The 2015 schedule consists of five home and seven away games in the regular season. The Aggies will host Sun Belt foes Arkansas State, Georgia State, Idaho, and Troy, and will travel to Georgia Southern, Louisiana–Lafayette, Louisiana–Monroe, and Texas State.^[1]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	5:30 p.m.	at Florida*	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL	SECN	L 13–61	90,227
September 12	6:00 p.m.	Georgia State	Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM	Aggie Vision/ESPN3	L 32–34	27,201
September 19	6:00 p.m.	UTEP*	Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM (Battle of I-10)	Aggie Vision/ESPN3	L 47–50 ^OT	17,210
October 3	6:00 p.m.	at New Mexico*	University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM (Rio Grande Rivalry)	RTRM/RTSW+	L 29–38	30,900
October 10	10:00 a.m.	at No. 14 Ole Miss*	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	SECN	L 3–52	60,154
October 17	4:00 p.m.	at Georgia Southern	Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA	ESPN3	L 26–56	23,551
October 24	6:00 p.m.	Troy	Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM	ESPN3	L 7–52	10,325
October 31	6:00 p.m.	Idaho	Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM		W 55–48 ^OT	7,546
November 7	2:00 p.m.	at Texas State	Bobcat Stadium • San Marcos, TX	ESPN3	W 31–21	15,421
November 21	3:00 p.m.	at Louisiana–Lafayette	Cajun Field • Lafayette, LA	ESPN3	W 37–34	17,023
November 28	1:00 p.m.	Arkansas State	Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM	ESPN3	L 28–52	25,147
December 5	1:00 p.m.	at Louisiana–Monroe	Malone Stadium • Monroe, LA	ESPN3	L 35–42	7,774
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time Zone.

Schedule source:^[2]

Game summaries

at Florida

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	0	13	0	0	13
Gators	7	27	13	14	61

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	1994	Florida, 70–21

Georgia State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers	10	14	3	7	34
Aggies	7	6	6	13	32

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2014	New Mexico State, 34–31

UTEP

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Miners	9	0	7	28	6	50
Aggies	13	3	14	14	3	47

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
35–55–2	2014	UTEP, 42–24

at New Mexico

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	17	9	3	0	29
Lobos	14	0	15	9	38

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
31–69–5	2014	New Mexico, 38–35

at Ole Miss

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	3	0	0	0	3
#14 Rebels	17	14	14	7	52

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Georgia Southern

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	0	7	7	12	26
Eagles	14	21	14	7	56

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	2014	Georgia Southern, 36–28

Troy

	1	2	3	4	Total
Trojans	21	24	7	0	52
Aggies	0	7	0	0	7

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–1	2014	Troy, 41–24

Idaho

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Vandals	10	13	10	15	0	48
Aggies	0	7	14	27	7	55

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–15	2014	Idaho, 29–17

at Texas State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	7	3	7	14	31
Bobcats	0	14	0	7	21

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–2	2014	Texas State, 37–29

at Louisiana–Lafayette

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	3	17	7	10	37
Ragin' Cajuns	7	10	3	14	34

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–6	2014	Louisiana–Lafayette, 44–16

Arkansas State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Red Wolves	21	14	10	7	52
Aggies	7	7	7	7	28

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–3	2014	Arkansas State, 68–35

at Louisiana–Monroe

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	14	7	14	0	35
Warhawks	7	7	21	7	42

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–1	2014	Louisiana–Monroe, 30–17

Roster

2015 New Mexico State Aggies football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 1 Morgan, TeldrickTeldrick Morgan  Jr WR 2 Hogan, GregoryGregory Hogan  So RB 3 Rose III, LarryLarry Rose III So WR 4 Corley, CassiusCassius Corley  Fr WR 5 Taylor, TyrainTyrain Taylor Jr WR 6 Bowen, JoshuaJoshua Bowen  Sr WR 7 Clark, O. J.O. J. Clark Fr QB 8 Allen, AndrewAndrew Allen So WR 9 Moore, RayveanRayvean Moore  Jr WR 10 Caldwell, RoyceRoyce Caldwell Fr WR 11 Bergstrom, JordanJordan Bergstrom  Sr QB 12 Jeanty, NickNick Jeanty  Fr WR 13 Allen, JustinJustin Allen  Sr QB 14 Fitzpatrick, JasonJason Fitzpatrick  Jr QB 17 Rogers, TylerTyler Rogers Jr WR 18 Locklin, TymonTymon Locklin Fr RB 20 Selders, JermichaelJermichael Selders  Sr RB 22 Hall, XavierXavier Hall Jr RB 28 Burke, KingKing Burke Fr RB 34 Leonard, BrandynBrandyn Leonard Fr OL 50 Holland, AbramAbram Holland  Jr OL 51 McGwire, ThomasThomas McGwire  So OL 54 Ueli-Faatoalia, SpenceSpence Ueli-Faatoalia  So OL 55 Anderson, SebastianSebastian Anderson Fr OL 58 Candielaria, DezmandDezmand Candielaria So OL 62 Folasa-Lutui, IsaiahIsaiah Folasa-Lutui Sr OL 63 Ledoux, NickNick Ledoux  So OL 65 Bello, TonyTony Bello Fr OL 67 McMeans, AnthonyAnthony McMeans Jr OL 70 Cunningham, AndyAndy Cunningham  Sr OL 72 Foreman, PeterPeter Foreman  Jr OL 74 Smith, JaminJamin Smith So OL 75 Ortega, AntonioAntonio Ortega  Jr OL 76 Fierro, RaymondRaymond Fierro  Fr OL 77 Clemente, HoustonHouston Clemente  Sr OL 78 Trujillo, BrianBrian Trujillo Fr WR 80 Muse, AnthonyAnthony Muse Fr TE 82 Atencio, TyTy Atencio  Jr WR 83 Absaumoh, IniabasiIniabasi Absaumoh  Sr TE 85 Johns, MontriceMontrice Johns Fr WR 86 Posey, TroyTroy Posey  So WR 87 Lottie, IzaiahIzaiah Lottie Fr TE 88 Granch, ClaytonClayton Granch Jr TE 89 Solbeck, JacksonJackson Solbeck Fr OL Lamb, DustinDustin Lamb  So WR Onunkwo, JasonJason Onunkwo  So	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 1 Nwangwa, JacobJacob Nwangwa So DB 2 Hanks, TerrillTerrill Hanks Fr LB 3 Ibekwe, DerekDerek Ibekwe So DB 4 Rose, WinstonWinston Rose  Sr DB 5 Gibson, ChristianChristian Gibson Fr DB 6 Davis III, KingKing Davis III Jr LB 7 Fergurson, JavahnJavahn Fergurson Fr DE 8 Reese, JassaviaJassavia Reese Fr DL 9 Bradley, StodyStody Bradley So DB 10 Thomas-Davis, KedeemKedeem Thomas-Davis Sr DB 11 Wilcoxen, TreTre Wilcoxen  So DB 13 Owens, DeMarcusDeMarcus Owens Fr DB 14 Henrique, DionDion Henrique Fr DE 15 Kowalski, BrettBrett Kowalski Fr DB 16 Johnson, KaweKawe Johnson Jr LB 17 Parnell, TravisTravis Parnell Fr DE 18 Watson, DerekDerek Watson Fr DB 19 Perkins, AustinAustin Perkins Fr DB 21 Wright, JadenJaden Wright So DB 23 Burton, JerrionJerrion Burton  So DB 24 Slater, SySy Slater Fr DB 25 Oyenguga, SamuelSamuel Oyenguga  Fr DB 26 Chatman, ImanIman Chatman  Fr LB 28 Houston, DominiqueDominique Houston Fr DB 29 Hill, LewisLewis Hill Sr DB 30 Ricks, OtisOtis Ricks  Fr LB 31 Herrington, DaltonDalton Herrington So LB 32 Rocha, DaltonDalton Rocha  So DB 35 Demby, MalikMalik Demby  Fr LB 36 Jackson, ShaneShane Jackson Fr LB 38 Acosta, ChrisChris Acosta So LB 40 Wagner, RobertRobert Wagner  Jr LB 42 Hood, JonathanJonathan Hood Fr LB 43 Nipp, BillyBilly Nipp  Fr LB 44 Clement, WillWill Clement  Fr DE 48 Auelua, KaleiKalei Auelua Jr LB 49 Salpoek, GarrettGarrett Salpoek Fr DT 52 Wilcots II, CedricCedric Wilcots II Fr LB 53 Butler, RodneyRodney Butler Jr DE 57 Brown, NoahNoah Brown  Jr DL 59 Agomuo, BrandonBrandon Agomuo So DL 69 Trujillo, AlexanderAlexander Trujillo  Sr DL 73 Higgins, KeanuKeanu Higgins  So DL 90 Busby, KourtlandKourtland Busby So DL 91 Banegas, JacobJacob Banegas  So DL 93 James, DrewDrew James  Jr DE 95 Nash, GarronGarron Nash Fr DL 97 Renteria, HumbertoHumberto Renteria  Fr DE 98 Gibbs, JoshJosh Gibbs Sr DL 99 Meredith, StephenStephen Meredith  Sr DB Lara, MichaelMichael Lara  So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 19 Louthan, AlexAlex Louthan Jr K 24 Davidson, ParkerParker Davidson Fr P 45 Hutchins, GregGreg Hutchins Fr LS 46 Nunez, KennonKennon Nunez Fr LS 47 Kenney, AndrewAndrew Kenney Jr P 96 Torres, AnthonyAnthony Torres Sr	Head coach Doug Martin (Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks) Coordinators/assistant coaches Zane Vance (Defensive Coordinator/Linebacker) Brian Bell (Safeties) Kerry Locklin (Defensive Tackles) Cory Martin (Outside Wide Receivers) Kevin McKeethan (Inside Wide Receivers/Pass Game Coordinator/Recruiting Coordinator) Andy Richman (Offensive Line Coach/Run Game Coordinator) Oliver Soukup (Defensive Ends) Matt Christian (Running Backs) Kai Brown (Graduate Assistant) Izaiah Williams (Graduate Assistant) Garrett Anderson (Graduate Assistant) Cory White (Player Development Coordinator) Robert Patel (Video Coordinator) Don Decker (Director of Sport Performance) Tanner Maher (Assistant Director of Sports Performance Akeem Robinson (Sports Performance Coaching Assistant) Zach Witherspoon (Sports Performance Coaching Assistant) Martha Valdez (Administrative Assistant) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: December 21, 2015

References

1. "NM State 2015 Football Schedule Released" (Press release). New Mexico State University Department of Athletics. February 27, 2015. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
2. "2015 New Mexico State Aggies Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved March 30, 2015.