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The 2002 New Mexico State Aggies football team represented New Mexico State University in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Aggies were coached by head coach Tony Samuel and played their home games at Aggie Memorial Stadium in Las Cruces, New Mexico. They participated as members of the Sun Belt Conference. Their 7 wins were the most wins for New Mexico State since 1970. Until the 2017 season, this was the last Aggies team to finish with a winning record. Despite finishing 7-5, they were not invited to a bowl game.
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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August 31 | 5:00 pm | at No. 22 South Carolina* | | L 24–34 | 83,717 | [1] |
September 7 | 4:30 pm | at California* | | L 13–34 | 24,692 | [2] |
September 21 | 6:00 pm | New Mexico* | | W 24–13 | 28,587 | [3][4] |
September 28 | 3:00 pm | at No. 7 Georgia* | | L 10–41 | 86,520 | [5] |
October 5 | 6:05 pm | UTEP* | | W 49–14 | 30,605 | [6] |
October 12 | 6:05 pm | Louisiana–Lafayette![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | - Aggie Memorial Stadium
- Las Cruces, NM
| W 31–28 | 19,876 | [7] |
October 19 | 2:05 pm | Louisiana–Monroe | - Aggie Memorial Stadium
- Las Cruces, NM
| W 34–21 | 12,183 | [8] |
October 26 | 5:00 pm | at Arkansas State | | W 26–21 | 11,036 | [9] |
November 2 | 4:00 pm | Middle Tennessee | - Aggie Memorial Stadium
- Las Cruces, NM
| W 24–21 | 19,562 | [10] |
November 9 | 1:00 pm | at Utah State* | | L 30–32 | 12,291 | [11] |
November 16 | 2:00 pm | at North Texas | | L 27–38 | 20,064 | [12] |
November 23 | 3:00 pm | at Idaho | | W 35–31 | 5,462 | [13] |
- *Non-conference game
Homecoming- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Mountain time
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- ^ Iacobelli, Pete (August 31, 2002). "Aggies Hang Tough Against No. 18 South Carolina, 34–24". New Mexico State University. Archived from the original on December 25, 2002. Retrieved December 4, 2013.
- ^ "California 34, New Mexico St. 13". New Mexico State University. September 7, 2002. Archived from the original on December 25, 2002. Retrieved December 4, 2013.
- ^ "New Mexico State defeats New Mexico, 24–13". New Mexico State University. September 21, 2002. Archived from the original on October 30, 2002. Retrieved December 5, 2013.
- ^ "New Mexico Lobos football schedule". University of New Mexico. Archived from the original on August 24, 2002. Retrieved December 6, 2013.
- ^ "New Mexico State vs Georgia (Sep 28, 2002)". New Mexico State University. September 28, 2002. Archived from the original on October 30, 2002. Retrieved December 5, 2013.
- ^ "UTEP vs New Mexico State (Oct 05, 2002)". New Mexico State University. October 5, 2002. Archived from the original on December 25, 2002. Retrieved December 5, 2013.
- ^ "UL Lafayette vs New Mexico State (Oct 12, 2002)". New Mexico State University. October 12, 2002. Archived from the original on October 30, 2002. Retrieved December 5, 2013.
- ^ "New Mexico State defeats UL-Monroe; 34–21". New Mexico State University. October 19, 2002. Archived from the original on April 16, 2003. Retrieved December 5, 2013.
- ^ "New Mexico State vs Arkansas State (Oct 26, 2002)". New Mexico State University. October 27, 2002. Archived from the original on April 16, 2003. Retrieved December 5, 2013.
- ^ "Middle Tennessee vs New Mexico State (Nov 02, 2002)". New Mexico State University. November 2, 2002. Archived from the original on April 15, 2003. Retrieved December 5, 2013.
- ^ "New Mexico State losses to Utah State, 32–30". New Mexico State University. November 9, 2002. Archived from the original on April 15, 2003. Retrieved December 5, 2013.
- ^ "New Mexico State vs North Texas (Nov 16, 2002)". New Mexico State University. November 16, 2002. Archived from the original on February 3, 2003. Retrieved December 5, 2013.
- ^ "New Mexico State vs Idaho Vandals (Nov 23, 2002)". New Mexico State University. November 23, 2002. Archived from the original on April 16, 2003. Retrieved December 5, 2013.
- ^ "Official Athletic Site of New Mexico State University: Football". nmstatesports.ocsn.com. Archived from the original on October 17, 2002. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
- ^ "Official Athletic Site of New Mexico State University: Football". nmstatesports.ocsn.com. Archived from the original on April 2, 2003. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
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