| Wide: | yes |
| Arizona–New Mexico football rivalry | |
| Team1: | Arizona Wildcats |
| Team1logo: | Arizona Wildcats logo.svg |
| Team2: | New Mexico Lobos |
| Team2logo: | New Mexico Lobos wordmark.svg |
| Firstmeeting: | November 26, 1908 Arizona, 10–5 |
| Mostrecent: | December 19, 2015 Arizona, 45–37 |
| Nextmeeting: | August 31, 2024[1] |
| Total: | 67 |
| Series: | Arizona leads, 44–20–3 |
| Largestvictory: | Arizona, 38–0 (1950) |
| Longeststreak: | Arizona, 10 (1947–1956) |
| Currentstreak: | Arizona, 1 (2015) |
| Trophy: | Kit Carson Rifle (1938–1990) |
| Stadiums: | Arizona Stadium Tucson, Arizona, U.S. University Stadium Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S. |
The Arizona–New Mexico football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Arizona Wildcats and New Mexico Lobos. They have met 67 times on the football field. Arizona leads the series 44–20–3.[2] [3] [4]
From 1938 to 1990, the winner of the rivalry took ownership of the Kit Carson Rifle. The gun is a Springfield Model 1866 rifle that is rumored to have once belonged to the famous frontier scout, Kit Carson. Game scores from each game are carved into the stock of the rifle. Prior to the 1997 Insight.com Bowl, the two schools announced that they would retire the rifle due to concerns of its history of violence against Native Americans and it has not been used during any subsequent games between the two schools.[5]
Since first game on November 26, 1908
| Head Coach | Team | Games | Seasons | Wins | Losses | Ties | Pct. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H. B. Galbraith | Arizona | 2 | 1908–1909 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Frank Shipp | Arizona | 2 | 1910–1911 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Raymond L. Quigley | Arizona | 1 | 1912 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank A. King | Arizona | 1 | 1913 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pop McKale | Arizona | 0 | 1914–1917 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| No team (1918) | ||||||||
| Pop McKale | Arizona | 11 | 1919–1930 | 8 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Fred Enke | Arizona | 1 | 1931 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| August W. Farwick | Arizona | 1 | 1932 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tex Oliver | Arizona | 5 | 1933–1937 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Orian Landreth | Arizona | 1 | 1938 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mike Casteel | Arizona | 7 | 1939–1948 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Bob Winslow | Arizona | 3 | 1949–1951 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Warren B. Woodson | Arizona | 5 | 1952–1956 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Doherty | Arizona | 2 | 1957–1958 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jim LaRue | Arizona | 8 | 1959–1966 | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Darrell Mudra | Arizona | 2 | 1967–1968 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Weber | Arizona | 4 | 1969–1972 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jim Young | Arizona | 4 | 1973–1976 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Tony Mason | Arizona | 1 | 1974–1979 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Smith | Arizona | 0 | 1980–1986 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Tomey | Arizona | 3 | 1987–2000 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Mackovic | Arizona | 0 | 2001–2003 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Hankwitz | Arizona | 0 | 2003 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Stoops | Arizona | 2 | 2004–2011 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Tim Kish | Arizona | 0 | 2011 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rich Rodriguez | Arizona | 1 | 2012–2017 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Kevin Sumlin | Arizona | 0 | 2018–2020 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jedd Fisch | Arizona | 0 | 2021–2023 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Brent Brennan | Arizona | 0 | 2024–present | 0 | 0 | |||
| Head Coach | Team | Games | Seasons | Wins | Losses | Ties | Pct. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hermon H. Conwell | New Mexico | 1 | 1908 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Sam P. McBirney | New Mexico | 1 | 1909 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carl Hamilton | New Mexico | 1 | 1910 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ralph Hutchinson | New Mexico | 3 | 1911–1916 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Frank E. Wood | New Mexico | 0 | 1917 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| No team (1918) | ||||||||
| John F. McGough | New Mexico | 0 | 1919 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roy W. Johnson | New Mexico | 11 | 1920–1930 | 2 | 8 | 1 | ||
| Chuck Riley | New Mexico | 3 | 1931–1933 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Gwinn Henry | New Mexico | 3 | 1934–1936 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Ted Shipkey | New Mexico | 5 | 1937–1941 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Willis Barnes | New Mexico | 2 | 1942–1946 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Berl Huffman | New Mexico | 3 | 1947–1949 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Dudley DeGroot | New Mexico | 3 | 1950–1952 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Bob Titchenal | New Mexico | 3 | 1953–1955 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Dick Clausen | New Mexico | 2 | 1956–1957 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Marv Levy | New Mexico | 2 | 1958–1959 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Weeks | New Mexico | 8 | 1960–1967 | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Rudy Feldman | New Mexico | 6 | 1968–1973 | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bill Mondt | New Mexico | 4 | 1974–1979 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Joe Morrison | New Mexico | 0 | 1980–1982 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Lee Dunn | New Mexico | 0 | 1983–1986 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Sheppard | New Mexico | 2 | 1987–1991 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Franchione | New Mexico | 1 | 1992–1997 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Rocky Long | New Mexico | 2 | 1998–2008 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Mike Locksley | New Mexico | 0 | 2009–2011 | 0 | 0 | |||
| George Barlow | New Mexico | 0 | 2011 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob Davie | New Mexico | 1 | 2012–2019 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Danny Gonzales | New Mexico | 0 | 2020–present | 0 | 0 | |||