2016 New Mexico State Aggies football team

American college football season August 2023 February 2026 2016 New Mexico State Aggies football New Mexico State Aggies wordmark.svg 250 Sun Belt Conference Sun Belt 3–9 2–6 Doug Martin 4th Air raid Frank Spaziani 1st 3–3–5 Aggie Memorial Stadium The 2016 New Mexico State Aggies football team represented New Mexico State University as a member of the Sun Belt Conference during the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Doug Martin, the Aggies compiled an overall record of 3–9 with a mark of 2–6 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for eighth in the Sun Belt. New Mexico State played home games at Aggie Memorial Stadium in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Preseason New Mexico State had a coaching shake up prior to the season, when Martin hired defensive coordinator Frank Spaziani, whom Martin served as offensive coordinator for at Boston College in 2012.https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/sports/college/nmsu/2016/01/08/nmsu-football-martin-hires-former-boston-college-head-coach-frank-spaziani-lead-defense/78514608/ NMSU FOOTBALL: Martin hires former Boston College head coach Frank Spaziani to lead defense Jason Groves January 8, 2016 Las Cruses Sun-News www.lcsun-news.com November 2, 2016 Spaziani replaced Zane Vance who served as defensive coordinator and linebackers coach in 2015. Vance was retained and promoted to Assistant Head Coach, Defensive Ends coach and Special Teams Coordinator. Recruiting Recruits New Mexico State's recruiting class consisted of 23 recruits. New Mexico State's recruiting class was ranked 114th by Scout, 129th by 247Sports.com, not rated by Rivals and not rated by ESPN.http://michigan.scout.com/a.z?s=162&p=9&c=14&yr=2016 2016 Team Rankings November 2, 2016 Scout Scout.comhttps://sports.yahoo.com/footballrecruiting/football/recruiting/teamrank/2016/all/all 2016 Team Rankings November 2, 2016 Yahoo! Rivals.comhttp://insider.espn.go.com/college-sports/football/recruiting/classrankings?classyear=2016 2016 Team Rankings November 2, 2016 ESPN ESPN.comJuly 2024 medicmedichttps://247sports.com/Season/2016-Football/CompositeTeamRankings 2016 Team Rankings CBS Interactive www.247sports.com November 2, 2016 yes yes 2016 Josh Aganon WR Scottsdale, Arizona Mesa Community College 5 10 180 -- December 16, 2015 0 2 2 0 Darius Anderson DT Fresno, Texas Hightower H.S. 6 0 301 -- February 3, 2016 3 2 3 0 Drew Dan WR Muskogee, Oklahoma Checotah H.S. 6 2 180 -- February 3, 2016 2 2 2 0 Jefferson Hagen OL Moorpark, California Moorpark College 6 4 290 -- April 6, 2016 0 0 0 0 Bobby Hill DT Long Beach, California Orange Coast College 6 2 285 -- February 3, 2016 0 2 2 0 Jason Huntley RB Arlington, Texas Martin H.S. 5 9 165 -- February 3, 2016 2 2 2 0 Cameron Matthews QB Fort Worth, Texas Trinity Valley School 6 3 195 -- February 3, 2016 2 2 2 0 2016 New Mexico State Football Commitments 2016 New Mexico State Football Commits ESPN 166 114 NR 129 NR November 2, 2016 Schedule New Mexico State Aggies announced its 2016 football schedule on March 3, 2016. The 2016 schedule consists of 5 home and 7 away games in the regular season. The Aggies will host Sun Belt foes Appalachian State, Georgia Southern, Louisiana–Lafayette, and Texas State, and will travel to Arkansas State, Idaho, South Alabama, and Troy. New Mexico State will skip out on two Sun Belt teams this season, Georgia State and Louisiana–Monroe.http://nmstatesports.com/news/2016/3/3/nm-state-announces-2016-football-schedule.aspx?path=football NM State Announces 2016 Football Schedule New Mexico State University Department of Athletics March 3, 2016 March 18, 2016 The team will play four non–conference games, one home game against New Mexico from the Mountain West Conference, and will travel to three road games against UTEP from Conference USA (C–USA), and Kentucky and Texas A&M both from the Southeastern Conference (SEC). 2016 AP Mountain September 3 6:00 pm l y y UTEP Sun Bowl El Paso, TX Battle of I-10 beIN 22–38 30,119 September 10 6:00 pm w y New Mexico Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM Rio Grande Rivalry AV AggieVision, ESPN3 32–31 17,852 September 17 2:00 pm l y y Kentucky Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY SECN 42–62 49,669 September 24 4:00 pm l y Troy Veterans Memorial Stadium Troy, AL ESPN3 6–52 21,146 October 1 6:00 pm w Louisiana–Lafayette Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM ESPN3 37–31 2OT 8,142 October 15 3:00 pm l y Idaho Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID ALT2, ESPN3 23–55 10,278 October 22 6:00 pm l Georgia Southern Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM AV, ESPN3 19–22 10,085 October 29 5:30 pm l y y Texas A&M 9 Kyle Field College Station, TX ESPNU 10–52 99,960 November 12 1:00 pm l y Arkansas State Centennial Bank Stadium Jonesboro, AR ESPN3 22–41 20,178 November 19 2:00 pm w Texas State Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM AV, ESPN3 50–10 6,280 November 26 2:00 pm l Appalachian State Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM AV, ESPN3 7–37 5,366 December 3 11:00 am l y South Alabama Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL ESPN3 28–35 14,812 2016 New Mexico State Aggies Football Schedule https://www.fbschedules.com/ncaa-16/2016-new-mexico-state-aggies-football-schedule.php FB Schedules March 18, 2016 Game summaries At UTEP Aggies 3 0 13 6 Miners 7 17 7 7 2016 UTEP Miners football team Battle of I-10 New Mexico Lobos 14 3 7 7 Aggies 3 12 7 10 2016 New Mexico Lobos football team Rio Grande Rivalry At Kentucky Aggies 21 14 7 0 Wildcats 14 21 14 13 2016 Kentucky Wildcats football team At Troy Aggies 0 0 6 0 Trojans 7 24 14 7 2016 Troy Trojans football team Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns 7 6 8 3 7 0 Aggies 7 14 0 3 7 6 2016 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team At Idaho Aggies 13 3 0 7 Vandals 7 20 21 7 2016 Idaho Vandals football team Georgia Southern Eagles 3 3 3 13 Aggies 0 9 3 7 2016 Georgia Southern Eagles football team At Texas A&M NMSU Aggies 0 3 0 7 #9 TXAM Aggies 14 10 21 7 2016 Texas A&M Aggies football team At Arkansas State Aggies 3 3 9 7 Red Wolves 13 14 14 0 2016 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team Texas State Bobcats 0 0 3 7 Aggies 28 10 3 9 2016 Texas State Bobcats football team Appalachian State Mountaineers 17 3 10 7 Aggies 0 7 0 0 2016 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team At South Alabama Aggies 0 7 7 14 Jaguars 7 0 7 21 2016 South Alabama Jaguars football team Roster 2016 New Mexico State Aggies y Royce Caldwell 1 WR SO O. J. Clark 2 WR FR y Larry Rose III 3 RB JR y Cassius Corley 4 WR SO y Tyrain Taylor 5 WR SR Josh Aganon 6 WR JR Gregory Hogan 7 WR JR y King Burke 8 RB JR y Conner Cramer 11 QB JR Nick Jeanty 12 QB SO y Johnathan Boone 13 WR SO y Jason Huntley 14 RB FR y Drew Dan 15 WR FR Jaleel Scott 16 WR JR y Tyler Rogers 17 QB SR y Tyler Rogers (gridiron football) Robert Wiggins 18 RB FR Isaiah McIntyre 19 WR FR Brandyn Leonard 20 RB FR y Xavier Hall 22 RB SR Dominic Johnson 23 QB FR Gamar Girdy 26 RB FR C. J. Boston 28 RB FR y Abram Holland 50 OL SR y Thomas McGwire 51 OL JR y Spence Ueli-Faatoalia 54 OL JR y Sebastian Anderson 55 OL FR y Dezmand Candielarie 58 OL JR Jefferson Hagan 61 OL JR Anthony McMeans 62 OL SR Tony Bello 65 OL FR y Kolton Bob 67 OL FR y Tyler DuBry 69 OL FR Brayton Medina 72 OL JR y Jamin Smith 74 OL JR Noah Lopez 75 OL FR Sage Doxtater 76 OL FR y y Brian Trujillo 78 OL FR y Anthony Muse 80 WR FR y Rhyan Araiza 81 WR FR y Ty Atencio 82 TE SR y Cameron Loos 84 WR FR Troy Posey 86 WR JR y Clayton Granch 88 TE SR Jackson Solbeck 89 TE SO Jacob Nwangwa 1 DB JR Terrill Hanks 2 DB SO y Derek Ibekwe 3 LB JR DeMarcus Owens 4 DB SO Christian Gibson 6 DB SO Javahn Fergurson 7 LB SO Jassavia Reese 8 DE SO Stody Bradley 9 DL JR Cedric Wilcots II 10 DL FR y Tre Wilcoxen 11 DB JR y Tymon Locklin 12 DB FR Austin Shaw 13 DB FR Dion Henrique 14 DB SO Brett Kowalski 15 DE FR y Travis Parnell 17 LB FR y Derek Watson 18 DE FR y Austin Perkins 19 DB FR y Jonathan Hood 20 LB SO Jaden Wright 21 DB JR Jerrion Burton 23 DB JR y Sy Slater 24 DB FR y Samuel Oyenguga 25 DB SR y Shane Jackson 28 LB FR y Jared Phipps 29 DB FR Brandon Bell 30 DB FR Dalton Herrington 31 LB JR Dalton Rocha 32 LB JR y Noah Brown 34 DE SR y Malik Demby 35 DB SO y Dallas Hart 36 DB JR Chris Acosta 38 LB JR y Robert Wagner 40 LB SR y Billy Nipp 43 LB SO y Will Clement 44 LB SO y Kalei Auelua 48 DE JR y Roy Lopez 51 DL FR Rodney Butler 53 LB SR Brandon Agomuo 59 DL SO y DeShawnte Lloyd 63 DL JR Keanu Higgins 73 DL JR y Kourtland Busby 90 DL JR Humberto Renteria 92 DL SO y Drew James 93 DL SR y Bobby Hill 97 DL JR Darius Anderson 98 DL FR Myles Vigne 99 DL FR Parker Davidson 24 K SO Payton Theisler 19 P FR Kennon Nunez 46 LS FR y Andrew Kenney 47 LS SR Max Wren 49 P JR http://www.nmstatesports.com/roster.aspx?path=football& October 19, 2016 Doug Martin (offensive coordinator/quarterbacks) Zane Vance (assistant head coach/defensive ends/special teams coordinator) Frank Spaziani (defensive coordinator) Kevin McKeethan (Inside Wide Receivers/Pass Game coordinator/recruiting coordinator) Andy Richman (offensive line coach/run game coordinator) Brian Bell (Secondary) Matt Christian (running backs) Kerry Locklin (defensive tackles) Cory Martin (outside wide receivers) Oliver Soukup (linebackers) Garrett Anderson (graduate assistant) Kai Brown (graduate assistant) Spiffy Evans (graduate assistant) Robert Patel (Video Coordinator) Ryan Robinson (Player Development Coordinator) Don Decker (Director of Sport Performance) Akeem Robinson (Sports Performance Coaching Assistant) Zach Witherspoon (Sports Performance Coaching Assistant) Martha Valdez (Administrative Assistant) References New Mexico State Category:New Mexico State Aggies football seasons New Mexico State Aggies football