2020 New Mexico State Aggies football team

2020 New Mexico State Aggies football
Conference	Independent
Record	1–1
Head coach	Doug Martin (8th season)
Associate head coach	Oliver Soukup (4th season)
Offensive scheme	Air raid
Defensive coordinator	Frank Spaziani (5th season)
Base defense	3–3–5
Captains	Alex Escobar (Running Back) Sage Doxtater (Offensive line) Donavan King (Defensive line) Trevor Brohard (Linebacker)
Home stadium	Sun Bowl

2020 NCAA Division I FBS independents football records

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 11 BYU			–						11	–	1
No. 17 Liberty			–						10	–	1
Army			–						9	–	3
New Mexico State			–						1	–	1
UMass			–						0	–	4
Note: Due to COVID-19, UConn canceled the 2020 football season; New Mexico State was the only FBS school to play a spring schedule. Rankings from AP Poll.

The 2020 New Mexico State Aggies football team represented New Mexico State University in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Aggies were led by eighth–year head coach Doug Martin and played their home games at Sun Bowl due to COVID-19 restrictions imposed by the state of New Mexico. They competed as an independent.

On August 13, 2020, New Mexico State suspended all sports competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Aggies played an abbreviated two-game season in February and March 2021.

Schedule

Original

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
August 29	at UCLA	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	No contest
September 3	at UAB	Legion Field Birmingham, AL	No contest
September 12	Akron	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM	No contest
September 19	New Mexico	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM (Battle of I-25 / Rio Grande Rivalry)	No contest
September 26	at UTEP	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX (Battle of I-10)	No contest
October 3	Texas State	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM	No contest
October 10	at Hawaii	Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI	No contest
October 17	at Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA	No contest
October 24	Louisiana	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM	No contest
November 7	at UMass	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	No contest
November 14	Texas Southern	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM	No contest
November 21	at Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL	No contest

Revised

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
February 21, 2021	3:00 p.m.	Tarleton State	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	FSAZ/FloSports/Comcast	L 17–43	0
February 27, 2021		New Mexico Highlands (Div. II)	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX		No contest	—
March 7, 2021	3:00 p.m.	Dixie State	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	FSAZ+/FloSports/Comcast	W 36–29	0
All times are in Mountain time

Personnel

2020 New Mexico State Aggies football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 1 Jared Wyatt  Sr WR 2 Isaiah Garcia–Castaneda So WR 3 Jalyne McFall Fr WR 4 Robert Downs III Sr WR 5 Ja'Darion Smith Fr WR 6 Justice Powers Jr WR 7 Terrell Warner  Jr WR 8 Tevis Abraham  Jr RB 9 Juwaun Price  Fr QB 10 Jonah Johnson Jr WR 11 Andre Bodison  Sr WR 13 Ron Vann Fr WR 14 Cole Harrity  So QB 15 Clay Houghtaling Fr RB 16 Larenzo McMillan Fr QB 17 Weston Eget  Fr QB 19 Luke Wilson  So RB 20 Tim Gans Fr RB 21 Alex Escobar (C)  So RB 22 Eli Anderson  Jr RB 23 Chris Ramos Fr RB 24 O'Maury Samuels  Jr WR 40 Jahre Fish Sr OL 54 Isaiah Mursalat  So OL 55 Garrison Tullos Sr OL 61 Eli Johnson GS OL 62 Jae'Vone Brown Fr OL 63 Stephawn Townsend Jr OL 64 Preston Thomazin  So OL 65 Eddy Lazalde Fr OL 69 Isaac Gonzalez Fr OL 70 David Ash  Jr OL 73 Luteru Fedler  Fr OL 74 Blake Walker  Jr OL 75 Evan Tafoya-Vallo  So OL 76 Sage Doxtater (C)  Sr OL 77 Carson Pharris  Fr OL 78 Gabriel Preciado  Jr WR 81 Ivan Avina  So WR 82 Sol Rascon Sr WR 83 Lawrence Dixon  Jr TE 85 Thomaz Whitford Jr WR 86 James Palmer  Jr TE 87 Grant Oberheu Fr TE 88 Jacob Franklin  So TE 89 Ty Ely Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 1 Devlin Kirklin Jr DB 2 Chris Bell  Jr LB 4 Joshua Ferguson  Fr LB 6 Michael Bowe Jr.  Sr DB 7 D.J. McCullough Jr DB 8 Olan Cazad Jr. Fr CB 9 Antonio Oliver Jr DL 10 Lazarus Williams Jr DB 12 Caleb Mills Sr DB 13 Jonas Breton  Sr DB 14 Brandon Shivers  Fr DB 15 Ronnie Sanders II  Fr DB 16 Justin Stinson Fr DL 18 Marcus Buckley  Jr DB 19 Daemahni Williams Jr LB 21 James Blowers Jr DB 22 Xavier Hinkle Jr LB 23 Dalton Bowles So LB 24 Nick Giacolone  Fr DL 25 Lama Lavea  Fr DL 26 Donavan King (C) Jr LB 28 Dalton Bowles So DB 30 Xzavier Guyton  So LB 31 Mike Edwards  So LB 36 Dylan Zolezzi Fr DB 37 Johnny Tamayo  Fr DB 38 Carlos Almuina Fr DB 39 Isaac Gallegos Fr LB 41 Brennon Davis Sr LB 42 Shamar Smith Fr LB 43 Taylor Milton  Fr LB 45 Tyler Roebuck  So LB 48 Eric Marsh  Jr LB 49 Dylan Grant  Jr DL 53 Jake Harrelson  Sr DL 72 Justin Segura  So LB 80 Trevor Brohard (C)  Jr DL 90 Marcus Buckley  Jr DL 91 De'Shawn Johnson Fr DL 92 Amari Pouncy Fr DL 94 Charles Okpala So DL 96 Garrett Bishop Fr DL 98 Zach Stokes So DL 99 Dassani Freeman Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 28 Carson Zilmer Fr PK 29 Brett Money Fr LS 34 Austin Reeves  Jr P 35 Josh Carlson  So LS 44 Logan MacGregor Fr PK 84 Ethan Albertson  So	Head coach Doug Martin (Kentucky) Offensive Coordinator Coordinators/assistant coaches Oliver Soukup (New Mexico State) Assistant Head Coach Linebackers Frank Spaziani (Penn State) Defensive Coordinator Brian Bell (Bemidji State and Dakota State) Defensive Backs Matt Christian (Palomar and New Mexico State) Running Backs Special Teams Academic Coordinator Chili Davis (Campbell) Inside Receivers Tight Ends Special Teams Chase Holbrook (Southeastern Louisiana and New Mexico State) Quarterbacks Cory Martin (Kent State) Wide Receivers Recruiting Coordinator John Mumford (Pittsburg State) Defensive Line Ronnie Pentz (San Diego) Special Teams Coordinator Cory White (Humboldt State and Whittier) Offensive Line Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: March 5, 2021

Game summaries

Tarleton State

Tarleton State at New Mexico State

1 2 3 4 Total • Texans (Div. I FCS) 23 10 7 3 43 Aggies 7 0 3 7 17 Date: February 21, 2021 Location: Sun Bowl El Paso, TX Game start: 3:07 p.m. MST Elapsed time: 3 hours and 42 minutes Game attendance: 0 Game weather: Temperature: 58 °F (14 °C) • Weather: Sunny • Wind: NW 13 MPH Referee: Christian Watson TV announcers (FSAZ/FloSports/Comcast): Adam Young (play–by–play) and Danny Knee (analyst)

Scoring summary 1 14:36 TSU Cameron Burston 70–yard run (Christian Hernandez kick) (1 play, 75 yards, 0:24) TSU 7–0 11:31 TSU Gabriel Douglas 86–yard pass from Cameron Burston (Christian Hernandez kick) (1 play, 86 yards, 0:12) TSU 14–0 11:19 NMSU Juwuan Price 94–yard kickoff return (Ethan Albertson kick) TSU 14–7 06:42 TSU Team 0–yard safety TSU 16–7 03:29 TSU Cameron Burston 21–yard run (Christian Hernandez kick) (7 plays, 51 yards, 3:07) TSU 23–7 2 07:16 TSU Gabriel Douglas 29–yard pass from Cameron Burston (Christian Hernandez kick) (4 plays, 55 yards, 1:12) TSU 30–7 00:00 TSU Adrian Guzman 35–yard field goal (9 plays, 52 yards, 2:42) TSU 33–7 3 14:11 TSU DeAngelo Rosemond 4–yard run (Christian Hernandez kick) (2 plays, 5 yards, 0:28) TSU 40–7 01:56 NMSU Ethan Albertson 27–yard field goal (6 plays, 67 yards, 2:19) TSU 40–10 4 13:38 TSU Adrian Guzman 34–yard field goal (7 plays, 57 yards, 3:18) TSU 43–10 03:28 NMSU Robert Downs III 27–yard pass from Jonah Johnson (Ethan Albertson kick) (4 plays, 65 yards, 1:01) TSU 43–17

See also: 2020 Tarleton State Texans football team

Pregame line	Over/under
NMSU –5	57.5

Statistics	Tarleton State	New Mexico State
First downs	24	14
Total yards	501	241
Rushing yards	249	54
Passing yards	252	187
Turnovers	0	1
Time of possession	35:40	24:20

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Tarleton State	Passing	Cameron Burston	15/29, 252 yards, 2 TDs
	Rushing	Cameron Burston	4 carries, 79 yards, 2 TDs
	Receiving	Gabriel Douglas	7 receptions, 190 yards, 2 TDs
New Mexico State	Passing	Jonah Johnson	17/31, 187 yards, 1 TD, 3 INTs
	Rushing	Juwuan Price	14 carries, 31 yards
	Receiving	Terrell Warner	5 receptions, 77 yards

New Mexico Highlands (no contest)

New Mexico Highlands at New Mexico State (No Contest)

1 2 3 4 Total Cowboys (Div. II) 0 0 0 0 0 Aggies 0 0 0 0 0 Date: February 27, 2021 Location: Sun Bowl El Paso, TX

See also: 2020 New Mexico Highlands Cowboys football team

Pregame line	Over/under
N/A	N/A

The New Mexico Highlands at New Mexico State game was canceled due to COVID-19 protocols and the game was not rescheduled.

Dixie State

Dixie State at New Mexico State

1 2 3 4 Total Trailblazers (Div. I FCS) 7 7 7 8 29 • Aggies 0 10 10 16 36 Date: March 7, 2021 Location: Sun Bowl El Paso, TX Game start: 3:08 p.m. MST Elapsed time: 3 hours and 38 minutes Game attendance: 0 Game weather: Temperature: N/A • Weather: Sunny • Wind: N/A Referee: Kevin Hassell TV announcers (FSAZ+/FloSports/Comcast): Adam Young (play–by–play) and Danny Knee (analyst)

Scoring summary 1 09:15 DSU Quali Conley 57–yard run (James Baird kick) (5 plays, 76 yards, 2:15) DSU 7–0 2 10:39 NMSU Ethan Albertson 35–yard field goal (14 plays, 69 yards, 6:35) DSU 7–3 07:36 DSU Kody Wilstead 1–yard run (James Baird kick) (7 plays, 75 yards, 3:03) DSU 14–3 02:28 NMSU Andre Bodison 12–yard pass from Weston Eget (Ethan Albertson kick) (4 plays, 62 yards, 1:28) DSU 14–10 3 08:30 NMSU Jonah Johnson 1–yard run (Ethan Albertson kick) (10 plays, 71 yards, 4:04) NMSU 17–14 02:38 NMSU Ethan Albertson 33–yard field goal (7 plays, 74 yards, 3:01) NMSU 20–14 02:02 DSU Jalen Powell 65–yard pass from Kody Wilstead (James Baird kick) (2 plays, 75 yards, 0:36) DSU 21–20 4 13:10 NMSU Jonah Johnson 1–yard run (pass failed) (10 plays, 55 yards, 3:42) NMSU 26–21 06:03 NMSU Ethan Albertson 32–yard field goal (9 plays, 56 yards, 3:23) NMSU 29–21 05:52 DSU Quali Conley 75–yard pass from Kody Wilstead (Chase Hess pass) (1 play, 75 yards, 0:11) TIE 29–29 00:21 NMSU Juwaun Price 13–yard run (Ethan Albertson kick) (7 plays, 54 yards, 2:05) NMSU 36–29

See also: 2020 Dixie State Trailblazers football team

Pregame line	Over/under
NMSU –1	56

Statistics	Dixie State	New Mexico State
First downs	18	33
Total yards	483	561
Rushing yards	124	329
Passing yards	359	232
Turnovers	3	1
Time of possession	24:42	35:18

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Dixie State	Passing	Kody Wilstead	25/37, 359 yards, 2 TDs
	Rushing	Quali Conley	11 carries, 95 yards, 1 TD
	Receiving	Quali Conley	4 receptions, 98 yards, 1 TD
New Mexico State	Passing	Jonah Johnson	19/29, 171 yards
	Rushing	Juwaun Price	19 carries, 165 yards, 1 TD
	Receiving	Isaiah Garcia-Castaneda	4 receptions, 56 yards