The 2023 New Mexico State Aggies football team represented New Mexico State University in the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Aggies played their home games at Aggie Memorial Stadium in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and competed as a first-year member of Conference USA. They were led by second-year head coach Jerry Kill.
The season was one of the most successful in decades for the Aggies, as a win over Western Kentucky on November 11 gave New Mexico State their first eight-win season since 1965 and a six-game winning streak, their longest since 1960. The victory also clinched a spot in the Conference USA Championship Game in the Aggies' first season in the conference. One week later, as 23.5-point underdogs, New Mexico State upset Auburn 31–10, the program's first-ever win over an SEC team.
The Aggies also clinched bowl eligibility in back-to-back seasons for the first time since playing in the Sun Bowl following the 1959 and 1960 seasons.
The New Mexico State Aggies football team drew an average home attendance of 14,847 in 2023.
Preseason
Conference USA media poll
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Schedule
New Mexico State and Conference USA announced the 2023 football schedule on January 10, 2023.
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Personnel
Game summaries
UMass
Western Illinois
at Liberty
At New Mexico
At Hawaii
FIU
Sam Houston
At UTEP
At Louisiana Tech
Middle Tennessee
At Western Kentucky
At Auburn
Jacksonville State
At No. 24 Liberty (C-USA Championship Game)
Starting quarterback Diego Pavia left the game in the third quarter with an apparent elbow injury and did not return. Freshman quarterback Blaze Berlowitz played the remainder of the game.
Vs. Fresno State (New Mexico Bowl)
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