1923 New Mexico Lobos football team

1923 New Mexico Lobos football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–5
Head coach
CaptainOgle Jones
Home stadiumVarsity field
Seasons
← 1922
1924 →
1923 Western college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
New Mexico A&M     9 0 0
La Verne     7 2 1
Hawaii     5 1 2
Saint Mary's     5 3 1
Arizona     5 3 0
Tempe Normal     4 2 0
Gonzaga     4 3 0
Montana     4 4 0
Santa Clara     3 4 1
New Mexico     3 5 0
Nevada     2 3 3
Santa Barbara State     2 4 0
Cal Aggies     2 7 0

The 1923 New Mexico Lobos football team represented the University of New Mexico as an independent during the 1923 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Roy W. Johnson, the Lobos compiled a 3–5 record.[1]

Halfback Ogle Jones was the team captain.[1][2] Jones played for the Lobos from 1921 to 1924 and was recognized in 1949 as "the greatest football player who ever performed for the honor and glory of the University of New Mexico."[3]

The team's tallies of 82 points against New Mexico Normal on September 29 and 75 points against Montezuma College on October 15 ranked at the time as second and third highest point totals in school history – trailing only the 108 points scored in 1916 against Arizona State Teachers College at Flagstaff.[4]

  1. ^ a b "2018 New Mexico Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of New Mexico. 2018. p. 139. Retrieved November 9, 2018.
  2. ^ "Ogle Jones Is Elected Capt. of Lobo Team". Albuquerque Journal. December 15, 1922. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Angle Shots". Albuquerque Journal. January 4, 1949. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ 2018 Media Guide, p. 108.