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| Sport | Football |
|---|---|
| First meeting | January 1, 1894 New Mexico 18, New Mexico A&M 6 |
| Latest meeting | September 28, 2024 New Mexico 50, New Mexico State 40 |
| Next meeting | September 27, 2025, in Albuquerque |
| Stadiums | University Stadium Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S. Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, New Mexico, U.S. |
| Trophy | None (1894–1992 and 2001–present) Maloof Trophy (1993–2000) |
| Statistics | |
| Meetings total | 114 |
| All-time series | New Mexico leads, 74–35–5 (.671)[1] |
| Largest victory | New Mexico A&M, 110–3 (1917) |
| Longest win streak | New Mexico, 18 (1938–1958) |
| Current win streak | New Mexico, 1 (2024–present) |
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The New Mexico–New Mexico State football rivalry,[2] known as the Battle of I-25 and the Rio Grande Rivalry in all sports, is an annual football game between the University of New Mexico and New Mexico State University. It is called the Battle of I-25 because the two universities are located along Interstate 25 connecting Albuquerque and Las Cruces. In the entire history of the rivalry, the game has never been contested anywhere beside those two cities.
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The New Mexico State football team hasn't beaten rival New Mexico in consecutive years since DeWayne Walker beat the Lobos three straight times from 2009–2011.