| 2018 New Mexico Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 13th New Mexico Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 15, 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Dreamstyle Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Albuquerque, New Mexico | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Jordan Love (QB, Utah State)[1] & DJ Williams (DB, Utah State)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Utah State by 9[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Kyle Olson (Sun Belt) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 25,387 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN & ESPN Radio | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Mark Neely, John Congemi and Quint Kessenich (ESPN) Bill Roth, Barrett Jones and Taylor Davis (ESPN Radio) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2018 New Mexico Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 15, 2018,[4] with kickoff scheduled for 2:00 p.m. EST (12:00 p.m. local MST).[5] It was the 13th edition of the New Mexico Bowl, and one of the 2018–19 bowl games concluding the 2018 FBS football season. Unfortunately for North Texas, their C-USA Player of the Year all time leading passer quarterback Mason Fine went out with an injury in the first half, with the score 14-7, making it difficult to compete with Utah State for the remainder of the game.