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New Mexico Bowl

Date: Saturday, December 18, 2010
Time: Noon
Location: University Stadium (NMU)
Conferences: MWC vs. WAC

About the New Mexico Bowl

The New Mexico Bowl is the culmination of a collective effort of people with a vision in a state on the move. While the idea of playing a Division I College Football Bowl Game in Albuquerque had been around for a while, the push to make the New Mexico Bowl a reality started around 2005. The New Mexico Sports Authority, an agency created by governor Bill Richardson, saw the potential to make this event happen. After researching some of the game's most exciting collegiate bowls, the Sports Authority met with the commissioners of the Mountain West and Western Athletic Conferences.

University Stadium This is an outdoor football stadium on the south campus of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It is the home field of the New Mexico Lobos football team of the Mountain West Conference. The stadium opened in September 1960  and currently has a seating capacity of 38,634. The natural grass playing field runs in the traditional north-south configuration and sits at an elevation of 5100 feet (1554 m) above sea level. When it opened in 1960, University Stadium consisted of the east and west stands and press box. The stadium was built in an existing arroyo  with the grandstands built up from moved earth for an earthen fill that was then cemented over. This "berm" style construction placed the field below ground level with seats above and below the natural ground level.