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Despite setbacks, Davie will turn Lobos around

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By NATHAN FARMER
The future for the UNM football team doesn’t look too good.
The team finished its first spring season under head coach Bob Davie last week, and it’s not surprising the team is in a tough situation.
APR 30 | No comments

Spring ends with optimism

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By NATHAN FARMER
Spring practices are over, but there is still a lot of work to do.
APR 27 | No comments

Defense struggles to adapt

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By THOMAS ROMERO-SALAS
After the football team’s defensive struggles last season, it’s no surprise head coach Bob Davie spent much of spring practice trying to improve it.
APR 23 | No comments

A new image starts with giving

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By CESAR DAVILA
The UNM football team spent its ninth spring practice of the year teaching kids the basics of football.
APR 16 | No comments

Regents approve $1.38 million field

By NATHAN FARMER
The football team will play on artificial turf next season.
University Stadium field has been grass since 1958, when it was built, but will have artificial turf installed for the beginning of next season.
APR 13 | 4 comments

Davie implements positive changes

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By NATHAN FARMER
New football head coach Bob Davie joked that the only thing he is struggling with now that he’s getting back into coaching is sore feet.
APR 4 | No comments

Davie’s new style leaves men less nervous

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By NATHAN FARMER
Five spring football practices down, head coach Bob Davie said he is seeing improvement in his team.
APR 1 | 1 comment

Davie struggles to fill team

By NATHAN FARMER
The Lobo football team kicked off its spring practices Saturday, but a lack of players meant the cancellation of its annual springtime Cherry-Silver game.
MAR 26 | 1 comment

Qualified coach gets fast promotion

By NATHAN FARMER
The football team has added two more coaches to its roster — well, sort of.
FEB 29 | No comments

Tryouts rare chance to play

By NATHAN FARMER
Students who are not yet athletes at UNM will have a rare chance to try out for the Division I football team.
FEB 20 | No comments

Davie: 2012 recruits to turn team around

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By NATHAN FARMER
At 5:45 a.m. the faxes started coming in. On Wednesday, national signing day, the men’s football team signed 24 players to national letters of intent for the upcoming season.
FEB 3 | No comments

Team preps for new staff, misses Locksley

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By CESAR DAVILA
The 2012 Lobo football team will look completely different than it has in the last three seasons — on the sidelines, that is. First-year head coach Bob Davie officially introduced his coaching staff on Monday and there are a lot of new faces.
FEB 1 | No comments

Davie picks coaches who care

By NATHAN FARMER
The pieces of the puzzle for a successful season are coming together for the Lobo football team. First-year head coach Bob Davie unveiled the coaching staff for the upcoming season at a press conference on Monday.
FEB 1 | No comments

Barlow leaves with loss, respect

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By NATHAN FARMER
George Barlow’s tenure as interim head football coach, and the football team’s season, ended Saturday with a 45-0 blowout loss to No. 7 Boise State.
DEC 5 | No comments

Messina fit to tackle Urlacher’s record

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By MUNDO CARRILLO
Saturday’s football game against Boise State is Lobo senior linebacker Carmen Messina’s last, and it’s also his chance to beat the University’s all-time tackle record.
DEC 2 | No comments

Lobos get new football coach

By NATHAN FARMER
UNM’s new football coach has arrived. Vice president of Athletics Paul Krebs announced yesterday that Bob Davie will take over the coaching responsibilities from George Barlow, the interim head coach, at the end of the season, becoming UNM’s 31st head football coach.
NOV 18 | 6 comments

Messina follows Urlacher’s record-setting legacy

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By THOMAS ROMERO-SALAS
On Senior Night, the Lobos’ senior linebacker Carmen Messina led his team to victory and became the second Lobo to get a hundred tackles in three consecutive seasons, but he said he doesn’t care about stats.
NOV 14 | No comments

Barlow leaves with a victory

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By MUNDO CARRILLO
Interim head football coach George Barlow won’t be leaving UNM without a win. On Saturday, the Lobos beat the UNLV Rebels 21-14 with a game-winning touchdown run late in the fourth quarter.
NOV 14 | No comments

Second scoreless week mixes resolve and anger

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By MUNDO CARRILLO
After a 42-0 defeat Saturday for its eighth consecutive loss, the Lobo football team still has nothing to be happy about, running back Crusoe Gongbay said. “Everybody’s mad,” he said.
OCT 31 | 2 comments

Players warming up to Barlow

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By MUNDO CARRILLO
Mike Locksley’s 2-26 record didn’t earn him many fans off the field, but on the field his players supported him. Most of the players said they were sad to see him go. “It was sad at the moment, but we have to move on,” wide receiver Ty Kirk said.
OCT 21 | 2 comments

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