1957 New Mexico Lobos football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1957
| team = New Mexico Lobos
| sport = football
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| conference = Skyline Conference
| short_conf = Skyline
| record = 4–6
| conf_record = 2–4
| head_coach = Dick Clausen
| hc_year = 2nd
| captain =
| stadium = Zimmerman Field
}}
{{1957 Skyline Conference football standings}}
The 1957 New Mexico Lobos football team represented the University of New Mexico in the Skyline Conference during the 1957 college football season. In their second and final season under head coach Dick Clausen, the Lobos compiled a 4–6 record (2–4 against Skyline opponents), finished fifth in the conference, and were outscored by opponents by a total of 144 to 140. The Lobos won four of five games to open the season, but closed the season with five consecutive losses.{{cite web|title=1957 New Mexico Lobos Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=October 30, 2018|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/new-mexico/1957-schedule.html}}{{cite web|title=2018 New Mexico Football Media Guide|publisher=University of New Mexico|year=2018|page=140|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/unm.sidearmsports.com/documents/2018/8/30/2018_Media_Guide.pdf|archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20180906110903/https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/unm.sidearmsports.com/documents/2018/8/30/2018_Media_Guide.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 6, 2018|access-date=October 30, 2018}}
The team's statistical leaders included Chuck Roberts with 305 passing yards and Don Perkins with 744 rushing yards and 162 receiving yards.{{cite news|title=1957 New Mexico Lobos Stats|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=October 30, 2018|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/new-mexico/1957.html}}
In May 1958, Dick Clausen retired as New Mexico's head football coach to become the athletic director at the University of Arizona. Clausen was immediately replaced by Marv Levy.{{cite news|title=Clausen Becomes Athletic Head at Arizona: Levy Appointed New Grid Boss On Lobo Campus|newspaper=Albuquerque Journal|date=May 20, 1958|page=1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24968026/clausen_becomes_athletic_head_at_arizona/|via=Newspapers.com}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
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|September 21||New Mexico A&M
|September 28|at|Colorado State|Colorado Field|Fort Collins, CO|W 30–7|4,900|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-salt-lake-tribune-lobos-defeat-rams/171380511/|newspaper=The Salt Lake Tribune|title=Lobos defeat Rams, 30–7|date=September 29, 1957|accessdate=April 29, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 5||Texas Western
|October 12|at|Utah State|Romney Stadium|Logan, UT|W 14–10|5,000|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-daily-star-lobos-edge-utah-state/171380611/|newspaper=The Arizona Daily Star|title=Lobos edge Utah State|date=October 13, 1957|accessdate=April 29, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 19|at|Arizona
|October 26|at|Montana|Dornblaser Field|Missoula, MT|L 6–21|4,200|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-montana-standard-grizzlies-hang-firs/171380793/|newspaper=The Montana Standard|title=Grizzlies hang first league defeat on Lobos, 21 to 6|date=October 27, 1957|accessdate=April 29, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 2||Denver
|November 16||Wyoming|Zimmerman Field|Albuquerque, NM|L 13–20||{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-salt-lake-tribune-rushing-cowboys-ta/171379967/|newspaper=The Salt Lake Tribune|title=Rushing Cowboys tame Lobos, 20–13|date=November 17, 1957|accessdate=April 29, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 23|at|Air Force
|November 30||BYU|Zimmerman Field|Albuquerque, NM|L 12–14|6,000|{{cite news|title=Brigham Young Edges Lobos in Grid Finale, 14–12: Fumble, Interception Overcome Aroused NM|newspaper=Albuquerque Journal|author=J.D. Kailer|date=December 1, 1957|page=33|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26803491/brigham_young_edges_lobos_in_grid/|via=Newspapers.com}}
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{{cite web |author= |title=1957–58 Schedule/Results (New Mexico) |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/teams/129709 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=April 29, 2025 }}