1959 New Mexico Lobos football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1959
| team = New Mexico Lobos
| sport = football
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| conference = Skyline Conference
| short_conf = Skyline
| record = 7–3
| conf_record = 4–2
| head_coach = Marv Levy
| hc_year = 2nd
| captain =
| stadium = Zimmerman Field
}}
{{1959 Skyline Conference football standings}}
The 1959 New Mexico Lobos football team represented the University of New Mexico in the Skyline Conference during the 1959 college football season. In their second and final season under head coach Marv Levy, the Lobos compiled a 7–3 record (4–2 against Skyline opponents), finished third in the conference, and outscored all opponents by a total of 260 to 135.{{cite web|title=1959 New Mexico Lobos Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=October 9, 2018|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/new-mexico/1959-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 9, 2018}}
The team's statistical leaders included George Friberg with 361 passing yards and Don Perkins with 636 rushing yards, 226 receiving yards and 66 points scored.{{cite web|title=1959 New Mexico Lobos Stats|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=October 8, 2018|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/new-mexico/1959.html}} Perkins went on to play eight seasons for the Dallas Cowboys and played in six Pro Bowls.{{cite web|title=Don Perkins|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Pro-Football-Reference.com|access-date=October 9, 2018|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/P/PerkDo00.htm}}
In February 1960, New Mexico head coach Marv Levy was hired as the head football coach at the University of California. Levy compiled a 14–6 record in two seasons at New Mexico.{{cite news|title=UNM's Levy Accepts California Position|newspaper=Albuquerque Journal|author=Dan Russel|date=February 6, 1960|page=A-10|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24391893/unms_levy_accepts_california_position/|via=Newspapers.com}}
Schedule
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|September 19||New Mexico A&M
|September 26|at|Colorado State|Colorado Field|Fort Collins, CO|L 9–14|8,500|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/carlsbad-current-argus-schneider-paces-r/171302848/|newspaper=Carlsbad Current-Argus|title=Schneider paces Rams to 14–9 win over Lobos|date=September 27, 1959|accessdate=April 28, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 3||Texas Western
|October 10|at|Utah State|Romney Stadium|Logan, UT|W 28–6|5,000|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-inter-lake-lobos-clobber-utah/171304455/|newspaper=The Daily Inter Lake|title=Lobos clobber Utah State 28–6|date=October 11, 1959|accessdate=April 28, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 17|at|Arizona
|October 24|at|Montana|Dornblaser Field|Missoula, MT|W 55–14||{{cite news|title=Lobos Run Roughshod Over Montana, 55–14: New Mexico Rushes 470 Yards While Romping for Fourth Straight|newspaper=Albuquerque Journal|date=October 25, 1959|page=C1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24391592/lobos_run_roughshod_over_montana/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 31||Denver
|November 7||BYU|Zimmerman Field|Albuquerque, NM|W 21–6|10,000|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/carlsbad-current-argus-unm-lobos-roll-to/171305072/|newspaper=Carlsbad Current-Argus|title=UNM Lobos roll to win over Cougars|date=November 8, 1959|accessdate=April 28, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 14||Wyoming|Zimmerman Field|Albuquerque, NM|L 20–25|16,000|{{cite news|title=Wyoming Slips by Lobos in Final Minutes, 25–20: Perkins Has Fabulous Day|newspaper=Albuquerque Journal|author=Dan Russel|date=November 15, 1959|page=C1}}
|November 21|at|Air Force
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