2024 Lobo football schedule revealed
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Mountain West revealed the schedule for all of its teams for the 2024 season on Thursday. The Lobos schedule looks very different than years past, as UNM will have three bye weeks and play an uneven number of home and road games.
Multiple factors played into the Lobo’s odd format for this season. Traditionally there are 13 weeks between Labor Day and Thanksgiving, however, the 14 weeks this year allows every team to take two bye weeks. Since the Lobos have a road game scheduled at Hawai’i, they will start the season in week zero and gain an additional bye.
Additionally, 2024 is the first season that Washington State and Oregon State, the last remaining members of the PAC-12, begin a scheduling agreement with the Mountain West. This impacts UNM’s schedule as the Lobos will only play seven games against traditional MW opponents plus one game vs Washington State. The Lobos game against the Cougars will not count towards UNM’s conference record.
Week 0
August 24 – vs Montana State
Week 1
August 31 – @ Arizona
Week 2
Bye
Week 3
September 14 – @ Auburn
Week 4
September 21 – vs Fresno State
Week 5
September 28 – @ New Mexico State
Week 6
Bye
Week 7
October 12 – vs Air Force
Week 8
October 19 – @ Utah State
Week 9
October 26 – @ Colorado State
Week 10
November 2 – vs Wyoming
Week 11
November 9 – @ San Diego State
Week 12
November 16 – vs Washington State
Week 13
November 23 – Bye
Week 14
November 30 – @ Hawai’i
Now that the schedule is in place for the entire conference, the Mountain West television partners, CBS Sports and Fox Sports, will select games to broadcast and finalize dates and kickoff times.
