oliveyrkitegan: UNM football falters; XC and soccer teams win conference titles

Posted at: 10/29/2011 6:25 PM | Updated at: 10/29/2011 10:40 PM
By: Heather Mills, KOB Eyewitness News 4

It just keeps getting worse for the University of New Mexico football team.

Lobo football fans might have thought last week's huge 69-0 loss to TCU was rock bottom for the program, but the Lobos keep reaching further down.

Saturday, UNM was shutout 42-0 by Air Force.

It was a dismal turnout at University Stadium, but those who did show, and stayed, still have high hopes for this football team.

As of Friday night, UNM officials said it had sold more than 15,000 tickets. Less than half University Stadium's capacity.

Still though, there was a decent amount of cherry in the crowd even though the Lobos were playing the Air Force, a team with a built-in fan base in Albuquerque.

Fans who managed to stay for the entire beat down actually said it could have been worse.

"The whole season doesn't sit well with me or most fans as you can tell by the attendance. But, hopefully we're moving in the right direction," David Flanery said.

Another Lobo fan said, "Well, it could have been worse. We could have been 84 instead of 42, or whatever it was."

This was the Lobos eighth game this season, and their eighth loss.

In fact, the closest the Lobos have come to a win was against Division II team, Sam Houston State, back in�September.

They lost in overtime by a field goal.

But it?s not all bleak for UNM athletics.

On Saturday, the UNM men?s and women?s cross country teams ran away with the Mountain West Championship.

On Friday the men and women's soccer teams took their conference titles.

The men?s team is ranked number one in the nation in some polls.

Another good note for Lobo fans, basketball season starts on Tuesday.

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