Battle of I-10

New Mexico State – UTEP rivalry "The Battle of I-10" (1914–present)


Teams	New Mexico State Aggies UTEP Miners
Sponsor	FirstLight Federal Credit Union

Basketball Series	NMSU leads 107–101 (NMSU records) NMSU leads 106–103 (UTEP records)
Last Winner	NMSU (2014)
Current Win Streak	1 – NMSU – (2014)

Football Series	UTEP leads 56–35–2
Last Winner	UTEP (2015)
Current Win Streak	7 – UTEP – (2009–2015)


New Mexico State	UTEP

New Mexico State University

University of Texas at El Paso

Locations of NMSU and UTEP

The Battle of I-10 is a college rivalry between The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) and New Mexico State University (NMSU). It is called the Battle of I-10 because the two universities are located along Interstate 10 connecting El Paso and Las Cruces.

Football

The 101-year-old series between the UTEP Miners and the NMSU Aggies has had many exciting finishes in its storied history. Although UTEP holds the series lead at 56–35–2, largely due to dominance in the series from the 1920s to the 1960s, UTEP's advantage is 7-0 since 2009.

The winner of the annual matchup receives a pair of traveling trophies. The older of the two is known as the Silver Spade. It is a replica of an old prospector's shovel found in an abandoned mine in the Organ Mountains near Las Cruces and has been traded between the schools since 1955. A second trophy, officially titled the Mayor's Cup but commonly nicknamed the Brass Spittoon, was added in 1982.

Due to the close proximity of the campuses it was natural for a rivalry to develop. The Texas College of Mines played its first ever game against a collegiate opponent versus New Mexico A&M in 1914 and, with few exceptions, including during World War I and World War II, the teams would meet again every year. Following World War II the series resumed on an annual basis from 1946 until 2001, when UTEP's administration made the controversial decision to cancel their scheduled trip to Las Cruces in favor of scheduling an additional home contest against a Division I-AA opponent. The schools agreed to meet again in 2002 (a 49–14 NMSU win, their biggest blowout of the Miners since 1922), but did not play again until 2004 in El Paso when the Miners exacted revenge for their blowout loss two years prior with a 45–0 pasting of the Aggies, the most lopsided result in the series in 55 years. The blowout marked the beginning of a three game winning streak for UTEP in the rivalry. The tide of the series then seemingly turned back in the Aggies' favor, as NMSU defeated UTEP the next two years, their first back-to-back wins over UTEP since 1994 and 1995. The Aggies edged the Miners 34–33 on September 20, 2008 at the Sun Bowl for their first win in El Paso since 1994. However, the most recent three games in the series have gone back to the Miners, with UTEP defeating NMSU at Aggie Memorial Stadium 38–12 on September 19, 2009 (only their second win in the Mesilla Valley since 1991), topping the Aggies 42–10 at the Sun Bowl on September 18, 2010, and again defeating the Aggies 16–10 on September 17, 2011 in Las Cruces for their first back-to-back road wins in the series since winning four straight games in Las Cruces between 1986 and 1991.

Notable statistics

As of 2011, the home team has won 54 of 89 times (.607 winning percentage).

From 1920 to 1951 UTEP hosted 22 of 28 games.

Before 1927 NMSU dominated the first 10 games with a record of 8–1–1.

From 1927 to 1967 UTEP dominated the series with a record of 29–7–1.

NMSU's back-to-back victories in 1960–1961 were its first since 1937–1938.

As of 2011, UTEP has won on the road 17 times, while NMSU has won on the road 16 times.

There have been 2 ties in the series, once in El Paso in 1925 and once in Las Cruces in 1952.

UTEP has played host to 52 games in the series. UTEP has won the game 52 times.

NMSU has played host to 37 games in the series. NMSU has won the game 35 times.

The September 26, 1998 game at Aggie Memorial Stadium set the all-time attendance record for any football game at the stadium with 32,993 in attendance.

The September 25, 1999 game at Sun Bowl Stadium set a new attendance record for that stadium with 52,247 which surpasses all Sun Bowl games and NFL Exhibition games ever played there. However, since then 2 regular season UTEP games have surpassed that attendance.^[1]

The two most lopsided victories in the rivalry occurred in 1922 and 1948.
- 1922 – NMSU 64, UTEP 0
- 1948 – UTEP 92, NMSU 7

Game results

NMSU victories are shaded in ██ crimson. UTEP victories are shaded in ██ blue.

Note: UTEP was known as the Texas School of Mines and Metallurgy prior to 1949 and Texas Western College from 1949–1967, and NMSU was known as New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts prior to 1960. Both schools are listed under their modern abbreviations for all games.

Year	Site	Winning team		Losing team		Series
1914	Las Cruces, NM	NMSU	19	UTEP	0	NMSU 1–0–0
1915	Las Cruces, NM	NMSU	33	UTEP	0	NMSU 2–0–0
1916	Las Cruces, NM	UTEP	6	NMSU	3	NMSU 2–1–0
1920	El Paso, TX	NMSU	12	UTEP	7	NMSU 3–1–0
1921	El Paso, TX	NMSU	13	UTEP	0	NMSU 4–1–0
1922	Las Cruces, NM	NMSU	64	UTEP	0	NMSU 5–1–0
1923	El Paso, TX	NMSU	23	UTEP	2	NMSU 6–1–0
1924	El Paso, TX	NMSU	19	UTEP	0	NMSU 7–1–0
1925	El Paso, TX	NMSU	6	UTEP	6	NMSU 7–1–1
1926	El Paso, TX	NMSU	10	UTEP	8	NMSU 8–1–1
1927	El Paso, TX	UTEP	19	NMSU	7	NMSU 8–2–1
1928	El Paso, TX	UTEP	6	NMSU	0	NMSU 8–3–1
1929	El Paso, TX	UTEP	8	NMSU	0	NMSU 8–4–1
1930	Las Cruces, NM	UTEP	25	NMSU	8	NMSU 8–5–1
1931	El Paso, TX	UTEP	20	NMSU	0	NMSU 8–6–1
1932	Las Cruces, NM	UTEP	31	NMSU	6	NMSU 8–7–1
1933	El Paso, TX	UTEP	9	NMSU	0	Tied 8–8–1
1935	Las Cruces, NM	NMSU	7	UTEP	0	NMSU 9–8–1
1936	El Paso, TX	UTEP	27	NMSU	7	Tied 9–9–1
1937	Las Cruces, NM	NMSU	14	UTEP	0	NMSU 10–9–1
1938	El Paso, TX	NMSU	13	UTEP	9	NMSU 11–9–1
1939	Las Cruces, NM	UTEP	34	NMSU	0	NMSU 11–10–1
1940	El Paso, TX	UTEP	40	NMSU	26	Tied 11–11–1
1941	El Paso, TX	UTEP	24	NMSU	13	UTEP 12–11–1
1942	El Paso, TX	UTEP	61	NMSU	6	UTEP 13–11–1
1946	El Paso, TX	NMSU	14	UTEP	6	UTEP 13–12–1
1947	El Paso, TX	UTEP	26	NMSU	0	UTEP 14–12–1
1948	El Paso, TX	UTEP	92	NMSU	7	UTEP 15–12–1
1949	El Paso, TX	UTEP	69	NMSU	7	UTEP 16–12–1
1950	El Paso, TX	UTEP	40	NMSU	0	UTEP 17–12–1
1951	El Paso, TX	UTEP	41	NMSU	7	UTEP 18–12–1
1952	Las Cruces, NM	NMSU	20	UTEP	20	UTEP 18–12–2
1953	El Paso, TX	UTEP	39	NMSU	10	UTEP 19–12–2
1954	Las Cruces, NM	UTEP	12	NMSU	7	UTEP 20–12–2
1955	El Paso, TX	UTEP	41	NMSU	6	UTEP 21–12–2
1956	Las Cruces, NM	UTEP	51	NMSU	7	UTEP 22–12–2
1957	El Paso, TX	UTEP	42	NMSU	12	UTEP 23–12–2
1958	Las Cruces, NM	NMSU	17	UTEP	16	UTEP 23–13–2
1959	El Paso, TX	UTEP	20	NMSU	15	UTEP 24–13–2
1960	Las Cruces, NM	NMSU	27	UTEP	15	UTEP 24–14–2
1961	El Paso, TX	NMSU	42	UTEP	6	UTEP 24–15–2
1962	Las Cruces, NM	UTEP	21	NMSU	0	UTEP 25–15–2
1963	El Paso, TX	UTEP	14	NMSU	13	UTEP 26–15–2
1964	Las Cruces, NM	NMSU	13	UTEP	7	UTEP 26–16–2
1965	El Paso, TX	UTEP	21	NMSU	6	UTEP 27–16–2
1966	El Paso, TX	UTEP	28	NMSU	14	UTEP 28–16–2
1967	El Paso, TX	UTEP	46	NMSU	24	UTEP 29–16–2
1968	Las Cruces, NM	UTEP	30	NMSU	14	UTEP 30–16–2
1969	El Paso, TX	NMSU	41	UTEP	38	UTEP 30–17–2
1970	El Paso, TX	UTEP	21	NMSU	14	UTEP 31–17–2
1971	Las Cruces, NM	UTEP	14	NMSU	7	UTEP 32–17–2
1972	El Paso, TX	UTEP	21	NMSU	20	UTEP 33–17–2
1973	Las Cruces, NM	NMSU	27	UTEP	23	UTEP 33–18–2
1974	Las Cruces, NM	NMSU	14	UTEP	13	UTEP 33–19–2
1975	El Paso, TX	NMSU	31	UTEP	24	UTEP 33–20–2
1976	Las Cruces, NM	NMSU	13	UTEP	10	UTEP 33–21–2
1977	El Paso, TX	UTEP	23	NMSU	21	UTEP 34–21–2
1978	Las Cruces, NM	NMSU	35	UTEP	32	UTEP 34–22–2
1979	El Paso, TX	NMSU	14	UTEP	13	UTEP 34–23–2
1980	Las Cruces, NM	NMSU	6	UTEP	3	UTEP 34–24–2
1981	El Paso, TX	NMSU	14	UTEP	7	UTEP 34–25–2
1982	Las Cruces, NM	UTEP	20	NMSU	17	UTEP 35–25–2
1983	El Paso, TX	UTEP	20	NMSU	9	UTEP 36–25–2
1984	Las Cruces, NM	NMSU	27	UTEP	16	UTEP 36–26–2
1985	El Paso, TX	NMSU	22	UTEP	20	UTEP 36–27–2
1986	Las Cruces, NM	UTEP	47	NMSU	33	UTEP 37–27–2
1987	El Paso, TX	UTEP	37	NMSU	0	UTEP 38–27–2
1988	Las Cruces, NM	UTEP	42	NMSU	9	UTEP 39–27–2
1989	Las Cruces, NM	UTEP	29	NMSU	27	UTEP 40–27–2
1990	El Paso, TX	UTEP	27	NMSU	24	UTEP 41–27–2
1991	Las Cruces, NM	UTEP	22	NMSU	21	UTEP 42–27–2
1992	El Paso, TX	NMSU	30	UTEP	24	UTEP 42–28–2
1993	Las Cruces, NM	NMSU	31	UTEP	14	UTEP 42–29–2
1994	El Paso, TX	NMSU	23	UTEP	22	UTEP 42–30–2
1995	Las Cruces, NM	NMSU	45	UTEP	17	UTEP 42–31–2
1996	El Paso, TX	UTEP	14	NMSU	7	UTEP 43–31–2
1997	El Paso, TX	UTEP	24	NMSU	16	UTEP 44–31–2
1998	Las Cruces, NM	NMSU	33	UTEP	24	UTEP 44–32–2
1999	El Paso, TX	UTEP	54	NMSU	23	UTEP 45–32–2
2000	El Paso, TX	UTEP	41	NMSU	31	UTEP 46–32–2
2002	Las Cruces, NM	NMSU	49	UTEP	14	UTEP 46–33–2
2004	El Paso, TX	UTEP	45	NMSU	0	UTEP 47–33–2
2005	Las Cruces, NM	UTEP	34	NMSU	17	UTEP 48–33–2
2006	El Paso, TX	UTEP	44	NMSU	38	UTEP 49–33–2
2007	Las Cruces, NM	NMSU	29	UTEP	24	UTEP 49–34–2
2008	El Paso, TX	NMSU	34	UTEP	33	UTEP 49–35–2
2009	Las Cruces, NM	UTEP	38	NMSU	12	UTEP 50–35–2
2010	El Paso, TX	UTEP	42	NMSU	10	UTEP 51–35–2
2011	Las Cruces, NM	UTEP	16	NMSU	10	UTEP 52–35–2
2012	El Paso, TX	UTEP	41	NMSU	28	UTEP 53–35–2
2013	Las Cruces, NM	UTEP	42	NMSU	21	UTEP 54–35–2
2014	El Paso, TX	UTEP	42	NMSU	24	UTEP 55–35–2
2015	Las Cruces, NM	UTEP	50	NMSU	47	UTEP 56–35–2

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Basketball

The NMSU and UTEP men's basketball programs share remarkably similar histories and have played an extremely competitive series of games against one another. The programs both experienced their greatest national prominence in the late 1960s and early 1970s, when both schools were led by young up-and-coming coaches who would eventually win more than 700 games (Don Haskins at UTEP, Lou Henson at NMSU) and appeared in the NCAA Tournament's Final Four within four years of each other. UTEP (then still known as Texas Western) won the 1966 national title while NMSU advanced to the 1970 national semifinal before falling to UCLA, but won the consolation game to finish the season third in the nation. Both programs returned to national prominence in the early 1990s with the Aggies and Miners both advancing to the NCAA Tournament's "Sweet Sixteen" in 1992. NMSU has appeared in the NCAA Tournament 18 times to UTEP's 17 appearances, and NMSU has advanced to the Sweet Sixteen five times to UTEP's four (although three of NMSU's appearances in the early 1990s, including the 1992 Sweet Sixteen run, have since been vacated by the NCAA due to rules violations). Most recently, both schools won conference titles and advanced to the NCAA tournament in 2010.

There is some discrepancy between the two schools on the all-time series record as well as the number of all-time meetings between the schools. Entering the 2011–12 season NMSU records show that the schools have met 200 times, with NMSU holding a 102–98 all time advantage,^[3] while UTEP records show 201 meetings with NMSU's advantage at 101–100.^[4] Uniquely among non-conference rivalries, the schools traditionally play a two game home-and-home series each season, unlike most other non-conference rivalry series where a single meeting per season is the norm. UTEP swept the 2010–11 series between the schools, winning 73–56 on November 23, 2010 in El Paso and 74–72 on November 30, 2010 in Las Cruces. The Aggies defeated the Miners 89–73 in the first meeting of the 2011–12 season series on November 19, 2011 at the Pan American Center in Las Cruces. And later in the second meeting of 2011–12 basketball season the Miners defeated the Aggies 73–69 on December 11, 2011 at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, TX to split the season series.

References

New Mexico State Aggies football

Venues	Miller Field (1894–1932) Quesenberry Field (1933–1949) Memorial Stadium (1950–1977) Aggie Memorial Stadium (1978–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games New Mexico: Rio Grande Rivalry UTEP: Battle of I-10

Culture & lore	Pistol Pete "Aggie Fight Song" Pride of New Mexico

People	Head coaches NFL draftees

Seasons	1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

New Mexico State Aggies men's basketball

Venues	Pan American Center (1968–present)

Rivalries	New Mexico UTEP

Culture & lore	History Pistol Pete

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

UTEP Miners football

Venues	Kidd Field (1938–1962) Sun Bowl (1963–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games New Mexico State: Battle of I-10

Culture & lore	Paydirt Pete "Miners Fight" Sound of the Southwest Marching Miner Regiment

People	Head coaches NFL draftees

Seasons	1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

UTEP Miners basketball

Venues	Memorial Gymnasium (19??–1976) Don Haskins Center (1976–present)

Rivalries	New Mexico State

Culture & lore	Paydirt Pete Glory Road "Miners Fight"

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

NCAA national championship in bold

Conference USA football rivalries

Conference	100 Miles of Hate (Middle Tennessee-Western Kentucky) Rivalry in Dixie (Louisiana Tech–Southern Miss) Shula Bowl (FIU–Florida Atlantic)

Non-conference	Battle for the Bell (Marshall–Ohio) Battle for the Bell (Southern Miss–Tulane) Battle for the Palladium (Middle Tennessee–Troy) Battle for the Red Belt (Murray State–Western Kentucky) Battle of I-10 (New Mexico State–UTEP) Battle of the Bluegrass (Eastern Kentucky–Western Kentucky) Bayou Bucket Classic (Houston–Rice) Black and Blue Bowl (Memphis–Southern Miss) East Carolina–Marshall Friends of Coal Bowl (Marshall–West Virginia) I-35 Rivalry (Texas State–UTSA) Mayor's Cup (Rice–SMU) Safeway Bowl (North Texas–SMU)

Sun Belt Conference football rivalries

Conference	Battle on the Bayou (ULL–ULM) Georgia Southern–Georgia State Appalachian State–Georgia Southern Arkansas State–Louisiana–Monroe South Alabama–Troy

Non-conference	Battle for the Ol' School Bell (Jacksonville State–Troy) Battle for the Old Mountain Jug (Appalachian State–Western Carolina) Battle for the Paddle (Nicholls State–Texas State) Battle for the Palladium (Middle Tennessee–Troy) Battle of I-10 (New Mexico State–UTEP) Battle of the Palouse (Idaho–Washington State) Boise State–Idaho Cajun Crown (McNeese State–ULL) Cypress Mug (Southeastern Louisiana–ULL) I-35 Rivalry (Texas State–UTSA) Little Brown Stein (Idaho–Montana) Louisiana Tech–ULM Northwestern State–ULM Paint Bucket Bowl (Arkansas State–Memphis) Rio Grande Rivalry (New Mexico–New Mexico State) Sabine Shoe (Lamar–ULL)

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