GAME FACTS
Texas State Bobcats (2-2) at New Mexico (2-3)
October 6 | 5:00 p.m. (Central)  | Albuquerque, N.M. | Branch Field at University Stadium(39,224)
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San Marcos, Texas – After playing three straight home games, the Texas State football team will go on the road this Saturday when the Bobcats travel to Albuquerque, N.M. for a non-conference game at New Mexico  at University Stadium. The game kicks off at 5:00 p.m. (Central) and can be heard on the ESPN Austin (1260 AM), KTSW (89.9 FM), KZOS (92.5 FM) in San Marcos, KLUP (930 AM) in San Antonio and on the Texas State Athletics website (www.TxStateBobcats.com) with Brant Freeman calling the play-by-play and Bill Culhane serving as the analyst.
 
The Teams
Both teams enter Saturday's game looking for their third win in 2012. Texas State enters the game with a 2-2 overall record this season after suffering a 34-21 loss against Nevada last Saturday at Bobcat Stadium. The Bobcats opened the season with a 30-13 victory at Houston and also defeated Stephen F. Austin on Sept. 22 after falling to Texas Tech on Sept. 8.

New Mexico is 2-3 overall this season after dropping a 32-29 setback against Boise State in the Lobos' first Mountain West Conference game. The Lobos began this season with a 66-21 victory over Southern on Sept. 1 and a 27-14 win at New Mexico State on Sept. 22. The three losses came at Texas on Sept. 8, at Texas Tech on Sept. 15 before opening conference play against Boise State. .
 
The Series
Texas State enters this Saturday's game at New Mexico looking to win its first game against a Mountain West Conference opponent after suffering the loss against Nevada last Saturday. The Bobcats have a 0-1 record against the Lobos after dropping their season opener at Albuquerque in 2003. Texas State also suffered losses at TCU in 2009 and Wyoming in 2011.
 
The Coaches
Texas State:  Saturday's game will mark the first time that Texas State head coach Dennis Franchione will bring a team back to New Mexico since he served as the Lobos' head coach from 1992-97. Franchione, who is in his second stint as Texas State's head coach, went to New Mexico after serving two seasons as the Bobcats' head coach in 1990-91.

He enters Saturday's game with a 21-17 record at Texas State and has compiled a 195-109-2  career record. In his six seasons at New Mexico, he led the Lobos to their first winning season in 11 years, first back-to-back winning records (1996 & 1997) in 26 years and first bowl game in 36 years when he guided the Lobos to the 1997 Insight.com Bowl.

After his six seasons at New Mexico, Franchione served as head coach at  TCU, Alabama and Texas A&M before returning to Texas State last year.
                                                                  
New Mexico: Bob Davie is in his first season at New Mexico with a 2-3 record and a 37-28 career record. Davie was named head coach at New Mexico after serving as  the lead analyst on ABC, ESPN and ESPN2 Saturday Night Prime Time contests from 2002-11. He also was head coach at Notre Dame from 1997-2001 after serving as a defensive coordinator at Notre Dame (1994-96), Texas A&M (1989-93) and Tulane (1983-84). He also was a linebackers coach with the Aggies in 1985-88, Pittsburgh in 1980-82 and Arizona in 1978-79.
 
Texas State-New Mexico Coaching Ties
In addition to Texas State's Dennis Franchione serving as New Mexico's head coach between 1992-97, Bobcat assistant head coach and co-offensive coordinator Mike Schultz served as UNM's assistant head coach and secondary coach from 1992-95 and assistant head coach and running backs coach in 1996-97.

Texas State offensive line coach Dennis Darnell served in the same capacity for the Lobos in 1992-98.

Defensive coordinator Craig Naivar was a graduate assistant at UNM in 1996-97, while Bobcat linebackers coach and special teams coordinator Brad Franchione was a student coach in the secondary from 1992-96, and defensive line coach Mike Hudson served in the same capacity at UNM in 1994.

In addition, co-offensive coordinator and running backs coach Jeff Conway was a Lobo assistant coach from 1998-03. He coached tight ends in 1998-99, running backs in 2000-01 and wide receivers in 2002-03.

New Mexico offensive coordinator Bob DeBesse was a former Texas State player from 1978-80, student assistant in 1981-82 and head coach in 1997-2002.