Ralph Hutchinson served as the Lobos head coach from 1911 to 1916, who compiled yearly records of 0–5, 3–3, 3–1–2 4–1 and 4–2 in that span.

[3] Chuck Riley became the head football coach for the New Mexico Lobos and remained there for three years,[4] but posted a disappointing record of 7–13–3.

Under head coach Ted Shipkey, who was hired to succeed Henry,[6] the Lobos posted yearly records of 4–4–1, 8–3, 8–2, 5–4, and 5–4–1 from 1937 to 1941.

[8][9] From 1942 to 1946, the Lobos were led by head coach Willis Barnes, and they posted records of 4–5–2, 1–7, 6–1–1 and 5–5–2 in that span.

[14] DeGroot was named Skyline Coach of the Year and five Lobos were named honorable mention All-America: captain and tackle Jack Barger, linebackers Larry White and Jim Bruening, guard Don Papini and kicker Mike Prokopiak.

[19] Clausen departed New Mexico after two seasons to accept the position of athletics director at rival Arizona.

[22] Bill Weeks served an eight-season stint as the head football coach at New Mexico from 1960 to 1967, compiling a record of 40–41–1.

[23] After starting his head coaching career 5–5 in 1960, Weeks and the Lobos embarked on the most successful four-year run in school history.

Weeks was the school's winningest football coach until Rocky Long surpassed him in September 2005.

[30] Morrison departed New Mexico after three seasons to accept the head football coach position at South Carolina.

[33] The Lobos were not able to build upon the successes of Morrison's tenure, posting yearly records of 6–6, 4–8, 3–8 and 4–8 during Dunn's five seasons.

Frustration among the fans, athletics department and alumni over the team's struggles led to Dunn's resignation after the 1986 season.

[34] Mike Sheppard was hired away from Long Beach State to take over as head coach of the Lobos football program on December 25, 1986.

[36] On December 5, 1991, Dennis Franchione was hired away from Texas State and announced as the Lobos new head coach, given the task of rebuilding the lowly program after five dismal seasons.

[38] During the 1996 and 1997 seasons, his roster included future NFL Hall of Fame linebacker Brian Urlacher, who would set numerous defensive records during his time at UNM.

[39] Rocky Long, previously defensive coordinator at UCLA and a UNM alum, was named as the Lobos' head football coach on December 20, 1997.

[40] His overall won-loss record through the 2008 season is 65–69, including 43–31 since 2001, the best five-year stretch for Lobo football in over forty years.

[41] He is the most successful head coach in New Mexico Football history, passing Roy Johnson during the 2005 season.

[44] Mike Locksley, previously offensive coordinator at Illinois, was named head coach of the New Mexico Lobos on December 9, 2008.

In late May 2009, a former administrative assistant at New Mexico filed an age and sex discrimination complaint against Locksley with the Equal Opportunity Commission.

Lopez claimed to have been subjected to age and sexual discrimination before being transferred out of Locksley's office.

UNM athletic director Paul Krebs, who made the decision to retain Locksley, expected improvement in the 2011 season.

[52] On September 25, 2011, Locksley was relieved of his duties following an 0–4 start that culminated in a loss at home to FCS Sam Houston State as well as the arrest of a minor for a DWI while driving a car registered to Locksley's 19-year-old son Meiko, a member of the Lobo Football team.

[53] After an internal investigation by UNM, it was found the minor was not a recruit as erroneously reported, but instead a childhood friend of Meiko Locksley from his Champaign, Illinois days where his father served as offensive coordinator for the Illini from 2005 to 2008.

† Co-champions The Lobos have won two division titles, one each in the WAC and the Mountain West Conference.

[63] Annually played from 1938 to 1990, the winner of the Arizona–New Mexico rivalry game took ownership of a gun in the Battle for the Kit Carson Rifle.

The gun is a Springfield Model 1866 rifle that is rumored to have once belonged to the famous frontier scout, Kit Carson.

The September 26, 2009 game when the Aggies won 20–17 in Albuquerque was the 100th time the teams had played each other.