Utah State football set to play North Texas in the Gildan New Mexico Bowl

After finishing the regular season at 10-2, Utah State is scheduled to play in the Gildan New Mexico Bowl on December 15th versus North Texas. It’s the Aggies’ seventh bowl berth in eight seasons.

🚨2018 New Mexico Bowl🚨

🏈@USUFootball vs @MeanGreenFB
📅Saturday, Dec. 15th
🕑 Noon MST
📍Dreamstyle Stadium
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— New Mexico Bowl (@NMBowl) December 2, 2018

The match-up poses a rematch of former conference opponents, as Utah State played North Texas a total of seven times from 1996 through 2004 as members of the Big West Conference and the Sun Belt Conference. USU leads the all-time series 4-3.

The Aggies only other trip to the New Mexico Bowl came in 2014, when USU defeated UTEP 21-6 to finish 10-4 on the season. QB Kent Myers and LB Zach Vigil were named MVPs of the game.

North Texas finished the season 9-3, including wins over Arkansas and Florida Atlantic, the second straight season the Mean Green have finished with at least nine wins. This will be North Texas’ third straight bowl in as many seasons, and the program’s first trip to the New Mexico Bowl.

Utah State will be coached by interim head coach Frank Maile for the game, after head coach Matt Wells departed for the same position at Texas Tech last week. According to USU athletic director John Hartwell, Wells will still be involved in the team’s bowl preparation.

Kickoff is scheduled for Saturday, December 15th at noon. The game will be televised on ESPN.