Utah State football arrives in Albuquerque for New Mexico Bowl

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – After leaving Logan via a charter airplane at approximately noon on Wednesday, Utah State’s football team arrived at 1:30 p.m., where they were greeted by representatives from the New Mexico Bowl.

The Aggies are in town for the New Mexico Bowl, which will be played on Saturday, Dec. 15, at noon, against North Texas and televised nationally on ESPN.

Following its arrival at the hotel, the team got together with North Texas for a welcome reception and team dinner at Main Event. The Aggies then returned to their hotel for some free time, which included receiving bowl gifts.

Utah State will continue bowl preparations on Thursday, Dec. 13, with their first practice in New Mexico on the University of New Mexico campus from Noon-2 pm. Both teams will then participate in a team dinner Thursday night.

On Friday, Dec. 14, USU interim head coach Frank Maile and North Texas head coach Seth Littrell will address the media in the bowl game’s only pre-game press conference at 10:30 a.m. Both teams will then participate in a Kickoff Luncheon, before concluding the day with a Pep Rally and Battle of the Bands at the Old Town Plaza at 4 p.m.

Utah State, which is ranked No. 23 in this week’s Amway Coaches poll, finished the regular season at 10-2, including a 7-1 mark in the Mountain Division of the MW to tie for first. The Aggies will face North Texas in the 13th-annual Gildan New Mexico Bowl on Saturday, Dec. 15, at noon, at Dreamstyle Stadium in Albuquerque, N.M. The game will be televised live on ESPN.

For Utah State, this will be its second appearance in the New Mexico Bowl as it posted a 21-6 win against UTEP in 2014. Only New Mexico (4) and Colorado State (3) have made more appearances in the Albuquerque-based bowl than USU (2). Overall, this is USU’s seventh bowl appearance in the last eight seasons and 13th in program history.

Utah State and North Texas will be meeting for the eighth time in series history as USU holds a 4-3 advantage. USU posted a 4-1 record against UNT when both teams were members of the Big West Conference from 1996-2000 and USU went 0-2 against the Mean Green when both programs were members of the Sun Belt Conference from 2003-04.

Tickets for the 2018 New Mexico Bowl are available by contacting the USU Ticket Office at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum, or by phone by calling 1-888-USTATE-1 or (435) 797-0305. Tickets can also be purchased 24 hours a day at www.UtahStateAggies.com.

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