Oct. 11, 1997 — the date New Mexico football last won its sixth consecutive game. The Lobos have a chance to accomplish the feat again on Saturday, nearly 20 years later.
That streak would go on to be seven victories in a row, and actually spanned two seasons, sparked by a win in the program’s last game of the 1996 season.
A lot has changed over that period of time. Allow the Daily Lobo to take you on a trip down memory lane to put in perspective just how long it’s been.
The President of the United States:
Former president Bill Clinton was in the White House and already serving his second term, but it was several months before the Monica Lewinsky scandal would rock the nation, an accusation that prompted the president to utter the infamous phrase, “I did not have sexual relations with that woman.