ALBUQUERQUE — When Bob Davie became New Mexico’s coach in 2011, he said bluntly that he would make no promises. The Lobos had lost 35 of their last 38 games, and the previous coach had been fired after a slew of embarrassing off-the-field problems.
Davie said only that he would seek to “stabilize this program.”
Four years after taking over the embattled football program, and 14 years since being ousted as Notre Dame’s head coach, Davie, 61, has the Lobos playing in their first bowl game in nearly a decade. New Mexico (7-5) will meet Arizona (6-6) in the New Mexico Bowl on Saturday after a surprisingly solid season in which the Lobos shocked Boise State and Air Force, the Mountain West’s Mountain Division champion.