ALBUQUERQUE – A historic season for the University of New Mexico football team heads into Saturday with milestones, rankings and bowl implications hanging in the balance.
The No. 23 Lobos (8-1, 5-0 Mountain West) host the UNLV Rebels (5-4, 3-2) at 5:30 p.m. at University Stadium, with an expected season-high crowd looking to watch UNM push several program records to the brink.
New Mexico entered the national rankings this month and validated its position last week with a commanding 31-3 road victory over Nevada. Now, UNM returns home riding an 11-game home winning streak, sitting one victory away from matching the program record of 12 straight home wins set nearly a century ago in 1928…