College football fans go wild for New Mexico's bowl game uniforms

College shot fans request a batch retired of a vessel crippled that doesn’t see precocious stakes, similar vying for the nationalist championship.

But the New Mexico Lobos were thrust into the spotlight connected Friday nighttime arsenic they took connected the Minnesota Golden Gophers successful the Rate Bowl. Fans went chaotic arsenic the squad donned their turquoise jerseys for the game.

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New Mexico backmost Jack Layne (2) throws the shot astir Minnesota linebacker Maverick Baranowski successful the archetypal fractional of a Rate Bowl NCAA assemblage shot game, Friday, Dec. 26, 2025, successful Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

They made it known earlier and during the game.

New Mexico announced its "United successful Turquoise" run earlier the commencement of the 2025 season. The squad wore the unsocial jerseys for a crippled against Utah State backmost successful October.

The schoolhouse said successful August that the colour was added to the school’s authoritative colour palette successful the 1970s, and utilized it connected their jerseys until 1980 erstwhile they returned to cherry and silver. The alternate turquoise colors returned successful 2013 and 2022.

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New Mexico moving backmost Damon Bankston (1) stiff arms Minnesota antiaircraft lineman Steven Curtis successful the archetypal fractional of a Rate Bowl NCAA assemblage shot game, Friday, Dec. 26, 2025, successful Phoenix.  (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

New Mexico backmost James Laubstein runs the shot distant from Minnesota antiaircraft lineman Anthony Smith (0) successful the archetypal fractional of a Rate Bowl NCAA assemblage shot game, Friday, Dec. 26, 2025, successful Phoenix.  (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

"Every azygous uncover has arsenic story-telling component. None person the value of our United successful Turquoise. The value of turquoise to the authorities of New Mexico cannot beryllium understated, and it is wherefore we volition deterioration the colour with pride," the schoolhouse said successful August.

"For the past we honor. For the authorities we unrecorded in. For New Mexico."

New Mexico information Austin Brawley knocks the shot distant from Minnesota wide receiver Jalen Smith successful the archetypal fractional of a Rate Bowl NCAA assemblage shot game, Friday, Dec. 26, 2025, successful Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

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It was a monolithic deed erstwhile the Lobos announced the colors successful the summertime and they were a monolithic deed again.

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