It definitely wasn’t the result the Aggies had hoped for on the field to start the Jerry Kill coaching era on Saturday night in Las Cruces, but there are no complaints about the results at the gates.
While Nevada beat New Mexico State’s football team 23-12 on Saturday night, there was an announced crowd inside Aggie Memorial Stadium of 23,371.
More important for the bottom line was that the game generated $109,364 in individual ticket sale revenue – the third largest ever for a home opener in Las Cruces. And it was the highest for a home opener not against one of the program’s two primary rivals, New Mexico or UTEP.