There will be a 12th regular season football game for New Mexico State after all.
The Aggies and Football Bowl Championship program Valparaiso both announced Tuesday that they are playing Saturday in Las Cruces with a 1 p.m. kickoff.
Both teams are 5-6; the Aggies didn’t play 12 games (as allowed normally for a Football Bowl Subdivision team) because San Jose State canceled on them for Oct. 22, one day after a death of one of the Spartan players.
Valparaiso is a nonscholarship program that competes in the Pioneer League.
New Mexico State is paying Valpo $425,000 to make the trip to Las Cruces, the Sun-News reports, from Valparaiso, Indiana.