The New Mexico Bowl so far has only a quite short history. The inception of the bowl was in 2006 and it was decided to play the college football bowl game as a holiday tradition - it's being played on the Saturday afternoon before Christmas. The location chosen is the University Stadium on the grounds of the University of Mexico campus in Albuquerque, NM.
From 2006 on the bowl is the big showdown of the Mountain West Conference against the Western Athletic Conference and - something you may have not heard yet - the state's only annually nationally televised sporting event.
The game on December 19, 2009 will be the match-up of the Fresno State Bulldogs vs. the Wyoming Cowboys. Tickets are available online.