The 2019 New Mexico Lobos football team represented the University of New Mexico as a member of the Mountain Division in the Mountain West Conference (MW) during the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by Bob Davie in his eighth and final season as head coach, the Lobos compiled an overall record of 2âÂÂ10 with a mark of 0âÂÂ8 in conference play, placing last out of six teams in the MW's Mountain Division. The team played home games at Dreamstyle Stadium in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
On November 25, Davie and New Mexico agreed to part ways. He finished at New Mexico with an eight-year record of 35âÂÂ64.
The 2019 Mountain West Media days were held on July 23âÂÂ24 at the Cosmopolitan on the Las Vegas Strip
The preseason poll was released at the Mountain West media days on July 23, 2019. The Lobos were predicted to finish in sixth place in the MW Mountain Division.
Bob Davie experienced heart problems following the victory, forcing him to cancel the post-game press conference. On September 5, run game coordinator/offensive line coach Saga Tuitele was named acting head coach.
On November 5, 2019, head coach Bob Davie issued a statement that defensive end Nahje Flowers had died; Flowers was 21. Two weeks later, November 19, the cause of death was revealed to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Flowers had shared a note on social media before removing it minutes later. Flowers' autopsy report stated that he did not have chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).
In August 2020, Flowers' family filed a civil suit against the NCAA, the University of New Mexico, and Davie, alleging all three were negligent in the death of Flowers. Before his death, Flowers had been dealing with mental health issues and suicidal thoughts and was seeing a school psychiatrist who had been prescribing antidepressants and instructed Flowers to sit out for at least two games. According to the lawsuit, Davie ignored the psychiatrist's advice and had Flowers continue to play. The NCAA settled for an undisclosed amount in April 2024 while UNM paid $325,000 to settle the lawsuit two months later in June.