Cowboys Journey to Mines for Key Game

New Mexico Highlands @ Colorado School of Mines

November 1, 2025 | NOON |ALUMNI FIELD AT MARV KAY STADIUM | Golden, CO

 

Las Vegas, New Mexico – New Mexico Highlands travels to Golden, Colorado, to tackle the Colorado School of Mines Orediggers. The Cowboys ran previous Adams State 49-10 on Saturday night to enhance to 5-3 general and 3-3 within the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.

COACH KURT TAUFA’ASAU: 2025 marks the second season on the helm of the NMHU soccer program for Coach Taufa’asau after being named head coach on May 29, 2024. Taufa’asau earned his first profession win at NMHU when he led the Cowboys to an exciting 33-30 victory on October twelfth of final season in entrance of a raucous Homecoming Crowd in historic Las Vegas. NMHU scored two touchdowns within the final 6:54 of that recreation to earn the win. Before coming to New Mexico Highlands, Taufa’asau was the pinnacle coach at New Mexico Military Institute, the place he led the Broncos to the 2021 NJCAA Division I National Championship.

STANDINGS: New Mexico Highlands University, at 5-3 general, 3-3 in convention, sits tied for fourth with Colorado School of Mines (5-3) (3-3 RMAC) and Colorado Mesa (4-4) (3-3 RMAC).

Western Colorado 8-0 (6-0 RMAC)

CSU Pueblo 7-1 (6-0 RMAC)

Chadron State 6-2 (6-0 RMAC)

Colorado School of Mines 5-3 (3-3 RMAC)

New Mexico Highlands 5-3 (3-3 RMAC)

Colorado Mesa 4-4 (3-3 RMAC)

South Dakota Mines 2-6 (2-4 RMAC)

Black Hills State 1-7 (1-5 RMAC)

Fort Lewis 1-7 (0-6 RMAC)

Adams State 0-8 (0-6 RMAC)

LAST TIME OUT: The Cowboys ran previous Adams State 49-10 on Saturday night to enhance the 5-3 general and 3-3 within the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. The Grizzlies are actually 0-8 general and 0-6 in convention play.

The Cowboys by no means trailed in Saturday’s recreation, constructing a 17-10 halftime lead over the Grizzlies. NMHU put the sport out of attain with 22 third-quarter factors and a smothering protection that did not permit the hosts a second-half rating.

Jeffery Jones had 179 yards on fourteen carries and a landing, whereas Tevita Valeti hit pay dust thrice in Saturday’s win.

Freshman Kanai Satele scored his first profession landing on a 31-yard run.

Freshman quarterback Collin Stucki continued his spectacular play as he accomplished 5 passes for 85 yards and a landing. He additionally carried the ball fourteen occasions for 67 yards. Stucki linked with Maurice Collier Jr on a 28-yard go late within the second quarter.

Alekzander Britt was an ideal 5 for 5 on additional factors and transformed a pair of area targets from 45 and 25 yards.

The Cowboy protection had its greatest day of the season because it restricted Adams State to only 241 yards of whole offense

Britt Named Player of the Week: New Mexico Highlands kicker Alekzander Britt has been named the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Special Teams participant of the Week after the Cowboys’ win on Saturday over Adams State. Britt, the freshman from Westminster, Colorado, was an ideal 5 for 5 on level after makes an attempt and knocked via area targets of 45 and 25 yards within the Cowboys’ 49-10 win at Adams State on Saturday night time. The 45-yarder within the second quarter that put the Cowboys up 10-0 was a profession lengthy for Britt. He is now seven for seven on area purpose makes an attempt this season.

NEW MEXICO!: For the primary time for the reason that 2012 season, the Cowboys defeated Western New Mexico and Eastern New Mexico in the identical season. Once once more this season, Coach Taufa’asau and his employees diligently recruited their house state because the 2025 New Mexico Highlands soccer roster options 45 gamers who performed highschool soccer within the state of New Mexico.

SCOUTING THE OREDIGGERS: Saturday marks the 59th all-time assembly between the 2 colleges.. Colorado School of Mines is 5-3 general, 3-3 in convention. Bob Stitt is again at Colorado School of Mines, as he was the coach to place this system on the nationwide map within the early 2000s. No stranger to the RMAC or school soccer, as he has had stops as head coach at Montana, the place he spent three seasons with a 21-14 report and a 2015 NCAA FCS event look. He spent the 2018 season as an offensive analyst at Oklahoma State, then 2019 because the offensive coordinator at Texas State. He was the offensive coordinator final fall at Valor Christian as he returned to teaching.

COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES/NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS SERIES NOTES:

Colorado School of Mines leads the sequence 31-26-2

Last Orediggers win November 2, 2024, 56-21 in Las Vegas

Last Cowboys win September 22, 2012, 44-27 in Las Vegas

Colorado School of Mines gained the primary assembly 60-7 on October 15, 1938

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING: Through eight video games, the Cowboys are fourth within the RMAC in scoring at 33.0 factors per recreation and second within the convention in Total Offense at 443.5 yards per recreation. Freshman Jeffery Jones is second within the nation in All Purpose Yards Per Game (196.43/recreation), and in Rushing Yards Per Game (184.4/recreation).

UP NEXT: The Cowboys are again at house for Senior Day introduced by Quality Care subsequent Saturday to tackle Fort Lewis College.

RMAC NETWORK: All of the remaining video games on the schedule will likely be broadcast on the RMAC Network, with New Mexico Broadcaster of the Year Scott Galetti returning because the Voice of the Cowboys for the video games in historic Las Vegas this season. Visit RMACNetwork.com to buy a subscription and observe the Cowboys all season lengthy.

COWBOY TICKETS: Individual recreation tickets for the Cowboys’ for last house recreation are on sale now — buy your tickets at NMHUAthletics.com/Tickets!

CLEAR BAG POLICY: NMHU has carried out a Clear Bag Policy for all house occasions.