FBSchedules.com is reporting that Kentucky Football will play New Mexico State in 2021 at Kroger Field.
The New Mexico State Aggies have added games against the Kentucky Wildcats and the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors to their future football schedules, FBSchedules.com has learned.
Copies of contracts for games against Kentucky and Hawaii were obtained from New Mexico State University via a state public records request.
New Mexico State and Kentucky will play a single-game at Kroger Field in Lexington on Nov. 20, 2021. The Wildcats will pay the Aggies a $1.2 million guarantee for the game, according to a copy of the contract.
In their first and only meeting on the gridiron on Sept. 17, 2016, Kentucky defeated New Mexico State 62-42.
New Mexico State, which competes as an FBS Independent, now has 10 games scheduled for the 2021 season. The Aggies will play Kentucky the week after they play Alabama in Tuscaloosa (Nov. 13).
Kentucky is scheduled to open the 2021 season at home against ULM on Aug. 31. The Wildcats are also slated to host Chattanooga (date TBA; was Nov. 20) and Louisville on Nov. 27. A previously reported home contest against Akron in 2021 has been moved to a later season.
With the SEC Football schedule as grueling as ever the Wildcats always need a couple of wins to help the bowl chances each season.
