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The original was posted on /r/cfb by /u/Fossil_Finder88 on 2024-06-10 15:03:24+00:00.
Realized this after reading about some Border Conference history the other day, and looking through Arizona’s schedule. This last happened in 2019, as far as I can tell and I couldn’t find enough info for the D2 West Texas AM and D3 Hardin Simmons. I just thought it was a pretty neat occurrence for one of, in my biased opinion, the most interesting dead conferences out there! This is definitely going to become more common in the future though- with UofA and ASU joining Tech in the Big 12, New Mexico State and UTEP in CUSA, and scheduling agreements between NAU and the other in-state schools and New Mexico/NMSU.
The teams that play only one Border Conference game this year are Northern Arizona and UTEP. New Mexico, New Mexico State ,Arizona State and Texas Tech each play two, and Arizona plays 4! In fact, all 4 are Arizona home games, so Tucson is basically getting a Border Conference home slate.
2024 Border Conference Games:
8/31: New Mexico @ Arizona
9/7: Northern Arizona @ Arizona
9/21: Arizona State @ Texas Tech
9/28: New Mexico @ New Mexico State
10/5: Texas Tech @ Arizona
11/30: Arizona State @ Arizona, UTEP @ New Mexico State.
For anyone who made it through all that and is interested in more Border Conference history (and the history behind an Arizona/New Mexico vs Texas schism), project muse has a cool set of articles on it: “A Dumping Ground For Tramp Athletes: The Rise and Fall of the Border Conference”, and “The Borderlands of Integration: Arizona, Arizona State and the Desegregation of the Border Conference”.