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LAS CRUCES, N.M. – The NM State football team will return to Aggie Memorial Stadium for a homecoming matchup with Sun Belt opponent UL Lafayette on Saturday at 6 p.m. MT on ESPN 3. Drew Fellios will be the play by play and Forrest Conoly will be the analyst.
 
In addition, the game will also be broadcast on the Aggie Sports Network with Voice of the Aggies and Hall of Famer Jack Nixon on play-by-play, while Preston Williams will be the color analyst. The game will be carried on the Aggies' flagship station KXPZ 99.5 FM in Las Cruces. Fans can also listen to the game here on TuneIn Radio or the on the following stations in New Mexico:
 
Aggie Sports Network: Affiliates

Alamogordo	KNMZ	103.7 FM
Carlsbad	KAMQ	1240 AM
Gallup	KYVA	1230 AM, 94.9 FM
Las Vegas	KMDS	107.1 FM

The Aggies are 1-3 on the season and 0-1 in league play after falling to Troy last Saturday night in Veterans Memorial Stadium. The squad amassed 539 yards of total offense with 445 yards in the air. NM State had two fourth down conversions on its first drive of the game and finished the contest 3-of-4 on fourth down conversions.
 
Tyler Rogers led the Aggies offensively with 29 completions on 54 attempts. In all, Rogers tied a career-high with 445 yards and one touchdown in the air. In the third quarter, Rogers connected with Izaiah Lottie in the end zone for a 13-yard touchdown. Rogers also had in 25 rushing yards, while Larry Rose III amassed 56 rushing yards in his 2016 debut.
 
Defensively, NM State is led by Rodney Butler with 57 tackles, 4.0 tackles for loss and one forced fumble. Terrill Hanks has 40 tackles with a team-high 5.0 tackles for loss, one interception and two forced fumbles.
 
After capturing a 37-34 victory over the Ragin' Cajuns on Nov. 21, 2015, NM State holds a 4-6 all-time record against next Saturday's opponent. During that game, Rose III used 191 rushing yards to break the all-time single season rushing record for the Aggies. Andrew Allen led the team with 243 passing yards and four touchdowns on 13-of-31 passes just hours after holding a memorial service for his father, a sheriff who was killed in the line of duty.
 
UL Lafayette is 2-2 this season after falling 41-39 to Tulane in a four-overtime contest last Saturday night in New Orleans. Quarterback Anthony Jennings led the Cajuns offensively with 240 passing yards and two touchdowns on 19-of-39 completions. Elijah McGuire amassed 89 rushing yards with two touchdowns and 48 passing yards and a score. McGuire chipped in a one-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter to knot the game at 16-16 and force overtime.
 
McGuire has amassed 497 rushing yards and three touchdowns on 94 attempts this season. Jennings leads the team with 852 passing yards and seven touchdowns. The quarterback has completed 73 passes with four interceptions on 118 attempts. Defensively, Travis Crawford and Tre'maine Lightfoot both have 35 tackles, while Otha Peters has amassed 30 tackles.
 
For more information on homecoming and a list of events for the week week, please click here.
 
Follow the Aggies on Saturday and throughout the season at nmstatesports.com and on Twitter @nmstatefootball.
 
Notes

• With 445 yards tonight against Troy, Tyler Rogers is now sixth on the all-time list for total offense with 5,275. The senior quarterback surpassed Jamie McAllister (1979-82, 4,890 yards) in the second series of the game when he connected with OJ Clark on a 23-yard laser.
• Rogers also moved up to No. 4 on the all-time completions list with 29 completions tonight at Troy and pushes his total to 423. He first passed Buck Pierce (2001-04, 397) on the completion to Clark in the second series of the first quarter.
• Izaiah Lottie finished with 5 receptions for 71 yards, a new season-high for the redshirt freshman. His 13-yards reception from Rogers was the first touchdown for the Denver native as an Aggie.
• Xavier Hall's three receptions for 45 yards Saturday night is a new career-high for the Las Cruces native.
• Clayton Granch's 37-yard reception in the third quarter was a new career-high for the senior.
• Dalton Herrington finished with 13 tackles, one shy of tying his career-high of 14 – which he has done twice (last coming against Idaho on Oct. 18, 2014)
• Tymon Locklin tallied a season and career-high eight tackles, five of which were solo.