GGSM: 1984

New Mexico State: 9/1/84-10/6/84

New Mexico State started of the season by losing at San Jose State 14-0 to get the Golden Gopher Shame Mask, and kept on losing for the next four weeks to start the season 0-5 before hosting 1-3 UTEP. NMSU beat UTEP 27-16. They finished the 1984 season 2-9

UTEP: 10/6/84-11/17/84

The Miners of the University of Texas-El Paso struggled to defeat Div. I-AA Idaho State 16-14 in week two, and this was their only win before being weighed down my the iron Gopher head mask locked around their head. After getting the mask, they lost their next four games, although one of them was a 42-9 loss at BYU, who went undefeated and won the national championship in 1984. The Miners upset 6-5 Wyoming in their penultimate game of the season 35-22. UTEP finished the season 2-9

Wyoming would have to wait until the next season to try to get rid of the Mask.