Game: Saturday, November 17 at 1pm at Greyhound Stadium

The Portales Rams (No. 2) hosted Grants (No. 7) in the quarterfinals of the State Playoffs for NM Class 4A football. The Rams went into half leading Grants 30-19. After Portales added 34 more points in the second half, the final score was 64-32. Portales won the game, knocking Grants out of the playoffs. The Rams will advance to the semi-finals, where they will face Taos (No. 3) on Saturday, November 24 at 1pm at Greyhound Stadium.