The UCM student section cheers for a touchdown on Sept. 11 at Audrey J. Walton Stadium. This was the first home game for UCM Mules Football.

Three members of the Mules and Jennies Cheer Team, junior Taylen Camara, senior and Cheer Captain Hannah Cross, and graduate student Allie Taylor, do a stunt to pump up the crowd. This stunt is called a split-lift and was performed at the first home game of the season for UCM Mules Football.

The UCM Marching Mules performs during kickoff before the first home football game on Sept. 11 at Audrey J. Walton Stadium. The Marching Mules are UCM’s student marching band, led by Sarah Baker.

The UCM Marching Mules perform their halftime show “Road Trip Across the USA” on Sept. 11 at Audrey J. Walton Stadium. The show included a rendition of “Born to be Wild” by Steppenwolf, “California Gurls” by Katy Perry and “Life is a Highway” by the Rascal Flats.

UCM prepares for the snap on the 21st yard line at the first home football game at Audrey J. Walton Stadium. The Mules lost to Colorado State Pueblo with a final score of 24 to 29.

Sophomore Will Peacock (left), sophomore Isaac Greer (middle), and senior Ethan Brown kneel in solidarity on the sideline during a break in the first home football game on Sept. 11 at the Audrey J. Walton Stadium. UCM led 17 to 10 at halftime before Colorado State Pueblo came back to win in the second half.

The UCM student section sports red and black as they attentively watch the first home football game on Sept. 11 at Audrey J. Walton Stadium. The student section got decked out in school colors for UCM’s annual Get the Red Out event, which occurred before the football game.

Sophomores Ximena Venegas (top) and Gabby Schmitt (middle) perform a stunt during the UCM home football game on Sept. 11 at the Audrey J. Walton Stadium. The cheer squad has five team captains and consists of 30 total students.

Sophomores Ximena Venegas (top) and Gabby Schmitt (middle) perform a stunt during the UCM home football game on Sept. 11 at the Audrey J. Walton Stadium. The cheer squad has five team captains and consists of 30 total students.

Drum major Evan Birdno, a junior, leads the pep band during the game. Before the half-time show, the Marching Mules also performed at Get The Red Out from 4:15-6:45 p.m. on Sept. 11.

Junior cheerleader David Gutierrez gets the Mules fans cheering for their home team. The first home football game took place at 7 p.m. on Sept. 11 at the Audrey J. Walton Stadium.