The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) is a public research university in El Paso, Texas. It is a member of the University of Texas System. UTEP is the second-largest university in the United States to have a majority Mexican American student population after the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity." The university's School of Engineering is the nation's top producer of Hispanic engineers with M.S. and Ph.D. degrees.
The UTEP Miners is the name given to the sports teams of the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). They are informally referred to as the Miners, UTEP, or Texas–El Paso. UTEP was a member of the Western Athletic Conference from 1967 to 2005, when they joined Rice, Tulsa, and SMU in leaving the WAC for Conference USA. The UTEP Miners are best known as the first team in Texas to win an NCAA Men's Basketball Championship. UTEP's colors are orange and blue and the mascot is a miner named Paydirt Pete.
The UTEP Miners football program represents University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) in the sport of American football. The Miners compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the West Division of Conference USA (CUSA). They are coached by Dana Dimel. UTEP has produced a Border Conference championship team in 1956 and a Western Athletic Conference championship team in 2000, along with 14 postseason bowl appearances. The Miners play their home games at the Sun Bowl which has a seating capacity of 51,500.
The 2013 UTEP Miners football team represented the University of Texas at El Paso in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This was the first year for head coach Sean Kugler both with UTEP and overall. He replaced retiring Mike Price after 9 years with UTEP (2004–2012) and 43 years as a head coach overall. They were a member of the West Division of Conference USA. The Miners played their home games in El Paso, Texas at the Sun Bowl Stadium. UTEP averaged 28,375 fans per game.
The 2014 UTEP Miners football team represented the University of Texas at El Paso in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This was the second year for head coach Sean Kugler both with UTEP and overall. They were a member of the West Division of Conference USA. The Miners played their home games in El Paso, Texas at the Sun Bowl Stadium. They finished the season 7–6, 5–3 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for second place in the West Division. They were invited to the New Mexico Bowl where they lost to Utah State. UTEP averaged 28,377 fans per game.
The 2015 UTEP Miners football team represented the University of Texas at El Paso in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This was the third year for head coach Sean Kugler both with UTEP and overall. They were members of the West Division of Conference USA. The Miners played their home games in El Paso, Texas at the Sun Bowl Stadium. They finished the season 5–7, 3–5 in C-USA play to finish in a three way tie for third place in the West Division. UTEP averaged 23,212 fans per game.
The 2016 UTEP Miners football team represented the University of Texas at El Paso in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Miners played their home games at the Sun Bowl Stadium in El Paso, Texas, and competed in the West Division of Conference USA (C–USA). They were led by fourth-year head coach Sean Kugler. They finished the season 4–8, 2–6 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for fifth place in the West Division. UTEP averaged 23,001 fans per game.
The 2017 UTEP Miners football team represented University of Texas at El Paso in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Miners played their home games at the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas and competed in the West Division of Conference USA (C–USA). They were led by fifth-year head coach Sean Kugler until his resignation on October 2 and then by interim head coach Mike Price, who had previously served at UTEP's head coach from 2004 to 2012. The Miners finished the season with a record , 0–8 in conference play to finish in last place in the Conference USA and winless for the first time since the 1973 season. UTEP averaged 19,548 fans per game.
The 1988 UTEP Miners football team was an American football team that represented the University of Texas at El Paso as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its third season under head coach Bob Stull, the team compiled a 10–3 record, finished second in the conference, lost to Southern Miss in the 1988 Independence Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 445 to 275.
The 1967 UTEP Miners football team was an American football team that represented the University of Texas at El Paso as an independent during the 1967 NCAA University Division football season. This was the first season for the program, since changing its name from Texas Western to UTEP. In its third season under head coach Bobby Dobbs, the team compiled a 7–2–1 record, defeated Ole Miss in the 1967 Sun Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 337 to 145.
The 1962 Texas Western Miners football team was an American football team that represented Texas Western College as an independent during the 1962 NCAA University Division football season. In its first and only season under head coach Bum Phillips, the team compiled a 4–5 record and was outscored by a total of 144 to 84.
The 1963 Texas Western Miners football team was an American football team that represented Texas Western College as an independent during the 1963 NCAA University Division football season. In its first season under head coach Warren Harper, the team played home games on campus at the new Sun Bowl stadium, compiled a 3–7 record, and was outscored 142 to 98.
The 1964 Texas Western Miners football team was an American football team that represented Texas Western College as an independent during the 1964 NCAA University Division football season. In its second and final season under head coach Warren Harper, the team compiled a 0–8–2 record and was outscored by a total of 217 to 64.
The 1966 Texas Western Miners football team was an American football team that represented Texas Western College as an independent during the 1966 NCAA University Division football season. In its second season under head coach Bobby Dobbs, the team compiled a 6–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 293 to 187.
The 1968 UTEP Miners football team was an American football team that represented the University of Texas at El Paso as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. In its fourth season under head coach Bobby Dobbs, the team compiled a 4–5–1 record, finished fourth in the conference, and outscored opponents by a total of 232 to 225.
The 1986 UTEP Miners football team was an American football team that represented the University of Texas at El Paso in the Western Athletic Conference during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first year under head coach Bob Stull, the team compiled a 4–8 record.
The 1981 UTEP Miners football team was an American football team that represented the University of Texas at El Paso in the Western Athletic Conference during the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. After an 0–2 start to the season, fifth-year head coach Bill Michael was fired and replaced with assistant Billy Alton. The Miners then ended the season with one win and eight more losses and finished with an 1–10 record.
The 1980 UTEP Miners football team was an American football team that represented the University of Texas at El Paso in the Western Athletic Conference during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fourth year under head coach Bill Michael, the team compiled a 1–11 record.
The 1975 UTEP Miners football team was an American football team that represented the University of Texas at El Paso in the Western Athletic Conference during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. In their second year under head coach Gil Bartosh, the team compiled a 1–10 record.
The 2022 UTEP Miners football team will represent the University of Texas at El Paso as a member of Conference USA (C-USA) during the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They will be led by head coach Dana Dimel, who will be coaching his fifth season with the team. The Miners will play their home games at the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas.
