The Sun Bowl is an outdoor football stadium in the southwestern United States, on the campus of the University of Texas at El Paso. It is home to the UTEP Miners of Conference USA, and the late December college football bowl game, the Sun Bowl. The stadium opened in 1963 and has a nominal seating capacity of 51,500, although UTEP currently lists the capacity as 46,670.
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 1937 Texas Mines Miners football team was an American football team that represented Texas School of Mines as a member of the Border Conference during the 1937 college football season. In its ninth season under head coach Mack Saxon, the team compiled a 7–1–2 record, finished fourth in the conference, and outscored opponents by a total of 215 to 91.
The 1954 Texas Western Miners football team was an American football team that represented Texas Western College as a member of the Border Conference during the 1954 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Mike Brumbelow, the team compiled an 8–3 record, finished third in the conference, defeated Florida State in the Sun Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 290 to 197.
The 1955 Texas Western Miners football team was an American football team that represented Texas Western College as a member of the Border Conference during the 1955 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach Mike Brumbelow, the team compiled a 6–2–2 record, finished fourth in the conference, and outscored all opponents by a total of 227 to 114.
The 1931 Texas Mines Miners football team was an American football team that represented Texas School of Mines as an independent during the 1931 college football season. In its third season under head coach Mack Saxon, the team compiled a 7–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 136 to 84.
The 1930 Texas Mines Miners football team was an American football team that represented Texas School of Mines as an independent during the 1930 college football season. In its second season under head coach Mack Saxon, the team compiled a 7–1–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 186 to 67.
The 1929 Texas Mines Miners football team, sometimes referred to as the "Muckers", was an American football team that represented Texas School of Mines as an independent during the 1929 college football season. In its first season under head coach Mack Saxon, the team compiled a 6–1–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 154 to 46.
The 1925 Texas Mines Miners football team was an American football team that represented Texas School of Mines as an independent during the 1925 college football season. The team compiled a 5–1–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 118 to 57. The team's record was the best in school history to that point; only three prior Texas Mines team had compiled winning record, and those three teams had exceeded a .500 record by only a single game.
The 1932 Texas Mines Miners football team, sometimes referred to as the "Muckers", was an American football team that represented the Texas School of Mines as an independent during the 1932 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Mack Saxon, the team compiled a 7–3 record and outscored opponents by a total of 207 to 115.
The 1923 Texas Mines Miners football team was an American football team that represented the Texas School of Mines as an independent during the 1923 college football season. In its second season under head coach Jack C. Vowell, the team compiled a 3–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 115 to 65.
The 1926 Texas Mines Miners football team, sometimes known as the "Muckers", was an American football team that represented Texas School of Mines as an independent during the 1926 college football season. In its third and final season under head coach George B. Powell, the team compiled a 3–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 106 to 92. The team lost its rivalry game with New Mexico A&M by a 10-8 score.
The 1934 Texas Mines Miners football team, sometimes known as the "Muckers", was an American football team that represented Texas School of Mines as an independent during the 1934 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach Mack Saxon, the team compiled a 4–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 132 to 104.
The 1941 Texas Mines Miners football team was an American football team that represented Texas School of Mines as a member of the Border Conference during the 1941 college football season. In its 13th and final season under head coach Mack Saxon, the team compiled a 4–5–1 record, finished sixth in the conference, and was outscored by a total of 192 to 184.
The 1946 Texas Mines Miners football team was an American football team that represented the Texas School of Mines as a member of the Border Conference during the 1946 college football season. In its first season under head coach Jack Curtice, the team compiled a 3–6 record, finished seventh in the conference, and was outscored by a total of 150 to 136.
The 1947 Texas Mines Miners football team was an American football team that represented the Texas School of Mines as a member of the Border Conference during the 1947 college football season. In its second season under head coach Jack Curtice, the team compiled a 5–3–1 record, finished fifth in the conference, and outscored opponents by a total of 159 to 79.
The 1952 Texas Western Miners football team was an American football team that represented Texas Western College as a member of the Border Conference during the 1952 college football season. In its third season under head coach Mike Brumbelow, the team compiled a 5–5–1 record, finished fifth in the conference, and was outscored by a total of 235 to 228.
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 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.
