2002 UTEP Miners football team

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2002 UTEP Miners football
UTEP Miners wordmark.svg
Conference Western Athletic Conference
Record210 (17 WAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Patrick Higgins (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorTroy Reffett (1st season)
Home stadium Sun Bowl Stadium
Seasons
  2001
2003  
2002 Western Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 15 Boise State $  8 0   12 1  
Hawaii  7 1   10 4  
Fresno State  6 2   9 5  
San Jose State  4 4   6 7  
Nevada  4 4   5 7  
Rice  3 5   4 7  
Louisiana Tech  3 5   4 8  
SMU  3 5   3 9  
UTEP  1 7   2 10  
Tulsa  1 7   1 11  
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2002 UTEP Miners football team represented the University of Texas at El Paso in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Gary Nord. The Miners played their home games at the Sun Bowl Stadium in El Paso, Texas. The miners averaged 30,152 fans in 2002.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 317:05 pm Sacramento State *W 42–1230,536
September 711:30 amat Kentucky *L 17–7759,213
September 146:00 pmat Oklahoma * PPV L 0–6874,468
September 217:05 pm Hawaii
  • Sun Bowl Stadium
  • El Paso, TX
L 6–3144,381
September 288:15 pmat San Jose State FSN L 24–5810,416
October 56:00 pmat New Mexico State *L 14–4930,605
October 198:15 pm Rice Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Sun Bowl Stadium
  • El Paso, TX
FSNW 38–3532,392
October 261:00 pmat Tulsa L 0–2012,317
November 27:05 pm Boise State
  • Sun Bowl Stadium
  • El Paso, TX
L 3–5821,689
November 91:00 pmat Nevada L 17–2313,721
November 163:05 pm SMU
  • Sun Bowl Stadium
  • El Paso, TX
L 35–4221,765
November 221:00 pmat Louisiana Tech L 24–389,267

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