2005 UTEP Miners football team

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2005 UTEP Miners football
GMAC Bowl, L 13–45 vs. Toledo
Conference Conference USA
DivisionWest
Record8–4 (5–3 C-USA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorEric Price (2nd season)
Offensive scheme Spread
Defensive coordinatorTim Hundley (2nd season)
Base defenseMultiple
Home stadium Sun Bowl Stadium
Seasons
  2004
2006  
2005 Conference USA football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
East Division
UCF x  7 1   8 5  
Southern Miss  5 3   7 5  
Memphis  5 3   7 5  
East Carolina  4 4   5 6  
Marshall  3 5   4 7  
UAB  3 5   5 6  
West Division
Tulsa x$  6 2   9 4  
UTEP  5 3   8 4  
Houston  4 4   6 6  
SMU  4 4   5 6  
Tulane  1 7   2 9  
Rice  1 7   1 10  
Championship: Tulsa 44, UCF 27
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2005 UTEP Miners football team represented the University of Texas at El Paso in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Mike Price. The Miners played their home games at the Sun Bowl Stadium in El Paso, Texas. This was the team's first season participating in Conference USA. UTEP averaged 47,899 fans per game, ranking 44th nationally. [1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 38:30 pmat New Mexico State * ESPNU W 34–1730,343
September 166:00 pm Houston ESPN2 W 44–41 2OT45,558
September 247:05 pm New Mexico *
  • Sun Bowl Stadium
  • El Paso, TX
CSTV W 21–1350,425
October 16:00 pmat Memphis CSTVL 20–2730,053
October 146:00 pmat Tulane ESPN W 45–2113,153
October 227:05 pm Marshall Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Sun Bowl Stadium
  • El Paso, TX
iTV W 31–351,500
October 294:00 pmat Rice iTVW 38–319,326
November 57:05 pm Tulsa
  • Sun Bowl Stadium
  • El Paso, TX
iTVW 41–3849,160
November 127:05 pm Texas Southern *
  • Sun Bowl Stadium
  • El Paso, TX
W 45–042,784
November 194:15 pm UAB No. 24
  • Sun Bowl Stadium
  • El Paso, TX
iTVL 23–3547,967
November 261:00 pmat SMU L 27–4017,194
December 216:00 pmvs. Toledo *ESPNL 13–4535,422
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Mountain time

References

  1. "2005 National College Football Attendance (For all NCAA Men's Varsity Teams)" (PDF). NCAA.