2011 UTEP Miners football team

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2011 UTEP Miners football
UTEP Miners wordmark.svg
Conference Conference USA
DivisionWest
Record5–7 (2–6 C-USA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBob Connelly (4th season)
Defensive coordinator Andre Patterson (2nd season)
Home stadium Sun Bowl Stadium
Seasons
  2010
2012  
2011 Conference USA football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
East Division
No. 20 Southern Miss x$  6 2   12 2  
Marshall  5 3   7 6  
East Carolina  4 4   5 7  
UAB  3 5   3 9  
UCF  3 5   5 7  
Memphis  1 7   2 10  
West Division
No. 18 Houston x  8 0   13 1  
Tulsa  7 1   8 5  
SMU  5 3   8 5  
Rice  3 5   4 8  
UTEP  2 6   5 7  
Tulane  1 7   2 11  
Championship: Southern Miss 49, Houston 28
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
As of January 10, 2012
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2011 UTEP Miners football team represented the University of Texas at El Paso in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Mike Price, who served his eighth season at the post. The Miners played their home games at the Sun Bowl Stadium and were members of Conference USA in the West Division. They finished the season 5–7, 2–6 in C-USA to place fifth in the West Division. UTEP averaged 26,498 fans per game. [1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 37:00 pm Stony Brook * TWCEP W 31–24 OT28,752
September 105:00 pmat SMU FSN L 17–2826,691
September 176:00 pmat New Mexico State * ALT W 16–1019,751
September 245:00 pmat No. 17 South Florida * ESPN3 L 24–5248,231
September 296:00 pm Houston
  • Sun Bowl Stadium
  • El Paso, TX
CBSSN L 42–4924,111
October 151:30 pmat Tulane FCS W 44–716,690
October 226:00 pm Colorado State *
  • Sun Bowl Stadium
  • El Paso, TX
TWCEPW 31–1731,797
October 296:00 pmNo. 25 Southern Miss
  • Sun Bowl Stadium
  • El Paso, TX
CBSSNL 13–3124,906
November 51:30 pmat Rice FSNL 37–4114,372 [2]
November 126:00 pm East Carolina
  • Sun Bowl Stadium
  • El Paso, TX
TWCEPW 22–1725,571
November 191:00 pm Tulsa
  • Sun Bowl Stadium
  • El Paso, TX
CBSSNL 28–5726,494
November 265:00 pmat UCF CBSSNL 14–3142,033

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References

  1. "2011 National College Football Attendance (For All NCAA Men's Varsity Teams)" (PDF). NCAA.
  2. "UTEP Miners vs. Rice Owls Box Score". ESPN.com. November 5, 2011.