2012 UTEP Miners football team

2012 UTEP Miners football
Conference	Conference USA
Division	West Division
Record	3–9 (2–6 C-USA)
Head coach	Mike Price (9th season)
Offensive coordinator	Aaron Price (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Andre Patterson (3rd season)
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Sun Bowl
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2012 Conference USA football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
UCF xy		7	–	1					10	–	4
East Carolina x		7	–	1					8	–	5
Marshall		4	–	4					5	–	7
Memphis		4	–	4					4	–	8
UAB		2	–	6					3	–	9
Southern Miss		0	–	8					0	–	12
West Division
Tulsa xy$		7	–	1					11	–	3
SMU		5	–	3					7	–	6
Rice		4	–	4					7	–	6
Houston		4	–	4					5	–	7
UTEP		2	–	6					3	–	9
Tulane		2	–	6					2	–	10
Championship: Tulsa 33, UCF 27
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 2012 UTEP Miners football team represented the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) as a member of the West Division in Conference USA (C-USA) during the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by Mike Price in his ninth and final full season as head coach, the Miners compiled an overall record of 3–9 with a mark of 2–6 in conference play, tying for fifth place at the bottom of the standings in C-USA's West Division. The team played home games at the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas.

Price retired at the end of the season. UTEP averaged 29,374 fans per game. ^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	8:30 pm	No. 4 Oklahoma *	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	FSN	L 7–24	40,137
September 8	5:00 pm	at Ole Miss *	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS	SECRN	L 10–28	53,133
September 15	6:00 pm	New Mexico State *	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX (Battle of I-10)		W 41–28	32,933
September 22	10:00 am	at Wisconsin *	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	ESPN2	L 26–37	79,806
September 29	5:00 pm	at East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC	WITN	L 18–28	47,817
October 6	6:00 pm	SMU	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	TWCEP	L 0–17	34,073
October 11	6:00 pm	at Tulsa	Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium Tulsa, OK	FSN	L 11–33	18,961
October 20	6:00 pm	Tulane	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX		W 24–20	23,234
October 27	2:15 pm	at Houston	Robertson Stadium Houston, TX	CSS, CSNH	L 35–45	27,433
November 10	6:00 pm	UCF	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	FCS	L 24–31	25,483
November 17	6:00 pm	at Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS	CBSSN	W 34–33	23,757
November 24	6:00 pm	Rice	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	FCS	L 24–33	20,384
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

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Game summaries

No. 4 Oklahoma

See also: 2012 Oklahoma Sooners football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 4 Sooners	7	0	3	14	24
Miners	7	0	0	0	7

At Ole Miss

See also: 2012 Ole Miss Rebels football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners	0	0	10	0	10
Rebels	7	14	0	7	28

New Mexico State

See also: 2012 New Mexico State Aggies football team and Battle of I-10

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	0	7	7	14	28
Miners	20	7	7	7	41

At Wisconsin

See also: 2012 Wisconsin Badgers football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners	6	3	7	10	26
Badgers	2	21	0	14	37

At East Carolina

See also: 2012 East Carolina Pirates football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners	7	3	0	8	18
Pirates	7	7	7	7	28

SMU

See also: 2012 SMU Mustangs football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mustangs	3	14	0	0	17
Miners	0	0	0	0	0

At Tulsa

See also: 2012 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners	3	0	0	8	11
Golden Hurricane	3	3	20	7	33

Tulane

See also: 2012 Tulane Green Wave football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Green Wave	7	10	0	3	20
Miners	7	17	0	0	24

At Houston

See also: 2012 Houston Cougars football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners	0	7	7	21	35
Cougars	14	21	10	0	45

UCF

See also: 2012 UCF Knights football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Knights	7	10	0	14	31
Miners	7	3	0	14	24

At Southern Miss

See also: 2012 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners	3	17	0	14	34
Golden Eagles	10	7	3	13	33

Rice

See also: 2012 Rice Owls football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls	3	14	3	13	33
Miners	7	7	7	3	24

References

1. "2012 National College Football Attendance (For All NCAA Men's Varsity Teams)" (PDF). NCAA.
2. "UTEP Miners Schedule 2012". ESPN . Retrieved August 8, 2025.
3. "2012 UTEP Miners Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference . Retrieved August 8, 2025.
4. "2012 Football Schedule". UTEP Athletics, University of Texas at El Paso . Retrieved August 8, 2025.