2015 UTEP Miners football team

2015 UTEP Miners football
2015 UTEP Miners football
Conference	Conference USA
	West
Record	5–7 (3–5 C-USA)
Head coach	Sean Kugler (3rd season);
Offensive coordinator	Patrick Higgins (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Pro spread
Defensive coordinator	Scott Stoker (3rd season)
Base defense	3–3–5
Home stadium	Sun Bowl Stadium
	Seasons ← 2014 2016 →

Last updated December 14, 2023

2015 Conference USA football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
East Division
No. 24 Western Kentucky x$	8	–	0	12	–	2
Middle Tennessee	6	–	2	7	–	6
Marshall	6	–	2	10	–	3
FIU	3	–	5	5	–	7
Old Dominion	3	–	5	5	–	7
Florida Atlantic	3	–	5	3	–	9
Charlotte*	0	–	8	2	–	10
West Division
Southern Miss x	7	–	1	9	–	5
Louisiana Tech	6	–	2	9	–	4
UTSA	3	–	5	3	–	9
UTEP	3	–	5	5	–	7
Rice	3	–	5	5	–	7
North Texas	1	–	7	1	–	11

Championship: Western Kentucky 45, Southern Miss 28
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions * Ineligible for postseason bowl due to transition from FCS As of January 12, 2015 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015 UTEP Miners football team represented the University of Texas at El Paso in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This was the third year for head coach Sean Kugler both with UTEP and overall. They were members of the West Division of Conference USA. The Miners played their home games in El Paso, Texas at the Sun Bowl Stadium. They finished the season 5–7, 3–5 in C-USA play to finish in a three way tie for third place in the West Division.^[1] UTEP averaged 23,212 fans per game.^[2]

Schedule

UTEP announced their 2015 football schedule on February 2, 2015. The 2015 schedule consist of five home and seven away games in the regular season. The Miners will host CUSA foes Florida Atlantic, Louisiana Tech, Rice, and UTSA, and will travel to Florida International (FIU), North Texas, Old Dominion, and Southern Miss.^[3]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	1:30 pm	at No. 18 Arkansas *	Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR	ESPNU	L 13–48	67,708
September 12	1:00 pm	at Texas Tech *	Jones AT&T Stadium Lubbock, TX	FSN FCS Central	L 20–69	54,090
September 19	6:00 pm	at New Mexico State *	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM (Battle of I-10)	Aggie Vision ESPN3	W 50–47 ^OT	17,210
September 26	6:00 pm	Incarnate Word *	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX		W 27–17	22,322
October 3	6:00 pm	UTSA	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX		L 6–25	25,951
October 10	10:00 am	at FIU	FIU Stadium Miami, FL	ASN	L 12–52	13,799
October 24	5:00 pm	Florida Atlantic	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	ASN	W 27–17	22,468
October 31	12:30 pm	at Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS	FCS	L 13–34	25,581
November 6	6:00 pm	Rice	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	CBSSN	W 24–21	23,031
November 14	10:00 am	at Old Dominion	Foreman Field Norfolk, VA	FSN	L 21–31	20,118
November 21	1:30 pm	Louisiana Tech	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	FSN	L 15–17	22,286
November 28	1:30 pm	at North Texas	Apogee Stadium Denton, TX	FSN	W 20–17	8,305
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game All times are in Mountain time

Schedule source:^[4]

Game summaries

At Arkansas

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners	0	10	3	0	13
#18 Razorbacks	14	14	17	3	48

At Texas Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners	7	10	0	3	20
Red Raiders	17	21	17	14	69

At New Mexico State

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Miners	9	0	7	28	6	50
Aggies	13	3	14	14	3	47

Incarnate Word

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	3	7	7	0	17
Miners	7	3	7	10	27

UTSA

	1	2	3	4	Total
Roadrunners	0	3	15	7	25
Miners	0	0	0	6	6

At FIU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners	0	3	7	2	12
Panthers	21	21	3	7	52

Florida Atlantic

	1	2	3	4	Total
FAU Owls	0	17	0	0	17
Miners	7	7	7	6	27

At Southern Miss

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners	0	3	3	7	13
Golden Eagles	7	6	7	14	34

Rice

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rice Owls	0	14	7	0	21
Miners	0	14	7	3	24

At Old Dominion

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners	9	6	0	6	21
Monarchs	3	14	7	7	31

Louisiana Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	3	7	7	0	17
Miners	0	10	2	3	15

At North Texas

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners	0	0	13	7	20
Mean Green	3	0	14	0	17

Related Research Articles

The Battle of I-10 is the name given to the New Mexico State–UTEP football rivalry. It is a college rivalry game between New Mexico State University (NMSU) and the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). It is called the Battle of I-10 because the two universities are located along Interstate 10 connecting Las Cruces and El Paso. The teams compete for the Silver Spade Trophy and the Mayor's Cup.

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 2009–10 UTEP Miners men's basketball team represented the University of Texas at El Paso in the 2009–10 college basketball season. This was head coach Tony Barbee's fourth season at UTEP. The Miners competed in Conference USA and played their home games at the Don Haskins Center. They finished the season 26–7, 15–1 in CUSA play to win the regular season championship. They advanced to the championship game of the 2010 Conference USA men's basketball tournament before losing to Houston. They received and at–large bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, earning a 12 seed in the west region, where they would lose to 5 seed and AP #11 Butler in the first round. UTEP averaged 8,697 fans per game, ranking 58th nationally.

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.

The 2013 UTEP Miners football team represented the University of Texas at El Paso in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This was the first year for head coach Sean Kugler both with UTEP and overall. He replaced retiring Mike Price after 9 years with UTEP (2004–2012) and 43 years as a head coach overall. They were a member of the West Division of Conference USA. The Miners played their home games in El Paso, Texas at the Sun Bowl Stadium. UTEP averaged 28,375 fans per game.

The 2014 UTEP Miners football team represented the University of Texas at El Paso in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This was the second year for head coach Sean Kugler both with UTEP and overall. They were a member of the West Division of Conference USA. The Miners played their home games in El Paso, Texas at the Sun Bowl Stadium. They finished the season 7–6, 5–3 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for second place in the West Division. They were invited to the New Mexico Bowl where they lost to Utah State. UTEP averaged 28,377 fans per game.

The 2014–15 UTEP Miners basketball team represented the University of Texas at El Paso during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Miners, led by fifth year head coach Tim Floyd, played their home games at the Don Haskins Center and were members of Conference USA. They finished the season 22–11, 13–5 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for the second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the C-USA tournament where they lost to Middle Tennessee. They were invited to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Murray State. UTEP averaged 8,458 fans per game, ranking 53rd nationally.

The 2015–16 UTEP Miners women's basketball team represents the University of Texas at El Paso during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season.

The 2016 UTEP Miners football team represented the University of Texas at El Paso in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Miners played their home games at the Sun Bowl Stadium in El Paso, Texas, and competed in the West Division of Conference USA (C–USA). They were led by fourth-year head coach Sean Kugler. They finished the season 4–8, 2–6 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for fifth place in the West Division. UTEP averaged 23,001 fans per game.

The 2016–16 UTEP Miners basketball team represented the University of Texas at El Paso during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Miners, led by seventh-year head coach Tim Floyd, played their home games at the Don Haskins Center as members of Conference USA. They finished the season 15–17, 12–6 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for third place. In the C-USA tournament, they defeated Rice in the quarterfinals before losing to top-seeded Middle Tennessee in the semifinals. UTEP averaged 6,400 fans per game, ranking 83rd nationally.

The 2017 UTEP Miners football team represented University of Texas at El Paso in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Miners played their home games at the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas and competed in the West Division of Conference USA (C–USA). They were led by fifth-year head coach Sean Kugler until his resignation on October 2 and then by interim head coach Mike Price, who had previously served at UTEP's head coach from 2004 to 2012. The Miners finished the season with a record 0–12, 0–8 in conference play to finish in last place in the Conference USA and winless for the first time since the 1973 season. UTEP averaged 19,548 fans per game.

The 2018 UTEP Miners football team represented University of Texas at El Paso in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Miners played their home games at the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas and competed in the West Division of Conference USA (C–USA). They were led by first-year head coach Dana Dimel. They finished the season 1–11, 1–7 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for sixth place in the West Division. UTEP averaged 14,155 fans per game.

The 2019 UTEP Miners football team represented University of Texas at El Paso in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Miners were led by second–year head coach Dana Dimel and played their home games at Sun Bowl. They were members of the West Division of Conference USA (C–USA). UTEP averaged 17,093 fans per game. That was 2,938 more fans per game than 2018; the 23rd best increase in FBS.

The 2020 UTEP Miners football team represented the University of Texas at El Paso in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Miners were led by third–year head coach Dana Dimel and played their home games at the Sun Bowl. They competed as members of the West Division of Conference USA (C–USA).

The 2020–21 UTEP Miners men's basketball team represented the University of Texas at El Paso during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by third-year head coach Rodney Terry, and played their home games at Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas as members of Conference USA.

The 2021 UTEP Miners football team represented the University of Texas at El Paso in the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Miners were led by fourth–year head coach Dana Dimel and played their home games at the Sun Bowl. They competed as members of the West Division of Conference USA (C–USA). For the first time since 2014, the Miners became bowl eligible.

The 2021–22 UTEP Miners women's basketball team represents the University of Texas at El Paso during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The team is led by fifth-year head coach Kevin Baker, and plays their home games at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas as a member of Conference USA.

The 2021–22 UTEP Miners men's basketball team represented the University of Texas at El Paso during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by first-year head coach Joe Golding, and played their home games at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas as a member of Conference USA.

The 2022 UTEP Miners football team represented the University of Texas at El Paso as a member of Conference USA (C-USA) during the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by head coach Dana Dimel, who coached his fifth season with the team. The Miners played their home games at the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas.

The 2023 UTEP Miners football team represented University of Texas at El Paso in the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Miners played their home games at the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas, and competed as members of Conference USA. They were led by sixth-year head coach Dana Dimel.

References

↑ "UTEP Announces 2015 Football Schedule" . Retrieved May 10, 2017.
↑ "2015 National College Football Attendance (For All NCAA Men's Varsity Teams)" (PDF). NCAA.
↑ "UTEP Announces 2015 Football Schedule" (Press release). University of Texas–El Paso Department of Athletics. February 2, 2015. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
↑ "2015 UTEP Miners Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved February 16, 2015.

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[1] "UTEP Announces 2015 Football Schedule" . Retrieved May 10, 2017.

[2] "2015 National College Football Attendance (For All NCAA Men's Varsity Teams)" (PDF). NCAA.

[UTEP15-3] "UTEP Announces 2015 Football Schedule" (Press release). University of Texas–El Paso Department of Athletics. February 2, 2015. Retrieved February 16, 2015.

[4] "2015 UTEP Miners Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved February 16, 2015.

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2015 UTEP Miners football

Conference	Conference USA
Division	West
Record	5–7 (3–5 C-USA)
Head coach	Sean Kugler (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Patrick Higgins (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Pro spread
Defensive coordinator	Scott Stoker (3rd season)
Base defense	3–3–5
Home stadium	Sun Bowl Stadium
Seasons ← 2014 2016 →