2022 UTEP Miners football team

2022 UTEP Miners football
2022 UTEP Miners football
Conference	Conference USA
Record	5–7 (3–5 C-USA)
Head coach	Dana Dimel (5th season);
Offensive coordinator	Dave Warner (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Bradley Dale Peveto (2nd season)
Base defense	4–2–5
Home stadium	Sun Bowl
	Seasons ← 2021 2023 →

Last updated May 08, 2024

2022 Conference USA football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
UTSA y$	8	–	0	11	–	3
North Texas y	6	–	2	7	–	7
Western Kentucky	6	–	2	9	–	5
Middle Tennessee	4	–	4	8	–	5
UAB	4	–	4	7	–	6
Florida Atlantic	4	–	4	5	–	7
Rice	3	–	5	5	–	8
UTEP	3	–	5	5	–	7
FIU	2	–	6	4	–	8
Charlotte	2	–	6	3	–	9
Louisiana Tech	2	–	6	3	–	9
Championship: UTSA 48, North Texas 27
$ – Conference champion y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

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.

Schedule

UTEP and Conference USA announced the 2022 football schedule on March 30, 2022.^[1]^[2]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 27	7:00 p.m.	North Texas	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	Stadium	L 13–31	45,971
September 3	1:30 p.m.	at No. 9 Oklahoma *	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	FOX	L 13–45	83,173
September 10	7:00 p.m.	New Mexico State *	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX (Battle of I-10)	ESPN+	W 20–13	23,325
September 17	6:00 p.m.	at New Mexico *	University Stadium Albuquerque, NM	MW Network	L 10–27	15,269
September 23	7:00 p.m.	Boise State *	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	CBSSN	W 27–10	11,227
October 1	4:00 p.m.	at Charlotte	Jerry Richardson Stadium Charlotte, NC	ESPN+	W 41–35	9,547
October 8	5:00 p.m.	at Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, LA	ESPN+	L 31–41	16,375
October 22	2:00 p.m.	Florida Atlantic	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	ESPN+	W 24–21	12,796
October 29	7:00 p.m.	Middle Tennessee	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	ESPN+	L 13–24	10,727
November 3	5:00 p.m.	at Rice	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	CBSSN	L 30–37	18,326
November 19	2:00 p.m.	FIU	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	ESPN+	W 40–6	10,758
November 26	1:30 p.m.	at UTSA	Alamodome San Antonio, TX	Stadium	L 31–34	26,061
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll (and CFP Rankings, after November 1) - Released prior to game All times are in Mountain time

Game summaries

North Texas

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mean Green	0	14	14	3	31
Miners	0	13	0	0	13

Statistics	UNT	UTEP
First downs	24	22
Total yards	399	400
Rushing yards	163	107
Passing yards	236	293
Turnovers	1	1
Time of possession	31:25	28:35

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
North Texas	Passing	Austin Aune	16/29, 236 yards, 3 TD
	Rushing	Ayo Adeyi	17 rushes, 80 yards
	Receiving	Roderic Burns	3 receptions, 72 yards
UTEP	Passing	Gavin Hardison	21/48, 293 yards, TD
	Rushing	Ronald Awatt	10 rushes, 36 yards
	Receiving	Tyrin Smith	7 receptions, 127 yards, TD

At No. 9 Oklahoma

UTEP Miners (0–1, 0–1) v No. 9 Oklahoma Sooners (0–0, 0–0)

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners	0	10	0	3	13
No. 9 Sooners	21	7	14	3	45

at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK

Date: Saturday, September 3, 2022
Game time: 2:30 p.m. CDT
Game weather: • Sunny Temperature: 96 °F (36 °C)
Game attendance: 83,173
Referee: Tuta Salaam
TV announcers (FOX): Jason Benetti (play-by-play) & Brock Huard (analyst)

Game information

First quarter

(13:43) OKLA – Dillon Gabriel 12 yard rush, Zach Schmit kick (Drive: 5 plays, 75 yards, 1:17; OKLA 7–0)
(9:18) OKLA – Dillon Gabriel 6 yard pass to Brayden Willis, Zach Schmit kick (Drive: 6 plays, 93 yards, 1:48; OKLA 14–0)
(6:43) OKLA – Gavin Freeman 46 yard rush, Zach Schmit kick (2 plays, 55 yards, 00:30; OKLA 21–0)

Second quarter

(14:12) UTEP – Gavin Baechle 49 yd FG (Drive: 14 plays, 49 yards, 7:31; OKLA 21–3)
(8:18) UTEP – Ronald Awatt 2 yard rush, Gavin Baechle kick (Drive: 10 plays, 85 yards, 5:10; OKLA 21–10)
(0:55) OKLA – Dillon Gabriel 28 yard pass to Brayden Willis, Zach Schmit kick (Drive: 11 plays, 68 yards, 4:01; OKLA 28–10)

Third quarter

(10:48) OKLA – Marcus Major 1 yard rush, Zach Schmit kick (Drive: 10 plays, 80 yards, 2:40; OKLA 35–10)
(3:16) OKLA – Marcus Major 6 yard rush, Zach Schmit kick (Drive: 7 plays, 64 yards, 1:51; OKLA 42–10)

Fourth quarter

(14:01) UTEP – Gavin Baechle 54 yard FG (Drive: 11 plays, 38 yards, 4:15; OKLA 42–13)
(5:17) OKLA – Zach Schmit 22 yard FG (Drive: 9 plays, 37 yards, 5:28; OKLA 45–13)

Statistics	UTEP	OKLA
First downs	25	23
Total yards	316	492
Rushes/yards	31/28	38/259
Passing yards	288	233
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	31–52–1	15–23
Time of possession	38:33	21:27

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
UTEP	Passing	Gavin Hardison	26/43, 244 yards
	Rushing	Ronald Awatt	12 carries, 39 yards, 1 TD
	Receiving	Tyrin Smith	8 receptions, 71 yards
Oklahoma	Passing	Dillon Gabriel	15/23, 233 yards, 2 TD's
	Rushing	Eric Gray	16 carries, 102 yards
	Receiving	Marvin Mims	3 receptions, 81 yards

New Mexico State

New Mexico State Aggies at UTEP Miners – Game summary

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	0	0	6	7	13
Miners	3	14	3	0	20

at Sun Bowl, El Paso, Texas

Date: September 10
Game time: 7:00 p.m. MDT
Game weather: Sunny • Temperature: 88 °F (31 °C) • Wind: NW 2 MPH
Game attendance: 23,325
Referee: Michael Vandervelde
TV announcers (ESPN+): Erik Elken and Jacob Boggs
Box score, Recap

Statistics

Statistics	NMSU	UTEP
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Turnovers
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
New Mexico State	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
UTEP	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

At New Mexico

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners	3	0	0	7	10
Lobos	10	10	0	7	27

Boise State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Broncos	3	0	7	0	10
Miners	0	10	10	7	27

At Charlotte

UTEP vs Charlotte

	1	2	3	4	Total
•Miners	7	17	10	7	41
49ers	7	0	14	14	35

Date: October 1
Location: Jerry Richardson Stadium
Charlotte, NC
Game start: 6:02 pm EDT
Elapsed time: 3:25
Game attendance: 9,547
Game weather: 63 °F (17 °C) • Weather: Cloudy• Wind: SE 4 MPH
Referee: Rory Bernard
TV announcers (ESPN+): Bobby Rosinski, Reginald Walker Jr., Hannah Bradey

Sources:^[3]

Game notes:

UTEP's first win in program history in the Eastern Time Zone.
3rd game in the series since 2019, (CHAR 2–1).

Statistics	UTEP	CHAR
First downs	20	27
Total yards	425	447
Rushing yards	252	100
Passing yards	173	347
Turnovers	1	3
Time of possession	33:40	26:20

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
UTEP	Passing	Gavin Hardison	10–14, 173 yards, 3 TD
	Rushing	Deion Hankins	20 rushes, 112 yards
	Receiving	Tyrin Smith	4 reception, 106 yards, 2 TD
Charlotte	Passing	Chris Reynolds	21–37, 347 yards, 4 TD, 1 INT
	Rushing	Shadrick Byrd	13 rushes, 80 yards, 1 TD
	Receiving	Elijah Spencer	7 receptions, 160 yards, 1 TD

At Louisiana Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners	3	7	0	21	31
Bulldogs	20	10	0	11	41

Statistics	UTEP	LT
First downs	27	18
Total yards	501	380
Rushing yards	181	114
Passing yards	320	266
Turnovers	4	2
Time of possession	34:34	25:26

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
UTEP	Passing	Gavin Hardison	23/51, 320 yards, 2 TD, 3 INT
	Rushing	Ronald Awatt	15 rushes, 66 yards
	Receiving	Reynaldo Flores	6 receptions, 73 yards
Louisiana Tech	Passing	Parker McNeil	18/27, 266 yards, 4 TD
	Rushing	Marquis Crosby	14 rushes, 75 yards
	Receiving	Tre Harris	5 receptions, 126 yards, TD

Florida Atlantic

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls	0	7	7	7	21
Miners	0	7	7	10	24

Middle Tennessee

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Raiders	10	0	7	7	24
Miners	0	10	0	3	13

At Rice

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners	7	10	3	10	30
Owls	10	10	7	10	37

FIU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers	0	0	0	6	6
Miners	14	24	0	2	40

Statistics	FIU	UTEP
First downs	5	29
Total yards	71	525
Rushing yards	15	335
Passing yards	56	190
Turnovers	1	1
Time of possession	18:00	42:00

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
FIU	Passing	Grayson James	6/16, 56 yards, INT
	Rushing	Lexington Joseph	8 rushes, 10 yards
	Receiving	Rivaldo Fairweather	1 reception, 22 yards
UTEP	Passing	Calvin Brownholtz	12/18, 190 yards, 2 TD
	Rushing	Reynaldo Flores	13 rushes, 128 yards, 2 TD
	Receiving	Kelly Akharaiyi	3 receptions, 99 yards, TD

At No. 25 UTSA

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners	14	10	7	0	31
No. 25 Roadrunners	0	14	17	3	34

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References

↑ "UTEP has new football schedule, to open at home Aug. 27 against North Texas". El Paso Times. March 30, 2022. Retrieved May 2, 2022.
↑ "C-USA revises 2022 football schedule, UTEP to open at home against North Texas Aug. 27". KVIA-TV. March 30, 2022. Retrieved May 2, 2022.
↑ "UTEP vs Charlotte– Game Summary". ESPN . October 1, 2022. Retrieved November 23, 2022.

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[1] "UTEP has new football schedule, to open at home Aug. 27 against North Texas". El Paso Times. March 30, 2022. Retrieved May 2, 2022.

[2] "C-USA revises 2022 football schedule, UTEP to open at home against North Texas Aug. 27". KVIA-TV. March 30, 2022. Retrieved May 2, 2022.

[3] "UTEP vs Charlotte– Game Summary". ESPN . October 1, 2022. Retrieved November 23, 2022.

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