2017 UTEP Miners football team

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 (7th in West Division) and winless for the first time since the 1973 season. UTEP averaged 19,548 fans per game.[1]

2017 UTEP Miners football
ConferenceConference USA
DivisionWest Division
2017 record0–12 (0–8 C-USA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBrent Pease (fired after 3 games) Brian Natkin (6th season)
Defensive coordinatorTom Mason (2nd season)
Home stadiumSun Bowl Stadium
(Capacity: 51,500)
2017 Conference USA football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
East Division
Florida Atlantic x$  8 0     11 3  
FIU  5 3     8 5  
Marshall  4 4     8 5  
Western Kentucky  4 4     6 7  
Middle Tennessee  4 4     7 6  
Old Dominion  3 5     5 7  
Charlotte  1 7     1 11  
West Division
North Texas x  7 1     9 5  
UAB  6 2     8 5  
Southern Miss  6 2     8 5  
Louisiana Tech  4 4     7 6  
UTSA  3 5     6 5  
Rice  1 7     1 11  
UTEP  0 8     0 12  
Championship: Florida Atlantic 41, North Texas 17
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

UTEP announced its 2017 football schedule on January 26, 2017. The 2017 schedule consists of 5 home and 7 away games in the regular season. The Miners will host CUSA foes Louisiana Tech, Rice, UTSA, and Western Kentucky (WKU), and will travel to Middle Tennessee, North Texas, Southern Miss, and UAB.[2]

The Miners hosted one of the four non-conference opponents, Arizona from the Pac-12 Conference and travelled to Army who is independent from a conference, New Mexico State from the Sun Belt Conference, and Oklahoma from the Big 12 Conference.

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 21:30 p.m.at No. 7 Oklahoma*FOXL 7–5686,076
September 96:00 p.m.RiceCUSA.TVL 14–3119,136
September 158:15 p.m.Arizona*
  • Sun Bowl
  • El Paso, TX
ESPNL 16–6322,133
September 236:00 p.m.at New Mexico State*ESPN3L 14–4117,546
September 301:30 p.m.at Army*CBSSNL 21–3531,133
October 76:00 p.m.WKU
  • Sun Bowl
  • El Paso, TX
CUSA.TVL 14–1520,418
October 145:00 p.m.at Southern MissSTADIUML 0–2421,970
October 286:00 p.m.UTSA
  • Sun Bowl
  • El Paso, TX
CUSA.TVL 14–3119,456
November 45:30 p.m.at Middle TennesseebeINL 3–3011,411
November 113:00 p.m.at North TexasESPN3L 10–4526,108
November 181:00 p.m.Louisiana Tech
  • Sun Bowl
  • El Paso, TX
CUSA.TVL 21–4216,597
November 2511:00 a.m.at UABCUSA.TVL 7–2814,505
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game
  • All times are in Mountain time
Schedule Source:[3]

Game summaries

at Oklahoma

1 2 3 4 Total
Miners 7 0 0 0 7
#7 Sooners 14 21 14 7 56

Rice

1 2 3 4 Total
Owls 3 7 7 14 31
Miners 7 0 0 7 14

Arizona

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 35 14 14 63
Miners 0 9 7 0 16

at New Mexico State

1 2 3 4 Total
Miners 7 0 0 7 14
Aggies 7 14 13 7 41

at Army

1 2 3 4 Total
Miners 7 7 0 7 21
Black Knights 0 14 14 7 35

WKU

1 2 3 4 Total
Hilltoppers 0 8 7 0 15
Miners 0 14 0 0 14

at Southern Miss

1 2 3 4 Total
Miners 0 0 0 0 0
Golden Eagles 7 7 0 10 24

UTSA

1 2 3 4 Total
Roadrunners 3 14 7 7 31
Miners 0 14 0 0 14

at Middle Tennessee

1 2 3 4 Total
Miners 0 0 3 0 3
Blue Raiders 10 7 7 6 30

at North Texas

1 2 3 4 Total
Miners 7 0 3 0 10
Mean Green 7 7 14 17 45

Louisiana Tech

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 7 21 0 14 42
Miners 0 0 14 7 21

at UAB

1 2 3 4 Total
Miners 7 0 0 0 7
Blazers 3 11 14 0 28

References

  1. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/Attendance/2017.pdf
  2. "UTEP Announces 2017 Football Schedule" (Press release). University of Texas at El Paso Department of Athletics. January 26, 2017. Retrieved February 5, 2017.
  3. "2017 UTEP Miners Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved February 5, 2017.
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