2017 UTEP Miners football team

2017 Conference USA football standings
v t e
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

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.

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.^[1]

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

September 21:30 p.m.at No. 7 Oklahoma*

FOXL 7–5686,076 September 96:00 p.m.Rice

CUSA.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 Miss

STADIUML 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 Tennessee

beINL 3–3011,411 November 113:00 p.m.at North Texas

ESPN3L 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 No. 1 UABNo. 2

CUSA.TVL 7–2814,505

Template:CFB Schedule End

Schedule Source:^[2]

Game summaries

at Oklahoma

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–3	2012	L, 7–24

Rice

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–13	2016	L, 24–44

Arizona

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–38–2	2003	L, 7–42

at New Mexico State

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
57–35–2	2016	L, 14-41

at Army

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	2016	L, 14–66

WKU

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	2014	WKU, 35–27

at Southern Miss

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–5	2016	USM, 34–7

UTSA

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–2	2016	UTEP, 52–49^5OT

at Middle Tennessee

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–1	2014	UTEP, 24–21

at North Texas

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
8–14–3	2016	UTEP, 52–24

Louisiana Tech

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–10–1	2016	LT, 28–7

at UAB

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–3	2010	UAB, 21–6

References

^ "UTEP Announces 2017 Football Schedule" (Press release). University of Texas at El Paso Department of Athletics. January 26, 2017. Retrieved February 5, 2017.
^ "2017 UTEP Miners Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved February 5, 2017.

[UTEP17-1] "UTEP Announces 2017 Football Schedule" (Press release). University of Texas at El Paso Department of Athletics. January 26, 2017. Retrieved February 5, 2017.

[2] "2017 UTEP Miners Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved February 5, 2017.

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