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American college football season
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 , 0–8 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]
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 .
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 2 1:30 p.m. at No. 7 Oklahoma * FOX L 7–5686,076 September 9 6:00 p.m. Rice CUSA.TV L 14–3119,136 September 15 8:15 p.m. Arizona * ESPN L 16–6322,133 September 23 6:00 p.m. at New Mexico State * ESPN3 L 14–4117,546 September 30 1:30 p.m. at Army * CBSSN L 21–3531,133 October 7 6:00 p.m. WKU CUSA.TV L 14–1520,418 October 14 5:00 p.m. at Southern Miss STADIUM L 0–2421,970 October 28 6:00 p.m. UTSA CUSA.TV L 14–3119,456 November 4 5:30 p.m. at Middle Tennessee beIN L 3–3011,411 November 11 3:00 p.m. at North Texas ESPN3 L 10–4526,108 November 18 1:00 p.m. Louisiana Tech CUSA.TV L 21–4216,597 November 25 11:00 a.m. at UAB CUSA.TV L 7–2814,505 *Non-conference game 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
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, 52–495OT
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
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