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American college football 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.[1]
Schedule
UTEP announced its 2016 football schedule on February 4, 2016. The 2016 schedule consisted of seven home and five away games in the regular season. The Miners host C–USA foes Florida International (FIU), North Texas , Old Dominion , and Southern Miss , and traveled to Florida Atlantic , Louisiana Tech , Rice , and UTSA .[2]
The team play four non-conference games, three home games against Army , Houston Baptist from the Southland Conference and New Mexico State from the Sun Belt Conference , and one road game against the Texas Longhorns from the Big 12 Conference .
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 3 6:00 PM New Mexico State * beIN W 38–2230,119
September 10 5:00 PM at No. 11 Texas * LHN L 7–4192,683
September 17 5:00 PM Army * ASN L 14–6637,893
September 24 6:00 PM Southern Miss CI L 7–3421,419
October 1 5:00 PM at Louisiana Tech ASN L 7–2822,101
October 8 6:00 PM FIU CUSA.tv L 21–3517,751
October 22 7:00 PM at UTSA KMYS W 52–49 5OT 23,633
October 29 6:00 PM Old Dominion CUSA.tv L 21–3119,254
November 5 6:00 PM Houston Baptist * CUSA.tv W 42–1015,977
November 12 4:00 PM at Florida Atlantic CUSA.tv L 31–359,122
November 19 10:00 AM at Rice ESPN3 L 24–4419,148
November 26 2:00 PM North Texas CUSA.tv W 52–2418,591
Schedule Source: [3]
Game summaries
New Mexico State
1
2
3
4
Total
Aggies
3
0
13
6
22
Miners
7
17
7
7
38
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
56–35–2
2015
UTEP, 50–47
at Texas
1
2
3
4
Total
Miners
0
7
0
0
7
#11 Longhorns
10
10
14
7
41
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
0–5
2009
TEX, 64–7
Army
1
2
3
4
Total
Black Knights
3
21
28
14
66
Miners
0
0
14
0
14
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
First meeting
Southern Miss
1
2
3
4
Total
Golden Eagles
3
21
7
3
34
Miners
7
0
0
0
7
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
4–4
2015
USM, 34–13
at Louisiana Tech
1
2
3
4
Total
Miners
0
0
0
7
7
Bulldogs
14
0
0
14
28
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
2–9–1
2015
LATECH, 17–15
FIU
1
2
3
4
Total
Panthers
3
10
15
7
35
Miners
7
0
7
7
21
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
1–1
2015
FIU, 52–12
at UTSA
1
2
3
4 OT 2OT 3OT 4OT 5OT
Total
Miners
7
7
14
0 3 7 8 0 6
52
Roadrunners
14
7
7
0 3 7 8 0 3
49
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
1–2
2015
UTSA, 25–6
Old Dominion
1
2
3
4
Total
Monarchs
10
0
7
14
31
Miners
0
7
6
8
21
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
1–1
2015
ODU, 31–21
Houston Baptist
1
2
3
4
Total
Huskies
0
3
7
0
10
Miners
14
14
7
7
42
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
First meeting
at Florida Atlantic
1
2
3
4
Total
Miners
7
10
7
7
31
Owls
7
10
3
15
35
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
1–0
2015
UTEP, 27–17
at Rice
1
2
3
4
Total
Miners
3
0
7
14
24
Owls
6
28
7
3
44
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
7–12
2015
UTEP, 24–21
North Texas
1
2
3
4
Total
Mean Green
7
10
0
7
24
Miners
10
21
14
7
52
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
7–14–3
2015
UTEP, 20–17
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