2014 UTEP Miners football team
The 2014 UTEP Miners football team represented the University of Texas at El Paso in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This was the second year for head coach Sean Kugler both with UTEP and overall. They were a member of the West Division of Conference USA. The Miners played their home games in El Paso, Texas at the Sun Bowl Stadium. They finished the season 7–6, 5–3 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for second place in the West Division. They were invited to the New Mexico Bowl where they lost to Utah State. UTEP averaged 28,377 fans per game.[1]
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New Mexico Bowl vs. Utah State, L 6–21 | |
Conference | Conference USA |
West Division | |
2014 record | 7–6 (5–3 C-USA) |
Head coach | Sean Kugler (2nd season) |
Offensive coordinator | Patrick Higgins (2nd season) |
Defensive coordinator | Scott Stoker (2nd season) |
Home stadium | Sun Bowl Stadium (Capacity: 51,500) |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 23 Marshall x$ | 7 | – | 1 | 13 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Middle Tennessee | 5 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Kentucky | 4 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UAB | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Old Dominion* | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FIU | 3 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida Atlantic | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana Tech x | 7 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rice | 5 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UTEP | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UTSA | 3 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Texas | 2 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern Miss | 1 | – | 7 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Championship: Marshall 26, Louisiana Tech 23 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 30 | 6:00 PM | at New Mexico* |
| MWN | W 31–24 | 25,802 |
September 6 | 9:00 PM | Texas Tech* |
| FS1 | L 26–30 | 35,422 |
September 13 | 6:00 PM | New Mexico State* |
| ASN | W 42–24 | 32,979 |
September 27 | 10:00 AM | at No. 25 Kansas State* | FSN | L 28–58 | 52,899 | |
October 4 | 5:00 PM | at Louisiana Tech | FCS | L 3–55 | 18,157 | |
October 11 | 6:00 PM | Old Dominion![]() |
| ASN | W 42–35 | 25,509 |
October 25 | 5:00 PM | at UTSA | ASN | W 34–0 | 31,956 | |
November 1 | 6:00 PM | Southern Miss |
| FCS | W 35–14 | 24,673 |
November 8 | 2:00 PM | at WKU | L 27–35 | 18,472 | ||
November 15 | 8:00 PM | North Texas |
| FS1 | W 35–17 | 24,222 |
November 21 | 6:00 PM | at Rice | FS1 | L 13–31 | 18,164 | |
November 29 | 5:00 PM | Middle Tennessee |
| ASN | W 24–21 | 27,455 |
December 20 | 12:20 PM | vs. Utah State* |
| ESPN | L 6–21 | 28,725 |
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Game summaries
New Mexico
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Miners | 14 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 31 |
Lobos | 7 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 24 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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31–43–3 | 2013 | New Mexico, 42–35 |
Texas Tech
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Red Raiders | 0 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 30 |
Miners | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 26 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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6–14 | 2007 | Texas Tech, 45–31 |
New Mexico State
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Aggies | 7 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 24 |
Miners | 7 | 14 | 0 | 21 | 42 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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54–35–2 | 2013 | UTEP, 42–21 |
Kansas State
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Miners | 0 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 28 |
Wildcats | 10 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 58 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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1–1 | 1999 | Kansas State, 40–7 |
Louisiana Tech
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Miners | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Bulldogs | 7 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 55 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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2–7–1 | 2013 | Louisiana Tech, 38-35 |
Old Dominion
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Monarchs | 7 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 35 |
Miners | 7 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 42 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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First meeting |
UTSA
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Miners | 14 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 34 |
Roadrunners | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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0–1 | 2013 | UTSA, 32–13 |
Southern Miss
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Golden Eagles | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
Miners | 7 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 35 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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3–3 | 2012 | UTEP, 34–33 |
WKU
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Miners | 17 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 27 |
Hilltoppers | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 35 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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First meeting |
North Texas
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Mean Green | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 17 |
Miners | 14 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 35 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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5–14–3 | 2013 | North Texas, 41–7 |
Rice
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Miners | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 13 |
Owls | 0 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 31 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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6–11 | 2013 | Rice, 45–7 |
Middle Tennessee
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Blue Raiders | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
Miners | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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0–1 | 2013 | Middle Tennessee, 45–17 |
Utah State–New Mexico Bowl
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Aggies | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
Miners | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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0–2 | 1961 | Utah State, 21–6 |
Coaching staff
Name | Position |
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Sean Kugler | Head Coach |
Patrick Higgins | Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach |
Scott Stoker | Defensive Coordinator |
Andrew Browning | Defensive Line Coach |
Kirk Davis | Speed, Strength & Conditioning Coach |
Gabe Franklin | Defensive Backs Coach/Recruiting Coordinator |
Cornell Jackson | Running Backs Coach |
Spencer Leftwich | Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Line |
Brian Natkin | Tight Ends Coach/Special Team Coordinator |
Nate Poss | Asst. Athletic Dir. for Football Ops |
Robert Rodriguez | Assistant Special Team Coordinator/Nickelbacks/Saf. |
Todd Whitten | Wide Receivers Coach |
Tyler Bailey | Graduate Assistant Offense |
Logan Barrett | Student Assistant Operations |
Aaron Becker | Graduate Assistant Operations |
Weston Glaser | Graduate Assistant Defense |
Dave Vosburgh | Graduate Assistant Defense |
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References
- http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/Attendance/2014.pdf
- "2014 UTEP Miners Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved February 3, 2014.
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