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
Conference	Conference USA
Division	West Division
2017 record	0–12 (0–8 C-USA)
Head coach	Sean Kugler (5th season, resigned after 5 games), Mike Price (interim)
Offensive coordinator	Brent Pease (fired after 3 games) Brian Natkin (6th season)
Defensive coordinator	Tom Mason (2nd season)
Home stadium	Sun 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.

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	1:30 p.m.	at No. 7 Oklahoma*	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	FOX	L 7–56	86,076
September 9	6:00 p.m.	Rice	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	CUSA.TV	L 14–31	19,136
September 15	8:15 p.m.	Arizona*	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	ESPN	L 16–63	22,133
September 23	6:00 p.m.	at New Mexico State*	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM (Battle of I-10)	ESPN3	L 14–41	17,546
September 30	1:30 p.m.	at Army*	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	CBSSN	L 21–35	31,133
October 7	6:00 p.m.	WKU	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	CUSA.TV	L 14–15	20,418
October 14	5:00 p.m.	at Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS	STADIUM	L 0–24	21,970
October 28	6:00 p.m.	UTSA	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	CUSA.TV	L 14–31	19,456
November 4	5:30 p.m.	at Middle Tennessee	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	beIN	L 3–30	11,411
November 11	3:00 p.m.	at North Texas	Apogee Stadium Denton, TX	ESPN3	L 10–45	26,108
November 18	1:00 p.m.	Louisiana Tech	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	CUSA.TV	L 21–42	16,597
November 25	11:00 a.m.	at UAB	Legion Field Birmingham, AL	CUSA.TV	L 7–28	14,505
*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

See also: 2017 Oklahoma Sooners football team

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

See also: 2017 Rice Owls football team

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

See also: 2017 Arizona Wildcats football team

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

See also: 2017 New Mexico State Aggies football team and Battle of I-10

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

See also: 2017 Army Black Knights football team

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

See also: 2017 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team

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

See also: 2017 UTSA Roadrunners football team

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

See also: 2017 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

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

See also: 2017 North Texas Mean Green football team

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

See also: 2017 UTSA Roadrunners football team

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

See also: 2017 UAB Blazers football team

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

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.