2014 UTEP Miners football team

2014 UTEP Miners football

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 year)
Offensive coordinator	Patrick Higgins (2nd year)
Defensive coordinator	Scott Stoker (2nd year)
Home stadium	Sun Bowl Stadium (Capacity: 51,500)

2014 Conference USA football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
East Division
#23 Marshall x$		7	–	1		13	–	1
Middle Tennessee		5	–	3		6	–	6
WKU		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
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Ineligible for post season bowl due to transition from FCS. As of 22:24, 20 December 2014 (UTC); Rankings from AP Poll

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.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	6:00 PM	at New Mexico*	University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM	MWN	W 31–24	25,802
September 6	9:00 PM	Texas Tech*	Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX	FS1	L 26–30	35,422
September 13	6:00 PM	New Mexico State*	Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX (The Battle of I-10)	ASN	W 42–24	32,979
September 27	10:00 AM	at #25 Kansas State*	Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium • Manhattan, KS	FSN	L 28–58	52,899
October 4	5:00 PM	at Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA	FCS	L 3–55	18,157
October 11	6:00 PM	Old Dominion	Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX	ASN	W 42–35	25,509
October 25	5:00 PM	at UTSA	Alamodome • San Antonio, TX	ASN	W 34–0	31,956
November 1	6:00 PM	Southern Miss	Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX	FCS	W 35–14	24,673
November 8	2:00 PM	at WKU	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY		L 27–35	18,472
November 15	8:00 PM	North Texas	Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX	FS1	W 35–17	24,222
November 21	6:00 PM	at Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	FS1	L 13–31	18,164
November 29	5:00 PM	Middle Tennessee	Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX	ASN	W 24–21	27,455
December 20	12:20 PM	vs. Utah State*	University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM (New Mexico Bowl)	ESPN	L 6–21	28,725
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Schedule Source:^[1]

ASN games could air on KFOX or KDBC.

Game notes

New Mexico

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners	14	10	0	7	31
Lobos	7	0	14	3	24

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
31–43–3	2013	New Mexico, 42–35

Texas Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Red Raiders	0	16	7	7	30
Miners	6	7	6	7	26

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–14	2007	Texas Tech, 45–31

New Mexico State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	7	3	0	14	24
Miners	7	14	0	21	42

Further information: Battle of I-10

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
54–35–2	2013	UTEP, 42–21

Kansas State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners	0	0	7	21	28
Wildcats	10	21	21	6	58

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–1	1999	Kansas State, 40–7

Louisiana Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners	0	3	0	0	3
Bulldogs	7	21	20	7	55

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–7–1	2013	Louisiana Tech, 38-35

Old Dominion

	1	2	3	4	Total
Monarchs	7	0	21	7	35
Miners	7	14	7	14	42

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

UTSA

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners	14	3	10	7	34
Roadrunners	0	0	0	0	0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	2013	UTSA, 32–13

Southern Miss

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Eagles	0	0	14	0	14
Miners	7	0	14	14	35

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–3	2012	UTEP, 34–33

WKU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners	17	3	7	0	27
Hilltoppers	7	7	7	14	35

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

North Texas

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mean Green	0	0	3	14	17
Miners	14	14	7	0	35

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–14–3	2013	North Texas, 41–7

Rice

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners	0	3	10	0	13
Owls	0	10	14	7	31

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–11	2013	Rice, 45–7

Middle Tennessee

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Raiders	7	7	0	7	21
Miners	3	7	7	7	24

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	2013	Middle Tennessee, 45–17

Utah State–New Mexico Bowl

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	7	0	7	7	21
Miners	3	0	0	3	6

Further information: 2014 New Mexico Bowl

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–2	1961	Utah State, 21–6

Coaching Staff

Name	Position
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

References

↑ "2014 UTEP Miners Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved February 3, 2014.

UTEP Miners football

Venues	Kidd Field (1938–1962) Sun Bowl (1963–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games New Mexico State: Battle of I-10

Culture & lore	Paydirt Pete "Miners Fight" Sound of the Southwest Marching Miner Regiment

People	Head coaches NFL draftees

Seasons	1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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