2016 UTEP Miners football team

2016 UTEP Miners football

Conference	Conference USA West
2016 record	0–0 (0–0 C-USA)
Head coach	Sean Kugler (4th year)
Offensive coordinator	Patrick Higgins (4th year)
Defensive coordinator	Scott Stoker (4th year)
Home stadium	Sun Bowl Stadium (Capacity: 51,500)

2016 Conference USA football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
East Division
Charlotte		0	–	0		0	–	0
FIU		0	–	0		0	–	0
Florida Atlantic		0	–	0		0	–	0
Marshall		0	–	0		0	–	0
Middle Tennessee		0	–	0		0	–	0
Old Dominion		0	–	0		0	–	0
WKU		0	–	0		0	–	0
West Division
Louisiana Tech		0	–	0		0	–	0
North Texas		0	–	0		0	–	0
Rice		0	–	0		0	–	0
Southern Miss		0	–	0		0	–	0
UTEP		0	–	0		0	–	0
UTSA		0	–	0		0	–	0

Championship: December 3, 2016
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 UTEP Miners football team will represent The University of Texas at El Paso in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Miners will play their home games at the Sun Bowl Stadium in El Paso, Texas, and compete in the West Division of Conference USA (C–USA). They will be led by fourth year head coach Sean Kugler.

Schedule

UTEP announced its 2016 football schedule on February 4, 2016. The 2016 schedule consists of 7 home and 5 away games in the regular season. The Miners will host C–USA foes Florida International (FIU), North Texas, Old Dominion, and Southern Miss, and will travel to Florida Atlantic, Louisiana Tech, Rice, and UTSA.^[1]

The team will 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	Opponent^#	Site
September 3	New Mexico State*	Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX (Battle of I-10)
September 10	at Texas*	Darrell K. Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX
September 17	Army*	Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX
September 24	Southern Miss	Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX
October 1	at Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA
October 8	FIU	Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX
October 22	at UTSA	Alamodome • San Antonio, TX
October 29	Old Dominion	Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX
November 5	Houston Baptist*	Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX
November 12	at Florida Atlantic	FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL
November 19	at Rice	Rice • Houston, TX
November 26	North Texas	Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time Zone.

Schedule Source:^[2]

References

↑ "UTEP ANNOUNCES 2016 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE" (Press release). The University of Texas at El Paso Department of Athletics. February 4, 2016. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
↑ "2016 UTEP Miners Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved February 7, 2016.

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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