1967 UTEP Miners football team

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1967 UTEP Miners football
Sun Bowl champion
Sun Bowl, W 14–7 vs. Ole Miss
ConferenceIndependent
1967 record7–2–1
Head coach
Home stadiumSun Bowl
Seasons
← 1966
1968 →
1967 NCAA University Division independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Army     8 2 0
No. 5 Notre Dame     8 2 0
Syracuse     8 2 0
No. 10 Penn State     8 2 1
New Mexico State     7 2 1
UTEP     7 2 1
Utah State     7 2 1
Florida State     7 2 2
West Texas State     8 3 0
Houston     7 3 0
VPI     7 3 0
Memphis State     6 3 0
Southern Miss     6 3 0
Dayton     6 3 1
Xavier     6 3 1
Miami (FL)     7 4 0
Buffalo     6 4 0
Navy     5 4 1
Holy Cross     5 5 0
Colorado State     4 5 1
Pacific     4 5 0
Boston College     4 6 0
Georgia Tech     4 6 0
Villanova     4 6 0
Air Force     2 6 2
Tulane     3 7 0
San Jose State     2 7 0
Colgate     2 8 0
Pittsburgh     1 9 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1967 UTEP Miners football team was an American football team that represented the University of Texas at El Paso as an independent during the 1967 NCAA University Division football season. This was the first season for the program, since changing its name from Texas Western to UTEP. In its third season under head coach Bobby Dobbs, the team compiled a 7–2–1 record, defeated Ole Miss in the 1967 Sun Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 337 to 145.[1]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 16UC Santa Barbara
W 50–14
October 7at Arizona StateL 32–33
October 14at Arizona
T 9–9
October 21BYU
  • Sun Bowl
  • El Paso, TX
W 47–17
October 27at New MexicoAlbuquerque, NMW 75–12
November 4New Mexico State
W 46–2428,233[2]
November 11Colorado State
  • Sun Bowl
  • El Paso, TX
W 17–0
November 18 No. 6 Wyoming
  • Sun Bowl
  • El Paso, TX
L 19–21
November 25at UtahW 28–815,843
December 30Ole Miss
W 14–7

References[]

  1. ^ "1967 UTEP Miners Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
  2. ^ Rodger McKown (November 5, 1967). "Miners Wear Down NM Aggies, 46-24". The El Paso Times. pp. 1A, 1D – via Newspapers.com.
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