2000 UTEP Miners football team

The 2000 UTEP Miners football team represented the University of Texas at El Paso in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Gary Nord. The Miners played their home games at the Sun Bowl Stadium in El Paso, Texas.

During the 2000 season Brian Natkin became the first, and so far only, unanimous All-American in UTEP football history.^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	6:30 pm	at No. 19 Oklahoma*	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, Oklahoma	FSN	L 14–55	74,761
September 9	7:05 pm	SMU	Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, Texas		W 37–20	31,483
September 16	7:00 pm	at Texas A&M*	Kyle Field College Station, Texas		L 17–45	69,184
September 23	7:05 pm	Hawaii	Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, Texas		W 39–7	36,637
September 30	7:05 pm	New Mexico State*	Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, Texas (The Battle of I-10)		W 41–31	50,068
October 7	5:00 pm	at Tulsa	Skelly Stadium Tulsa, Oklahoma	KKWB	W 40–7	18,689
October 14	7:00 pm	at San Jose State	Spartan Stadium San Jose, California	KKWB	W 47–30	13,274
October 21	7:05 pm	Fresno State	Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, Texas		W 23–13	50,085
November 4	1:00 pm	at Nevada	Mackay Stadium Reno, Nevada		W 45–22	15,249
November 11	7:05 pm	Rice	Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, Texas		W 38–21	53,304
November 18	1:00 pm	at No. 15 TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, Texas	FSN	L 14–47	41,068
December 23	11:30 am	vs. Boise State*	Bronco Stadium Boise, Idaho (Humanitarian Bowl)	ESPN2	L 23–38	26,203
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

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