American college football season
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 . UTEP averaged 28,377 fans per game.[1]
As of the conclusion of the 2020 season , this is the last season the Miners have finished with a winning record.
Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance August 30 6:00 pm at New Mexico * MWN W 31–2425,802
September 6 9:00 pm Texas Tech * FS1 L 26–3035,422
September 13 6:00 pm New Mexico State * Sun Bowl El Paso, TX (The Battle of I-10 ) ASN W 42–2432,979
September 27 10:00 am at No. 25 Kansas State * FSN L 28–5852,899
October 4 5:00 pm at Louisiana Tech FCS L 3–5518,157
October 11 6:00 pm Old Dominion ASN W 42–3525,509
October 25 5:00 pm at UTSA ASN W 34–031,956
November 1 6:00 pm Southern Miss FCS W 35–1424,673
November 8 2:00 pm at WKU L 27–3518,472
November 15 8:00 pm North Texas FS1 W 35–1724,222
November 21 6:00 pm at Rice FS1 L 13–3118,164
November 29 5:00 pm Middle Tennessee ASN W 24–2127,455
December 20 12:20 pm vs. Utah State * ESPN L 6–2128,725
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to game All times are in Mountain time
Schedule Source: [2]
ASN games could air on KFOX or KDBC .
Game summaries [ ]
New Mexico [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Miners
14
10
0
7
31
Lobos
7
0
14
3
24
Texas Tech [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Red Raiders
0
16
7
7
30
Miners
6
7
6
7
26
New Mexico State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Aggies
7
3
0
14
24
Miners
7
14
0
21
42
Kansas State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Miners
0
0
7
21
28
Wildcats
10
21
21
6
58
Louisiana Tech [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Miners
0
3
0
0
3
Bulldogs
7
21
20
7
55
Old Dominion [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Monarchs
7
0
21
7
35
Miners
7
14
7
14
42
UTSA [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Miners
14
3
10
7
34
Roadrunners
0
0
0
0
0
Southern Miss [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Golden Eagles
0
0
14
0
14
Miners
7
0
14
14
35
WKU [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Miners
17
3
7
0
27
Hilltoppers
7
7
7
14
35
North Texas [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Mean Green
0
0
3
14
17
Miners
14
14
7
0
35
Rice [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Miners
0
3
10
0
13
Owls
0
10
14
7
31
Middle Tennessee [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Raiders
7
7
0
7
21
Miners
3
7
7
7
24
Utah State–New Mexico Bowl [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Aggies
7
0
7
7
21
Miners
3
0
0
3
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
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