American college football season
The 2015 UTEP Miners football team represented the University of Texas at El Paso in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season . This was the third year for head coach Sean Kugler both with UTEP and overall. They were members 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 5–7, 3–5 in C-USA play to finish in a three way tie for third place in the West Division.[1] UTEP averaged 23,212 fans per game.[2]
Schedule [ ]
UTEP announced their 2015 football schedule on February 2, 2015. The 2015 schedule consist of five home and seven away games in the regular season. The Miners will host CUSA foes Florida Atlantic , Louisiana Tech , Rice , and UTSA , and will travel to Florida International (FIU) , North Texas , Old Dominion , and Southern Miss .[3]
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 5 1:30 pm at No. 18 Arkansas * ESPNU L 13–4867,708
September 12 1:00 pm at Texas Tech * FSN FCS Central L 20–6954,090
September 19 6:00 pm at New Mexico State * Aggie VisionESPN3 W 50–47 OT 17,210
September 26 6:00 pm Incarnate Word * W 27–1722,322
October 3 6:00 pm UTSA L 6–2525,951
October 10 10:00 am at FIU ASN L 12–5213,799
October 24 5:00 pm Florida Atlantic ASN W 27–1722,468
October 31 12:30 pm at Southern Miss FCS L 13–3425,581
November 6 6:00 pm Rice CBSSN W 24–2123,031
November 14 10:00 am at Old Dominion FSN L 21–3120,118
November 21 1:30 pm Louisiana Tech FSN L 15–1722,286
November 28 1:30 pm at North Texas FSN W 20–178,305
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to game All times are in Mountain time
Schedule source: [4]
Game summaries [ ]
at Arkansas [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Miners
0
10
3
0
13
#18 Razorbacks
14
14
17
3
48
at Texas Tech [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Miners
7
10
0
3
20
Red Raiders
17
21
17
14
69
at New Mexico State [ ]
1
2
3
4 OT
Total
Miners
9
0
7
28 6
50
Aggies
13
3
14
14 3
47
Incarnate Word [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Cardinals
3
7
7
0
17
Miners
7
3
7
10
27
UTSA [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Roadrunners
0
3
15
7
25
Miners
0
0
0
6
6
at FIU [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Miners
0
3
7
2
12
Panthers
21
21
3
7
52
Florida Atlantic [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
FAU Owls
0
17
0
0
17
Miners
7
7
7
6
27
at Southern Miss [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Miners
0
3
3
7
13
Golden Eagles
7
6
7
14
34
Rice [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Rice Owls
0
14
7
0
21
Miners
0
14
7
3
24
at Old Dominion [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Miners
9
6
0
6
21
Monarchs
3
14
7
7
31
Louisiana Tech [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
3
7
7
0
17
Miners
0
10
2
3
15
at North Texas [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Miners
0
0
13
7
20
Mean Green
3
0
14
0
17
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