American college football season
The 2016 UTEP Miners football team represented the University of Texas at El Paso in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Miners played their home games at the Sun Bowl Stadium in El Paso, Texas , and competed in the West Division of Conference USA (C–USA). They were led by fourth-year head coach Sean Kugler . They finished the season 4–8, 2–6 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for fifth place in the West Division. UTEP averaged 23,001 fans per game.[1]
Schedule [ ] UTEP announced its 2016 football schedule on February 4, 2016. The 2016 schedule consisted of seven home and five away games in the regular season. The Miners host C–USA foes Florida International (FIU), North Texas , Old Dominion , and Southern Miss , and traveled to Florida Atlantic , Louisiana Tech , Rice , and UTSA .[2]
The team 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 Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 3 6:00 pm New Mexico State * beIN W 38–2230,119 September 10 5:00 pm at No. 11 Texas * LHN L 7–4192,683 September 17 5:00 pm Army * ASN L 14–6637,893 September 24 6:00 pm Southern Miss CI L 7–3421,419 October 1 5:00 pm at Louisiana Tech ASN L 7–2822,101 October 8 6:00 pm FIU CUSA.tv L 21–3517,751 October 22 7:00 pm at UTSA KMYS W 52–49 5OT 23,633 October 29 6:00 pm Old Dominion CUSA.tv L 21–3119,254 November 5 6:00 pm Houston Baptist * CUSA.tv W 42–1015,977 November 12 4:00 pm at Florida Atlantic CUSA.tv L 31–359,122 November 19 10:00 am at Rice ESPN3 L 24–4419,148 November 26 2:00 pm North Texas CUSA.tv W 52–2418,591 *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game All times are in Mountain time
Schedule Source: [3] Game summaries [ ] New Mexico State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Aggies
3
0
13
6
22
Miners
7
17
7
7
38
at Texas [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Miners
0
7
0
0
7
#11 Longhorns
10
10
14
7
41
Army [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Black Knights
3
21
28
14
66
Miners
0
0
14
0
14
Southern Miss [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Golden Eagles
3
21
7
3
34
Miners
7
0
0
0
7
at Louisiana Tech [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Miners
0
0
0
7
7
Bulldogs
14
0
0
14
28
FIU [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Panthers
3
10
15
7
35
Miners
7
0
7
7
21
at UTSA [ ]
1
2
3
4 OT 2OT 3OT 4OT 5OT
Total
Miners
7
7
14
0 3 7 8 0 6
52
Roadrunners
14
7
7
0 3 7 8 0 3
49
Old Dominion [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Monarchs
10
0
7
14
31
Miners
0
7
6
8
21
Houston Baptist [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Huskies
0
3
7
0
10
Miners
14
14
7
7
42
at Florida Atlantic [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Miners
7
10
7
7
31
Owls
7
10
3
15
35
at Rice [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Miners
3
0
7
14
24
Owls
6
28
7
3
44
North Texas [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Mean Green
7
10
0
7
24
Miners
10
21
14
7
52
References [ ]
Venues Bowls & rivalries Culture & lore People Seasons
