2017 UTEP Miners football team

The 2017 UTEP Miners football team represented University of Texas at El Paso in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Miners played their home games at the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas and competed in the West Division of Conference USA (C–USA). They were led by fifth-year head coach Sean Kugler until his resignation on October 2 and then by interim head coach Mike Price, who had previously served at UTEP's head coach from 2004 to 2012. The Miners finished the season with a record 0–12, 0–8 in conference play to finish in last place in the Conference USA (7th in West Division) and winless for the first time since the 1973 season. UTEP averaged 19,548 fans per game.[1]

2017 UTEP Miners football
Conference	Conference USA
	West Division
2017 record	0–12 (0–8 C-USA)
Head coach	Sean Kugler (5th season, resigned after 5 games), Mike Price (interim)
Offensive coordinator	Brent Pease (fired after 3 games) Brian Natkin (6th season)
Defensive coordinator	Tom Mason (2nd season)
Home stadium	Sun Bowl Stadium (Capacity: 51,500)

2017 Conference USA football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
Florida Atlantic x$		8	–	0					11	–	3
FIU		5	–	3					8	–	5
Marshall		4	–	4					8	–	5
Western Kentucky		4	–	4					6	–	7
Middle Tennessee		4	–	4					7	–	6
Old Dominion		3	–	5					5	–	7
Charlotte		1	–	7					1	–	11
West Division
North Texas x		7	–	1					9	–	5
UAB		6	–	2					8	–	5
Southern Miss		6	–	2					8	–	5
Louisiana Tech		4	–	4					7	–	6
UTSA		3	–	5					6	–	5
Rice		1	–	7					1	–	11
UTEP		0	–	8					0	–	12
Championship: Florida Atlantic 41, North Texas 17
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

UTEP announced its 2017 football schedule on January 26, 2017. The 2017 schedule consists of 5 home and 7 away games in the regular season. The Miners will host CUSA foes Louisiana Tech, Rice, UTSA, and Western Kentucky (WKU), and will travel to Middle Tennessee, North Texas, Southern Miss, and UAB.[2]

The Miners hosted one of the four non-conference opponents, Arizona from the Pac-12 Conference and travelled to Army who is independent from a conference, New Mexico State from the Sun Belt Conference, and Oklahoma from the Big 12 Conference.

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	1:30 p.m.	at No. 7 Oklahoma*	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	FOX	L 7–56	86,076
September 9	6:00 p.m.	Rice	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	CUSA.TV	L 14–31	19,136
September 15	8:15 p.m.	Arizona*	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	ESPN	L 16–63	22,133
September 23	6:00 p.m.	at New Mexico State*	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM (Battle of I-10)	ESPN3	L 14–41	17,546
September 30	1:30 p.m.	at Army*	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	CBSSN	L 21–35	31,133
October 7	6:00 p.m.	WKU	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	CUSA.TV	L 14–15	20,418
October 14	5:00 p.m.	at Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS	STADIUM	L 0–24	21,970
October 28	6:00 p.m.	UTSA	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	CUSA.TV	L 14–31	19,456
November 4	5:30 p.m.	at Middle Tennessee	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	beIN	L 3–30	11,411
November 11	3:00 p.m.	at North Texas	Apogee Stadium Denton, TX	ESPN3	L 10–45	26,108
November 18	1:00 p.m.	Louisiana Tech	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	CUSA.TV	L 21–42	16,597
November 25	11:00 a.m.	at UAB	Legion Field Birmingham, AL	CUSA.TV	L 7–28	14,505
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game All times are in Mountain time

Schedule Source:[3]

Game summaries

at Oklahoma

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners	7	0	0	0	7
#7 Sooners	14	21	14	7	56

Rice

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls	3	7	7	14	31
Miners	7	0	0	7	14

Arizona

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	0	35	14	14	63
Miners	0	9	7	0	16

at New Mexico State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners	7	0	0	7	14
Aggies	7	14	13	7	41

at Army

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners	7	7	0	7	21
Black Knights	0	14	14	7	35

WKU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hilltoppers	0	8	7	0	15
Miners	0	14	0	0	14

at Southern Miss

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners	0	0	0	0	0
Golden Eagles	7	7	0	10	24

UTSA

	1	2	3	4	Total
Roadrunners	3	14	7	7	31
Miners	0	14	0	0	14

at Middle Tennessee

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners	0	0	3	0	3
Blue Raiders	10	7	7	6	30

at North Texas

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners	7	0	3	0	10
Mean Green	7	7	14	17	45

Louisiana Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	7	21	0	14	42
Miners	0	0	14	7	21

at UAB

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners	7	0	0	0	7
Blazers	3	11	14	0	28

References

1. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/Attendance/2017.pdf
2. "UTEP Announces 2017 Football Schedule" (Press release). University of Texas at El Paso Department of Athletics. January 26, 2017. Retrieved February 5, 2017.
3. "2017 UTEP Miners Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved February 5, 2017.