2021 UTEP Miners football team

The 2021 UTEP Miners football team will represent the University of Texas at El Paso during the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Miners will play their home games at Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas, and will compete in the West Division of Conference USA (CUSA). The team will be coached by fourth-year head coach Dana Dimel.

2021 UTEP Miners football
Conference	Conference USA
	West Division
2021 record	0–0 (0–0 C-USA)
Head coach	Dana Dimel (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Dave Warner (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Bradley Dale Peveto (1st season)
Home stadium	Sun Bowl (Capacity:51,500)

2021 Conference USA football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
Charlotte		0	–	0					0	–	0
Florida Atlantic		0	–	0					0	–	0
FIU		0	–	0					0	–	0
Marshall		0	–	0					0	–	0
Middle Tennessee		0	–	0					0	–	0
Old Dominion		0	–	0					0	–	0
Western Kentucky		0	–	0					0	–	0
West Division
Louisiana Tech		0	–	0					0	–	0
North Texas		0	–	0					0	–	0
Rice		0	–	0					0	–	0
Southern Miss		0	–	0					0	–	0
UAB		0	–	0					0	–	0
UTEP		0	–	0					0	–	0
UTSA		0	–	0					0	–	0
Championship: December 4, 2021
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant As of February 2, 2021; Rankings from AP Rankings.

Previous season

The Miners finished the 2020 regular season 3–5 and 0–4 in C–USA play to finish in last (seventh) in the West Division. They were not eligible to play in any post season bowl game. At the end of the season, the offensive and defensive coordinators were released from their duties.[1]

Schedule

UTEP announced its 2021 football schedule on January 27, 2021.[2][3] The 2021 schedule consisted of 6 home and 6 away games in the regular season.

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
August 28	at New Mexico State*	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM (Battle of I-10)
September 4	Bethune–Cookman*	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX
September 11	at Boise State*	Albertsons Stadium Boise, ID
September 25	New Mexico*	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX
October 2	Old Dominion	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX
October 9	at Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS
October 16	Louisiana Tech	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX
October 30	at Florida Atlantic	FAU Stadium Boca Raton, FL
November 6	UTSA	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX
November 13	at North Texas	Apogee Stadium Denton, TX
November 20	Rice	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX
November 27	at UAB	Protective Stadium Birmingham, AL
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings released prior to game

Schedule Source:[2][4]

References

1. Morgan, Andy (December 18, 2021). "UTEP parts ways with OC Mike Canales, DC Mike Cox". KTSM. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
2. "UTEP Miners unveil their 2021 football schedule". KVIA. January 27, 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
3. "UTEP Football Announces 2021 Schedule". University of Texas at El Paso Department of Athletics. January 27, 2021. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
4. "2021 UTEP Miners Football Schedule". FBSchedule. Retrieved January 30, 2021.