2015 UTEP Miners football team

2015 Conference USA football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
East Division
No. 24 Western Kentucky x$	8	–	0	12	–	2
Middle Tennessee	6	–	2	7	–	6
Marshall	6	–	2	10	–	3
FIU	3	–	5	5	–	7
Old Dominion	3	–	5	5	–	7
Florida Atlantic	3	–	5	3	–	9
Charlotte*	0	–	8	2	–	10
West Division
Southern Miss x	7	–	1	9	–	5
Louisiana Tech	6	–	2	9	–	4
UTSA	3	–	5	3	–	9
UTEP	3	–	5	5	–	7
Rice	3	–	5	5	–	7
North Texas	1	–	7	1	–	11

Championship: Western Kentucky 45, Southern Miss 28
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions * Ineligible for postseason bowl due to transition from FCS As of January 12, 2015 Rankings from AP Poll

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*	Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR	ESPNU	L 13–48	67,708
September 12	1:00 pm	at Texas Tech*	Jones AT&T Stadium Lubbock, TX	FSN FCS Central	L 20–69	54,090
September 19	6:00 pm	at New Mexico State*	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM (Battle of I-10)	Aggie Vision ESPN3	W 50–47 ^OT	17,210
September 26	6:00 pm	Incarnate Word*	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX		W 27–17	22,322
October 3	6:00 pm	UTSA	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX		L 6–25	25,951
October 10	10:00 am	at FIU	FIU Stadium Miami, FL	ASN	L 12–52	13,799
October 24	5:00 pm	Florida Atlantic	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	ASN	W 27–17	22,468
October 31	12:30 pm	at Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS	FCS	L 13–34	25,581
November 6	6:00 pm	Rice	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	CBSSN	W 24–21	23,031
November 14	10:00 am	at Old Dominion	Foreman Field Norfolk, VA	FSN	L 21–31	20,118
November 21	1:30 pm	Louisiana Tech	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	FSN	L 15–17	22,286
November 28	1:30 pm	at North Texas	Apogee Stadium Denton, TX	FSN	W 20–17	8,305
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game All times are in Mountain time

Schedule source:^[4]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners	0	10	3	0	13
#18 Razorbacks	14	14	17	3	48

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners	7	10	0	3	20
Red Raiders	17	21	17	14	69

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Miners	9	0	7	28	6	50
Aggies	13	3	14	14	3	47

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	3	7	7	0	17
Miners	7	3	7	10	27

	1	2	3	4	Total
Roadrunners	0	3	15	7	25
Miners	0	0	0	6	6

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners	0	3	7	2	12
Panthers	21	21	3	7	52

	1	2	3	4	Total
FAU Owls	0	17	0	0	17
Miners	7	7	7	6	27

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners	0	3	3	7	13
Golden Eagles	7	6	7	14	34

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rice Owls	0	14	7	0	21
Miners	0	14	7	3	24

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners	9	6	0	6	21
Monarchs	3	14	7	7	31

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	3	7	7	0	17
Miners	0	10	2	3	15

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners	0	0	13	7	20
Mean Green	3	0	14	0	17

^ "UTEP Announces 2015 Football Schedule". Retrieved May 10, 2017.
^ "2015 National College Football Attendance (For All NCAA Men's Varsity Teams)" (PDF). NCAA.
^ "UTEP Announces 2015 Football Schedule" (Press release). University of Texas–El Paso Department of Athletics. February 2, 2015. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
^ "2015 UTEP Miners Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved February 16, 2015.

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