2020 UTEP Miners football team

American college football season

2020 UTEP Miners football

Conference| Conference USA
Division| West Division
Record| 3–5 (0–4 C–USA)
Head coach|

* Dana Dimel (3rd season)

Offensive coordinator| Mike Canales (3rd season)
Offensive scheme| Pro-style
Defensive coordinator| Mike Cox (3rd season)
Base defense| 4–3
Home stadium| Sun Bowl

Seasons

← 2019

2021 →

2020 Conference USA football standings

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| Conf. |  |  | Overall

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Team |   | W |   | L |   |  |  |   | W |   | L |
East Division
Marshall xy  |   | 4  | – | 1  |   |  |  |   | 7  | – | 3  |
Florida Atlantic |   | 4  | – | 2  |   |  |  |   | 5  | – | 4  |
Western Kentucky |   | 4  | – | 3  |   |  |  |   | 5  | – | 7  |
Charlotte |   | 2  | – | 2  |   |  |  |   | 2  | – | 4  |
Middle Tennessee |   | 2  | – | 4  |   |  |  |   | 3  | – | 6  |
FIU |   | 0  | – | 3  |   |  |  |   | 0  | – | 5  |
West Division
UAB xy$  |   | 3  | – | 1  |   |  |  |   | 6  | – | 3  |
UTSA |   | 5  | – | 2  |   |  |  |   | 7  | – | 5  |
Louisiana Tech |   | 4  | – | 2  |   |  |  |   | 5  | – | 5  |
North Texas |   | 3  | – | 4  |   |  |  |   | 4  | – | 6  |
Rice |   | 2  | – | 3  |   |  |  |   | 2  | – | 3  |
Southern Miss |   | 2  | – | 4  |   |  |  |   | 3  | – | 7  |
UTEP |   | 0  | – | 4  |   |  |  |   | 3  | – | 5  |
Championship: UAB 22, Marshall 13

* $ – Conference champion
* x – Division champion/co-champions
* y – Championship game participant
* Note: Due to COVID-19, Old Dominion opted out of the season.

The 2020 UTEP Miners football team represented the University of Texas at El Paso in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Miners were led by third–year head coach Dana Dimel and played their home games at the Sun Bowl. They competed as members of the West Division of Conference USA (C–USA).

## Preseason

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### Award watch lists

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Listed in the order that they were released

Award  | Player  | Position  | Year

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### C–USA media days

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The C–USA Media Days were held virtually for the first time in conference history.[1]

| Media poll (West Division)

Predicted finish  | Team  | Votes (1st place)
1 | Louisiana Tech |
2 | North Texas |
3 | Rice |
4 | Southern Miss |
5 | UAB |
6 | UTEP |
7 | UTSA |
| Media poll (East Division)

Predicted finish  | Team  | Votes (1st place)
1 | Charlotte |
2 | FIU |
3 | Florida Atlantic |
4 | Marshall |
5 | Middle Tennessee |
6 | Old Dominion |
7 | Western Kentucky |
| Media poll (C–USA Championship)

Rank  | Team  | Votes
N/A

### Preseason All–C–USA teams

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N/A

## Schedule

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UTEP announced its 2020 football schedule on January 8, 2020.[2]

The Miners had games scheduled against FIU, Nevada, New Mexico State, Rice, Southern Miss, Texas Tech and UAB that were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Date| Time| Opponent| Site| TV| Result| Attendance

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September 5| 7:00 p.m.| Stephen F. Austin*|

* Sun Bowl
* El Paso, TX

| ESPN3| W 24–14| 6,047
September 12| 6:00 p.m.| at No. 14 Texas*|

* Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
* Austin, TX

| LHN| L 3–59| 15,337
September 19| 7:00 p.m.| Abilene Christian*|

* Sun Bowl
* El Paso, TX

| ESPN3| W 17–13| 6,056
September 26| 1:30 p.m.| at Louisiana–Monroe*|

* Malone Stadium
* Monroe, LA

| ESPN2| W 31–6| 5,491
October 10| 5:30 p.m.| at Louisiana Tech|

* Joe Aillet Stadium
* Ruston, LA

| ESPN2| L 17–21| 7,140
October 24| 10:00 a.m.| at Charlotte|

* Jerry Richardson Stadium
* Charlotte, NC

| ESPN+| L 28–38| 1,042
November 14| 1:00 p.m.| at UTSA|

* Alamodome
* San Antonio, TX

| ESPN+| L 21–52| 6,243
December 11| 4:00 p.m.| at North Texas|

* Apogee Stadium
* Denton, TX

| ESPN3| L 43–45| 5,612

* *Non-conference game
* Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
* All times are in Mountain time

Source:[3]

## Game summaries

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### Stephen F. Austin

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Stephen F. Austin at Texas–El Paso

Team | 1 | 2| 3| 4| Total

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Lumberjacks | 7 | 7| 0| 0 | 14
• Miners | 3 | 14| 0| 7 | 24

* Date: September 5, 2020
* Location: Sun Bowl
El Paso, TX
* Game start: 7:05 p.m. MDT
* Elapsed time: 3 hours and 42 minutes
* Game attendance: 6,047
* Game weather: Temperature: 88 °F (31 °C) • Weather: Sunny • Wind: E 15 MPH
* Referee: Rodney Burnette
* TV announcers (ESPN3): Erik Elken (play–by–play) and Trevor Vittatoe (analyst)

Scoring summary

1| 12:01| SFA| Lawton Rikel 17–yard pass from Trae Self (Chris Campos kick)
(6 plays, 75 yards, 2:59)| SFA 7–0
03:25| UTEP| Gavin Baechle 22–yard field goal
(8 plays, 49 yards, 4:22)| SFA 7–3
2| 12:03| SFA| Da'leon Ward 1–yard run (Chris Campos kick)
(12 plays, 84 yards, 6:17)| SFA 14–3
02:08| UTEP| Justin Garrett 4–yard pass from Gavin Hardison (Gavin Baechle kick)
(16 plays, 83 yards, 9:51)| SFA 14–10
00:20| UTEP| Deion Hankins 10–yard run (Gavin Baechle kick)
(2 plays, 9 yards, 0:52)| UTEP 17–14
4| 03:51| UTEP| Deion Hankins 4–yard run (Gavin Baechle kick)
(9 plays, 80 yards, 4:18)| UTEP 24–14

See also: 2020 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football team

Pregame line | Over/under

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UTEP –4 | 54[4]
Statistics | Stephen F. Austin | UTEP

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First downs | 14 | 19
Total yards | 230 | 364
Rushing yards | 97 | 152
Passing yards | 133 | 212
Turnovers | 2 | 2
Time of possession | 23:13 | 36:47
Team | Category | Player | Statistics

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Stephen F. Austin | Passing | Trae Self | 14/21, 133 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
Rushing | Da'Leon Ward | 14 carries, 51 yards, 1 TD
Receiving | Quentyvian Borders | 2 receptions, 41 yards
UTEP | Passing | Gavin Hardison | 17/28, 212 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
Rushing | Deion Hankins | 17 carries, 113 yards, 2 TDs
Receiving | Jacob Cowing | 7 receptions, 116 yards

### At Texas

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Texas–El Paso at Texas

Team | 1 | 2| 3| 4| Total

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Miners | 0 | 3| 0| 0 | 3
• No. 14 Longhorns | 21 | 24| 7| 7 | 59

* Date: September 12, 2020
* Location: Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
Austin, TX
* Game start: 6:15 p.m. MDT
* Elapsed time: 3 hours and 38 minutes
* Game attendance: 15,337
* Game weather: Temperature: 88 °F (31 °C) • Weather: Partly Sunny • Wind: ENE 4 MPH
* Referee: Kevin Hassell
* TV announcers (LHN): Lowell Galindo (play–by–play), Andre Ware (analyst) and Kris Budden (sideline)

Scoring summary

1| 14:41| UT| Joshua Moore 78–yard pass from Sam Ehlinger (Cameron Dicker kick)
(1 play, 78 yards, 0:19)| UT 7–0
09:32| UT| Cade Brewer 20–yard pass from Sam Ehlinger (Cameron Dicker kick)
(10 plays, 67 yards, 3:24)| UT 14–0
04:57| UT| Roschon Johnson 1–yard run (Cameron Dicker kick)
(8 plays, 70 yards, 3:03)| UT 21–0
2| 14:10| UT| Brenden Schooler 40–yard pass from Sam Ehlinger (Cameron Dicker kick)
(4 plays, 76 yards, 0:50)| UT 28–0
12:15| UT| Tarik Black 5–yard pass from Sam Ehlinger (Cameron Dicker kick)
(3 plays, 42 yards, 1:02)| UT 35–0
06:16| UT| Cameron Dicker 32–yard field goal
(11 plays, 54 yards, 3:07)| UT 38–0
01:39| UTEP| Gavin Baechle 47–yard field goal
(11 plays, 46 yards, 4:37)| UT 38–3
00:06| UT| Kai Money 6–yard pass from Sam Ehlinger (Cameron Dicker kick)
(6 plays, 75 yards, 1:33)| UT 45–3
3| 02:11| UT| Brennan Eagles 35–yard pass from Casey Thompson (Cameron Dicker kick)
(4 plays, 68 yards, 1:14)| UT 52–3
4| 13:00| UT| Marcus Washington 17–yard pass from Casey Thompson (Cameron Dicker kick)
(8 plays, 54 yards, 2:28)| UT 59–3

See also: 2020 Texas Longhorns football team

Pregame line | Over/under

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UT –42.5 | 58.5[5]
Statistics | UTEP | Texas

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First downs | 14 | 28
Total yards | 233 | 689
Rushing yards | 43 | 208
Passing yards | 190 | 481
Turnovers | 0 | 1
Time of possession | 34:17 | 25:43
Team | Category | Player | Statistics

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UTEP | Passing | Gavin Hardison | 12/27, 141 yards, 1 INT
Rushing | Deion Hankins | 11 carries, 34 yards
Receiving | Justin Garrett | 4 receptions, 58 yards
Texas | Passing | Sam Ehlinger | 25/33, 426 yards, 5 TDs
Rushing | Keaontay Ingram | 9 carries, 44 yards
Receiving | Joshua Moore | 6 receptions, 127 yards, 1 TD

### Abilene Christian

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Abilene Christian at Texas–El Paso

Team | 1 | 2| 3| 4| Total

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Wildcats | 7 | 0| 3| 3 | 13
• Miners | 0 | 10| 0| 7 | 17

* Date: September 19, 2020
* Location: Sun Bowl
El Paso, TX
* Game start: 7:05 p.m. MDT
* Elapsed time: 3 hours and 1 minute
* Game attendance: 6,056
* Game weather: Temperature: 81 °F (27 °C) • Weather: Sunny • Wind: NE 8 MPH
* Referee: Anthony Perez
* TV announcers (ESPN3): Erik Elken (play–by–play) and Trevor Vittatoe (analyst)

Scoring summary

1| 09:03| ACU| Jermiah Dobbins 2–yard run (Blair Zepeda kick)
(6 plays, 56 yards, 3:06)| ACU 7–0
2| 08:31| UTEP| Gavin Baechle 27–yard field goal
(10 plays, 58 yards, 4:21)| ACU 7–3
06:18| UTEP| Joshua Fields 5–yard run (Gavin Baechle kick)
(2 plays, 56 yards, 0:48)| UTEP 10–7
3| 06:58| ACU| Blair Zepeda 29–yard field goal
(10 plays, 66 yards, 5:45)| TIE 10–10
4| 14:12| UTEP| Ronald Awatt 4–yard run (Gavin Baechle kick)
(13 plays, 75 yards, 7:46)| UTEP 17–10
05:19| ACU| Blair Zepeda 39–yard field goal
(6 plays, 45 yards, 3:33)| UTEP 17–13

See also: 2020 Abilene Christian Wildcats football team

Pregame line | Over/under

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UTEP –8.5 | 47.5[6]
Statistics | Abilene Christian | UTEP

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First downs | 15 | 17
Total yards | 308 | 293
Rushing yards | 99 | 98
Passing yards | 209 | 195
Turnovers | 5 | 1
Time of possession | 30:02 | 29:58
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Abilene Christian | Passing | Peyton Mansell | 14/21, 202 yards
Rushing | Tyrese White | 11 carries, 41 yards
Receiving | Taelyn Williams | 2 receptions, 77 yards
UTEP | Passing | Gavin Hardison | 15/25, 195 yards
Rushing | Joshua Fields | 17 carries, 75 yards, 1 TD
Receiving | Jacob Cowing | 8 receptions, 110 yards

### At Louisiana–Monroe

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Texas–El Paso at Louisiana–Monroe

Team | 1 | 2| 3| 4| Total

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• Miners | 7 | 17| 0| 7 | 31
Warhawks | 0 | 0| 6| 0 | 6

* Date: September 26, 2020
* Location: Malone Stadium
Monroe, LA
* Game start: 1:35 p.m. MDT
* Elapsed time: 3 hours and 12 minutes
* Game attendance: 5,491
* Game weather: Temperature: 79 °F (26 °C) • Weather: Partly Cloudy • Wind: WNW 6 MPH
* Referee: Jeremy Parker
* TV announcers (ESPN2): Clay Matvick (play–by–play) and Rocky Boiman (analyst)

Scoring summary

1| 07:40| UTEP| Deion Hawkins 2–yard run (Gavin Baechle kick)
(3 plays, 86 yards, 1:35)| UTEP 7–0
2| 13:33| UTEP| Deion Hawkins 1–yard run (Gavin Baechle kick)
(6 plays, 68 yards, 2:21)| UTEP 14–0
06:57| UTEP| Deion Hawkins 8–yard run (Gavin Baechle kick)
(9 plays, 73 yards, 4:15)| UTEP 21–0
00:21| UTEP| Gavin Baechle 42–yard field goal
(9 plays, 38 yards, 5:14)| UTEP 24–0
3| 00:55| ULM| Jahquan Bloomfield 35–yard pass from Colby Suits (Zach Elder kick failed)
(4 plays, 55 yards, 1:41)| UTEP 24–6
4| 02:32| UTEP| Ronald Awatt 23–yard run (Gavin Baechle kick)
(3 plays, 31 yards, 1:27)| UTEP 31–6

See also: 2020 Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks football team

Pregame line | Over/under

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UTEP –9.5 | 49.5[7]
Statistics | UTEP | Louisiana–Monroe

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First downs | 21 | 6
Total yards | 512 | 193
Rushing yards | 210 | 7
Passing yards | 302 | 186
Turnovers | 3 | 1
Time of possession | 39:36 | 20:24
Team | Category | Player | Statistics

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UTEP | Passing | Gavin Hardison | 13/25, 302 yards
Rushing | Deion Hankins | 22 carries, 118 yards, 3 TDs
Receiving | Justin Garrett | 7 receptions, 120 yards
Louisiana–Monroe | Passing | Colby Suits | 17/27, 184 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
Rushing | Josh Johnson | 9 carries, 19 yards
Receiving | Jevin Frett | 2 receptions, 63 yards

### At Louisiana Tech

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Texas–El Paso at Louisiana Tech

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Miners | 0 | 7| 3| 7 | 17
• Bulldogs | 7 | 7| 0| 7 | 21

* Date: October 10, 2020
* Location: Joe Aillet Stadium
Ruston, LA
* Game start: 5:35 p.m. MDT
* Elapsed time: 3 hours and 48 minutes
* Game attendance: 7,140
* Game weather: Temperature: 75 °F (24 °C) • Weather: Partly Cloudy • Wind: N 5 MPH
* Referee: Joe Lehring
* TV announcers (ESPN2): Dave O'Brien (play–by–play), Mike Golic (analyst) and Ian Fitzsimmons (sideline)

Scoring summary

1| 11:23| LATECH| Israel Tucker 15–yard run (Jacob Barnes kick)
(10 plays, 75 yards, 3:37)| LATECH 7–0
2| 09:56| UTEP| Devaughn Cooper 33–yard pass from Gavin Hardison (Gavin Baechle kick)
(5 plays, 48 yards, 1:57)| TIE 7–7
01:36| LATECH| Justin Henderson 14–yard run (Jacob Barnes kick)
(9 plays, 72 yards, 3:32)| LATECH 14–7
3| 09:02| UTEP| Gavin Baechle 29–yard field goal
(8 plays, 33 yards, 3:31)| LATECH 14–10
4| 11:47| LATECH| Israel Tucker 1–yard run (Jacob Barnes kick)
(13 plays, 60 yards, 5:33)| LATECH 21–10
11:32| UTEP| Duron Lowe 100–yard kickoff return (Gavin Baechle kick)| LATECH 21–17

See also: 2020 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team

Pregame line | Over/under

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LT –14.5 | 55.5[8]
Statistics | UTEP | Louisiana Tech

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First downs | 14 | 16
Total yards | 266 | 210
Rushing yards | 60 | 91
Passing yards | 206 | 119
Turnovers | 2 | 0
Time of possession | 26:58 | 33:02
Team | Category | Player | Statistics

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UTEP | Passing | Gavin Hardison | 18/38, 206 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
Rushing | Deion Hankins | 15 carries, 35 yards
Receiving | Jacob Cowing | 7 receptions, 63 yards
Louisiana Tech | Passing | Luke Anthony | 11/20, 85 yards
Rushing | Justin Henderson | 15 carries, 54 yards, 1 TD
Receiving | Adrian Hardy | 4 receptions, 58 yards

### At Charlotte

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Texas–El Paso at Charlotte

Team | 1 | 2| 3| 4| Total

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Miners | 7 | 7| 0| 14 | 28
• 49ers | 7 | 7| 7| 17 | 38

* Date: October 24, 2020
* Location: Jerry Richardson Stadium
Charlotte, NC
* Game start: 10:05 a.m. MDT
* Elapsed time: 3 hours and 16 minutes
* Game attendance: 1,042
* Game weather: Temperature: 65 °F (18 °C) • Weather: Sunny • Wind: 0 MPH
* Referee: Jonathan Noli
* TV announcers (ESPN+): Dave Friedman (play–by–play) and Reggie Walker (analyst)

Scoring summary

1| 12:20| CHAR| Aaron McAllister 7–yard run (Jonathan Cruz kick)
(2 plays, 7 yards, 0:09)| CHAR 7–0
03:29| UTEP| Deion Hankins 2–yard run (Gavin Baechle kick)
(15 plays, 64 yards, 8:51)| TIE 7–7
2| 05:35| UTEP| Ronald Awatt 4–yard run (Gavin Baechle kick)
(13 plays, 98 yards, 6:35)| UTEP 14–7
00:26| CHAR| Victor Tucker 22–yard pass from Chris Reynolds (Jonathan Cruz kick)
(10 plays, 79 yards, 5:09)| TIE 14–14
3| 03:31| CHAR| Cameron Dollar 10–yard pass from Chris Reynolds (Jonathan Cruz kick)
(8 plays, 37 yards, 3:22)| CHAR 21–14
4| 12:42| CHAR| Jonathan Cruz 32–yard field goal
(9 plays, 45 yards, 4:15)| CHAR 24–14
04:40| CHAR| Micaleous Elder 13–yard run (Jonathan Cruz kick)
(7 plays, 49 yards, 3:35)| CHAR 31–14
02:43| UTEP| Justin Garrett 8–yard pass from Gavin Hardison (Gavin Baechle kick)
(7 plays, 59 yards, 1:57)| CLT 31–21
02:30| CHAR| Aaron McAllister 36–yard run (Jonathan Cruz kick)
(1 play, 36 yards, 0:13)| CHAR 38–21
00:53| UTEP| Justin Garrett 11–yard pass from Gavin Hardison (Gavin Baechle kick)
(7 plays, 62 yards, 1:37)| CHAR 38–28

See also: 2020 Charlotte 49ers football team

Pregame line | Over/under

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CHAR –17.5 | 50[9]
Statistics | UTEP | Charlotte

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First downs | 24 | 17
Total yards | 374 | 329
Rushing yards | 170 | 144
Passing yards | 204 | 185
Turnovers | 2 | 1
Time of possession | 31:02 | 28:58
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UTEP | Passing | Gavin Hardison | 19/35, 204 yards, 2 TDs, 2 INTs
Rushing | Deion Hankins | 18 carries, 119 yards, 1 TD
Receiving | Justin Garrett | 9 receptions, 107 yards, 2 TDs
Charlotte | Passing | Chris Reynolds | 14/23, 185 yards, 2 TDs
Rushing | Aaron McAllister | 8 carries, 68 yards, 2 TDs
Receiving | Victor Tucker | 6 receptions, 86 yards, 1 TD

### At UTSA

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Texas–El Paso at Texas–San Antonio

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Miners | 7 | 14| 0| 0 | 21
• Roadrunners | 3 | 21| 14| 14 | 52

* Date: November 14, 2020
* Location: Alamodome
San Antonio, TX
* Game start: 1:08 p.m. MST
* Elapsed time: 2 hours and 57 minutes
* Game attendance: 6,243
* Game weather: Temperature: 74 °F (23 °C) • Weather: Indoors • Wind: N/A
* Referee: Rodney Burnette
* TV announcers (ESPN+): Lincoln Rose (play–by–play) and LaDarrin McLane (analyst)

Scoring summary

1| 11:49| UTSA| Hunter Duplessis 49–yard field goal
(10 plays, 43 yards, 3:11)| UTSA 3–0
02:22| UTEP| Jacob Cowing 52–yard pass from Gavin Hardison (Gavin Baechle kick)
(6 plays, 80 yards, 2:41)| UTEP 7–3
2| 12:44| UTSA| Brennon Dingle 3–yard pass from Frank Harris (Hunter Duplessis kick)
(6 plays, 80 yards, 2:16)| UTSA 10–7
03:32| UTEP| Calvin Brownholtz 1–yard run (Gavin Baechle kick)
(10 plays, 74 yards, 4:55)| UTEP 14–10
01:35| UTSA| Zakhari Franklin 35–yard pass from Frank Harris (Hunter Duplessis kick)
(6 plays, 71 yards, 1:57)| UTSA 17–14
00:58| UTEP| Deion Hankins 1–yard run (Gavin Baechle kick)
(2 plays, 5 yards, 0:37)| UTEP 21–17
00:19| UTSA| Frank Harris 35–yard run (Hunter Duplessis kick)
(3 plays, 70 yards, 0:39)| UTSA 24–21
3| 08:26| UTSA| Tykee Ogle–Kellogg 15–yard pass from Frank Harris (Hunter Duplessis kick)
(9 plays, 80 yards, 3:05)| UTSA 31–21
02:54| UTSA| Frank Harris 4–yard run (Hunter Duplessis kick)
(9 plays, 46 yards, 4:25)| UTSA 38–21
4| 11:05| UTSA| Kaedric Cobbs 1–yard run (Hunter Duplessis kick)
(8 plays, 59 yards, 4:24)| UTSA 45–21
03:16| UTSA| B.J. Daniels 5–yard run (Hunter Duplessis kick)
(11 plays, 89 yards, 6:07)| UTSA 52–21

See also: 2020 UTSA Roadrunners football team

Pregame line | Over/under

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UTSA –6 | 45.5[10]
Statistics | UTEP | UTSA

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First downs | 13 | 29
Total yards | 246 | 600
Rushing yards | 77 | 288
Passing yards | 169 | 312
Turnovers | 7 | 4
Time of possession | 27:08 | 32:52
Team | Category | Player | Statistics

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UTEP | Passing | Gavin Hardison | 14/21, 159 yards, 1 TD
Rushing | Deion Hankins | 16 carries, 74 yards, 1 TD
Receiving | Jacob Cowing | 2 receptions, 58 yards, 1 TD
UTSA | Passing | Frank Harris | 22/26, 312 yards, 3 TDs
Rushing | Brenden Brady | 26 carries, 124 yards
Receiving | Zakhari Franklin | 6 receptions, 118 yards, 1 TD

### At North Texas

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Texas–El Paso at North Texas

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Miners | 7 | 14| 0| 22 | 43
• Mean Green | 7 | 10| 14| 14 | 45

* Date: December 11, 2020
* Location: Apogee Stadium
Denton, TX
* Game start: 4:05 p.m. MST
* Elapsed time: 3 hours and 33 minutes
* Game attendance: 5,612
* Game weather: Temperature: 60 °F (16 °C) • Weather: Partly Cloudy • Wind: NW 8 MPH
* Referee: Kevin Randall
* TV announcers (ESPN3): Jon Teicher (play–by–play) and Mike Perez (analyst)

Scoring summary

1| 07:24| UTEP| Calvin Brownholtz 29–yard run (Gavin Baechle kick)
(6 plays, 33 yards, 4:01)| UTEP 7–0
02:38| UNT| Deonte Simpson 46–yard pass from Austin Aune (Ethan Mooney kick)
(1 play, 46 yards, 0:08)| TIE 7–7
2| 14:23| UTEP| Deion Hankins 2–yard run (Gavin Baechle kick)
(8 plays, 69 yards, 3:15)| UTEP 14–7
14:11| UNT| Jaelon Darden 75–yard pass from Austin Aune (Ethan Mooney kick)
(1 play, 75 yards, 0:12)| TIE 14–14
04:43| UNT| Ethan Mooney 24–yard field goal
(8 plays, 44 yards, 2:52)| UNT 17–14
00:43| UTEP| Deion Hankins 7–yard run (Gavin Baechle kick)
(8 plays, 67 yards, 1:19)| UTEP 21–17
3| 08:06| UNT| Jaelon Darden 32–yard pass from Austin Aune (Ethan Mooney kick)
(5 plays, 48 yards, 1:17)| UNT 24–21
02:04| UNT| Austin Aune 4–yard run (Ethan Mooney kick)
(12 plays, 81 yards, 3:58)| UNT 31–21
4| 14:21| UTEP| Jacob Cowing 28–yard pass from Calvin Brownholtz (Gavin Baechle kick)
(7 plays, 69 yards, 2:43)| UNT 31–28
11:49| UNT| Jaelon Darden 2–yard pass from Austin Aune (Ethan Mooney kick)
(8 plays, 62 yards, 2:32)| UNT 38–28
08:40| UNT| Jaelon Darden 50–yard pass from Austin Aune (Ethan Mooney kick)
(5 plays, 65 yards, 1:18)| UNT 45–28
06:32| UTEP| Jacob Cowing 17–yard pass from Calvin Brownholtz (Trent Thompson pass)
(5 plays, 75 yards, 2:08)| UNT 45–36
00:26| UTEP| Calvin Brownholtz 5–yard run (Gavin Baechle kick)
(6 plays, 69 yards, 1:00)| UNT 45–43

See also: 2020 North Texas Mean Green football team

Pregame line | Over/under

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UNT –10 | 51[11]
Statistics | UTEP | North Texas

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First downs | 27 | 24
Total yards | 497 | 491
Rushing yards | 301 | 189
Passing yards | 196 | 302
Turnovers | 1 | 2
Time of possession | 35:45 | 24:15
Team | Category | Player | Statistics

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UTEP | Passing | Calvin Brownholtz | 10/26, 196 yards, 2 TDs, 4 INTs
Rushing | Calvin Brownholtz | 15 carries, 114 yards, 2 TDs
Receiving | Jacob Cowing | 5 receptions, 118 yards, 2 TDs
North Texas | Passing | Austin Aune | 16/29, 302 yards, 5 TDs
Rushing | Tre Siggers | 15 carries, 94 yards
Receiving | Jaelon Darden | 8 receptions, 173 yards, 4 TDs

## References

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1. ^ "Conference USA to hold virtual football media days due to COVID-19". ktsm.com. May 5, 2020. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
2. ^ "UTEP Reveals 2020 Football Schedule". University of Texas at El Paso Department of Athletics. January 8, 2020. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
3. ^ "2020 UTEP Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
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6. ^ "Abilene Christian Wildcats vs UTEP Miners". Odds Shark. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
7. ^ "UTEP Miners vs Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks". Odds Shark. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
8. ^ "UTEP Miners vs Louisiana Tech Bulldogs". Odds Shark. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
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UTEP Miners football

Venues|

* Kidd Field (1938–1962)
* Sun Bowl (1963–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

* Bowl games
* New Mexico State: Battle of I-10

Culture & lore|

* History
* Paydirt Pete
* Miners Fight
* Sound of the Southwest Marching Miner Regiment
* KROD

People|

* Head coaches
* NFL draftees
* Statistical leaders

Seasons|

* List of seasons
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