2020 UTEP Miners football team

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

2020 UTEP Miners football
ConferenceConference USA
DivisionWest Division
2020 record0–0 (0–0 C-USA)
Head coachDana Dimel (3rd season)
Offensive coordinatorMike Canales (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorMike Cox (3rd season)
Home stadiumSun Bowl
(Capacity: 51,500)
2020 Conference USA football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
East Division
Charlotte  0 –0     0 –0  
FIU  0 –0     0 –0  
Florida Atlantic  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 5, 2020
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
As of June 27, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

The Miners finished the 2019 regular season 1–11, 0–8 in CUSA play to finish in last (seventh) in the West Division. They were not invited to play in any post season bowl game.

Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

Award Player Position Year
TBD

CUSA media days

The CUSA Media Days will be held virtually for the first time in conference history.[1]

Preseason All-CUSA teams

To be released

Schedule

UTEP announced its 2020 football schedule on January 8, 2020.[2] The 2020 schedule consists of 6 home and 6 away games in the regular season.

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResult
September 57:00 p.m.Texas Tech*
KDBC-TV/KFOX-TV/Stadium
September 12at Nevada*
Stadium
September 19at Texas*
LHN
September 267:00 p.m.New Mexico State*
KDBC-TV/KFOX-TV/Stadium
October 10at Louisiana Tech
Stadium
October 177:00 p.m.Southern Miss
  • Sun Bowl
  • El Paso, TX
KDBC-TV/KFOX-TV/Stadium
October 24at Charlotte
ESPN+
October 312:00 p.m.North Texas
  • Sun Bowl
  • El Paso, TX
KDBC-TV/KFOX-TV/Stadium
November 72:00 p.m.FIU
  • Sun Bowl
  • El Paso, TX
KDBC-TV/KFOX-TV/Stadium
November 14at UTSA
ESPN+
November 212:00 p.m.UAB
  • Sun Bowl
  • El Paso, TX
KDBC-TV/KFOX-TV/Stadium
November 28at Rice
ESPN+
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Mountain time

Source:[3]

Rankings
Further information: 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final 
AP  
Coaches  
CFP Not released Not released

Game summaries

Texas Tech
Texas Tech at UTEP
1 2Total
Red Raiders 0
Miners 0
See also: 2020 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
6–17–1 Sep. 7, 2019 L 3–38

at Nevada
UTEP at Nevada
1 2Total
Miners 0
Wolf Pack 0
  • Date: September 12, 2020
  • Location: Mackay Stadium
    Reno, NV
  • Game start: TBA PDT
  • TV announcers (Stadium): Ryan Radtke, Kevin Grimes and Alex Margulies (sideline)
See also: 2020 Nevada Wolf Pack football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–3 Sep. 21, 2019 L 21–37

at Texas
UTEP at Texas
1 2Total
Miners 0
Longhorns 0
See also: 2020 Texas Longhorns football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–5 Sep. 10, 2016 L 7–41

New Mexico State
New Mexico State at UTEP
(Battle of I-10)
1 2Total
Aggies 0
Miners 0
See also: 2020 New Mexico State Aggies football team and Battle of I-10
Overall record Last meeting Result
57–38–2 Nov. 23, 2019 L 35–44

at Louisiana Tech
UTEP at Louisiana Tech
1 2Total
Miners 0
Bulldogs 0
See also: 2020 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–13–1 Oct. 26, 2019 L 21–42

Southern Miss
Southern Miss at UTEP
1 2Total
Golden Eagles 0
Miners 0
See also: 2020 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–8 Sep. 28, 2019 L 13–31

at Charlotte
UTEP at Charlotte
1 2Total
Miners 0
49ers 0
See also: 2020 Charlotte 49ers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 Nov. 9, 2019 L 21–28

North Texas
North Texas at UTEP
1 2Total
Mean Green 0
Miners 0
See also: 2020 North Texas Mean Green football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
8–17–3 Nov. 2, 2019 L 26–52

FIU
FIU at UTEP
1 2Total
Panthers 0
Miners 0
See also: 2020 FIU Panthers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–3 Oct. 19, 2019 L 17–32

at UTSA
UTEP at UTSA
1 2Total
Miners 0
Roadrunners 0
See also: 2020 UTSA Roadrunners football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–5 Oct. 5, 2019 L 16–26

UAB
UAB at UTEP
1 2Total
Blazers 0
Miners 0
See also: 2020 UAB Blazers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–6 Nov. 16, 2019 L 10–37

at Rice
UTEP at Rice
1 2Total
Miners 0
Owls 0
See also: 2020 Rice Owls football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
8–15 Nov. 30, 2019 L 16–30

References
  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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