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Texas El Paso Football Team History


Texas El Paso Miners
University of Texas El Paso
 El Paso, TX
Founded: 1913
Stadium: Sun Bowl
Capacity: 52,000
Colors: Blue & Orange
Coach: Gary Nord
Conference: Western Athletic-

Team Home Summary  Coaches Games by Year Opponents Rankings Bowls Conference


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1914  <-- 1999 <- 2000 -> 2001 --> 2024
2000 Season Highlights
 Gary Nord enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Texas El Paso.
 The Miners won the Western Athletic Conference Championship.
 
2000 Season
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Sat., Sep. 2  @ Oklahoma  14   55   L       
 Sat., Sep. 9  vs. Southern Methodist  37   20   W       
 Sat., Sep. 16  @ Texas A&M  17   45   L       
 Sat., Sep. 23  vs. Hawaii  39   7   W       
 Sat., Sep. 30  vs. New Mexico State  41   31   W       
 Sat., Oct. 7  @ Tulsa  40   7   W       
 Sat., Oct. 14  @ San Jose State  47   30   W       
 Sat., Oct. 21  vs. Fresno State  23   13   W       
 Sat., Nov. 4  @ Nevada  45   22   W       
 Sat., Nov. 11  vs. Rice  38   21   W       
 Sat., Nov. 18  @ Texas Christian  14   47   L       
 Thu., Dec. 28   Boise State  23   38   L    @ Boise, ID   Humanitarian Bowl
 
2000 Season Totals
  Record8-4
  Points Scored378
  Scoring Average31.5
  Points Allowed336
  Defense Average28.0
  Opponents Record73-70
  Conference Record7-1
  Home Record5-0
  Away Record3-3
2000 NCAA Final Rankings
 Rank   Record   Source 
  was not ranked.
  
2000 Western Athletic- Standings
  Season   Bowls   Conference 
 Team  W/L/T  PF  PA    W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
Texas El Paso 8-4378336Lost  23-387-1283167  Gary Nord
Texas Christian 10-2431134Lost  21-286-124675  Dennis Franchione
Fresno State 7-5317251Lost  34-376-2235144  Pat Hill
San Jose State 7-5374357 5-3250240  Dave Baldwin
Tulsa 5-7240283 4-3148125  Keith Burns
Hawaii 3-9294399 2-6197276  June Jones
Rice 3-8237322 2-5165177  Ken Hatfield
Southern Methodist 3-9181352 2-598211  Mike Cavan
Nevada 2-10207464 1-7144317  Chris Tormey

2000 All American Awards
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Award   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 

2000 All Western Athletic Conference Players
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 


Some records may be incomplete.


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