AHSFHS.org

Search Site

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: Scotty Walden
Conference: Conference USA-

Texas El Paso

Team Timeline
First Team: 1914
1914 - State College of Mines and Metallurgy fielded its first football team in 1914.
1994 - After the Utah game, athletics director John Thompson fired David Lee as head coach and named defensive coordinator Charlie Bailey interim head coach.

Championships
National Championships
None
Conference Championships
1956, 2000
Division Championships

Team Records
Overall Record	411-644-29
Winning Pct.	39%
Vacated Wins	0
Forfeit Games	0
Adjusted Record	411-644-29
Winning Pct.	39%
National Championships	0
Conference Titles	2
Division Titles	0
Conference Record	106-308-2
All American Players
NFL Players (#2)
Home Record	277-274-18
Away Record	128-361-11

By The Numbers
Seasons	107
Winning Seasons (#1)	37
Losing Seasons (#1)	68
Most Wins in A Season	10 (1988)
Most Loses in A Season	12 (2017)
10 Win Seasons	1
Most Points Scored in a Game	92 (11/25/1948)
Most Points Scored in a Season	445 (1988)
Most Points Allowed in a Game	83 (11/1/1980)
Most Points Allowed in a Season	544 (1973)
Largest Margin of Victory	85 (11/25/1948)
Largest Margin of Defeat	79 (1916)
Most Points Both Teams in a Game	112 (10/18/2008)
Last Shutout	10/25/2014
Last Time Shutout	10/27/2018
Shutouts All-Time	81
Been Shutout All-Time	101

Streaks
Longest Win	9 (10/24/1931-10/29/1932)
Longest Losing	20 (9/2/2017-10/27/2018)

Bowl Records
Overall Record	5-9-0
Rose	0-0-0
Cotton	0-0-0
Orange	0-0-0
Fiesta	0-0-0
Sugar	0-0-0

By the Decade
2020-29	19-35
2010-19	34-88
2000-09	48-72
1990-99	28-84
1980-89	32-85
1970-79	23-87
1960-69	43-52-5
1950-59	57-41-3
1940-49	37-26-5
1930-39	52-34-4
1920-29	32-30-8

Next Game
11/9/2024 (Sat) Kennesaw State in a Conference Game
Last Meeting: Texas El Paso and Kennesaw State have never met in a game.

2024 Season

Sat., Aug. 31	@ Nebraska	7-40 L
Sat., Sep. 7	vs. Southern Utah	24-27 L
Sat., Sep. 14	@ Liberty	10-28 L
Sat., Sep. 21	@ Colorado State	17-27 L
Sat., Sep. 28	OPEN
Thu., Oct. 3	vs. Sam Houston State	21-41 L
Thu., Oct. 10	@ Western Kentucky	17-44 L
Wed., Oct. 16	vs. Florida International	30-21 W
Tue., Oct. 22	@ Louisiana Tech	10-14 L
Sat., Nov. 2	vs. Middle Tennessee State	13-20 L
Sat., Nov. 9	vs. Kennesaw State
Sat., Nov. 16	OPEN
Sat., Nov. 23	@ Tennessee
Sat., Nov. 30	@ New Mexico State

2024 Season Totals
Record	1-8
Scoring	149-262
Conference Record	1-2
Home Record	1-3
Away Record	0-5

2024 Conference USA Standings
Season		Conference
Florida International	3-6	2-1
Jacksonville State	5-3	2-0
Liberty	5-2	2-1
Louisiana Tech	3-5	2-1
Sam Houston State	7-2	2-1
Western Kentucky	6-2	2-0
Kennesaw State	1-7	1-1
Middle Tennessee State	3-6	1-1
New Mexico State	2-6	1-1
Texas El Paso	1-8	1-2

Longest Running Rivalry
Texas El Paso & New Mexico State have played 100 games.
Texas El Paso has won 59 games.
New Mexico State has won 39 games.
with 2 tie games.

Record when scoring..... (since 2000)
Scoring	Record
less than 10	0-37
10 or more	101-158
20 or more	96-93
30 or more	71-35
40 or more	36-7

Record when allowing..... (since 2000)
Points Allowed	Record
less than 10	14-0
10 or more	87-195
20 or more	53-188
30 or more	18-152
40 or more	6-86

Some records may be incomplete.

NOTES:
(1) Winning and losing seasons counted only if team plays at least 8 games.
(2) NFL Players counted for any player that participated in a regular season game.

Great Moments in College Football History

The first bowl game, later known as The Rose Bowl, was played on January 1st, 1902 between the Michigan Wolverines and Stanford Cardinals. Michigan won 49-0.