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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: Scotty Walden
Conference: Conference USA-

Team Home Summary  Coaches Games by Year Opponents Rankings Bowls Conference

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 413-645-29
 Winning Pct. 39%
 Vacated Wins 0
 Forfeit Games 0
 Adjusted Record 413-645-29
 Winning Pct. 39%
 National Championships 0
 Conference Titles 2
 Division Titles 0
 Conference Record 108-311-2
 All American Players 
 NFL Players (#2)
 Home Record 278-274-18
 Away Record 129-362-11
 
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 11/23/2024
 Shutouts All-Time 81
 Been Shutout All-Time 102
 
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  21-36
 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
 
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  43-35 W
 Sat., Nov. 16  OPEN 
 Sat., Nov. 23  @ Tennessee  0-56 L
 Sat., Nov. 30  @ New Mexico State  42-35 W
 
2024 Season Totals
  Record3-9
  Scoring234-388
  Conference Record3-5
  Home Record2-3
  Away Record1-6
 
2024 Conference USA  Standings
 Season   Conference 
Jacksonville State 9-47-1
Sam Houston State 9-36-2
Western Kentucky 8-56-2
Liberty 8-35-3
Louisiana Tech 5-74-4
Florida International 4-83-5
Texas El Paso 3-93-5
Kennesaw State 2-102-6
Middle Tennessee State 3-92-6
New Mexico State 3-92-6
 
Longest Running Rivalry
 Texas El Paso & New Mexico State have played 101 games.
Texas El Paso has won 60 games.
New Mexico State has won 39 games.
with 2 tie games.
 
Record when scoring..... (since 2000)
 Scoring  Record 
 less than 10 0-38
 10 or more 103-158
 20 or more  98-93
 30 or more 73-35
 40 or more 38-7
 
Record when allowing..... (since 2000)
 Points Allowed  Record 
 less than 10 14-0
 10 or more 89-196
 20 or more 55-189
 30 or more 20-153
 40 or more 6-87
 
  
 
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

In the 1940s, college football teams competed for the Oil Bowl, the Salad Bowl and the Raisin Bowl, which were all played on New Year's Day.