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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-

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
Record	3-9
Scoring	234-388
Conference Record	3-5
Home Record	2-3
Away Record	1-6

2024 Conference USA Standings
Season		Conference
Jacksonville State	9-4	7-1
Sam Houston State	9-3	6-2
Western Kentucky	8-5	6-2
Liberty	8-3	5-3
Louisiana Tech	5-7	4-4
Florida International	4-8	3-5
Texas El Paso	3-9	3-5
Kennesaw State	2-10	2-6
Middle Tennessee State	3-9	2-6
New Mexico State	3-9	2-6

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

Quarterbacks from Alabama won the first three Super Bowls. They also have more Super Bowl wins than quarterbacks from any other school (Kenny Stabler 1, Joe Namath 1 and Bart Starr 2).