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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 410-638-29
 Winning Pct. 39%
 Vacated Wins 0
 Forfeit Games 0
 Adjusted Record 410-638-29
 Winning Pct. 39%
 National Championships 0
 Conference Titles 2
 Division Titles 0
 Conference Record 105-306-2
 All American Players 
 NFL Players (#2)
 Home Record 276-272-18
 Away Record 128-357-11
 
By The Numbers
 Seasons 107
 Winning Seasons (#1) 37
 Losing Seasons (#1)67
 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  18-29
 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
 9/14/2024 (Sat)  
@ Liberty in a Conference Game
Last Time: Texas El Paso lost 28-42 in 2023.
All-Time:
 Texas El Paso vs. Liberty 0-1-0 0.0% 
 
2024 Season
 Sat., Aug. 31  @ Nebraska  7-40 L
 Sat., Sep. 7  vs. Southern Utah  24-27 L
 Sat., Sep. 14  @ Liberty  
 Sat., Sep. 21  @ Colorado State  
 Sat., Sep. 28  OPEN 
 Thu., Oct. 3  vs. Sam Houston State  
 Thu., Oct. 10  @ Western Kentucky  
 Wed., Oct. 16  vs. Florida International  
 Tue., Oct. 22  @ Louisiana Tech  
 Sat., Nov. 2  vs. Middle Tennessee State  
 Sat., Nov. 9  vs. Kennesaw State  
 Sat., Nov. 16  OPEN 
 Sat., Nov. 23  @ Tennessee  
 Sat., Nov. 30  @ New Mexico State  
 
2024 Season Totals
  Record0-2
  Scoring31-67
  Conference Record0-0
  Home Record0-1
  Away Record0-1
 
2024 Conference USA  Standings
 Season   Conference 
Florida International 1-1
Jacksonville State 0-2
Kennesaw State 0-2
Liberty 2-0
Louisiana Tech 1-0
Middle Tennessee State 1-1
New Mexico State 1-10-1
Sam Houston State 1-1
Texas El Paso 0-2
Western Kentucky 1-1
 
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 100-152
 20 or more  95-92
 30 or more 70-35
 40 or more 36-7
 
Record when allowing..... (since 2000)
 Points Allowed  Record 
 less than 10 14-0
 10 or more 86-189
 20 or more 52-183
 30 or more 18-150
 40 or more 6-84
 
  
 
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 biggest crowd for a college football game was 114,000 for the 1926 Army-Navy Game. The game ended in a tie when it became too dark to play.