American college football season
The 2018 UTEP Miners football team represented University of Texas at El Paso in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Miners played their home games at the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas and competed in the West Division of Conference USA (C–USA). They were led by first-year head coach Dana Dimel . They finished the season 1–11, 1–7 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for sixth place in the West Division. UTEP averaged 14,155 fans per game.[ 1]
Preseason
Award watch lists
Listed in the order that they were released
Conference USA released their preseason media poll on July 17, 2018, with the Miners predicted to finish in a tie for sixth place in the West Division.[ 4]
West Division
Predicted finish
Team
1
North Texas
2
Louisiana Tech
3
UAB
4
Southern Miss
5
UTSA
T–6
Rice
T–6
UTEP
Spring Game
The 2018 Spring Game took place in El Paso , on April 13, at 7 p.m.[ 5]
Date
Time
Spring Game
Site
TV
Result
Attendance
April 13
7:00 p.m.
Orange vs. Blue
Sun Bowl • El Paso, Texas CUSA.tv
Orange 20–13[ 6]
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Coaching staff
Schedule
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 1 5:30 p.m. Northern Arizona * ESPN3 L 10–3017,271 September 8 7:00 p.m. at UNLV * ATTSN L 24–5214,122 September 15 10:00 a.m. at Tennessee * SECN L 0–2487,074 September 22 5:30 p.m. New Mexico State * ESPN3 L 20–2719,412 September 29 5:00 p.m. at UTSA ESPN+ L 21–3036,582 October 6 5:30 p.m. North Texas beIN L 24–2712,809 October 20 1:30 p.m. at Louisiana Tech ESPN+ L 24–3118,972 October 27 5:30 p.m. UAB ESPN+ L 0–1910,787 November 3 1:30 p.m. at Rice ESPN3 W 34–2618,420 November 10 1:00 p.m. Middle Tennessee ESPN+ L 32–489,690 November 17 5:30 p.m. at Western Kentucky beIN L 16–406,221 November 24 1:00 p.m. Southern Miss ESPN+ L 7–3914,962
Schedule Source: [ 7]
Game summaries
Northern Arizona
1
2
3
4
Total
Lumberjacks
10
7
13
0
30
Miners
0
10
0
0
10
At UNLV
1
2
3
4
Total
Miners
10
0
7
7
24
Rebels
14
24
7
7
52
At Tennessee
1
2
3
4
Total
Miners
0
0
0
0
0
Volunteers
3
7
7
7
24
New Mexico State
1
2
3
4
Total
Aggies
10
7
7
3
27
Miners
7
3
7
3
20
At UTSA
1
2
3
4
Total
Miners
7
0
7
7
21
Roadrunners
7
17
0
6
30
North Texas
1
2
3
4
Total
Mean Green
7
3
10
7
27
Miners
3
7
0
14
24
At Louisiana Tech
1
2
3
4
Total
Miners
7
0
14
3
24
Bulldogs
14
3
7
7
31
UAB
1
2
3
4
Total
Blazers
10
0
2
7
19
Miners
0
0
0
0
0
At Rice
1
2
3
4
Total
Miners
7
20
7
0
34
Owls
0
3
7
16
26
Middle Tennessee
1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Raiders
14
13
7
14
48
Miners
0
10
0
22
32
At Western Kentucky
1
2
3
4
Total
Miners
0
0
8
8
16
Hilltoppers
27
13
0
0
40
Southern Miss
1
2
3
4
Total
Golden Eagles
16
3
7
13
39
Miners
0
0
0
7
7
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