2002 UTEP Miners football team

2002 UTEP Miners football
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Record	2–10 (1–7 WAC)
Head coach	Gary Nord (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Patrick Higgins (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Troy Reffett (1st season)
Home stadium	Sun Bowl Stadium

2002 Western Athletic Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 15 Boise State $		8	–	0					12	–	1
Hawaii		7	–	1					10	–	4
Fresno State		6	–	2					9	–	5
San Jose State		4	–	4					6	–	7
Nevada		4	–	4					5	–	7
Rice		3	–	5					4	–	7
Louisiana Tech		3	–	5					4	–	8
SMU		3	–	5					3	–	9
UTEP		1	–	7					2	–	10
Tulsa		1	–	7					1	–	11
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 2002 UTEP Miners football team represented the University of Texas at El Paso in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Gary Nord. The Miners played their home games at the Sun Bowl Stadium in El Paso, Texas. The miners averaged 30,152 fans in 2002.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	7:05 pm	Sacramento State*	Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, TX		W 42–12	30,536
September 7	11:30 am	at Kentucky*	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY		L 17–77	59,213
September 14	6:00 pm	at Oklahoma*	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	PPV	L 0–68	74,468
September 21	7:05 pm	Hawaii	Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, TX		L 6–31	44,381
September 28	8:15 pm	at San Jose State	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA	FSN	L 24–58	10,416
October 5	6:00 pm	at New Mexico State*	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM (The Battle of I-10)		L 14–49	30,605
October 19	8:15 pm	Rice	Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, TX	FSN	W 38–35	32,392
October 26	1:00 pm	at Tulsa	Skelly Stadium Tulsa, OK		L 0–20	12,317
November 2	7:05 pm	Boise State	Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, TX		L 3–58	21,689
November 9	1:00 pm	at Nevada	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV		L 17–23	13,721
November 16	3:05 pm	SMU	Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, TX		L 35–42	21,765
November 22	1:00 pm	at Louisiana Tech	Independence Stadium Shreveport, LA		L 24–38	9,267
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Mountain time

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