# 2014 UTEP Miners football team

The 2014 UTEP Miners football team represented the University of Texas at El Paso in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This was the second year for head coach Sean Kugler both with UTEP and overall. They were a member of the West Division of Conference USA. The Miners played their home games in El Paso, Texas at the Sun Bowl Stadium. They finished the season 7–6, 5–3 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for second place in the West Division. They were invited to the New Mexico Bowl where they lost to Utah State. UTEP averaged 28,377 fans per game.
This would be the last season the Miners finished with a winning record until the 2021 season

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 30 | 6:00 pm | at New Mexico* | University StadiumAlbuquerque, NM | MWN | W 31–24 | 25,802 |
| September 6 | 9:00 pm | Texas Tech* | Sun BowlEl Paso, TX | FS1 | L 26–30 | 35,422 |
| September 13 | 6:00 pm | New Mexico State* | Sun BowlEl Paso, TX (Battle of I-10) | ASN | W 42–24 | 32,979 |
| September 27 | 10:00 am | at No. 25 Kansas State* | Bill Snyder Family Football StadiumManhattan, KS | FSN | L 28–58 | 52,899 |
| October 4 | 5:00 pm | at Louisiana Tech | Joe Aillet StadiumRuston, LA | FCS | L 3–55 | 18,157 |
| October 11 | 6:00 pm | Old Dominion | Sun BowlEl Paso, TX | ASN | W 42–35 | 25,509 |
| October 25 | 5:00 pm | at UTSA | AlamodomeSan Antonio, TX | ASN | W 34–0 | 31,956 |
| November 1 | 6:00 pm | Southern Miss | Sun BowlEl Paso, TX | FCS | W 35–14 | 24,673 |
| November 8 | 2:00 pm | at Western Kentucky | Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith StadiumBowling Green, KY | | L 27–35 | 18,472 |
| November 15 | 8:00 pm | North Texas | Sun BowlEl Paso, TX | FS1 | W 35–17 | 24,222 |
| November 21 | 6:00 pm | at Rice | Rice StadiumHouston, TX | FS1 | L 13–31 | 18,164 |
| November 29 | 5:00 pm | Middle Tennessee | Sun BowlEl Paso, TX | ASN | W 24–21 | 27,455 |
| December 20 | 12:20 pm | vs. Utah State* | University StadiumAlbuquerque, NM (New Mexico Bowl) | ESPN | L 6–21 | 28,725 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to gameAll times are in Mountain time |||||||
    Schedule Source:
    ASN games could air on KFOX or KDBC.

## Game summaries
### New Mexico

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Miners | 14 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 31 |
| Lobos | 7 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 24 |

### Texas Tech

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Red Raiders | 0 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 30 |
| Miners | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 26 |

### New Mexico State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Aggies | 7 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 24 |
| Miners | 7 | 14 | 0 | 21 | 42 |

### Kansas State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Miners | 0 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 28 |
| Wildcats | 10 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 58 |

### Louisiana Tech

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Miners | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Bulldogs | 7 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 55 |

### Old Dominion

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Monarchs | 7 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 35 |
| Miners | 7 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 42 |

### UTSA

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Miners | 14 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 34 |
| Roadrunners | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Southern Miss

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Golden Eagles | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| Miners | 7 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 35 |

### WKU

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Miners | 17 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 27 |
| Hilltoppers | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 35 |

### North Texas

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mean Green | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 17 |
| Miners | 14 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 35 |

### Rice

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Miners | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 13 |
| Owls | 0 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 31 |

### Middle Tennessee

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Blue Raiders | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Miners | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 |

### Utah State–New Mexico Bowl

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Aggies | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Miners | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |

## Coaching staff

| Name | Position |
| Sean Kugler | Head coach |
| Patrick Higgins | Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach |
| Scott Stoker | Defensive Coordinator |
| Andrew Browning | Defensive line coach |
| Kirk Davis | Speed, Strength and Conditioning Coach |
| Gabe Franklin | Defensive backs coach/recruiting coordinator |
| Cornell Jackson | Running backs coach |
| Spencer Leftwich | Assistant head coach/offensive line |
| Brian Natkin | Tight ends coach/special team coordinator |
| Nate Poss | Asst. Athletic Dir. for Football Ops |
| Robert Rodriguez | Assistant special team coordinator/Nickelbacks/Saf. |
| Todd Whitten | Wide receivers coach |
| Tyler Bailey | Graduate Assistant Offense |
| Logan Barrett | Student Assistant Operations |
| Aaron Becker | Graduate Assistant Operations |
| Weston Glaser | Graduate Assistant Defense |
| Dave Vosburgh | Graduate Assistant Defense |
| Jeremy Springer | Graduate Assistant Special Teams |