# 2022 UTEP Miners football team

The 2022 UTEP Miners football team represented the University of Texas at El Paso as a member of Conference USA (C-USA) during the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by head coach Dana Dimel, who coached his fifth season with the team. The Miners played their home games at the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas. The Miners averaged 19,134 fans per game.

## Schedule

UTEP and Conference USA announced the 2022 football schedule on March 30, 2022.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 27 | 7:00 p.m. | North Texas | Sun BowlEl Paso, TX | Stadium | L 13–31 | 45,971 |
| September 3 | 1:30 p.m. | at No. 9 Oklahoma* | Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial StadiumNorman, OK | FOX | L 13–45 | 83,173 |
| September 10 | 7:00 p.m. | New Mexico State* | Sun BowlEl Paso, TX (Battle of I-10) | ESPN+ | W 20–13 | 23,325 |
| September 17 | 6:00 p.m. | at New Mexico* | University StadiumAlbuquerque, NM | MW Network | L 10–27 | 15,269 |
| September 23 | 7:00 p.m. | Boise State* | Sun BowlEl Paso, TX | CBSSN | W 27–10 | 11,227 |
| October 1 | 4:00 p.m. | at Charlotte | Jerry Richardson StadiumCharlotte, NC | ESPN+ | W 41–35 | 9,547 |
| October 8 | 5:00 p.m. | at Louisiana Tech | Joe Aillet StadiumRuston, LA | ESPN+ | L 31–41 | 16,375 |
| October 22 | 2:00 p.m. | Florida Atlantic | Sun BowlEl Paso, TX | ESPN+ | W 24–21 | 12,796 |
| October 29 | 7:00 p.m. | Middle Tennessee | Sun BowlEl Paso, TX | ESPN+ | L 13–24 | 10,727 |
| November 3 | 5:00 p.m. | at Rice | Rice StadiumHouston, TX | CBSSN | L 30–37 | 18,326 |
| November 19 | 2:00 p.m. | FIU | Sun BowlEl Paso, TX | ESPN+ | W 40–6 | 10,758 |
| November 26 | 1:30 p.m. | at UTSA | AlamodomeSan Antonio, TX | Stadium | L 31–34 | 26,061 |
| *Non-conference gameRankings from AP Poll (and CFP Rankings, after November 1) - Released prior to gameAll times are in Mountain time |||||||

## Game summaries
### North Texas

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mean Green | 0 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 31 |
| Miners | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Statistics | UNT | UTEP |
| First downs | 24 | 22 |
| Total yards | 399 | 400 |
| Rushing yards | 163 | 107 |
| Passing yards | 236 | 293 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 1 |
| Time of possession | 31:25 | 28:35 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
| North Texas | Passing | Austin Aune | 16/29, 236 yards, 3 TD |
| North Texas | Rushing | Ayo Adeyi | 17 rushes, 80 yards |
| North Texas | Receiving | Roderic Burns | 3 receptions, 72 yards |
| UTEP | Passing | Gavin Hardison | 21/48, 293 yards, TD |
| UTEP | Rushing | Ronald Awatt | 10 rushes, 36 yards |
| UTEP | Receiving | Tyrin Smith | 7 receptions, 127 yards, TD |

### At No. 9 Oklahoma

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Miners | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| No. 9 Sooners | 21 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 45 |
at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK
* Date: Saturday, September 3, 2022
* Game time: 2:30 p.m. CDT
* Game weather: • Sunny Temperature: 96 °F (36 °C)
* Game attendance: 83,173
* Referee: Tuta Salaam
* TV announcers (FOX): Jason Benetti (play-by-play) & Brock Huard (analyst)
| Statistics | UTEP | OKLA |
| First downs | 25 | 23 |
| Total yards | 316 | 492 |
| Rushes/yards | 31/28 | 38/259 |
| Passing yards | 288 | 233 |
| Passing: Comp–Att–Int | 31–52–1 | 15–23 |
| Time of possession | 38:33 | 21:27 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
| UTEP | Passing | Gavin Hardison | 26/43, 244 yards |
| UTEP | Rushing | Ronald Awatt | 12 carries, 39 yards, 1 TD |
| UTEP | Receiving | Tyrin Smith | 8 receptions, 71 yards |
| Oklahoma | Passing | Dillon Gabriel | 15/23, 233 yards, 2 TD's |
| Oklahoma | Rushing | Eric Gray | 16 carries, 102 yards |
| Oklahoma | Receiving | Marvin Mims | 3 receptions, 81 yards |

### New Mexico State

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Aggies | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| Miners | 3 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 20 |
at Sun Bowl, El Paso, Texas
* Date: September 10
* Game time: 7:00 p.m. MDT
* Game weather: Sunny • Temperature: 88 °F (31 °C) • Wind: NW 2 MPH
* Game attendance: 23,325
* Referee: Michael Vandervelde
* TV announcers (ESPN+): Erik Elken and Jacob Boggs
* Box score, Recap
Statistics
* Statistics
* First downs
* Total yards
* Rushing yards
* Passing yards
* Turnovers
* Time of possession
| Team | Category |
| New Mexico State | Passing |
| New Mexico State | Rushing |
| New Mexico State | Receiving |
| UTEP | Passing |
| UTEP | Rushing |
| UTEP | Receiving |

### At New Mexico

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Miners | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| Lobos | 10 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 27 |

### Boise State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Broncos | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Miners | 0 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 27 |

### At Charlotte

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Miners | 7 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 41 |
| 49ers | 7 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 35 |
Game notes:
* UTEP's first win in program history in the Eastern Time Zone.
* 3rd game in the series since 2019, (CHAR 2–1).
| Statistics | UTEP | CHAR |
| First downs | 20 | 27 |
| Total yards | 425 | 447 |
| Rushing yards | 252 | 100 |
| Passing yards | 173 | 347 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 3 |
| Time of possession | 33:40 | 26:20 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
| UTEP | Passing | Gavin Hardison | 10–14, 173 yards, 3 TD |
| UTEP | Rushing | Deion Hankins | 20 rushes, 112 yards |
| UTEP | Receiving | Tyrin Smith | 4 reception, 106 yards, 2 TD |
| Charlotte | Passing | Chris Reynolds | 21–37, 347 yards, 4 TD, 1 INT |
| Charlotte | Rushing | Shadrick Byrd | 13 rushes, 80 yards, 1 TD |
| Charlotte | Receiving | Elijah Spencer | 7 receptions, 160 yards, 1 TD |

### At Louisiana Tech

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Miners | 3 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 31 |
| Bulldogs | 20 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 41 |
| Statistics | UTEP | LT |
| First downs | 27 | 18 |
| Total yards | 501 | 380 |
| Rushing yards | 181 | 114 |
| Passing yards | 320 | 266 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 2 |
| Time of possession | 34:34 | 25:26 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
| UTEP | Passing | Gavin Hardison | 23/51, 320 yards, 2 TD, 3 INT |
| UTEP | Rushing | Ronald Awatt | 15 rushes, 66 yards |
| UTEP | Receiving | Reynaldo Flores | 6 receptions, 73 yards |
| Louisiana Tech | Passing | Parker McNeil | 18/27, 266 yards, 4 TD |
| Louisiana Tech | Rushing | Marquis Crosby | 14 rushes, 75 yards |
| Louisiana Tech | Receiving | Tre Harris | 5 receptions, 126 yards, TD |

### Florida Atlantic

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Owls | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Miners | 0 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 24 |

### Middle Tennessee

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Blue Raiders | 10 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Miners | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 13 |

### At Rice

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Miners | 7 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 30 |
| Owls | 10 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 37 |

### FIU

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Panthers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Miners | 14 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 40 |
| Statistics | FIU | UTEP |
| First downs | 5 | 29 |
| Total yards | 71 | 525 |
| Rushing yards | 15 | 335 |
| Passing yards | 56 | 190 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 1 |
| Time of possession | 18:00 | 42:00 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
| FIU | Passing | Grayson James | 6/16, 56 yards, INT |
| FIU | Rushing | Lexington Joseph | 8 rushes, 10 yards |
| FIU | Receiving | Rivaldo Fairweather | 1 reception, 22 yards |
| UTEP | Passing | Calvin Brownholtz | 12/18, 190 yards, 2 TD |
| UTEP | Rushing | Reynaldo Flores | 13 rushes, 128 yards, 2 TD |
| UTEP | Receiving | Kelly Akharaiyi | 3 receptions, 99 yards, TD |

### At No. 25 UTSA

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Miners | 14 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 31 |
| No. 25 Roadrunners | 0 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 34 |