# 2016 UTEP Miners football team

The 2016 UTEP Miners football team represented the University of Texas at El Paso in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Miners played their home games at the Sun Bowl Stadium in El Paso, Texas, and competed in the West Division of Conference USA (C–USA). They were led by fourth-year head coach Sean Kugler. They finished the season 4–8, 2–6 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for fifth place in the West Division. UTEP averaged 23,001 fans per game.

## Schedule

UTEP announced its 2016 football schedule on February 4, 2016. The 2016 schedule consisted of seven home and five away games in the regular season. The Miners host C–USA foes Florida International (FIU), North Texas, Old Dominion, and Southern Miss, and traveled to Florida Atlantic, Louisiana Tech, Rice, and UTSA.
The team play four non-conference games, three home games against Army, Houston Baptist from the Southland Conference and New Mexico State from the Sun Belt Conference, and one road game against the Texas Longhorns from the Big 12 Conference.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 3 | 6:00 pm | New Mexico State* | Sun BowlEl Paso, Texas (Battle of I-10) | beIN | W 38–22 | 30,119 |
| September 10 | 5:00 pm | at No. 11 Texas* | Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial StadiumAustin, Texas | LHN | L 7–41 | 92,683 |
| September 17 | 5:00 pm | Army* | Sun BowlEl Paso, Texas | ASN | L 14–66 | 37,893 |
| September 24 | 6:00 pm | Southern Miss | Sun BowlEl Paso, Texas | CI | L 7–34 | 21,419 |
| October 1 | 5:00 pm | at Louisiana Tech | Joe Aillet StadiumRuston, Louisiana | ASN | L 7–28 | 22,101 |
| October 8 | 6:00 pm | FIU | Sun BowlEl Paso, Texas | CUSA.tv | L 21–35 | 17,751 |
| October 22 | 7:00 pm | at UTSA | AlamodomeSan Antonio, Texas | KMYS | W 52–49 $^{5OT}$ | 23,633 |
| October 29 | 6:00 pm | Old Dominion | Sun BowlEl Paso, Texas | CUSA.tv | L 21–31 | 19,254 |
| November 5 | 6:00 pm | Houston Baptist* | Sun BowlEl Paso, Texas | CUSA.tv | W 42–10 | 15,977 |
| November 12 | 4:00 pm | at Florida Atlantic | FAU StadiumBoca Raton, Florida | CUSA.tv | L 31–35 | 9,122 |
| November 19 | 10:00 am | at Rice | Rice StadiumHouston | ESPN3 | L 24–44 | 19,148 |
| November 26 | 2:00 pm | North Texas | Sun BowlEl Paso, Texas | CUSA.tv | W 52–24 | 18,591 |
| *Non-conference gameRankings from AP Poll released prior to gameAll times are in Mountain time |||||||
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## Game summaries
### New Mexico State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Aggies | 3 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 22 |
| Miners | 7 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 38 |

### At Texas

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Miners | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| #11 Longhorns | 10 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 41 |

### Army

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Black Knights | 3 | 21 | 28 | 14 | 66 |
| Miners | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 |

### Southern Miss

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Golden Eagles | 3 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 34 |
| Miners | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |

### At Louisiana Tech

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Miners | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Bulldogs | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 28 |

### FIU

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Panthers | 3 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 35 |
| Miners | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |

### At UTSA

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | 3OT | 4OT | 5OT | Total |
| Miners | 7 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 52 |
| Roadrunners | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 49 |

### Old Dominion

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Monarchs | 10 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 31 |
| Miners | 0 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 21 |

### Houston Baptist

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Huskies | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Miners | 14 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 42 |

### At Florida Atlantic

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Miners | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
| Owls | 7 | 10 | 3 | 15 | 35 |

### At Rice

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Miners | 3 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 24 |
| Owls | 6 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 44 |

### North Texas

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mean Green | 7 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| Miners | 10 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 52 |