# 2012 UTEP Miners football team

The 2012 UTEP Miners football team represented the University of Texas at El Paso in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by ninth year head coach Mike Price and played their home games at Sun Bowl Stadium. They were a member of the West Division of Conference USA. They finished the season 3–9, 2–6 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for fifth place in the West Division. Head coach Mike Price retired at the end of the season. UTEP averaged 29,374 fans per game.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 1 | 8:30 pm | No. 4 Oklahoma* | Sun Bowl StadiumEl Paso, TX | FSN | L 7–24 | 40,137 |
| September 8 | 5:00 pm | at Ole Miss* | Vaught–Hemingway StadiumOxford, MS | SECRN | L 10–28 | 53,133 |
| September 15 | 6:00 pm | New Mexico State* | Sun Bowl StadiumEl Paso, TX (The Battle of I-10) | | W 41–28 | 32,933 |
| September 22 | 10:00 am | at No. 24 Wisconsin* | Camp Randall StadiumMadison, WI | ESPN2 | L 26–37 | 79,806 |
| September 29 | 5:00 pm | at East Carolina | Dowdy–Ficklen StadiumGreenville, NC | WITN | L 18–28 | 47,817 |
| October 6 | 6:00 pm | SMU | Sun Bowl StadiumEl Paso, TX | TWCEP | L 0–17 | 34,073 |
| October 11 | 6:00 pm | at Tulsa | H. A. Chapman StadiumTulsa, OK | FSN | L 11–33 | 18,961 |
| October 20 | 6:00 pm | Tulane | Sun Bowl StadiumEl Paso, TX | | W 24–20 | 23,234 |
| October 27 | 2:15 pm | at Houston | Robertson StadiumHouston, TX | CSS/CSNH | L 35–45 | 27,433 |
| November 10 | 6:00 pm | UCF | Sun Bowl StadiumEl Paso, TX | FCS | L 24–31 | 25,483 |
| November 17 | 6:00 pm | at Southern Miss | M. M. Roberts StadiumHattiesburg, MS | CBSSN | W 34–33 | 23,757 |
| November 24 | 6:00 pm | Rice | Sun Bowl StadiumEl Paso, TX | FCS | L 24–33 | 20,384 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Mountain time |||||||

## Game summaries
### No. 4 Oklahoma

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 4 Sooners | 7 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 24 |
| Miners | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |

### At Ole Miss

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Miners | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Rebels | 7 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 28 |

### New Mexico State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Aggies | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
| Miners | 20 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 41 |

### At Wisconsin

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Miners | 6 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 26 |
| Badgers | 2 | 21 | 0 | 14 | 37 |

### At East Carolina

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Miners | 7 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 18 |
| Pirates | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |

### SMU

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mustangs | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Miners | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### At Tulsa

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Miners | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11 |
| Golden Hurricane | 3 | 3 | 20 | 7 | 33 |

### Tulane

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Green Wave | 7 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 20 |
| Miners | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 24 |

### At Houston

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Miners | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 35 |
| Cougars | 14 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 45 |

### UCF

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

### At Southern Miss

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Miners | 3 | 17 | 0 | 14 | 34 |
| Golden Eagles | 10 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 33 |

### Rice

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Owls | 3 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 33 |
| Miners | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 24 |