2018_UTEP_Miners_football_team

2018 UTEP Miners football team

American college football season

The 2018 UTEP Miners football team represented University of Texas at El Paso in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Miners played their home games at the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas and competed in the West Division of Conference USA (C–USA). They were led by first-year head coach Dana Dimel. They finished the season 1–11, 1–7 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for sixth place in the West Division. UTEP averaged 14,155 fans per game.^[1]

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Award	Player	Position	Year
Rimington Trophy^[2]	Derron Gatewood	C	SR
Wuerffel Trophy^[3]	Kalaii Griffin	LB	SR

Name	Position	Year at UTEP	Alma mater (Year)
Dana Dimel	Head Coach	1st	Kansas State (1986)
Mike Canales	Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks	1st	Utah State (1984)
Mike Cox	Defensive coordinator/linebackers	1st	Idaho (1989)
Joe Robinson	Special teams coordinator	1st	LSU (1985)
Mike Simmonds	Offensive line	1st	Indiana State (1987)
Mike Tuiasosopo	Defensive line/defensive Tackle	1st	Pacific Lutheran (1989)
Keith Burns	Secondary/safeties	1st	Arkansas (1982)
Reggie Mitchell	Running backs	1st	Central Michigan (1984)
Scotty Ohara	Wide receivers	1st	Arizona (2008)
Jake Waters	Inside Wide receivers	1st	Kansas State (2014)
Remington Rebstock	Cornerbacks	1st	Kansas State
Matt Rahl	Director of recruiting	1st	Missouri Southern State (2003)
Barrick Nealy	Director of Player Development	1st
Josh Oglesby	Offensive Quality Control	1st	Wisconsin (2011)
Kevin Schadt	Director of Strength and Conditioning	1st	Delaware (2007)
Nate Poss	Assistant Athletic Director for Football Operations
Jacob Martinez	Graduate Assistant Football Operations	2nd	UTEP (2016)

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	5:30 p.m.	Northern Arizona*	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	ESPN3	L 10–30	17,271
September 8	7:00 p.m.	at UNLV*	Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV	ATTSN	L 24–52	14,122
September 15	10:00 a.m.	at Tennessee*	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN	SECN	L 0–24	87,074
September 22	5:30 p.m.	New Mexico State*	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX (Battle of I-10)	ESPN3	L 20–27	19,412
September 29	5:00 p.m.	at UTSA	Alamodome San Antonio, TX	ESPN+	L 21–30	36,582
October 6	5:30 p.m.	North Texas	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	beIN	L 24–27	12,809
October 20	1:30 p.m.	at Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, LA	ESPN+	L 24–31	18,972
October 27	5:30 p.m.	UAB	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	ESPN+	L 0–19	10,787
November 3	1:30 p.m.	at Rice	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	ESPN3	W 34–26	18,420
November 10	1:00 p.m.	Middle Tennessee	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	ESPN+	L 32–48	9,690
November 17	5:30 p.m.	at Western Kentucky	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY	beIN	L 16–40	6,221
November 24	1:00 p.m.	Southern Miss	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	ESPN+	L 7–39	14,962
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lumberjacks	10	7	13	0	30
Miners	0	10	0	0	10

2018 UTEP Miners football team

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Team	W		L	W		L
East Division
Middle Tennessee x	7	–	1	8	–	6
Marshall	6	–	2	9	–	4
FIU	6	–	2	9	–	4
Charlotte	4	–	4	5	–	7
Florida Atlantic	3	–	5	5	–	7
Old Dominion	2	–	6	4	–	8
Western Kentucky	2	–	6	3	–	9
West Division
UAB x$	7	–	1	11	–	3
North Texas	5	–	3	9	–	4
Louisiana Tech	5	–	3	8	–	5
Southern Miss	5	–	3	6	–	5
UTSA	2	–	6	3	–	9
UTEP	1	–	7	1	–	11
Rice	1	–	7	2	–	11
Championship: UAB 27, Middle Tennessee 25
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mean Green	7	3	10	7	27
Miners	3	7	0	14	24

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners	7	20	7	0	34
Owls	0	3	7	16	26

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Raiders	14	13	7	14	48
Miners	0	10	0	22	32

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Eagles	16	3	7	13	39
Miners	0	0	0	7	7