The 2018 UTEP Miners football team represented

University of Texas at El Paso The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) is a public research university in El Paso, Texas. It is a member of the University of Texas System. UTEP is the second-largest university in the United States to have a majority Mexican American stude ...

in the

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. The Miners played their home games at the

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and competed in the West Division of

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(C–USA). They were led by first-year head coach

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. 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.

Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

Preseason media poll

Conference USA released their preseason media poll on July 17, 2018, with the Miners predicted to finish in a tie for sixth place in the West Division.

Spring Game

The 2018 Spring Game took place in

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, on April 13, at 7 p.m.

Coaching staff

Schedule

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Game summaries

Northern Arizona

At UNLV

At Tennessee

New Mexico State

At UTSA

North Texas

At Louisiana Tech

UAB

At Rice

Middle Tennessee

At Western Kentucky

Southern Miss

References

UTEP The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) is a public research university in El Paso, Texas. It is a member of the University of Texas System. UTEP is the second-largest university in the United States to have a majority Mexican American stude ...

UTEP Miners football seasons

UTEP Miners football The UTEP Miners football program represents University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) in the sport of American football. The Miners compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the West Div ...

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