American college football season
The 2019 UTEP Miners football team represented University of Texas at El Paso in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Miners were led by second–year head coach Dana Dimel and played their home games at Sun Bowl. They were members of the West Division of Conference USA (C–USA). UTEP averaged 17,093 fans per game.[1] That was 2,938 more fans per game than 2018; the 23rd best increase in FBS.
Preseason
C–USA media poll
Conference USA released their preseason media poll on July 16, 2019, with the Miners predicted to finish last in the West Division.[2]
West Division
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Predicted finish
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Team (# of 1st place votes)
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1 |
North Texas (20)
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2 |
Southern Miss (4)
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3 |
Louisiana Tech
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4 |
UAB (2)
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5 |
UTSA
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6 |
Rice
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7 |
UTEP
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East Division
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Predicted finish
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Team (# of 1st place votes)
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1 |
Marshall (14)
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2 |
FIU (9)
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3 |
Florida Atlantic (3)
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4 |
Middle Tennessee
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5 |
Western Kentucky
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6 |
Old Dominion
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7 |
Charlotte
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Preseason All–Conference USA teams
2019 Preseason All–Conference USA[3]
All–CUSA Offense[3]
Position
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Player
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Class
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OL
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Derron Gatewood
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Sr.
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All–CUSA Defense[3]
Position
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Player
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Class
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No players were selected
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All–CUSA Special Teams[3]
Position
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Player
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Class
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No players were selected
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Schedule
UTEP announced its 2019 football schedule on January 10, 2019.[4] The 2019 schedule consists of 6 home and 6 away games in the regular season.
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 31 | 6:00 p.m. | Houston Baptist (Div. I FCS)* | | ESPN+ | W 36–34 | 34,646 |
September 7 | 6:00 p.m. | at Texas Tech* | | FSN | L 3–38 | 56,957 |
September 21 | 6:00 p.m. | Nevada* | | ESPN3 | L 21–37 | 10,493 |
September 28 | 5:00 p.m. | at Southern Miss | | ESPN+ | L 13–31 | 23,337 |
October 5 | 6:00 p.m. | UTSA | | ESPN+ | L 16–26 | 13,876 |
October 19 | 5:00 p.m. | at FIU | | ESPN+ | L 17–32 | 13,951 |
October 26 | 6:00 p.m. | Louisiana Tech | | ESPN3 | L 21–42 | 16,084 |
November 2 | 1:30 p.m. | at North Texas | | NFLN | L 26–52 | 22,548 |
November 9 | 1:00 p.m. | Charlotte | | ESPN+ | L 21–28 | 15,683 |
November 16 | 11:00 a.m. | at UAB | | ESPN3 | L 10–37 | 19,875 |
November 23 | 2:00 p.m. | at New Mexico State* | | FloSports/FSNAZ+ | L 35–44 | 21,584 |
November 30 | 1:00 p.m. | Rice | | ESPN3 | L 16–30 | 11,776 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Mountain time
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- Schedule Source:[5]