2002 UTEP Miners football team

2002 UTEP Miners football
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Record2–10 (1–7 WAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorPatrick Higgins (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorTroy Reffett (1st season)
Home stadiumSun Bowl
2002 Western Athletic Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 15 Boise State $   8 – 0     12 – 1  
Hawaii   7 – 1     10 – 4  
Fresno State   6 – 2     9 – 5  
San Jose State   4 – 4     6 – 7  
Nevada   4 – 4     5 – 7  
Rice   3 – 5     4 – 7  
Louisiana Tech   3 – 5     4 – 8  
SMU   3 – 5     3 – 9  
  1 – 7     2 – 10  
Tulsa   1 – 7     1 – 11  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2002 UTEP Miners football team represented the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by third-year head coach Gary Nord, the Miners compiled an overall record of 2–10 with a mark of 1–7 in conference play, tying for ninth place at the bottom of the WAC standings. The team played home games at the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
August 317:05 pmSacramento State*
W 42–1230,536[1]
September 711:30 amat Kentucky*
L 17–7759,213
September 146:00 pmat Oklahoma*
PPVL 0–6874,468
September 217:05 pmHawaii
  • Sun Bowl
  • El Paso, TX
L 6–3144,381
September 288:15 pmat San Jose State
FSNL 24–5810,416
October 56:00 pmat New Mexico State*
L 14–4930,605
October 198:15 pmRicedagger
  • Sun Bowl
  • El Paso, TX
FSNW 38–3532,392
October 261:00 pmat Tulsa
L 0–2012,317
November 27:05 pmBoise State
  • Sun Bowl
  • El Paso, TX
L 3–5821,689
November 91:00 pmat Nevada
L 17–2313,721
November 163:05 pmSMU
  • Sun Bowl
  • El Paso, TX
L 35–4221,765
November 221:00 pmat Louisiana Tech
L 24–389,267

References

  1. ^ "Miners swat away Hornets". The El Paso Times. September 1, 2002. Retrieved August 2, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
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