2014 UTEP Miners football team

The 2014 UTEP Miners football team represented the University of Texas at El Paso in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This was the second year for head coach Sean Kugler both with UTEP and overall. They were a member of the West Division of Conference USA. The Miners played their home games in El Paso, Texas at the Sun Bowl Stadium. They finished the season 7–6, 5–3 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for second place in the West Division. They were invited to the New Mexico Bowl where they lost to Utah State. UTEP averaged 28,377 fans per game.[1]

2014 UTEP Miners football
New Mexico Bowl vs. Utah State, L 6–21
Conference	Conference USA
	West Division
2014 record	7–6 (5–3 C-USA)
Head coach	Sean Kugler (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Patrick Higgins (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Scott Stoker (2nd season)
Home stadium	Sun Bowl Stadium (Capacity: 51,500)

2014 Conference USA football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
No. 23 Marshall x$		7	–	1					13	–	1
Middle Tennessee		5	–	3					6	–	6
Western Kentucky		4	–	4					8	–	5
UAB		4	–	4					6	–	6
Old Dominion*		4	–	4					6	–	6
FIU		3	–	5					4	–	8
Florida Atlantic		2	–	6					3	–	9
West Division
Louisiana Tech x		7	–	1					9	–	5
Rice		5	–	3					8	–	5
UTEP		5	–	3					7	–	6
UTSA		3	–	5					4	–	8
North Texas		2	–	6					4	–	8
Southern Miss		1	–	7					3	–	9
Championship: Marshall 26, Louisiana Tech 23
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions * Ineligible for postseason bowl due to transition from FCS As of 22:24, 20 December 2014 (UTC); Rankings from AP Poll

As of the conclusion of the 2019 season, this is the last season the Miners have finished with a winning record.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	6:00 pm	at New Mexico*	University Stadium Albuquerque, NM	MWN	W 31–24	25,802
September 6	9:00 pm	Texas Tech*	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	FS1	L 26–30	35,422
September 13	6:00 pm	New Mexico State*	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX (The Battle of I-10)	ASN	W 42–24	32,979
September 27	10:00 am	at No. 25 Kansas State*	Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium Manhattan, KS	FSN	L 28–58	52,899
October 4	5:00 pm	at Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, LA	FCS	L 3–55	18,157
October 11	6:00 pm	Old Dominion	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	ASN	W 42–35	25,509
October 25	5:00 pm	at UTSA	Alamodome San Antonio, TX	ASN	W 34–0	31,956
November 1	6:00 pm	Southern Miss	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	FCS	W 35–14	24,673
November 8	2:00 pm	at WKU	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY		L 27–35	18,472
November 15	8:00 pm	North Texas	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	FS1	W 35–17	24,222
November 21	6:00 pm	at Rice	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	FS1	L 13–31	18,164
November 29	5:00 pm	Middle Tennessee	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	ASN	W 24–21	27,455
December 20	12:20 pm	vs. Utah State*	University Stadium Albuquerque, NM (New Mexico Bowl)	ESPN	L 6–21	28,725
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game All times are in Mountain time

Schedule Source:[2]

ASN games could air on KFOX or KDBC.

Game summaries

New Mexico

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

Texas Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Red Raiders	0	16	7	7	30
Miners	6	7	6	7	26

New Mexico State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	7	3	0	14	24
Miners	7	14	0	21	42

Kansas State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners	0	0	7	21	28
Wildcats	10	21	21	6	58

Louisiana Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners	0	3	0	0	3
Bulldogs	7	21	20	7	55

Old Dominion

	1	2	3	4	Total
Monarchs	7	0	21	7	35
Miners	7	14	7	14	42

UTSA

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners	14	3	10	7	34
Roadrunners	0	0	0	0	0

Southern Miss

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Eagles	0	0	14	0	14
Miners	7	0	14	14	35

WKU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners	17	3	7	0	27
Hilltoppers	7	7	7	14	35

North Texas

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mean Green	0	0	3	14	17
Miners	14	14	7	0	35

Rice

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners	0	3	10	0	13
Owls	0	10	14	7	31

Middle Tennessee

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Raiders	7	7	0	7	21
Miners	3	7	7	7	24

Utah State–New Mexico Bowl

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	7	0	7	7	21
Miners	3	0	0	3	6

Coaching staff

Name	Position
Sean Kugler	Head Coach
Patrick Higgins	Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach
Scott Stoker	Defensive Coordinator
Andrew Browning	Defensive Line Coach
Kirk Davis	Speed, Strength & Conditioning Coach
Gabe Franklin	Defensive Backs Coach/Recruiting Coordinator
Cornell Jackson	Running Backs Coach
Spencer Leftwich	Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Line
Brian Natkin	Tight Ends Coach/Special Team Coordinator
Nate Poss	Asst. Athletic Dir. for Football Ops
Robert Rodriguez	Assistant Special Team Coordinator/Nickelbacks/Saf.
Todd Whitten	Wide Receivers Coach
Tyler Bailey	Graduate Assistant Offense
Logan Barrett	Student Assistant Operations
Aaron Becker	Graduate Assistant Operations
Weston Glaser	Graduate Assistant Defense
Dave Vosburgh	Graduate Assistant Defense

References

1. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/Attendance/2014.pdf
2. "2014 UTEP Miners Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved February 3, 2014.