UAB vs. UTEP

UAB and UTEP have 8 meetings on file, the first in 2005; UAB leads the series 7–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 8 meetings it’s UAB 7–⁠1, and UAB has won the last 6.

UAB wins
7
UTEP wins
1
Ties
0
Earliest on file
2005
Longest streak
6 UAB
Current streak
6 UAB
Last 10 meetings
UAB 7–⁠1
Most recent
2021

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
2000s2–⁠1
2010s4–⁠0
2020s1–⁠0
Average margin
16.9 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At UAB
4–⁠1 UAB’s record at home
At UTEP
0–⁠3 UTEP’s record at home
Shutouts
1

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. UAB’s biggest win2019: UAB 37, UTEP 10by 27 points
  2. UTEP’s biggest win2006: UTEP 36, UAB 17by 19 points
  3. Upset2005: UAB 35, UTEP 23UAB had a 29% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset2009: UAB 38, UTEP 33UAB had a 34% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsUABSeriesUTEP
2018–⁠2021Bill Clark3–⁠0Dana Dimel

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from UAB’s side (Clark 3–⁠0 against Dimel). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of UAB and UTEP, 2005 on13001500170020052010201520202025

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

Stars of the series

Biggest days

Jordan Palmer UTEP25 of 39, 455 yards, 5 TD2006 Passing

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).

Every game

Nov 26, 2021UAB 42, UTEP 25at UAB
Nov 16, 2019UAB 37, UTEP 10at UAB
Oct 27, 2018UAB 19, UTEP 0at UTEP
Nov 25, 2017UAB 28, UTEP 7at UAB
Oct 16, 2010UAB 21, UTEP 6at UAB
Oct 31, 2009UAB 38, UTEP 33at UTEP
Nov 10, 2006UTEP 36, UAB 17at UAB
Nov 19, 2005UAB 35, 24UTEP 23at UTEP

Every game is listed as played on the field.