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Mountain WestEl Paso, TXSun Bowl

2026: 1–⁠6 (0–⁠3 Mountain West). Last: lost to San José State 24–⁠11 at home. Next: at North Dakota State, Saturday, Oct 31, 3:30 p.m. ET.

  1. L 0–⁠51at No. 10 Oklahoma
  2. W 51–⁠10Texas Southern
  3. L 17–⁠52at No. 19 Michigan
  4. L 7–⁠33Oregon State
  5. L 7–⁠61at New Mexico
  6. L 13–⁠30Nevada
  7. L 11–⁠24San José State
  8. Oct 31at North Dakota State
  9. Nov 7Hawai’i
  10. Nov 14Wyoming
  11. Nov 20at Air Force
  12. Nov 28at Northern Illinois
  • Outfitted by Adidas

UTEP has played football since 1914 and is 354–⁠615–⁠18 in the 987 games on record here, which start in 1930. They have won one Western Athletic Conference title (2000) and one Border Conference title, counting shared titles. Since 1940, the NFL Draft has taken 53 players from here in its first seven rounds, 2 of them in the first round. The AFL draft also took two players from here. Mike Price (2004–⁠2017) won more games here than any other coach: 48. The most-played rival is New Mexico State: 102 meetings, UTEP leads 60–⁠40–⁠2. This season, under Scotty Walden, they’re 1–⁠6.

Sun Bowl in El Paso
Sun BowlPhoto: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

On this date in 2019UTEP lost to Florida International 32–⁠17 on the road.

Résumé

All-time record
415–⁠654–⁠30 official; 354–⁠615–⁠18 on file; how we count
Postseason
5–⁠10 matches the official bowl record
AP No. 1 finishes
0
Weeks at No. 1
0 of 5 ranked
Elo now
1267 136th of 138 FBS
Computer rankings
Massey No. 135 · Composite No. 135 in FBS, Oct 17; down 2 since Oct 11. From Massey Ratings
Best season by Elo
1967 rated 1657
Conference titles
2 last in 2000
Seasons
94 since 1930, 987 games

Identity

Fight song
El Paso Fight
Apparel
Adidas

2026 season 1–⁠6

RosterFull 2026 season
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4at10OklahomaL 0–⁠5114%
Sep 12vsTexas SouthernW 51–⁠1068%
Sep 19at19MichiganL 17–⁠5214%
Sep 26vsOregon StateL 7–⁠3350%
Oct 3atNew MexicoL 7–⁠6115%
Oct 10vsNevadaL 13–⁠3047%
Oct 17vsSan José StateL 11–⁠2440%
Oct 31atNorth Dakota StatePreview9%
Nov 7vsHawai’iPreview40%
Nov 14vsWyomingPreview35%
Nov 20atAir ForcePreview13%
Nov 28atNorthern IllinoisPreview36%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

This season, game by game

UTEP’s Elo through 2026: 1355 going into the opener, 1267 after the latest game.125012751300132513501375Elo 1355 going in; lost to Oklahoma 51–0Elo 1345 going in; beat Texas Southern 51–10Elo 1368 going in; lost to Michigan 52–17Elo 1359 going in; lost to Oregon State 33–7Elo 1326 going in; lost to New Mexico 61–7Elo 1315 going in; lost to Nevada 30–13Elo 1288 going in; lost to San José State 24–11Now: Elo 1267 after the latest game1267
OklahomaTexas SouthernMichiganOregon StateNew MexicoNevadaSan José StateNow
Elo going into each game, then after the latest. Filled dots: wins; open: losses.

Future schedule

2027–⁠32
20273 games: 1 home, 2 away, non-conference only
20284 games: 2 home, 2 away, non-conference only
20291 game: 1 away, non-conference only
20301 game: 1 away, non-conference only
20313 games: 1 home, 2 away, non-conference only
20321 game: 1 home, non-conference only

UTEP’s announced games beyond the seasons on our schedule, as its Wikipedia article lists them (announced schedules as of September 11, 2026). Schedules change; a season shows only the games named so far, and many articles list non-conference games only. Future schedules: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Players

The 2026 rosterRecord bookThe money

On the 2026 team

Program greats See all

Heisman finalists, College Football Hall of Famers, consensus All-Americans, national award winners and first-round picks, for what they did at UTEP.

Around the program

Apparel
Adidas · Official source
Mascot
Paydirt Pete · Official source
Defensive coordinator
Kyle Beyer · Official source

Found by several AI researchers searching the web, then kept only where the page loads and says so in words naming the program; every quote is checked again each time the data is rebuilt. Official source: the school’s own page. All of them.

The apparel deal

Adidas, from 2023. Five years. Began with the 2023-24 season, replacing Nike. Game One is the dealer.

  • UTEP Athletics, Nov 18, 2022: Five-year partnership, Adidas official footwear, apparel and accessory brand
  • KTSM 9 News, Nov 2, 2022: UTEP moving from Nike to Adidas for the 2023-24 athletics season, five years

Before: Nike, 2004 through 2023.

Apparel deals: Field Drip. Terms as the outlets reported them; checked Oct 3, 2026.

Program strength since 1930

Best seasons ever
UTEP end-of-season Elo from 1930 to 2026, best in 1967 at 1657.1300150017001900194019601980200020201967 peak: Elo 1657
End-of-season Elo. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team.

More coverage

Found through the GDELT Project, which indexes news sites worldwide. Each link opens the story on the outlet’s own site; each picture is that outlet’s own preview of its story, shown from its site and credited to it.

Head coaches

CoachYearsRecord
Scotty Walden2024–⁠20266–⁠25
Dana Dimel2018–⁠202320–⁠49
Sean Kugler2013–⁠201718–⁠36
Mike Price2004–⁠201748–⁠68
Gary Nord2000–⁠200314–⁠34
Charlie Bailey1993–⁠199919–⁠53–⁠1
David Lee1989–⁠199311–⁠41–⁠1
Bob Stull1986–⁠198821–⁠15
Bill Yung1982–⁠19857–⁠39
Billy Alton19811–⁠8
Bill Michael1977–⁠19815–⁠43
Gil Bartosh1974–⁠19766–⁠28
Tommy Hudspeth1972–⁠19731–⁠14
Robert Dobbs1965–⁠197241–⁠35–⁠2
Warren Harper1963–⁠19643–⁠15–⁠2
Bum Phillips19624–⁠5
Ben Collins1957–⁠196118–⁠29–⁠1
Mike Brumbelow1950–⁠195646–⁠24–⁠3
Jack Curtice1946–⁠194924–⁠13–⁠3
Walter Milner19425–⁠4
Mack Saxon1930–⁠194136–⁠37–⁠5

Most-played series

All rivalries
OpponentGamesUTEP record
New Mexico State10260–⁠40–⁠2 ‡
New Mexico7131–⁠38–⁠2
Arizona State4410–⁠33–⁠1
Arizona4311–⁠31–⁠1
BYU377–⁠29–⁠1
Colorado State3610–⁠26
Wyoming336–⁠26–⁠1
Utah338–⁠25

Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file. Each series page gives both.

Rivals the program names: New Mexico State, New Mexico.

Every opponent (131)

Every program UTEP has played, A to Z, with UTEP’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.

Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated, or with forfeits counted. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file.

Conference titles

2, counting shared titles
Western Athletic Conference 1
2000 (shared)
Border Conference 1
1956

As the program counts them in its Wikipedia article, shared titles included, and listed under each conference’s current name (a Western Conference title of the 1900s counts as a Big Ten title); season pages use the name the conference had that year. A title the article files under a conference the team wasn’t in that season is listed under the one it was. Division titles include years the team tied for its division.

Conferences

  1. Independent 1914–⁠1934
  2. Border Conference 1935–⁠1942 and 1946–⁠1961
  3. Independent 1962–⁠1967
  4. Conference USA 2005–⁠2025
  5. Mountain West Conference since 2026
  • 1968Joined the WAC from independence in football. Source
  • 2005Joined Conference USA from the WAC. Source
  • 2026Joined the Mountain West Conference from Conference USA, announced October 1, 2024. Source

UTEP’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time). The moves and their announcement dates from Wikipedia’s lists of NCAA Division I conference changes; the year is the first season in the new conference. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Consensus All-Americans 1

2000Brian Natkin TE

Led the nation 5

2010Kris Adams yards per catch (22.8)
2009Donald Buckram points per game (15.8)
2000Lee Mays receiving touchdowns (15 TD)
1986Sammy Garza passing yards (3,140 yds)
1948Fred Wendt rushing yards (1,570 yds), rushing touchdowns (20 TD), yards per carry (8.53), points (152 pts), points per game (15.20)

The NCAA’s official national leaders since 1937, from Wikipedia’s yearly leader lists.

In the draft

By college
NFL picks, rounds 1–⁠7
53 since 1940
First-round picks
2
AFL picks
2 1962, 1964
1968Fred Carr LBNo. 5, Green Bay Packers
1968George Daney OGNo. 22, Kansas City Chiefs

Who came and went in the 2026 transfer portal, and every portal year.

The school

The University of Texas at El Paso
Enrollment
25,039 21,118 undergraduates, fall 2024
Where
El Paso, Texas
Public or private
Public Research 1
Founded
1914
Graduates’ median earnings
$50,923 10 years after starting

Enrollment, place and Carnegie research tier from the National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS, public domain). Earnings from the US Department of Education’s College Scorecard (CC BY 4.0): the median for students who received federal aid and were working, not in school. Founding year from Wikidata. Every school’s in the data.

Official accounts

Football
X @UTEPFBInstagram @utepfbFacebook UTEPFootball.OfficialPage
Athletics department
X @UTEPAthleticsInstagram @utepathleticsFacebook UTEPAthletics

Official accounts: the schools’ athletics websites: the ones utepminers.com lists for its football program and athletics department, as of Oct 12, 2026.

Season by season

National champions
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20261–⁠60–⁠3Scotty Walden1267-24.6
20252–⁠101–⁠7Scotty Walden1283-17.5
20243–⁠93–⁠5Scotty Walden1322-22.7
20233–⁠92–⁠6Dana Dimel1319-16.2
20225–⁠73–⁠5Dana Dimel1407-10.7
20217–⁠64–⁠4Dana Dimel1427-4.2
20203–⁠50–⁠4Dana Dimel1295-18.6
20191–⁠110–⁠8Dana Dimel1162-25.6
20181–⁠111–⁠7Dana Dimel1191-26.6
20170–⁠120–⁠8Sean Kugler, Mike Price1203-27.4
20164–⁠82–⁠6Sean Kugler1319-16.1
20155–⁠73–⁠5Sean Kugler1360-19.5
20147–⁠65–⁠3Sean Kugler1431-12.0
20132–⁠101–⁠7Sean Kugler1273-28.9
20123–⁠92–⁠6Mike Price1337-16.1
20115–⁠72–⁠6Mike Price1406-4.1
20106–⁠73–⁠5Mike Price1404-11.2
20094–⁠83–⁠5Mike Price1425-5.7
20085–⁠74–⁠4Mike Price1423-2.7
20074–⁠82–⁠6Mike Price1341-7.0
20065–⁠73–⁠5Mike Price1401-6.2
20058–⁠45–⁠3Mike Price14882.4
20048–⁠46–⁠2Mike Price14799.0
20032–⁠111–⁠7Gary Nord1194-31.0
20022–⁠101–⁠7Gary Nord1221-27.0
Every season back to 1930 (69 more)
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20012–⁠91–⁠7Gary Nord1287-28.8
20008–⁠47–⁠1Gary Nord15338.1
19995–⁠73–⁠4Charlie Bailey1365-9.5
19983–⁠83–⁠5Charlie Bailey1349-11.3
19974–⁠73–⁠5Charlie Bailey1354-17.7
19962–⁠90–⁠8Charlie Bailey1244-23.9
19952–⁠101–⁠7Charlie Bailey1259-26.1
19943–⁠7–⁠11–⁠6–⁠1Charlie Bailey1320-14.1
19931–⁠110–⁠8David Lee, Charlie Bailey1241-19.6
19921–⁠101–⁠7David Lee1309-16.7
19914–⁠7–⁠12–⁠5–⁠1David Lee1407-2.4
19903–⁠81–⁠7David Lee1322-16.9
19892–⁠101–⁠7David Lee1354-16.1
198810–⁠36–⁠2Bob Stull15628.8
19877–⁠45–⁠3Bob Stull1460-2.2
19864–⁠82–⁠6Bob Stull1353-11.7
19851–⁠101–⁠7Bill Yung1253-17.6
19842–⁠91–⁠7Bill Yung1278-21.3
19832–⁠100–⁠8Bill Yung1260-15.9
19822–⁠101–⁠6Bill Yung1256-14.1
19811–⁠101–⁠6Bill Michael, Billy Alton1207-26.6
19801–⁠111–⁠6Bill Michael1224-23.5
19792–⁠90–⁠7Bill Michael1242-21.1
19781–⁠111–⁠5Bill Michael1191-21.3
19771–⁠100–⁠7Bill Michael1214-22.2
19761–⁠110–⁠7Gil Bartosh1216-23.5
19751–⁠100–⁠6Gil Bartosh1239-16.1
19744–⁠73–⁠4Gil Bartosh1322-13.5
19730–⁠110–⁠7Tommy Hudspeth1160-33.3
19722–⁠81–⁠6Robert Dobbs, Tommy Hudspeth1274-25.9
19715–⁠61–⁠6Robert Dobbs1405-9.8
19706–⁠44–⁠3Robert Dobbs1485-4.5
19694–⁠62–⁠5Robert Dobbs1407
19684–⁠5–⁠13–⁠3Robert Dobbs1542
19677–⁠2–⁠1Robert Dobbs1657
19666–⁠4Robert Dobbs1552
19658–⁠3Robert Dobbs1510
19640–⁠8–⁠2Warren Harper1283
19633–⁠7Warren Harper1383
19624–⁠5Bum Phillips1389
19613–⁠71–⁠3Ben Collins1319
19604–⁠5–⁠12–⁠3Ben Collins1350
19593–⁠72–⁠3Ben Collins1307
19582–⁠71–⁠4Ben Collins1356
19576–⁠33–⁠2Ben Collins1526
19569–⁠26–⁠0Mike Brumbelow1616
19556–⁠2–⁠23–⁠2–⁠1Mike Brumbelow1581
19548–⁠34–⁠2Mike Brumbelow1547
19538–⁠24–⁠2Mike Brumbelow1485
19525–⁠5–⁠12–⁠3–⁠1Mike Brumbelow1374
19513–⁠72–⁠4Mike Brumbelow1364
19507–⁠34–⁠2Mike Brumbelow1499
19498–⁠2–⁠14–⁠2Jack Curtice1562
19488–⁠2–⁠14–⁠1–⁠1Jack Curtice1516
19475–⁠3–⁠13–⁠3–⁠1Jack Curtice1434
19463–⁠62–⁠4Jack Curtice1359
19425–⁠44–⁠3Walter Milner1387
19414–⁠5–⁠13–⁠4Mack Saxon1373
19404–⁠4–⁠13–⁠1–⁠1Mack Saxon1385
19395–⁠43–⁠2Mack Saxon1462
19386–⁠33–⁠2Mack Saxon1468
19377–⁠1–⁠22–⁠1–⁠1Mack Saxon1445
19365–⁠3–⁠12–⁠1–⁠1Mack Saxon1305
19351–⁠80–⁠3Mack Saxon1180
19340–⁠2Mack Saxon1414
19331–⁠3Mack Saxon1437
19321–⁠3Mack Saxon1466
19312–⁠0Mack Saxon1531
19300–⁠1Mack Saxon1480

Officially 415–⁠654–⁠30 since 1914 (per Wikipedia, rechecked weekly); game by game here, 354–⁠615–⁠18 (987 of its 1,099 games are on file). Our file starts in 1930; the program began in 1914. Some games are missing from our source.

No season on file for 1943–⁠45: wartime seasons, when many programs didn’t play.

Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.