2012 UTEP Miners football team

2012 UTEP Miners football
2012 UTEP Miners football
Conference	Conference USA
	West Division
Record	3–9 (2–6 C-USA)
Head coach	Mike Price (9th season);
Offensive coordinator	Aaron Price (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Andre Patterson (3rd season)
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Sun Bowl
	Seasons ← 2011 2013 →

The 2012 UTEP Miners football team represented the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) as a member of the West Division in Conference USA (C-USA) during the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by Mike Price in his ninth and final full season as head coach, the Miners compiled an overall record of 3–9 with a mark of 2–6 in conference play, tying for fifth place at the bottom of the standings in C-USA's West Division. The team played home games at the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas.

ConferenceConference USA

West Division

Record3–9 (2–6 C-USA)

Headcoach

Mike Price (9th season)

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2012 Conference USA football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
East Division
UCF xy	7	–	1	10	–	4
East Carolina x	7	–	1	8	–	5
Marshall	4	–	4	5	–	7
Memphis	4	–	4	4	–	8
UAB	2	–	6	3	–	9
Southern Miss	0	–	8	0	–	12
West Division
Tulsa xy$	7	–	1	11	–	3
SMU	5	–	3	7	–	6
Rice	4	–	4	7	–	6
Houston	4	–	4	5	–	7
UTEP	2	–	6	3	–	9
Tulane	2	–	6	2	–	10
Championship: Tulsa 33, UCF 27
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

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Price retired at the end of the season. UTEP averaged 29,374 fans per game.^[1]

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	8:30 pm	No. 4 Oklahoma*	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	FSN	L 7–24	40,137
September 8	5:00 pm	at Ole Miss*	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS	SECRN	L 10–28	53,133
September 15	6:00 pm	New Mexico State*	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX (Battle of I-10)		W 41–28	32,933
September 22	10:00 am	at Wisconsin*	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	ESPN2	L 26–37	79,806
September 29	5:00 pm	at East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC	WITN	L 18–28	47,817
October 6	6:00 pm	SMU	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	TWCEP	L 0–17	34,073
October 11	6:00 pm	at Tulsa	Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium Tulsa, OK	FSN	L 11–33	18,961
October 20	6:00 pm	Tulane	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX		W 24–20	23,234
October 27	2:15 pm	at Houston	Robertson Stadium Houston, TX	CSS, CSNH	L 35–45	27,433
November 10	6:00 pm	UCF	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	FCS	L 24–31	25,483
November 17	6:00 pm	at Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS	CBSSN	W 34–33	23,757
November 24	6:00 pm	Rice	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	FCS	L 24–33	20,384
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 4 Sooners	7	0	3	14	24
Miners	7	0	0	0	7

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners	0	0	10	0	10
Rebels	7	14	0	7	28

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	0	7	7	14	28
Miners	20	7	7	7	41

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners	6	3	7	10	26
Badgers	2	21	0	14	37

2012 UTEP Miners football team

Schedule

Game summaries

No. 4 Oklahoma

At Ole Miss

New Mexico State

At Wisconsin

At East Carolina

SMU

At Tulsa

Tulane

At Houston

UCF

At Southern Miss

Rice

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2012 UTEP Miners football

Conference	Conference USA
Division	West Division
Record	3–9 (2–6 C-USA)
Head coach	Mike Price (9th season)
Offensive coordinator	Aaron Price (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Andre Patterson (3rd season)
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Sun Bowl
Seasons ← 2011 2013 →

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners	3	0	0	8	11
Golden Hurricane	3	3	20	7	33

	1	2	3	4	Total
Green Wave	7	10	0	3	20
Miners	7	17	0	0	24

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners	3	17	0	14	34
Golden Eagles	10	7	3	13	33