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The 2015 UTEP Miners football team represented the
University of Texas at El Paso The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) is a public research university in El Paso, Texas. It is a member of the University of Texas System. UTEP is the second-largest university in the United States to have a majority Mexican American stud ...
in the
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. This was the third year for head coach
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both with UTEP and overall. They were members of the West Division of
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. The Miners played their home games in
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at the
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. They finished the season 5–7, 3–5 in C-USA play to finish in a three way tie for third place in the West Division. UTEP averaged 23,212 fans per game.


Schedule

UTEP announced their 2015 football schedule on February 2, 2015. The 2015 schedule consist of five home and seven away games in the regular season. The Miners will host CUSA foes Florida Atlantic,
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,
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, and UTSA, and will travel to Florida International (FIU),
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,
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, and
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. :Schedule source:


Game summaries


At Arkansas


At Texas Tech


At New Mexico State


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UTSA


At FIU


Florida Atlantic


At Southern Miss


Rice


At Old Dominion


Louisiana Tech


At North Texas


References

UTEP The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) is a public research university in El Paso, Texas. It is a member of the University of Texas System. UTEP is the second-largest university in the United States to have a majority Mexican American stude ...
UTEP Miners football seasons
UTEP Miners football The UTEP Miners football program represents University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) in the sport of American football. The Miners compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the West Div ...
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