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American college football season
The 2020 UTEP Miners football team represented the University of Texas at El Paso in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Miners were led by third–year head coach Dana Dimel and played their home games at the Sun Bowl . They competed as members of the West Division of Conference USA (C–USA).
Preseason
Award watch lists
Listed in the order that they were released
Award
Player
Position
Year
N/A
The C–USA Media Days were held virtually for the first time in conference history.[ 1]
Media poll (West Division)
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
Louisiana Tech
2
North Texas
3
Rice
4
Southern Miss
5
UAB
6
UTEP
7
UTSA
Media poll (East Division)
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
Charlotte
2
FIU
3
Florida Atlantic
4
Marshall
5
Middle Tennessee
6
Old Dominion
7
Western Kentucky
Media poll (C–USA Championship)
Rank
Team
Votes
N/A
Preseason All–C–USA teams
N/A
Schedule
UTEP announced its 2020 football schedule on January 8, 2020.[ 2]
The Miners had games scheduled against FIU , Nevada , New Mexico State , Rice , Southern Miss , Texas Tech and UAB that were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic .
Source: [ 3]
Game summaries
Stephen F. Austin
Stephen F. Austin at Texas–El Paso
1
2 3 4 Total
Lumberjacks
7
7 0 0
14
• Miners
3
14 0 7
24
Date: September 5, 2020Location: Sun Bowl El Paso, TX Game start: 7:05 p.m. MDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 42 minutesGame attendance: 6,047Game weather: Temperature: 88 °F (31 °C) • Weather: Sunny • Wind: E 15 MPH Referee: Rodney BurnetteTV announcers (ESPN3 ): Erik Elken (play–by–play) and Trevor Vittatoe (analyst)
Scoring summary 1 12:01 SFA Lawton Rikel 17–yard pass from Trae Self (Chris Campos kick)(6 plays, 75 yards, 2:59) SFA 7–0
03:25 UTEP Gavin Baechle 22–yard field goal(8 plays, 49 yards, 4:22) SFA 7–3
2 12:03 SFA Da'leon Ward 1–yard run (Chris Campos kick)(12 plays, 84 yards, 6:17) SFA 14–3
02:08 UTEP Justin Garrett 4–yard pass from Gavin Hardison (Gavin Baechle kick)(16 plays, 83 yards, 9:51) SFA 14–10
00:20 UTEP Deion Hankins 10–yard run (Gavin Baechle kick)(2 plays, 9 yards, 0:52) UTEP 17–14
4 03:51 UTEP Deion Hankins 4–yard run (Gavin Baechle kick)(9 plays, 80 yards, 4:18) UTEP 24–14
Pregame line
Over/under
UTEP –4
54[ 4]
Statistics
Stephen F. Austin
UTEP
First downs
14
19
Total yards
230
364
Rushing yards
97
152
Passing yards
133
212
Turnovers
2
2
Time of possession
23:13
36:47
Team
Category
Player
Statistics
Stephen F. Austin
Passing
Trae Self
14/21, 133 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
Rushing
Da'Leon Ward
14 carries, 51 yards, 1 TD
Receiving
Quentyvian Borders
2 receptions, 41 yards
UTEP
Passing
Gavin Hardison
17/28, 212 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
Rushing
Deion Hankins
17 carries, 113 yards, 2 TDs
Receiving
Jacob Cowing
7 receptions, 116 yards
At Texas
Texas–El Paso at Texas
1
2 3 4 Total
Miners
0
3 0 0
3
• No. 14 Longhorns
21
24 7 7
59
Scoring summary 1 14:41 UT Joshua Moore 78–yard pass from Sam Ehlinger (Cameron Dicker kick)(1 play, 78 yards, 0:19) UT 7–0
09:32 UT Cade Brewer 20–yard pass from Sam Ehlinger (Cameron Dicker kick)(10 plays, 67 yards, 3:24) UT 14–0
04:57 UT Roschon Johnson 1–yard run (Cameron Dicker kick)(8 plays, 70 yards, 3:03) UT 21–0
2 14:10 UT Brenden Schooler 40–yard pass from Sam Ehlinger (Cameron Dicker kick)(4 plays, 76 yards, 0:50) UT 28–0
12:15 UT Tarik Black 5–yard pass from Sam Ehlinger (Cameron Dicker kick)(3 plays, 42 yards, 1:02) UT 35–0
06:16 UT Cameron Dicker 32–yard field goal(11 plays, 54 yards, 3:07) UT 38–0
01:39 UTEP Gavin Baechle 47–yard field goal(11 plays, 46 yards, 4:37) UT 38–3
00:06 UT Kai Money 6–yard pass from Sam Ehlinger (Cameron Dicker kick)(6 plays, 75 yards, 1:33) UT 45–3
3 02:11 UT Brennan Eagles 35–yard pass from Casey Thompson (Cameron Dicker kick)(4 plays, 68 yards, 1:14) UT 52–3
4 13:00 UT Marcus Washington 17–yard pass from Casey Thompson (Cameron Dicker kick)(8 plays, 54 yards, 2:28) UT 59–3
Pregame line
Over/under
UT –42.5
58.5[ 5]
Statistics
UTEP
Texas
First downs
14
28
Total yards
233
689
Rushing yards
43
208
Passing yards
190
481
Turnovers
0
1
Time of possession
34:17
25:43
Team
Category
Player
Statistics
UTEP
Passing
Gavin Hardison
12/27, 141 yards, 1 INT
Rushing
Deion Hankins
11 carries, 34 yards
Receiving
Justin Garrett
4 receptions, 58 yards
Texas
Passing
Sam Ehlinger
25/33, 426 yards, 5 TDs
Rushing
Keaontay Ingram
9 carries, 44 yards
Receiving
Joshua Moore
6 receptions, 127 yards, 1 TD
Abilene Christian
Abilene Christian at Texas–El Paso
1
2 3 4 Total
Wildcats
7
0 3 3
13
• Miners
0
10 0 7
17
Date: September 19, 2020Location: Sun Bowl El Paso, TX Game start: 7:05 p.m. MDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 1 minuteGame attendance: 6,056Game weather: Temperature: 81 °F (27 °C) • Weather: Sunny • Wind: NE 8 MPH Referee: Anthony PerezTV announcers (ESPN3 ): Erik Elken (play–by–play) and Trevor Vittatoe (analyst)
Scoring summary 1 09:03 ACU Jermiah Dobbins 2–yard run (Blair Zepeda kick)(6 plays, 56 yards, 3:06) ACU 7–0
2 08:31 UTEP Gavin Baechle 27–yard field goal(10 plays, 58 yards, 4:21) ACU 7–3
06:18 UTEP Joshua Fields 5–yard run (Gavin Baechle kick)(2 plays, 56 yards, 0:48) UTEP 10–7
3 06:58 ACU Blair Zepeda 29–yard field goal(10 plays, 66 yards, 5:45) TIE 10–10
4 14:12 UTEP Ronald Awatt 4–yard run (Gavin Baechle kick)(13 plays, 75 yards, 7:46) UTEP 17–10
05:19 ACU Blair Zepeda 39–yard field goal(6 plays, 45 yards, 3:33) UTEP 17–13
Pregame line
Over/under
UTEP –8.5
47.5[ 6]
Statistics
Abilene Christian
UTEP
First downs
15
17
Total yards
308
293
Rushing yards
99
98
Passing yards
209
195
Turnovers
5
1
Time of possession
30:02
29:58
Team
Category
Player
Statistics
Abilene Christian
Passing
Peyton Mansell
14/21, 202 yards
Rushing
Tyrese White
11 carries, 41 yards
Receiving
Taelyn Williams
2 receptions, 77 yards
UTEP
Passing
Gavin Hardison
15/25, 195 yards
Rushing
Joshua Fields
17 carries, 75 yards, 1 TD
Receiving
Jacob Cowing
8 receptions, 110 yards
At Louisiana–Monroe
Texas–El Paso at Louisiana–Monroe
1
2 3 4 Total
• Miners
7
17 0 7
31
Warhawks
0
0 6 0
6
Date: September 26, 2020Location: Malone Stadium Monroe, LA Game start: 1:35 p.m. MDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 12 minutesGame attendance: 5,491Game weather: Temperature: 79 °F (26 °C) • Weather: Partly Cloudy • Wind: WNW 6 MPH Referee: Jeremy ParkerTV announcers (ESPN2 ): Clay Matvick (play–by–play) and Rocky Boiman (analyst)
Scoring summary 1 07:40 UTEP Deion Hawkins 2–yard run (Gavin Baechle kick)(3 plays, 86 yards, 1:35) UTEP 7–0
2 13:33 UTEP Deion Hawkins 1–yard run (Gavin Baechle kick)(6 plays, 68 yards, 2:21) UTEP 14–0
06:57 UTEP Deion Hawkins 8–yard run (Gavin Baechle kick)(9 plays, 73 yards, 4:15) UTEP 21–0
00:21 UTEP Gavin Baechle 42–yard field goal(9 plays, 38 yards, 5:14) UTEP 24–0
3 00:55 ULM Jahquan Bloomfield 35–yard pass from Colby Suits (Zach Elder kick failed)(4 plays, 55 yards, 1:41) UTEP 24–6
4 02:32 UTEP Ronald Awatt 23–yard run (Gavin Baechle kick)(3 plays, 31 yards, 1:27) UTEP 31–6
Pregame line
Over/under
UTEP –9.5
49.5[ 7]
Statistics
UTEP
Louisiana–Monroe
First downs
21
6
Total yards
512
193
Rushing yards
210
7
Passing yards
302
186
Turnovers
3
1
Time of possession
39:36
20:24
Team
Category
Player
Statistics
UTEP
Passing
Gavin Hardison
13/25, 302 yards
Rushing
Deion Hankins
22 carries, 118 yards, 3 TDs
Receiving
Justin Garrett
7 receptions, 120 yards
Louisiana–Monroe
Passing
Colby Suits
17/27, 184 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
Rushing
Josh Johnson
9 carries, 19 yards
Receiving
Jevin Frett
2 receptions, 63 yards
At Louisiana Tech
Texas–El Paso at Louisiana Tech
1
2 3 4 Total
Miners
0
7 3 7
17
• Bulldogs
7
7 0 7
21
Date: October 10, 2020Location: Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, LA Game start: 5:35 p.m. MDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 48 minutesGame attendance: 7,140Game weather: Temperature: 75 °F (24 °C) • Weather: Partly Cloudy • Wind: N 5 MPH Referee: Joe LehringTV announcers (ESPN2 ): Dave O'Brien (play–by–play), Mike Golic (analyst) and Ian Fitzsimmons (sideline)
Scoring summary 1 11:23 LATECH Israel Tucker 15–yard run (Jacob Barnes kick)(10 plays, 75 yards, 3:37) LATECH 7–0
2 09:56 UTEP Devaughn Cooper 33–yard pass from Gavin Hardison (Gavin Baechle kick)(5 plays, 48 yards, 1:57) TIE 7–7
01:36 LATECH Justin Henderson 14–yard run (Jacob Barnes kick)(9 plays, 72 yards, 3:32) LATECH 14–7
3 09:02 UTEP Gavin Baechle 29–yard field goal(8 plays, 33 yards, 3:31) LATECH 14–10
4 11:47 LATECH Israel Tucker 1–yard run (Jacob Barnes kick)(13 plays, 60 yards, 5:33) LATECH 21–10
11:32 UTEP Duron Lowe 100–yard kickoff return (Gavin Baechle kick) LATECH 21–17
Pregame line
Over/under
LT –14.5
55.5[ 8]
Statistics
UTEP
Louisiana Tech
First downs
14
16
Total yards
266
210
Rushing yards
60
91
Passing yards
206
119
Turnovers
2
0
Time of possession
26:58
33:02
Team
Category
Player
Statistics
UTEP
Passing
Gavin Hardison
18/38, 206 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
Rushing
Deion Hankins
15 carries, 35 yards
Receiving
Jacob Cowing
7 receptions, 63 yards
Louisiana Tech
Passing
Luke Anthony
11/20, 85 yards
Rushing
Justin Henderson
15 carries, 54 yards, 1 TD
Receiving
Adrian Hardy
4 receptions, 58 yards
At Charlotte
Texas–El Paso at Charlotte
1
2 3 4 Total
Miners
7
7 0 14
28
• 49ers
7
7 7 17
38
Date: October 24, 2020Location: Jerry Richardson Stadium Charlotte, NC Game start: 10:05 a.m. MDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 16 minutesGame attendance: 1,042Game weather: Temperature: 65 °F (18 °C) • Weather: Sunny • Wind: 0 MPH Referee: Jonathan NoliTV announcers (ESPN+ ): Dave Friedman (play–by–play) and Reggie Walker (analyst)
Scoring summary 1 12:20 CHAR Aaron McAllister 7–yard run (Jonathan Cruz kick)(2 plays, 7 yards, 0:09) CHAR 7–0
03:29 UTEP Deion Hankins 2–yard run (Gavin Baechle kick)(15 plays, 64 yards, 8:51) TIE 7–7
2 05:35 UTEP Ronald Awatt 4–yard run (Gavin Baechle kick)(13 plays, 98 yards, 6:35) UTEP 14–7
00:26 CHAR Victor Tucker 22–yard pass from Chris Reynolds (Jonathan Cruz kick)(10 plays, 79 yards, 5:09) TIE 14–14
3 03:31 CHAR Cameron Dollar 10–yard pass from Chris Reynolds (Jonathan Cruz kick)(8 plays, 37 yards, 3:22) CHAR 21–14
4 12:42 CHAR Jonathan Cruz 32–yard field goal(9 plays, 45 yards, 4:15) CHAR 24–14
04:40 CHAR Micaleous Elder 13–yard run (Jonathan Cruz kick)(7 plays, 49 yards, 3:35) CHAR 31–14
02:43 UTEP Justin Garrett 8–yard pass from Gavin Hardison (Gavin Baechle kick)(7 plays, 59 yards, 1:57) CLT 31–21
02:30 CHAR Aaron McAllister 36–yard run (Jonathan Cruz kick)(1 play, 36 yards, 0:13) CHAR 38–21
00:53 UTEP Justin Garrett 11–yard pass from Gavin Hardison (Gavin Baechle kick)(7 plays, 62 yards, 1:37) CHAR 38–28
Pregame line
Over/under
CHAR –17.5
50[ 9]
Statistics
UTEP
Charlotte
First downs
24
17
Total yards
374
329
Rushing yards
170
144
Passing yards
204
185
Turnovers
2
1
Time of possession
31:02
28:58
Team
Category
Player
Statistics
UTEP
Passing
Gavin Hardison
19/35, 204 yards, 2 TDs, 2 INTs
Rushing
Deion Hankins
18 carries, 119 yards, 1 TD
Receiving
Justin Garrett
9 receptions, 107 yards, 2 TDs
Charlotte
Passing
Chris Reynolds
14/23, 185 yards, 2 TDs
Rushing
Aaron McAllister
8 carries, 68 yards, 2 TDs
Receiving
Victor Tucker
6 receptions, 86 yards, 1 TD
At UTSA
Texas–El Paso at Texas–San Antonio
1
2 3 4 Total
Miners
7
14 0 0
21
• Roadrunners
3
21 14 14
52
Date: November 14, 2020Location: Alamodome San Antonio, TX Game start: 1:08 p.m. MST Elapsed time: 2 hours and 57 minutesGame attendance: 6,243Game weather: Temperature: 74 °F (23 °C) • Weather: Indoors • Wind: N/AReferee: Rodney BurnetteTV announcers (ESPN+ ): Lincoln Rose (play–by–play) and LaDarrin McLane (analyst)
Scoring summary 1 11:49 UTSA Hunter Duplessis 49–yard field goal(10 plays, 43 yards, 3:11) UTSA 3–0
02:22 UTEP Jacob Cowing 52–yard pass from Gavin Hardison (Gavin Baechle kick)(6 plays, 80 yards, 2:41) UTEP 7–3
2 12:44 UTSA Brennon Dingle 3–yard pass from Frank Harris (Hunter Duplessis kick)(6 plays, 80 yards, 2:16) UTSA 10–7
03:32 UTEP Calvin Brownholtz 1–yard run (Gavin Baechle kick)(10 plays, 74 yards, 4:55) UTEP 14–10
01:35 UTSA Zakhari Franklin 35–yard pass from Frank Harris (Hunter Duplessis kick)(6 plays, 71 yards, 1:57) UTSA 17–14
00:58 UTEP Deion Hankins 1–yard run (Gavin Baechle kick)(2 plays, 5 yards, 0:37) UTEP 21–17
00:19 UTSA Frank Harris 35–yard run (Hunter Duplessis kick)(3 plays, 70 yards, 0:39) UTSA 24–21
3 08:26 UTSA Tykee Ogle–Kellogg 15–yard pass from Frank Harris (Hunter Duplessis kick)(9 plays, 80 yards, 3:05) UTSA 31–21
02:54 UTSA Frank Harris 4–yard run (Hunter Duplessis kick)(9 plays, 46 yards, 4:25) UTSA 38–21
4 11:05 UTSA Kaedric Cobbs 1–yard run (Hunter Duplessis kick)(8 plays, 59 yards, 4:24) UTSA 45–21
03:16 UTSA B.J. Daniels 5–yard run (Hunter Duplessis kick)(11 plays, 89 yards, 6:07) UTSA 52–21
Pregame line
Over/under
UTSA –6
45.5[ 10]
Statistics
UTEP
UTSA
First downs
13
29
Total yards
246
600
Rushing yards
77
288
Passing yards
169
312
Turnovers
7
4
Time of possession
27:08
32:52
Team
Category
Player
Statistics
UTEP
Passing
Gavin Hardison
14/21, 159 yards, 1 TD
Rushing
Deion Hankins
16 carries, 74 yards, 1 TD
Receiving
Jacob Cowing
2 receptions, 58 yards, 1 TD
UTSA
Passing
Frank Harris
22/26, 312 yards, 3 TDs
Rushing
Brenden Brady
26 carries, 124 yards
Receiving
Zakhari Franklin
6 receptions, 118 yards, 1 TD
At North Texas
Texas–El Paso at North Texas
1
2 3 4 Total
Miners
7
14 0 22
43
• Mean Green
7
10 14 14
45
Date: Location: Apogee Stadium Denton, TX Game start: 4:05 p.m. MST Elapsed time: 3 hours and 33 minutesGame attendance: 5,612Game weather: Temperature: 60 °F (16 °C) • Weather: Partly Cloudy • Wind: NW 8 MPH Referee: Kevin RandallTV announcers (ESPN3 ): Jon Teicher (play–by–play) and Mike Perez (analyst)
Scoring summary 1 07:24 UTEP Calvin Brownholtz 29–yard run (Gavin Baechle kick)(6 plays, 33 yards, 4:01) UTEP 7–0
02:38 UNT Deonte Simpson 46–yard pass from Austin Aune (Ethan Mooney kick)(1 play, 46 yards, 0:08) TIE 7–7
2 14:23 UTEP Deion Hankins 2–yard run (Gavin Baechle kick)(8 plays, 69 yards, 3:15) UTEP 14–7
14:11 UNT Jaelon Darden 75–yard pass from Austin Aune (Ethan Mooney kick)(1 play, 75 yards, 0:12) TIE 14–14
04:43 UNT Ethan Mooney 24–yard field goal(8 plays, 44 yards, 2:52) UNT 17–14
00:43 UTEP Deion Hankins 7–yard run (Gavin Baechle kick)(8 plays, 67 yards, 1:19) UTEP 21–17
3 08:06 UNT Jaelon Darden 32–yard pass from Austin Aune (Ethan Mooney kick)(5 plays, 48 yards, 1:17) UNT 24–21
02:04 UNT Austin Aune 4–yard run (Ethan Mooney kick)(12 plays, 81 yards, 3:58) UNT 31–21
4 14:21 UTEP Jacob Cowing 28–yard pass from Calvin Brownholtz (Gavin Baechle kick)(7 plays, 69 yards, 2:43) UNT 31–28
11:49 UNT Jaelon Darden 2–yard pass from Austin Aune (Ethan Mooney kick)(8 plays, 62 yards, 2:32) UNT 38–28
08:40 UNT Jaelon Darden 50–yard pass from Austin Aune (Ethan Mooney kick)(5 plays, 65 yards, 1:18) UNT 45–28
06:32 UTEP Jacob Cowing 17–yard pass from Calvin Brownholtz (Trent Thompson pass)(5 plays, 75 yards, 2:08) UNT 45–36
00:26 UTEP Calvin Brownholtz 5–yard run (Gavin Baechle kick)(6 plays, 69 yards, 1:00) UNT 45–43
Pregame line
Over/under
UNT –10
51[ 11]
Statistics
UTEP
North Texas
First downs
27
24
Total yards
497
491
Rushing yards
301
189
Passing yards
196
302
Turnovers
1
2
Time of possession
35:45
24:15
Team
Category
Player
Statistics
UTEP
Passing
Calvin Brownholtz
10/26, 196 yards, 2 TDs, 4 INTs
Rushing
Calvin Brownholtz
15 carries, 114 yards, 2 TDs
Receiving
Jacob Cowing
5 receptions, 118 yards, 2 TDs
North Texas
Passing
Austin Aune
16/29, 302 yards, 5 TDs
Rushing
Tre Siggers
15 carries, 94 yards
Receiving
Jaelon Darden
8 receptions, 173 yards, 4 TDs
References
^ "Conference USA to hold virtual football media days due to COVID-19" . ktsm.com . May 5, 2020. Retrieved June 7, 2020 .
^ "UTEP Reveals 2020 Football Schedule" . University of Texas at El Paso Department of Athletics. January 8, 2020. Retrieved June 7, 2020 .
^ "2020 UTEP Football Schedule" . FBSchedules.com . Retrieved March 15, 2020 .
^ "Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks vs UTEP Miners" . Odds Shark . Retrieved October 23, 2020 .
^ "UTEP at Texas odds, picks and best bets" . USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire . September 11, 2020. Retrieved December 30, 2020 .
^ "Abilene Christian Wildcats vs UTEP Miners" . Odds Shark . Retrieved November 13, 2020 .
^ "UTEP Miners vs Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks" . Odds Shark . Retrieved November 13, 2020 .
^ "UTEP Miners vs Louisiana Tech Bulldogs" . Odds Shark . Retrieved November 13, 2020 .
^ "UTEP Miners vs Charlotte 49ers" . Odds Shark . Retrieved November 13, 2020 .
^ "UTEP Miners vs UTSA Roadrunners" . Odds Shark . Retrieved November 14, 2020 .
^ "UTEP Miners vs North Texas Mean Green - Matchup - Friday, December 11, 2020" . www.sportsbookreview.com . Retrieved December 30, 2020 .
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