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1986 UTEP Miners football
Conference Western Athletic Conference
Record4–8 (2–6 WAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter (1st season)
Home stadium Sun Bowl
Seasons
←  1985
1987 →
1986 Western Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
San Diego State $ 7 – 1 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
BYU 6 – 2 – 0 8 – 5 – 0
Air Force 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Hawaii 4 – 4 – 0 7 – 5 – 0
Colorado State 4 – 4 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Wyoming 4 – 4 – 0 6 – 6 – 0
New Mexico 2 – 5 – 0 4 – 8 – 0
UTEP 2 – 6 – 0 4 – 8 – 0
Utah 1 – 7 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1986 UTEP Miners football team was an American football team that represented the University of Texas at El Paso in the Western Athletic Conference during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first year under head coach Bob Stull, the team compiled a 4–8 record. [1] [2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
August 30 Northern Michigan*
W 64–2926,510
September 6 Air Force
  • Sun Bowl
  • El Paso, TX
L 21–2342,385
September 13at New Mexico State*
W 47–3332,904
September 20at Hawaii
L 21–3146,427
September 27at No. 15 Iowa*
L 7–6967,500
October 4at Tennessee*
L 16–2692,824 [3]
October 11at New Mexico
L 22–2418,170
October 18 San Diego State
  • Sun Bowl
  • El Paso, TX
L 10–1540,109
October 25at BYU
L 13–3764,617
November 8at Wyoming
L 12–417,250
November 22 Colorado State
  • Sun Bowl
  • El Paso, TX
W 21–1912,467
November 29 Utah
  • Sun Bowl
  • El Paso, TX
W 55–4414,567
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "1986 UTEP Miners Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
  2. ^ "2020 UTEP Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Texas at El Paso. 2020. p. 73. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
  3. ^ "UT win over Miners is no gem". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. October 5, 1986. Retrieved October 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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