2002 UTEP Miners football team

2002 UTEP Miners football
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
2002 record	2–10 (1–7 WAC)
Head coach	Gary Nord (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Patrick Higgins (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Troy Reffett (1st season)
Home stadium	Sun Bowl Stadium (Capacity: 51,500)

2002 WAC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
No. 15 Boise State $		8	–	0		12	–	1
Hawaii		7	–	1		10	–	4
Fresno State		6	–	2		9	–	5
San Jose State		4	–	4		6	–	7
Nevada		4	–	4		5	–	7
Rice		3	–	5		4	–	7
Louisiana Tech		3	–	5		4	–	8
SMU		3	–	5		3	–	9
UTEP		1	–	7		2	–	10
Tulsa		1	–	7		1	–	11

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 2002 UTEP Miners football team represented the University of Texas at El Paso in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Gary Nord. The Miners played their home games at the Sun Bowl Stadium in El Paso, Texas.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	7:05 PM	Sacramento State*	Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, TX		W 42–12	30,536
September 7	11:30 AM	at Kentucky*	Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY		L 17–77	59,213
September 14	6:00 PM	at Oklahoma*	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	PPV	L 0–68	74,468
September 21	7:05 PM	Hawaii	Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, TX		L 6–31	44,381
September 28	8:15 PM	at San Jose State	Spartan Stadium • San Jose, CA	FSN	L 24–58	10,416
October 5	6:00 PM	at New Mexico State*	Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM (The Battle of I-10)		L 14–49	30,605
October 19	8:15 PM	Rice	Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, TX	FSN	W 38–35	32,392
October 26	1:00 PM	at Tulsa	Skelly Stadium • Tulsa, OK		L 0–20	12,317
November 2	7:05 PM	Boise State	Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, TX		L 3–58	21,689
November 9	1:00 PM	at Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV		L 17–23	13,721
November 16	3:05 PM	SMU	Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, TX		L 35–42	21,765
November 22	1:00 PM	at Louisiana Tech	Independence Stadium • Shreveport, LA		L 24–38	9,267
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Mountain Time.

UTEP Miners football
Venues	Kidd Field (1938–1962) Sun Bowl (1963–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games New Mexico State: Battle of I-10
Culture & lore	Paydirt Pete "Miners Fight" Sound of the Southwest Marching Miner Regiment
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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