American college football season
The 2005 UTEP Miners football team represented the University of Texas at El Paso in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Mike Price. The Miners played their home games at the Sun Bowl Stadium in El Paso, Texas. This was the team's first season participating in Conference USA. UTEP averaged 47,899 fans per game, ranking 44th nationally.[1]
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 3 | 8:30 pm | at New Mexico State* | | | ESPNU | W 34–17 | 30,343 |
September 16 | 6:00 pm | Houston | | | ESPN2 | W 44–41 2OT | 45,558 |
September 24 | 7:05 pm | New Mexico* | | - Sun Bowl Stadium
- El Paso, TX
| CSTV | W 21–13 | 50,425 |
October 1 | 6:00 pm | at Memphis | | | CSTV | L 20–27 | 30,053 |
October 14 | 6:00 pm | at Tulane | | | ESPN | W 45–21 | 13,153 |
October 22 | 7:05 pm | Marshall | | - Sun Bowl Stadium
- El Paso, TX
| iTV | W 31–3 | 51,500 |
October 29 | 4:00 pm | at Rice | | | iTV | W 38–31 | 9,326 |
November 5 | 7:05 pm | Tulsa | | - Sun Bowl Stadium
- El Paso, TX
| iTV | W 41–38 | 49,160 |
November 12 | 7:05 pm | Texas Southern* | | - Sun Bowl Stadium
- El Paso, TX
| | W 45–0 | 42,784 |
November 19 | 4:15 pm | UAB | No. 24 | - Sun Bowl Stadium
- El Paso, TX
| iTV | L 23–35 | 47,967 |
November 26 | 1:00 pm | at SMU | | | | L 27–40 | 17,194 |
December 21 | 6:00 pm | vs. Toledo* | | | ESPN | L 13–45 | 35,422 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Mountain time
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