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The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) is a public research university in El Paso, Texas, United States. Founded in 1913 as the State School of Mines and Metallurgy , it is the second oldest academic component of the University of Texas System .
UTEP accepted a berth in the 1967 Sun Bowl on its home turf, defeating Ole Miss by a score of 14–7. [61] Dobbs led the Miners into the Western Athletic Conference in 1968, ending its seven-year run as an independent. [62] The Miners compiled a 4–5–1 record that year. [63] UTEP tied I-AA UC Santa Barbara by a score of 14–14 in the season ...
The 1965–66 Texas Western Miners basketball team represented Texas Western College, now the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), led by Hall of Fame head coach Don Haskins. The team won the national championship in 1966, becoming the first team with an all-black starting lineup to do so. [1]
UTEP played at Northwestern and at Arizona last season, plays at Tennessee in late November and heads to Texas next year. These games are how mid-major and FCS programs keep the lights on, which ...
UTEP's last sellout was in 2008 against Texas when it announced 53,415 fans (more than 1,000 over the then-listed capacity); the last Sun Bowl sellout was New Year's Eve 2010, when 54,021 saw ...
Don Haskins portrayed by Josh Lucas, head coach of Texas Western College (now known as University of Texas at El Paso or UTEP), coached a team with an all-black starting lineup, a first in NCAA history. Glory Road explores racism, discrimination and student athletics. Supporting actors Derek Luke and Jon Voight also star in principal roles.
The UTEP Miners is the name given to the sports teams of the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). They are informally referred to as the Miners , UTEP , or Texas–El Paso . UTEP was a member of the Western Athletic Conference from 1967 to 2005, when they joined Rice , Tulsa , and SMU in leaving the WAC for Conference USA . [ 3 ]
UTEP officials want El Paso County taxpayers to pay for $99 million worth of improvements to the 46,000-seat, 60-year-old Sun Bowl stadium to attract more large music concerts that have been ...