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2007 UTEP Miners football team
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American college football season
February 2026
August 2023
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The 2007 UTEP Miners football team represented the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) as a member of the West Division in Conference USA (C-USA) during the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Mike Price, the Miners compiled an overall record of 4–8 with a mark of 2–6 in conference play, placing fifth in the C-USA's West Division. The team played home games at the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas.
UTEP averaged 36,569 fans per game, ranking 64th nationally.2007 National College Football Attendance (For All NCAA Men's Varsity Teams) http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/Attendance/2007.pdf NCAA
Schedule
2007 AP Mountain September 1 8:00 pm w y New Mexico Sun Bowl El Paso, TX CSTV 10–6 43,326 September 8 5:00 pm l y y Texas Tech Jones AT&T Stadium Lubbock, TX 31–45 52,403 September 15 8:00 pm l y y New Mexico State Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM ESPN360 24–29 30,343 September 22 7:05 pm w y Texas Southern Sun Bowl El Paso, TX 52–12 35,336 September 29 2:30 pm w y SMU Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, TX CSTV 48–45 OT 16,464 October 6 7:05 pm w Tulsa Sun Bowl El Paso, TX 48–47 35,676 October 13 7:05 pm l y East Carolina Sun Bowl El Paso, TX MASN 42–45 OT 41,365 October 27 7:05 pm l Houston Sun Bowl El Paso, TX 31–34 35,116 November 3 1:00 pm l y Rice Rice Stadium Houston, TX 48–56 12,313 November 10 5:00 pm l y Tulane Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA 19–34 15,479 November 17 5:30 pm l Southern Miss Sun Bowl El Paso, TX CSTV 30–56 28,592 November 24 12:00 pm l y Central Florida Bright House Networks Stadium Orlando, FL 20–36 41,967
UTEP Miners Schedule 2007 https://www.espn.com/college-football/team/schedule/_/id/2638/season/2007 ESPN August 8, 2025 2007 UTEP Miners Schedule and Results https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/texas-el-paso/2007-schedule.html College Football at Sports-Reference.com Sports Reference August 8, 2025 2007 Football Schedule https://utepminers.com/sports/football/schedule/2007 UTEP Athletics, University of Texas at El Paso August 8, 2025
Game summaries
New Mexico
New Mexico 0 3 0 3 UTEP 3 0 0 7
Texas Tech
2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team
UTEP 21 7 3 0 Texas Tech 7 10 14 14
Texas Tech defeated the University of Texas at El Paso, 45–31. Texas Tech got on the scoreboard first when Kobey Lewis rushed up the middle for a one-yard touchdown with Alex Trlica making the point after.
UTEP answered with an eight-yard pass from Trevor Vittatoe to Jeff Moturi for a touchdown. The Miners successfully made the PAT to tie the game. The next score also came from UTEP, giving them the lead on a 41-yard-pass from Vittatoe to Joe West, followed by a point after. UTEP scored a third time before the end of the first quarter. UTEP running back Marcus Thomas, who sat out the previous game because of a suspension, scored on a one-yard-run. Another successfully PAT followed. This gave the Miners a 21–7 lead going into the second quarter.
In the second quarter, the Red Raiders scored first on a pass from Graham Harrell to Michael Crabtree. The Miner's Thomas made another touchdown, bringing the score to 28–14, UTEP, after the successful PAT. Texas Tech scored a field goal as the first half wound to a close.
In the third quarter, the Red Raiders scored twice. First on a nine-yard touchdown pass from Harrell to Crabtree. Then Harrell threw for another touchdown. Both scores were followed by successful extra points by Alex Trlica. The Miners added three points with a field goal, closing out the quarter with a 31-point tie.
Texas Tech defense held UTEP scoreless in the game's final quarter while the offense added 14. Harrell passed to Grant Walker down the middle for an eight-yard touchdown. The successful PAT made it Texas Tech 38, UTEP 31. On the final score, running back Shannon Woods rushed up the middle for a two-yard-touchdown. Texas Tech made the PAT to close the game out with a 45–31 lead.http://www.kcbd.com/Global/story.asp?S=7046538 KCBD - NewsChannel 11 / Lubbock, TX: Red Raiders Win Home Opener, 45-31 Against UTEP 2007-12-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20110713141530/http://www.kcbd.com/story/7046538/red-raiders-win-home-opener-45-31-against-utep?redirected=true 2011-07-13 dead
New Mexico State
UTEP 7 7 3 7 New Mexico State 6 3 7 13
Texas Southern
Texas Southern 0 0 6 6 UTEP 24 14 7 7
SMU
UTEP 0 14 14 14 6 SMU 7 21 7 7 3
Tulsa
Tulsa 7 16 7 17 UTEP 14 7 7 20
East Carolina
East Carolina 18 8 14 7 6 UTEP 7 12 6 14 3
Houston
Houston 7 10 3 14 UTEP 3 14 7 7
Rice
UTEP 3 17 22 6 Rice 14 7 7 28
Tulane
UTEP 0 10 3 6 Tulane 10 7 7 10
Southern Miss
Southern Miss 7 7 21 21 UTEP 7 3 13 7
Central Florida
UTEP 0 10 7 3 UCF 0 16 6 14
Roster
2007 UTEP Miners f 2 Fr Kris Adams WR yes
7 Fr Jeremy Springer QB y
71 So Mike Aguayo OL
89 Fr Geoff Amato TE 49 Fr Craig Alaniz K
https://utepathletics.com/roster.aspx?path=football&roster=29&sort=name *Mike Price
Ikaika Malloe (DL)
References
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