2005 UTEP Miners football team

2005 Conference USA football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
East Division
UCF x		7	–	1		8	–	5
Southern Miss		5	–	3		7	–	5
Memphis		5	–	3		7	–	5
East Carolina		4	–	4		5	–	6
Marshall		3	–	5		4	–	7
UAB		3	–	5		5	–	6
West Division
Tulsa x$		6	–	2		9	–	4
UTEP		5	–	3		8	–	4
Houston		4	–	4		6	–	6
SMU		4	–	4		5	–	6
Tulane		1	–	7		2	–	9
Rice		1	–	7		1	–	10
Championship: Tulsa 44, Central Florida 27
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

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.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	8:30 PM	at New Mexico State*		Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM (The Battle of I-10)	ESPNU	W 34–17	30,343
September 16	6:00 PM	Houston		Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, TX	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		Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN	CSTV	L 20–27	30,053
October 14	6:00 PM	at Tulane		Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA	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		Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	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		Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas, TX		L 27–40	17,194
December 21	6:00 PM	vs. Toledo*		Ladd Peebles Stadium • Mobile, AL (GMAC Bowl)	ESPN	L 13–45	35,422
*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

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