The UTEP Miners football program represents University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) in the sport of American football. The Miners compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the West Division of Conference USA (CUSA). They are coached by Dana Dimel. UTEP has produced a Border Conference championship team in 1956 and a Western Athletic Conference championship team in 2000, along with 14 postseason bowl appearances. The Miners play their home games at the Sun Bowl which has a seating capacity of 51,500.
Gil Bartosh
UTEP quarterback Trevor Vittatoe attempts a pass against the Arkansas Razorbacks in 2010, game played in Razorback Stadium, Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA
Sean Kugler
The Sun Bowl is an outdoor football stadium in the southwestern United States, on the campus of the University of Texas at El Paso. It is home to the UTEP Miners of Conference USA, and the late December college football bowl game, the Sun Bowl. The stadium opened in 1963 and has a nominal seating capacity of 51,500, although UTEP currently lists the capacity as 46,670.
Aerial view from the northwest in 2009; Kidd Field at upper left
Panoramic view with Kidd Field and the underside of the Sun Bowl stadium
View from the Durham Center
View from tunnel