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2004

UTEP School and Stadium
Conference: Western Athletic Conference
Prestige: 63
Academic Reputation: 36

Stadium: Sun Bowl Stadium (51,500)
2004 Season Tickets: 20,600
City Economics: Poor
Community Loyalty: Decent
Alumni Loyalty: Decent
Student Goodwill: Very Good



AP: UTEP coach Gary Nord fired, Valdosta State DC named replacement
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Associated Press
EL PASO (AP) - Texas-El Paso football coach Gary Nord has been fired after compiling a 14-34 record in four years.

"This was a difficult decision,'' UTEP athletic director Bob Stull said. "Gary is a man of high integrity who has made a lot of positive contributions to UTEP and the city of El Paso, including our first WAC championship.''

However, UTEP had beaten only three Division I opponents in the past three years and finished 2-12 overall this year.

"I do not feel we are moving in the right direction,'' Stull said.

Stull said after weeks of interviews, Valdosta State defense coordinator, Harrison Daniels would lead the team in the 2004 season.

"We're excited to have Mr. Daniels here at UTEP. Although he's a younger guy and this being his first head coaching job, we're confident in his abilities to lead our team to many victories in the future."

Harrison Daniels comes from a Valdosta State University team which has compiled a 46-6 record during Daniels' tenure as defense coordinator at the school.

Meet the Staff
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Head Coach
Harrison Daniels

Playing Career
Georgia Tech, Inside Linebacker (1987-1991)

Coaching Carrer
Georgia Tech, 1992-93 (GA)
Eastern Kentucky, 1993-96 (LB)
Georgia Southern, 1997-2000 (LB)
Valdosta State, 2000-2003 (DC)

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Offensive Coordinator
Cris Murray, 44

Play Calling: Terrific
Injury Avoidance: Very Good
Rehabilitation: Fair
Congeniality: Terrific
QB Development: Decent
RB Development: Decent
WR Development: Decent
OL Development: Terrible
K Development: Decent

Formation: T-Formation
Experience: 5 years


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Defensive Coordinator
Herb Gallardo, 48

Play Calling: Pretty Good
Injury Avoidance: Decent
Rehabilitation: Good
Congeniality: Decent
DL Development: Terrible
LB Development: Lousy
DB Development: Terrific


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Syndicate Coordinator
Sam Blanchard, 58

Academic Eligibility: Very Good
Syndicate Investigation: Fair
Solicit Donations: Lousy

That's funny... now there is a UTEP and a New Mexico State dynasty going on at the same time. Nice!

That's funny... now there is a UTEP and a New Mexico State dynasty going on at the same time. Nice!

Actually, your dynasty was the inspiration for this one. I usually take mid-major or higher teams in TCY. I'm pretty sure I've never taken over a team as low in prestige as UTEP before. It should be interesting. Good luck with New Mexico State.

Meet the Team

UTEP OFFENSE

Player # Pos Elig Current Estimate Future Estimate
Franks, Omar 16 QB Jr 18 25
Jaconetty, Bryant 14 QB So* 6 40
Leagra, Vernon 11 QB* Fr 5 36
Casula, Shane 18 QB* So* 1 21
Vickery, Justin 20 RB So 26 26
Maloney, Sammie 23 RB Jr 21 21
Heney, Zach 21 RB Fr 11 33
Cook, Les 34 RB* Fr 15 15
Harden, Ethan 27 RB* Jr* 8 14
Newhart, Greg 36 FB So 22 23
Paukschus, J.J. 40 FB Jr* 18 54
Shepherd, Bennie 39 FB Jr 18 43
Murphy, Earl 97 TE Jr* 27 27
Buggelli, Otis 96 TE Sr 19 19
Hansen, Jumbo 90 TE So 14 32
Briggs, Jimmie 82 TE* Fr 8 17
Ellis, Todd 2 WR Sr 35 35
Doyle, Shawn 1 WR Sr* 32 46
Schlegel, Cornell 7 WR Sr* 32 32
Parker, Levon 88 WR Jr* 13 27
Whitfield, Tito 89 WR Fr 6 32
Newman, Lewis 85 WR* So* 11 11
Bryant, Andy 3 WR* So* 7 24
Matthews, Frank 55 C Sr* 28 44
Thiele, Darrell 59 C Sr 24 36
Harvey, Ricky 66 G Sr* 17 36
Troxel, Jonathan 78 G Sr* 17 26
Dunlap, Bubba 74 G Jr* 13 13
Cash, Jack 69 G Jr* 9 9
Cortez, Richard 62 G* So* 0 32
Richardson, Gerald 73 T Sr* 44 44
Lincoln, Duane 63 T Jr* 28 63
Locher, Roosevelt 65 T Fr 15 47
McLellan, Luther 61 T* Fr 8 11


Offense outlook: As you can see, not much talent at the QB position. We'll go ahead and start Franks, but if he struggles, it's not out of the question that we could replace him with Jaconetty. Vickery and Newhart will get the nod at RB and FB. We have some depth at the receiving positions, but it won't matter if our QB can't get the ball to them. With 2 seniors at center, that'll be a major recruiting area for us this season. Elsewhere on the O-line, our strength is obviously at the tackle position with Richardson being one of our better players on this year's team.


UTEP SPECIAL TEAMS

Player # Pos Elig Current Estimate Future Estimate
Shelton, B.J. 4 P Sr 50 50
Rigsby, Charlie 5 P Sr 28 48
DiPaolo, Thomas 9 K Sr 25 40
Gustafson, Cornelius 6 K So 19 45

ST outlook: We'll be counting on Shelton's punting ability to give us an advantage with field position. DiPaolo will be our field goal and kickoff guy.


UTEP DEFENSE

Player # Pos Elig Current Estimate Future Estimate
McWilliams, Roosevelt 99 DE Jr* 32 44
Hough, Darrin 91 DE Fr 16 59
Sweeney, Bob 77 DE Jr* 10 10
Parker, Dana 75 DE Jr* 6 16
Gaines, Roy 94 DE So* 4 10
Ackerman, Jumbo 76 DT Sr 39 39
Foley, Todd 72 DT Sr* 19 30
Meza, Matt 98 DT Jr* 14 26
Collier, Al 71 DT Jr* 13 20
Grisham, Brock 43 ILB Jr 32 53
Harvey, Jimmy 44 ILB* Jr 12 12
Fleming, Josh 52 ILB* Fr 7 24
Pelfrey, Bobby 54 ILB* Fr 4 16
Pritchett, Chad 58 OLB Sr 43 43
Middlehurst, Tim 50 OLB Sr* 33 33
Shaw, Chris 51 OLB Jr* 19 51
Washington, Edwin 42 OLB Jr 18 18
Longwell, Darryl 93 OLB* So 6 21
Griffith, Van 38 CB Jr 26 26
Franz, Mack 46 CB Jr 22 38
Peters, Freddie 41 CB So 21 42
Hembree, Ken 49 CB So 17 20
Bandle, Van 22 CB* Fr 3 37
Boston, Alex 45 S Sr 43 43
Huffman, Lonnie 48 S Sr 42 46
Lyle, Lonnie 31 S Sr* 18 41
Racz, Lester 32 S Sr 14 16
Springer, Ronald 35 S Fr 8 9


Defensive outlook: Unsure if we'll be running the 3-4 or 4-3 this season, but I'm currently leaning toward the 3-4. We have some potential on the line. Hopefully we can maximize that potential going into next season with our training regime. Secondary will be our strength of the current defense. I'll be counting on them to shut down the pass.

Preseason Top 25 + WAC teams

School Record Conf Comp Poll Loss Sched Total Rank
Michigan 0-0 BGT 1.00 3.50 0.00 0.52 5.02 1
Oklahoma 0-0 BTW 2.00 3.50 0.00 1.12 6.62 2
Miami of Florida 0-0 ACC 3.00 5.00 0.00 1.36 9.36 3
Ohio State 0-0 BGT 5.00 4.00 0.00 0.68 9.68 4
Florida State 0-0 ACC 4.00 6.00 0.00 0.12 10.12 5
Southern California 0-0 PAC 9.00 5.50 0.00 1.88 16.38 6
Nebraska 0-0 BTW 7.00 8.50 0.00 1.04 16.54 7
Florida 0-0 SEC 10.00 5.50 0.00 2.04 17.54 8
Georgia 0-0 SEC 6.00 9.50 0.00 2.08 17.58 9
Texas 0-0 BTW 8.00 8.50 0.00 1.20 17.70 10
Tennessee 0-0 SEC 11.00 7.50 0.00 2.20 20.70 11
Louisiana State 0-0 SEC 12.00 12.00 0.00 2.40 26.40 12
Penn State 0-0 BGT 13.00 13.50 0.00 0.72 27.22 13
Alabama 0-0 SEC 15.00 16.00 0.00 2.28 33.28 14
Virginia Tech 0-0 ACC 18.00 14.50 0.00 1.56 34.06 15
California-Los Angeles 0-0 PAC 14.00 19.00 0.00 1.92 34.92 16
Wisconsin 0-0 BGT 17.00 18.00 0.00 0.80 35.80 17
Texas A&M 0-0 BTW 21.00 18.50 0.00 1.24 40.74 18
Clemson 0-0 ACC 19.00 25.00 0.00 0.04 44.04 19
Notre Dame 0-0 IND 16.00 24.00 0.00 4.56 44.56 20
Iowa 0-0 BGT 25.00 20.00 0.00 0.48 45.48 21
Auburn 0-0 SEC 23.00 21.50 0.00 2.36 46.86 22
Kansas State 0-0 BTW 20.00 26.50 0.00 0.96 47.46 23
Oregon 0-0 PAC 22.00 24.50 0.00 1.76 48.26 24
Maryland 0-0 ACC 27.00 22.50 0.00 0.20 49.70 25
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Boise State 0-0 WAC 55.00 51.00 0.00 3.24 109.2455
Fresno State 0-0 WAC 64.00 57.00 0.00 3.28 124.2861
Hawaii 0-0 WAC 68.00 75.00 0.00 3.32 146.3272
Nevada 0-0 WAC 99.00 83.00 0.00 3.40 185.4091
Rice 0-0 WAC 100.0093.00 0.00 3.44 196.4495
Tulsa 0-0 WAC 101.0097.50 0.00 3.60 202.1099
Louisiana Tech 0-0 WAC 98.00 106.000.00 3.36 207.36102
Texas-El Paso 0-0 WAC 108.00107.000.00 3.56 218.56106
San Jose State 0-0 WAC 106.00111.000.00 3.48 220.48108
Southern Methodist 0-0 WAC 107.00112.000.00 3.52 222.52110

UTEP has a long way to go talent-wise, but your roster is a tad bit better than my NMSU squad. Good luck!

Here's a look at the UTEP 2004 schedule:

2004 Texas-El Paso Schedule

Rival: Hawaii
Stadium Capacity: 51,500
Season Tickets Sold: 20,600

Week Opponent Result Attendance Weather Television
2 at (41) Arizona State
3 at McAllen
4 BOISE STATE
6 NEW MEXICO STATE
7 at Fresno State
8 HAWAII
9 at Louisiana Tech
10 at San Jose State
12 RICE
13 SOUTHERN METHODIST
14 at Tulsa

Conference games in bold


2004 Outlook: The WAC is far from stacked talent-wise, but we're at the lower tier of the conference. Coming off a 2-11 season, I'll be happy if we can match those 2 wins this year. I was contemplating putting in a new offensive system, but with Cris Murray's 5 year experience with the T-formation, I've decided to stick with it. I'll make adjustments next season if I see fit.

Good luck with your Miners. It looks like Coach Daniels has some decent younger players, so if he gets through Year One and recruits well, the UTEP program could be on the rise.

I'll be reading and following. Great start so far!

Week 2, 2004
UTEP @ #41 Arizona State (-15)

In our opening game of the season, we went into a hot and muggy Tempe to face a much more talented ASU team. I'm not sure what I can say that the stats below won't tell you. Well, atleast we had less turnovers than they did. Coming from the defensive side of the ball in my career, it was painful to watch the ASU offense rack up almost 600 yards of total offense. Obviously my work here is going to be a bit tougher than I initially expected.

Box Score: Texas-El Paso at Arizona State
Tempe, AZ.

Week 2, 2004

Attendance: 70,900 (73,400).


Weather: 88 degrees, fair.

1Q: 13:08 AZST - Andrew Mayo 42 punt return.
1Q: 13:08 AZST - Lionel Spencer extra point.
1Q: 12:07 AZST - Brad Hundon 8 run.
1Q: 12:07 AZST - Lionel Spencer extra point.
1Q: 04:18 TXEP - Thomas DiPaolo 26 field goal.
2Q: 12:04 TXEP - Thomas DiPaolo 37 field goal.
2Q: 07:24 AZST - Lionel Spencer 40 field goal.
2Q: 03:50 AZST - Lionel Spencer 36 field goal.
3Q: 11:32 AZST - Johnnie McDonald 18 pass from Brad Hundon.
3Q: 11:32 AZST - Lionel Spencer extra point.
3Q: 06:33 AZST - Gerald Becker 3 run.
3Q: 06:33 AZST - Lionel Spencer extra point.
3Q: 02:58 TXEP - Tim Middlehurst 49 interception return.
3Q: 02:58 TXEP - Thomas DiPaolo extra point.
4Q: 14:51 AZST - Brian Montgomery 8 run.
4Q: 14:51 AZST - Lionel Spencer extra point.
4Q: 06:53 AZST - Lionel Spencer 35 field goal.

Game MVP: AZST 84 Andrew Mayo

Texas-El Paso 3 3 7 0 - 13
Arizona State 14 6 14 10 - 44

Team Statistics TXEP AZST

First Downs 10 34

Total Rushes 29 32
Net Rushing Yards 56 177
Yards Per Carry 1.9 5.5
Rushing Yards 84 201
Tckld Loss/Yards 5-10 4-5
Sacked/Yards Lost 3-18 3-19

Pass Attempts 22 43
Completions 6 24
Passing Yards 123 419
Yards Per Attempt 5.5 9.7
Interceptions 1 3
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 0/0

Total Plays 51 75
Total Yards 179 596
Yards Per Play 3.5 7.9

3rd Down Plays 2/12 7/14

Penalties 6 11
Penalty Yards 47 89

Avg. Drive Start OWN 29 OWN 33
Time Of Possession 25:48 34:12

Texas-El Paso Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
20 Vickery 12 29 2.4 10 0 4 0
23 Maloney 8 24 3.0 14 0 3 0
16 Franks 5 -18 -3.6 2 0 1 3
34 Cook 2 22 11.0 13 0 0 0
36 Newhart 2 -1 -0.5 0 0 2 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
16 Franks 22 6 123 5.5 43 0 1

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
1 Doyle 3 36 12.0 2 14 0 
The College

Years
23 Maloney 1 34 34.0 0 34 0
39 Shepherd 1 10 10.0 9 10 0
2 Ellis 1 43 43.0 16 43 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
38 Griffith 5 103 20.6 0
45 Boston 3 55 18.3 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
4 Shelton 7 255 36.4 52 2

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
9 DiPaolo 2 2 37 1 1

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
45 Boston 9 1 0.0 1 0 0
48 Huffman 6 2 0.0 0 0 0
58 Pritchett 6 0 0.0 0 0 0
46 Franz 4 2 2.0 0 0 0
76 Ackerman 4 2 0.0 0 0 0
41 Peters 4 1 0.0 0 0 0
38 Griffith 4 0 0.0 0 0 0
50 Middlehurst 3 0 0.0 1 49 1
49 Hembree 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
32 Racz 2 0 1.0 0 0 0
51 Shaw 2 3 0.0 0 0 0
23 Maloney 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
44 Harvey 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
43 Grisham 1 2 0.0 1 45 0
16 Franks 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
27 Harden 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
90 Hansen 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
59 Thiele 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
73 Richardson 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
99 McWilliams 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
71 Collier 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
54 Pelfrey 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
72 Foley 0 1 0.0 0 0 0
31 Lyle 0 1 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
63 Lincoln 0 0 0 0 0 1
73 Richardson 0 0 0 0 3 0
78 Troxel 0 0 0 0 2 0
55 Matthews 0 0 0 0 0 1
39 Shepherd 0 0 0 0 0 1
74 Dunlap 0 0 0 0 1 0
38 Griffith 1 0 0 0 0 0

AROUND THE WAC - WEEK 2, 2004
Tulsa 16, Kansas 0
Texas Tech 30, SMU 12
Stanford 66, San Jose State 7
Washington 56, Fresno State 7
Rice 28, Houston 10
Boise State 55, Idaho 3
Hawaii 38, Galveston 14
Louisiana Tech 37, Nevada 10

COACHES TOP 25 POLL

School Record Conf Coach
Michigan 1-0 B10 1
Oklahoma 1-0 B12 2
Miami of Florida 1-0 ACC 3
Ohio State 1-0 B10 4
Georgia 1-0 SEC 5
Nebraska 1-0 B12 6
Texas 1-0 B12 7
Florida 1-0 SEC 8
Tennessee 1-0 SEC 9
Louisiana State 1-0 SEC 10
Penn State 1-0 B10 11
UCLA 1-0 P10 12
Alabama 1-0 SEC 13
Notre Dame 1-0 IND 14
Wisconsin 1-0 B10 15
Clemson 1-0 ACC 16
Kansas State 1-0 B12 17
Auburn 1-0 SEC 18
Washington 1-0 P10 19
Iowa 1-0 B10 20
Purdue 1-0 B10 21
Maryland 1-0 ACC 22
Washington State 1-0 P10 23
Michigan State 1-0 B10 24
Colorado 1-0 B12 25


UTEP INJURIES
Player # Pos Elig Health Injury Full Strn.
Springer, Ronald 35 S Fr Out Hyperextended Kne 4 Weeks
Shepherd, Bennie 39 FB Jr Probable Bruised Sternum 4 Weeks

Good luck with your Miners. It looks like Coach Daniels has some decent younger players, so if he gets through Year One and recruits well, the UTEP program could be on the rise.

I'll be reading and following. Great start so far!

Good luck with ND in season 3. You've got a much improved team since you've taken over.

Thanks for reading.

Week 3, 2004
UTEP (0-1) @ McAllen (0-1) (-3)

A much better result this week, albeit against Solecismic Eight competition, but a win is a win and I'll take it. McAllen really shot themselves in the foot with turnovers and penalities. Our rushing attack was crisp totalling 241 yards. OC Murray asked me after the game what I thought about his offense and I was impressed. I'm not sold on the T-formation yet, but I liked what I saw when we were executing. Unfortuantely, we lost 2 starters in the game to injuries. ILB Grisham will be out 14 weeks with a broken jaw and WR Ellis will miss a few weeks with a hyperextended knee.

Box Score: Texas-El Paso at McAllen
McAllen, TX.

Week 3, 2004

Attendance: 17,200 (23,300).


Weather: 89 degrees, fair.

1Q: 05:28 TXEP - Thomas DiPaolo 37 field goal.
2Q: 11:09 TXEP - Thomas DiPaolo 31 field goal.
4Q: 12:25 TXEP - Thomas DiPaolo 39 field goal.
4Q: 06:13 TXEP - Earl Murphy 9 pass from Omar Franks.
4Q: 06:13 TXEP - Thomas DiPaolo extra point.
4Q: 03:41 TXEP - Lonnie Huffman 70 interception return.
4Q: 03:41 TXEP - Thomas DiPaolo extra point.
4Q: 01:16 TXEP - Thomas DiPaolo 36 field goal.

Game MVP: TXEP 99 Roosevelt McWilliams

Texas-El Paso 3 3 0 20 - 26
McAllen 0 0 0 0 - 0

Team Statistics TXEP MCAL

First Downs 17 9

Total Rushes 52 24
Net Rushing Yards 227 14
Yards Per Carry 4.3 0.5
Rushing Yards 241 80
Tckld Loss/Yards 4-7 0-0
Sacked/Yards Lost 1-7 11-66

Pass Attempts 16 30
Completions 10 10
Passing Yards 80 130
Yards Per Attempt 5.0 4.3
Interceptions 0 4
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 4/1

Total Plays 68 54
Total Yards 307 144
Yards Per Play 4.5 2.6

3rd Down Plays 4/16 4/13

Penalties 6 14
Penalty Yards 56 99

Avg. Drive Start OWN 45 OWN 23
Time Of Possession 35:44 24:16

Texas-El Paso Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
20 Vickery 22 89 4.0 14 0 4 0
23 Maloney 13 92 7.0 39 0 2 0
16 Franks 11 23 2.0 6 0 1 1
40 Paukschus 2 10 5.0 6 0 0 0
1 Doyle 2 8 4.0 9 0 1 0
39 Shepherd 1 0 0.0 0 0 1 0
7 Schlegel 1 5 5.0 5 0 0 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
16 Franks 14 10 80 5.7 16 1 0
14 Jaconetty 2 0 0 0.0 0 0 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
97 Murphy 3 25 8.3 3 9 1
40 Paukschus 2 7 3.5 4 7 0
1 Doyle 2 22 11.0 5 15 0
23 Maloney 1 3 3.0 0 3 0
39 Shepherd 1 7 7.0 9 7 0
2 Ellis 1 16 16.0 0 16 0

The College Years
Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
48 Huffman 3 18 6.0 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
38 Griffith 1 21 21.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
4 Shelton 4 152 38.0 43 2

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
9 DiPaolo 4 5 39 2 2

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
99 McWilliams 4 1 3.5 0 0 0
48 Huffman 4 1 0.0 2 71 1
75 Parker 3 0 1.0 0 0 0
45 Boston 3 2 0.0 1 16 0
77 Sweeney 2 0 2.0 0 0 0
76 Ackerman 2 0 2.0 0 0 0
50 Middlehurst 2 0 1.0 0 0 0
32 Racz 2 0 1.0 0 0 0
38 Griffith 2 1 0.0 1 0 0
27 Harden 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
43 Grisham 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
58 Pritchett 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
41 Peters 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
49 Hembree 1 0 0.5 0 0 0
44 Harvey 1 2 0.0 0 0 0
40 Paukschus 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
90 Hansen 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
97 Murphy 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
7 Schlegel 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
98 Meza 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
51 Shaw 1 0 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
63 Lincoln 0 0 1 0 6 1
59 Thiele 0 0 0 0 2 0
66 Harvey 0 0 0 0 2 0
73 Richardson 0 0 0 0 2 0
16 Franks 1 0 0 0 0 0
40 Paukschus 0 0 0 0 1 0
97 Murphy 0 0 0 0 1 0
7 Schlegel 0 1 0 0 0 0
55 Matthews 0 0 0 0 1 0
67 Arvold 0 0 0 0 1 0
38 Griffith 0 1 0 0 0 0
49 Hembree 0 1 0 0 0 0
45 Boston 0 1 0 0 0 0

AROUND THE WAC - WEEK 3, 2004
Kansas State 42, Fresno State 3
Oklahoma State 24, Tulsa 17
Boise State 28, Oregon State 14
TCU 38, SMU 10
Louisiana Tech 31, Louisiana-Lafayette 6


COACHES TOP 25 POLL

School Record Conf Coach
Michigan 2-0 B10 1
Oklahoma 2-0 B12 2
Miami of Florida 1-0 ACC 3
Ohio State 2-0 B10 4
Nebraska 2-0 B12 5
Texas 2-0 B12 6
Florida 2-0 SEC 7
Southern California 1-0 P10 8
Louisiana State 2-0 SEC 9
Tennessee 1-0 SEC 10
Penn State 2-0 B10 11
UCLA 2-0 P10 12
Alabama 2-0 SEC 13
Wisconsin 2-0 B10 14
Kansas State 2-0 B12 15
Auburn 2-0 SEC 16
Oregon 1-0 P10 17
Washington 1-0 P10 18
Purdue 2-0 B10 19
Maryland 2-0 ACC 20
Washington State 2-0 P10 21
Michigan State 2-0 B10 22
South Carolina 2-0 SEC 23
Georgia Tech 2-0 ACC 24
North Carolina State 1-0 ACC 25


UTEP INJURIES
Player # Pos Elig Health Injury Full Strn.
Grisham, Brock 43 ILB Jr Out Broken Jaw 14 Weeks
Ellis, Todd 2 WR Sr Doubtful Hyperextended Knee 2 Weeks
Springer, Ronald 35 S Fr Doubtful Hyperextended Knee 3 Weeks
Shepherd, Bennie 39 FB Jr Probable Bruised Sternum 3 Weeks

Week 4, 2004
#38 Boise State (2-0) (-1) @ UTEP (1-1)

We come back down to earth after gaining our first win, losing this one big to Boise State 47-10. I wasn't expecting to win against the WAC favorite, but I thought we could've given them more of a game than this. 5 first downs and 0/11 on third down conversions. Yikes. Luckily next week is a bye, so we'll go back to the drawing board. New Mexico State is next on the schedule and is definitely a winnable game for us.

Box Score: Boise State at Texas-El Paso
El Paso, TX.

Week 4, 2004

Attendance: 30,400 (51,500).


Weather: 80 degrees, fair.

1Q: 09:17 BOIS - Ed Van Pelt 39 field goal.
1Q: 01:35 BOIS - Ed Siegel 4 pass from Earnest Sweeney.
1Q: 01:35 BOIS - Ed Van Pelt extra point.
2Q: 11:04 BOIS - Ian Davison 5 pass from Earnest Sweeney.
2Q: 11:04 BOIS - Ed Van Pelt extra point.
2Q: 06:58 TXEP - Bobby Pelfrey 21 interception return.
2Q: 06:58 TXEP - Thomas DiPaolo extra point.
2Q: 00:38 BOIS - Curtis Galindo 2 run.
2Q: 00:38 BOIS - Ed Van Pelt extra point.
3Q: 08:27 BOIS - Corey Fitzgerald 3 run.
3Q: 08:27 BOIS - Ed Van Pelt extra point failed.
3Q: 00:25 BOIS - Curtis Galindo 1 run.
3Q: 00:25 BOIS - Ed Van Pelt extra point.
4Q: 09:58 TXEP - Thomas DiPaolo 25 field goal.
4Q: 07:45 BOIS - Ed Van Pelt 34 field goal.
4Q: 00:09 BOIS - Ricky McCardell 8 run.
4Q: 00:09 BOIS - Ed Van Pelt extra point.

Game MVP: BOIS 54 Desmond Starks

Boise State 10 14 13 10 - 47
Texas-El Paso 0 7 0 3 - 10

Team Statistics BOIS TXEP

First Downs 34 5

Total Rushes 42 24
Net Rushing Yards 207 73
Yards Per Carry 4.9 3.0
Rushing Yards 223 90
Tckld Loss/Yards 5-10 4-12
Sacked/Yards Lost 1-6 1-5

Pass Attempts 37 22
Completions 22 6
Passing Yards 264 58
Yards Per Attempt 7.1 2.6
Interceptions 2 0
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 1/1

Total Plays 79 46
Total Yards 471 131
Yards Per Play 5.9 2.8

3rd Down Plays 7/14 0/11

Penalties 6 3
Penalty Yards 40 17

Avg. Drive Start OWN 36 OWN 26
Time Of Possession 38:04 21:56

Texas-El Paso Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
23 Maloney 8 30 3.7 18 0 4 0
20 Vickery 7 32 4.5 15 0 1 0
16 Franks 5 -5 -1.0 2 0 2 1
34 Cook 2 6 3.0 6 0 1 0
40 Paukschus 1 8 8.0 8 0 0 0
7 Schlegel 1 2 2.0 2 0 0 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
16 Franks 22 6 58 2.6 24 0 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
23 Maloney 2 8 4.0 0 6 0
40 Paukschus 2 10 5.0 1 5 0
34 Cook 1 24 24.0 0 24 0
97 Murphy 1 16 16.0 6 16 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
48 Huffman 2 -6 -3.0 0
38 Griffith 1 6 6.0 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
45 Boston 3 92 30.6 0
3 Bryant 2 33 16.5 0
38 Griffith 1 26 26.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
4 Shelton 9 303 33.6 44 1

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
9 DiPaolo 1 1 25 1 1

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
58 Pritchett 16 3 0.0 0 0 0
48 Huffman 7 2 0.0 0 0 0
99 McWilliams 7 1 0.0 0 0 0
45 Boston 6 1 0.0 0 0 0
76 Ackerman 4 2 0.0 0 0 0
31 Lyle 4 2 0.0 0 0 0
44 Harvey 4 1 0.0 0 0 0
51 Shaw 2 2 0.0 0 0 0
56 Lyon 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
23 Maloney 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
75 Parker 1 0 1.0 0 0 0
27 Harden 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
90 Hansen 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
66 Harvey 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
63 Lincoln 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
94 Gaines 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
72 Foley 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
50 Middlehurst 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
41 Peters 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
46 Franz 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
54 Pelfrey 0 1 0.0 1 21 1
49 Hembree 0 0 0.0 1 27 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
63 Lincoln 0 0 0 0 3 0
55 Matthews 0 0 0 0 1 1
73 Richardson 0 0 0 0 2 0
40 Paukschus 1 0 0 0 0 0
62 Cortez 0 0 0 0 1 0
66 Harvey 0 0 0 0 1 0
54 Pelfrey 0 1 0 0 0 0

AROUND THE WAC - WEEK 4, 2004
Oklahoma State 49, SMU 9
Miami (FL) 87, Louisiana Tech 0
Fresno State 30, Odessa 3
Rice 17, Hawaii 14
Nevada 27, Buffalo 17
San Jose State 48, Corpus Christi 10
Navy 35, Tulsa 18

AROUND THE NCAA - WEEK 4, 2004
#6 Florida 45, Tennessee 17
Notre Dame 17, Michigan State 10
#4 Ohio State 43, NC State 3
#1 Michigan 94, San Diego State 3
#16 Maryland 16, West Virginia 10
#19 Georgia Tech 28, UNC 23

COACHES TOP 25 POLL
School Record Conf Coach
Michigan 3-0 B10 1
Oklahoma 3-0 B12 2
Miami of Florida 2-0 ACC 3
Ohio State 3-0 B10 4
Nebraska 3-0 B12 5
Florida 3-0 SEC 6
Texas 2-0 B12 7
Southern California 2-0 P10 8
Penn State 3-0 B10 9
UCLA 3-0 P10 10
Alabama 3-0 SEC 11
Wisconsin 3-0 B10 12
Kansas State 3-0 B12 13
Auburn 3-0 SEC 14
Purdue 2-0 B10 15
Maryland 3-0 ACC 16
Washington State 3-0 P10 17
South Carolina 3-0 SEC 18
Georgia Tech 3-0 ACC 19
Georgia 2-1 SEC 20
Virginia 3-0 ACC 21
Utah 3-0 MNW 22
Arizona State 3-0 P10 23
Texas Tech 3-0 B12 24
California 3-0 P10 25

UTEP INJURIES
Player # Pos Elig Health Injury Full Strn.
Grisham, Brock 43 ILB Jr Out Broken Jaw 13 Weeks
Ellis, Todd 2 WR Sr Questionable Hyperextended Kne 1 Week
Springer, Ronald 35 S Fr Questionable Hyperextended Kne 2 Weeks
Harvey, Jimmy 44 ILB* Jr Probable Concussion 3 Weeks
Middlehurst, Tim 50 OLB Sr* Probable Sprained Ankle 2 Weeks
Shepherd, Bennie 39 FB Jr Probable Bruised Sternum 2 Weeks

AROUND THE WAC - WEEK 5, 2004
Texas 59, Rice 7
Tennessee 58, Louisiana Tech 7
Boise State 45, BYU 17
San Diego State 31, Nevada 14
SMU 35, San Jose State 0


AROUND THE NCAA - WEEK 5, 2004
#11 Wisconsin 27, #23 Penn State 10
#5 Florida 73, Kentucky 0
#14 Florida State 21, Clemson 17
#1 Michigan 67, Iowa 0
#19 LSU 24, Mississippi State 14


COACHES TOP 25 POLL
School Record Conf Coach
Michigan 4-0 B10 1
Oklahoma 3-0 B12 2
Miami of Florida 3-0 ACC 3
Ohio State 3-0 B10 4
Florida 4-0 SEC 5
Nebraska 3-0 B12 6
Texas 3-0 B12 7
Southern California 3-0 P10 8
UCLA 3-0 P10 9
Alabama 4-0 SEC 10
Wisconsin 4-0 B10 11
Kansas State 3-0 B12 12
Purdue 3-0 B10 13
Florida State 2-1 ACC 14
Maryland 4-0 ACC 15
Washington State 4-0 P10 16
South Carolina 4-0 SEC 17
Georgia Tech 3-0 ACC 18
Louisiana State 3-1 SEC 19
Georgia 2-1 SEC 20
Virginia 4-0 ACC 21
Utah 4-0 MNW 22
Penn State 3-1 B10 23
Texas Tech 4-0 B12 24
California 3-0 P10 25

UTEP INJURIES
Player # Pos Elig Health Injury Full Strn.
Grisham, Brock 43 ILB Jr Out Broken Jaw 13 Weeks
Harvey, Jimmy 44 ILB* Jr Probable Concussion 2 Weeks
Middlehurst, Tim 50 OLB Sr* Probable Sprained Ankle 1 Week
Shepherd, Bennie 39 FB Jr Probable Bruised Sternum 1 Week
Springer, Ronald 35 S Fr Probable Hyperextended Kne 1 Week

Week 6, 2004
New Mexico State (1-3) @ UTEP (1-2 (-5)

With the win today, we've already matched last year's win total. I'm happy for our kids, but we've got a long way to go before we're competitive on any sort of national level. New Mexico State's secondary made Franks look like a Heisman candidate. Vickery and Maloney were running over their defense all day. We still haven't had a complete game on defense since the McAllen game
which is disheartening. Next week is 2-2 Fresno State at their house. They're a middle of the road WAC team, so we'll see what this team is made of against some better competition.

Box Score: New Mexico State at Texas-El Paso
El Paso, TX.

Week 6, 2004

Attendance: 26,800 (51,500).


Weather: 77 degrees, fair.

1Q: 10:51 NMST - Carlton Wachsmuth 17 run.
1Q: 10:51 NMST - Mitch Joyner extra point.
1Q: 08:19 NMST - Carlton Wachsmuth 7 run.
1Q: 08:19 NMST - Mitch Joyner extra point.
1Q: 03:07 TXEP - Justin Vickery 6 run.
1Q: 03:07 TXEP - Thomas DiPaolo extra point.
2Q: 13:54 NMST - Mitch Joyner 23 field goal.
2Q: 05:07 TXEP - Justin Vickery 2 run.
2Q: 05:07 TXEP - Thomas DiPaolo extra point failed.
3Q: 03:11 TXEP - Justin Vickery 2 run.
3Q: 03:11 TXEP - Thomas DiPaolo extra point failed.
4Q: 14:42 TXEP - Justin Vickery 6 run.
4Q: 14:42 TXEP - Thomas DiPaolo extra point.
4Q: 10:57 TXEP - Shawn Doyle 12 pass from Omar Franks.
4Q: 10:57 TXEP - Thomas DiPaolo extra point.
4Q: 07:48 TXEP - Cornell Schlegel 20 pass from Omar Franks.
4Q: 07:48 TXEP - Thomas DiPaolo extra point.
4Q: 05:00 NMST - Mitch Joyner 55 field goal.
4Q: 02:26 TXEP - Cornell Schlegel 9 pass from Omar Franks.
4Q: 02:26 TXEP - Thomas DiPaolo extra point.

Game MVP: TXEP 99 Roosevelt McWilliams

New Mexico State 14 3 0 3 - 20
Texas-El Paso 7 6 6 28 - 47

Team Statistics NMST TXEP

First Downs 18 30

Total Rushes 34 47
Net Rushing Yards 142 231
Yards Per Carry 4.1 4.9
Rushing Yards 170 247
Tckld Loss/Yards 4-6 3-5
Sacked/Yards Lost 4-22 2-11

Pass Attempts 32 22
Completions 13 16
Passing Yards 180 209
Yards Per Attempt 5.6 9.5
Interceptions 4 0
Fumbles/Lost 3/2 3/1

Total Plays 66 69
Total Yards 322 440
Yards Per Play 4.8 6.3

3rd Down Plays 3/13 4/11

Penalties 14 6
Penalty Yards 94 64

Avg. Drive Start OWN 30 OWN 41
Time Of Possession 29:11 30:49


Texas-El Paso Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
20 Vickery 25 115 4.6 19 4 3 0
23 Maloney 10 98 9.8 29 0 0 0
16 Franks 9 15 1.6 11 0 2 2
40 Paukschus 2 0 0.0 0 0 2 0
36 Newhart 1 3 3.0 3 0 0 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
16 Franks 22 16 209 9.5 46 3 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
7 Schlegel 3 41 13.6 28 20 2
1 Doyle 3 68 22.6 33 46 1
23 Maloney 2 5 2.5 0 6 0
34 Cook 2 19 9.5 17 16 0
90 Hansen 2 18 9.0 1 10 0
97 Murphy 2 42 21.0 4 22 0
39 Shepherd 1 6 6.0 0 6 0
40 Paukschus 1 10 10.0 4 10 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
38 Griffith 1 3 3.0 0
48 Huffman 1 11 11.0 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
45 Boston 3 68 22.6 0
38 Griffith 1 9 9.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
4 Shelton 5 175 35.0 49 1

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
9 DiPaolo 0 1 0 5 7

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
45 Boston 9 2 0.0 1 7 0
99 McWilliams 7 1 3.0 0 0 0
48 Huffman 6 2 0.0 2 17 0
76 Ackerman 5 2 0.0 0 0 0
58 Pritchett 4 3 0.0 1 0 0
50 Middlehurst 3 2 0.0 0 0 0
38 Griffith 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
54 Pelfrey 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
90 Hansen 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
55 Matthews 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
49 Hembree 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
98 Meza 1 1 1.0 0 0 0
41 Peters 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
27 Harden 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
7 Schlegel 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
59 Thiele 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
77 Sweeney 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
46 Franz 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
32 Racz 1 0 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
73 Richardson 0 0 0 0 5 1
55 Matthews 0 0 0 0 3 1
16 Franks 1 0 1 0 0 0
66 Harvey 0 0 0 0 2 0
63 Lincoln 0 0 1 0 1 0
50 Middlehurst 0 1 1 0 0 0
20 Vickery 1 0 0 0 0 0
40 Paukschus 0 0 0 0 1 0
97 Murphy 0 0 0 0 1 0
59 Thiele 0 0 0 0 1 0
78 Troxel 0 0 0 0 1 0
74 Dunlap 0 0 0 0 1 0
56 Lyon 0 0 1 0 0 0
41 Peters 0 1 0 0 0 0
48 Huffman 0 1 0 0 0 0
45 Boston 1 0 0 0 0 0

AROUND THE WAC - WEEK 6, 2004
UNLV 42, Nevada 17
Boise State 49, SMU 7
Fresno State 34, Louisiana Tech 29
Hawaii 42, Tulsa 24
Rice 63, San Jose State 10

AROUND THE NCAA - WEEK 6, 2004
#15 South Carolina 29, #20 Alabama 19
#25 Kansas State 7, Texas A&M 27
#10 Miami (Fla) 13, #16 Georgia Tech 27


WAC STANDINGS

School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
Boise State 5 0 0 1.000 224 51 2 0 0 1.000 96 17 Won 5
Rice 3 1 0 .750 115 93 2 0 0 1.000 80 24 Won 1
Fresno State 2 2 0 .500 74 130 1 0 0 1.000 34 29 Won 2
Hawaii 2 1 0 .666 94 55 1 1 0 .500 56 41 Won 1
Louisiana Tech 2 3 0 .400 104 195 1 1 0 .500 66 44 Lost 3
Southern Methodist 1 4 0 .200 73 166 1 1 0 .500 42 49 Lost 1
Texas-El Paso 2 2 0 .500 96 111 0 1 0 .000 10 47 Won 1
Nevada 1 3 0 .250 68 127 0 1 0 .000 10 37 Lost 2
Tulsa 1 3 0 .250 75 101 0 1 0 .000 24 42 Lost 3
San Jose State 1 3 0 .250 65 174 0 2 0 .000 10 98 Lost 2

COACHES TOP 25 POLL
School Record Conf Coach
Michigan 5-0 B10 1
Oklahoma 4-0 B12 2
Ohio State 4-0 B10 3
Florida 5-0 SEC 4
Nebraska 4-0 B12 5
Texas 4-0 B12 6
Southern California 3-0 P10 7
UCLA 4-0 P10 8
Wisconsin 5-0 B10 9
Miami of Florida 3-1 ACC 10
Florida State 3-1 ACC 11
Maryland 4-0 ACC 12
Washington State 4-0 P10 13
Georgia 3-1 SEC 14
South Carolina 5-0 SEC 15
Georgia Tech 4-0 ACC 16
Utah 5-0 MNW 17
Virginia 4-0 ACC 18
Tennessee 3-1 SEC 19
Alabama 4-1 SEC 20
Notre Dame 4-1 IND 21
California 4-0 P10 22
Boise State 5-0 WAC 23
Missouri 4-0 B12 24
Kansas State 3-1 B12 25

UTEP INJURIES
Player # Pos Elig Health Injury Full Strn.
Grisham, Brock 43 ILB Jr Out Broken Jaw 12 Weeks
Harvey, Jimmy 44 ILB* Jr Out Severe Wrist Spra 8 Weeks

Week 7, 2004
UTEP (2-2) @ Fresno State (2-2) (-7)

Going on the road to Fresno State and getting a win is huge for our team and the UTEP program. They have the talent, but we played our most complete game of the year so far. I was especially proud of the way our defense played with only allowing 244 yards of total offense. Vickery and Maloney continue to be our workhorses on offense. Next week is rivalary week with 3-1 Hawaii coming to El Paso.

Box Score: Texas-El Paso at Fresno State
Fresno, CA.

Week 7, 2004

Attendance: 34,100 (41,000).


Weather: 76 degrees, fair.

1Q: 04:11 TXEP - Thomas DiPaolo 31 field goal.
1Q: 00:09 TXEP - Justin Vickery 6 run.
1Q: 00:09 TXEP - Thomas DiPaolo extra point.
2Q: 12:24 FRST - William Dodge 9 pass from Roderick Lane.
2Q: 12:24 FRST - Timothy Cauthen extra point.
3Q: 01:44 TXEP - Justin Vickery 1 run.
3Q: 01:44 TXEP - Thomas DiPaolo extra point.
4Q: 02:15 TXEP - Thomas DiPaolo 45 field goal.

Game MVP: TXEP 20 Justin Vickery

Texas-El Paso 10 0 7 3 - 20
Fresno State 0 7 0 0 - 7

Team Statistics TXEP FRST

First Downs 19 13

Total Rushes 49 21
Net Rushing Yards 161 93
Yards Per Carry 3.2 4.4
Rushing Yards 179 111
Tckld Loss/Yards 7-13 2-4
Sacked/Yards Lost 1-5 2-14

Pass Attempts 18 30
Completions 13 17
Passing Yards 119 151
Yards Per Attempt 6.6 5.0
Interceptions 0 1
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 2/1

Total Plays 67 51
Total Yards 280 244
Yards Per Play 4.1 4.7

3rd Down Plays 5/14 2/11

Penalties 6 11
Penalty Yards 33 85

Avg. Drive Start OWN 32 OWN 30
Time Of Possession 35:36 24:24

Texas-El Paso Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
20 Vickery 26 105 4.0 21 2 4 0
23 Maloney 12 66 5.5 31 0 2 0
16 Franks 7 -12 -1.7 2 0 5 1
1 Doyle 2 3 1.5 3 0 1 0
36 Newhart 1 -2 -2.0 -2 0 1 0
40 Paukschus 1 1 1.0 1 0 0 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
16 Franks 18 13 119 6.6 16 0 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
1 Doyle 5 42 8.4 5 11 0
97 Murphy 3 27 9.0 6 16 0
23 Maloney 2 17 8.5 3 10 0
40 Paukschus 2 25 12.5 7 16 0
2 Ellis 1 8 8.0 0 8 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
48 Huffman 5 18 3.6 0
2 Ellis 1 3 3.0 0 
The College Years

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
45 Boston 2 39 19.5 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
4 Shelton 5 198 39.6 49 0

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
9 DiPaolo 2 2 45 2 2

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
48 Huffman 6 3 0.0 1 17 0
45 Boston 6 2 0.0 0 0 0
54 Pelfrey 4 3 0.0 0 0 0
95 Sibley 4 0 0.0 0 0 0
58 Pritchett 4 0 0.0 0 0 0
50 Middlehurst 3 0 1.0 0 0 0
99 McWilliams 2 1 1.0 0 0 0
76 Ackerman 2 2 0.0 0 0 0
51 Shaw 2 2 0.0 0 0 0
82 Briggs 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
41 Peters 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
38 Griffith 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
34 Cook 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
20 Vickery 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
39 Shepherd 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
2 Ellis 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
3 Bryant 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
55 Matthews 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
74 Dunlap 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
56 Lyon 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
49 Hembree 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
77 Sweeney 0 1 0.0 0 0 0
46 Franz 0 1 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
63 Lincoln 0 0 1 0 3 0
73 Richardson 0 0 0 0 3 0
59 Thiele 0 0 0 0 0 1
16 Franks 1 0 0 0 0 0
40 Paukschus 0 0 0 0 1 0
55 Matthews 0 1 0 0 0 0
78 Troxel 0 0 0 0 1 0
66 Harvey 0 0 0 0 1 0
48 Huffman 0 1 0 0 0 0

Not a bad start! 2-2... that would have been nice in my dynasty, but oh well...

Not a bad start! 2-2... that would have been nice in my dynasty, but oh well...

It's something I definitely wasn't expecting, but I'll take it. :)

AROUND THE WAC - WEEK 7, 2004
Washington 38, San Jose State 3
Hawaii 28, Nevada 10
Rice 24, SMU 14

AROUND THE NCAA - WEEK 7, 2004
#11 Texas 21, #2 Oklahoma 24
#12 Georgia Tech 24, #24 Maryland 14
Mississippi 23, #23 South Carolina 17
#17 Wisconsin 22, #3 Ohio State 34
#10 Nebraska 20, Texas Tech 21
#14 Tennessee 27, #25 Georgia 21

WAC STANDINGS
School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
Rice 4 1 0 .800 139 107 3 0 0 1.000 104 38 Won 2
Boise State 5 0 0 1.000 224 51 2 0 0 1.000 96 17 Won 5
Hawaii 3 1 0 .750 122 65 2 1 0 .666 84 51 Won 2
Texas-El Paso 3 2 0 .600 116 118 1 1 0 .500 30 54 Won 2
Fresno State 2 3 0 .400 81 150 1 1 0 .500 41 49 Lost 1
Louisiana Tech 2 3 0 .400 104 195 1 1 0 .500 66 44 Lost 3
Southern Methodist 1 5 0 .166 87 190 1 2 0 .333 56 73 Lost 2
Tulsa 1 3 0 .250 75 101 0 1 0 .000 24 42 Lost 3
Nevada 1 4 0 .200 78 155 0 2 0 .000 20 65 Lost 3
San Jose State 1 4 0 .200 68 212 0 2 0 .000 10 98 Lost 3

COACHES TOP 25 POLL
School Record Conf Coach
Michigan 6-0 B10 1
Oklahoma 5-0 B12 2
Ohio State 5-0 B10 3
Florida 6-0 SEC 4
Southern California 4-0 P10 5
UCLA 5-0 P10 6
Florida State 4-1 ACC 7
Miami of Florida 3-1 ACC 8
Washington State 5-0 P10 9
Nebraska 4-1 B12 10
Texas 4-1 B12 11
Georgia Tech 5-0 ACC 12
Utah 5-0 MNW 13
Tennessee 4-1 SEC 14
Alabama 5-1 SEC 15
Notre Dame 5-1 IND 16
Wisconsin 5-1 B10 17
Missouri 5-0 B12 18
Boise State 5-0 WAC 19
Kansas State 4-1 B12 20
Texas A&M 4-1 B12 21
Michigan State 5-1 B10 22
South Carolina 5-1 SEC 23
Maryland 4-1 ACC 24
Georgia 3-2 SEC 25

UTEP INJURIES
Player # Pos Elig Health Injury Full Strn.
Grisham, Brock 43 ILB Jr Out Broken Jaw 11 Weeks
Harvey, Jimmy 44 ILB* Jr Out Severe Wrist Spra 7 Weeks
Lyon, Sammie 56 ILB* Jr* Out Broken Clavicle 13 Weeks

Week 8, 2004
Hawaii (3-1) (-2) @ UTEP (3-2)

In a game where we started out slow, we came out in the second half and dominated rivals Hawaii. Hawaii uncharacteristicly gave up 4 turnovers and we took full advantage of their mistakes. Comparing this team that was blown out at Arizona State in our first game to now sitting at 4-2, it's nothing short of a miracle. Looking ahead at our schedule, it's not improbable that we could be looking at a winning season here in my first season at UTEP.

Box Score: Hawaii at Texas-El Paso
El Paso, TX.

Week 8, 2004

Attendance: 31,400 (51,500).


Weather: 84 degrees, fair.

1Q: 11:14 HAWI - Lee Winters 20 run.
1Q: 11:14 HAWI - Dwayne Johnston extra point.
1Q: 03:17 TXEP - Earl Murphy 20 pass from Omar Franks.
1Q: 03:17 TXEP - Thomas DiPaolo extra point.
2Q: 11:12 TXEP - Alex Boston 47 interception return.
2Q: 11:12 TXEP - Thomas DiPaolo extra point.
3Q: 06:39 TXEP - Justin Vickery 5 run.
3Q: 06:39 TXEP - Thomas DiPaolo extra point.
3Q: 03:40 TXEP - Justin Vickery 9 run.
3Q: 03:40 TXEP - Thomas DiPaolo extra point.
4Q: 02:38 TXEP - Les Cook 9 run.
4Q: 02:38 TXEP - Thomas DiPaolo extra point.

Game MVP: TXEP 73 Gerald Richardson

Hawaii 7 0 0 0 - 7
Texas-El Paso 7 7 14 7 - 35

Team Statistics HAWI TXEP

First Downs 14 26

Total Rushes 33 46
Net Rushing Yards 109 234
Yards Per Carry 3.3 5.0
Rushing Yards 136 243
Tckld Loss/Yards 4-11 3-4
Sacked/Yards Lost 2-16 1-5

Pass Attempts 25 20
Completions 11 14
Passing Yards 200 161
Yards Per Attempt 8.0 8.0
Interceptions 3 1
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 0/0

Total Plays 58 66
Total Yards 309 395
Yards Per Play 5.3 5.9

3rd Down Plays 4/13 5/12

Penalties 7 2
Penalty Yards 75 10

Avg. Drive Start OWN 26 OWN 32
Time Of Possession 28:03 31:57

Texas-El Paso Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
20 Vickery 24 117 4.8 13 2 3 0
23 Maloney 10 60 6.0 14 0 0 0
16 Franks 8 47 5.8 15 0 0 1
40 Paukschus 3 1 0.3 4 0 2 0
34 Cook 1 9 9.0 9 1 0 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
16 Franks 20 14 161 8.0 20 1 1

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
97 Murphy 7 86 12.2 36 20 1
40 Paukschus 4 49 12.2 37 20 0
1 Doyle 2 18 9.0 5 12 0
39 Shepherd 1 8 8.0 3 8 0

The College Years
Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
48 Huffman 2 17 8.5 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
38 Griffith 1 27 27.0 0
45 Boston 1 12 12.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
4 Shelton 4 132 33.0 44 1

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
9 DiPaolo 0 2 0 5 5

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
76 Ackerman 6 2 0.0 0 0 0
48 Huffman 6 1 0.0 1 16 0
45 Boston 5 4 0.0 1 47 1
99 McWilliams 4 1 1.5 0 0 0
41 Peters 4 0 0.0 0 0 0
58 Pritchett 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
50 Middlehurst 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
46 Franz 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
95 Sibley 2 1 0.0 1 0 0
49 Hembree 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
54 Pelfrey 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
38 Griffith 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
51 Shaw 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
32 Racz 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
90 Hansen 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
63 Lincoln 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
35 Springer 1 0 0.0 0 0 0

AROUND THE WAC - WEEK 8, 2004
Boise State 20, Tulsa 10
Louisiana Tech 20, SMU 9
Nevada 41, Rice 16

AROUND THE NCAA - WEEK 8, 2004
#22 Tennessee 27, #23 Mississippi 30
#25 Wisconsin 31, Purdue 35
Arizona State 32, #12 USC 30

WAC STANDINGS
School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
Boise State 6 0 0 1.000 244 61 3 0 0 1.000 116 27 Won 6
Rice 4 2 0 .666 155 148 3 1 0 .750 120 79 Lost 1
Texas-El Paso 4 2 0 .666 151 125 2 1 0 .666 65 61 Won 3
Louisiana Tech 3 3 0 .500 124 204 2 1 0 .666 86 53 Won 1
Hawaii 3 2 0 .600 129 100 2 2 0 .500 91 86 Lost 1
Fresno State 2 3 0 .400 81 150 1 1 0 .500 41 49 Lost 1
Nevada 2 4 0 .333 119 171 1 2 0 .333 61 81 Won 1
Southern Methodist 1 6 0 .142 96 210 1 3 0 .250 65 93 Lost 3
Tulsa 1 4 0 .200 85 121 0 2 0 .000 34 62 Lost 4
San Jose State 1 4 0 .200 68 212 0 2 0 .000 10 98 Lost 3 

COACHES TOP 25 POLL
School Record Conf Coach
Michigan 7-0 B10 1
Oklahoma 6-0 B12 2
Ohio State 6-0 B10 3
Florida 6-0 SEC 4
UCLA 6-0 P10 5
Florida State 5-1 ACC 6
Miami of Florida 4-1 ACC 7
Washington State 6-0 P10 8
Nebraska 5-1 B12 9
Texas 5-1 B12 10
Georgia Tech 6-0 ACC 11
Southern California 4-1 P10 12
Utah 6-0 MNW 13
Alabama 6-1 SEC 14
Notre Dame 6-1 IND 15
Boise State 6-0 WAC 16
Texas A&M 5-1 B12 17
Georgia 4-2 SEC 18
Michigan State 6-1 B10 19
South Carolina 6-1 SEC 20
Maryland 5-1 ACC 21
Tennessee 4-2 SEC 22
Mississippi 6-1 SEC 23
Boston College 5-1 BEC 24
Wisconsin 5-2 B10 25

UTEP INJURIES
Player # Pos Elig Health Injury Full Strn.
Grisham, Brock 43 ILB Jr Out Broken Jaw 10 Weeks
Lyon, Sammie 56 ILB* Jr* Out Broken Clavicle 12 Weeks
Harvey, Jimmy 44 ILB* Jr Doubtful Severe Wrist Spra 6 Weeks

Week 9, 2004
UTEP (4-2) @ Louisiana Tech (3-3) (-3)

A second half surge by Louisiana Tech hands us our third loss of the season. Disappointing as this was a very winnable game for us, but we couldn't move the ball on offense worth a damn in the second half. Hats off to Louisiana Tech who fought back to get the win. A costly INT by Franks early in the third quarter which gave LATC all the momementum they needed to finish the game. Next week we travel to lowly 1-5 San Jose State.

Box Score: Texas-El Paso at Louisiana Tech
Ruston, LA.

Week 9, 2004

Attendance: 13,700 (30,600).


Weather: 65 degrees, fair.

1Q: 08:33 TXEP - Thomas DiPaolo 21 field goal.
1Q: 00:00 TXEP - Thomas DiPaolo 34 field goal.
2Q: 02:04 LATC - Marlon Summers 28 run.
2Q: 02:04 LATC - Darnell Benton extra point.
4Q: 10:57 LATC - Marlon Summers 11 run.
4Q: 10:57 LATC - Darnell Benton extra point.
4Q: 06:32 TXEP - J.J. Paukschus 11 pass from Omar Franks.
4Q: 06:32 TXEP - Omar Franks run for conversion.
4Q: 00:04 LATC - Marlon Summers 17 run.
4Q: 00:04 LATC - Darnell Benton extra point.

Game MVP: LATC 29 Marlon Summers

Texas-El Paso 6 0 0 8 - 14
Louisiana Tech 0 7 0 14 - 21

Team Statistics TXEP LATC

First Downs 19 16

Total Rushes 45 26
Net Rushing Yards 177 121
Yards Per Carry 3.9 4.6
Rushing Yards 189 148
Tckld Loss/Yards 1-1 4-7
Sacked/Yards Lost 2-11 3-20

Pass Attempts 22 26
Completions 15 18
Passing Yards 155 160
Yards Per Attempt 7.0 6.1
Interceptions 1 0
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/1

Total Plays 67 52
Total Yards 332 281
Yards Per Play 4.9 5.4

3rd Down Plays 8/17 3/11

Penalties 5 4
Penalty Yards 35 25

Avg. Drive Start OWN 34 OWN 30
Time Of Possession 36:11 23:49

Texas-El Paso Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
20 Vickery 22 65 2.9 13 0 0 0
16 Franks 10 26 2.6 11 0 1 2
23 Maloney 8 30 3.7 10 0 2 0
40 Paukschus 3 21 7.0 16 0 0 0
34 Cook 1 0 0.0 0 0 1 0
1 Doyle 1 35 35.0 35 0 0 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
16 Franks 22 15 155 7.0 21 1 1

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
97 Murphy 3 31 10.3 10 14 0
1 Doyle 3 40 13.3 17 21 0
23 Maloney 2 19 9.5 5 13 0
40 Paukschus 2 19 9.5 10 11 1
2 Ellis 2 26 13.0 4 15 0
20 Vickery 1 3 3.0 0 3 0
39 Shepherd 1 9 9.0 1 9 0 
The College

Years
90 Hansen 1 8 8.0 1 8 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
48 Huffman 2 3 1.5 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
45 Boston 3 71 23.6 0
38 Griffith 1 16 16.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
4 Shelton 3 85 28.3 34 2

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
9 DiPaolo 2 4 34 0 0

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
45 Boston 10 4 0.0 0 0 0
76 Ackerman 5 1 0.0 0 0 0
99 McWilliams 4 0 1.0 0 0 0
58 Pritchett 4 3 0.0 0 0 0
54 Pelfrey 4 1 0.0 0 0 0
50 Middlehurst 3 0 1.0 0 0 0
48 Huffman 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
46 Franz 2 2 0.0 0 0 0
49 Hembree 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
77 Sweeney 1 0 1.0 0 0 0
38 Griffith 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
82 Briggs 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
2 Ellis 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
44 Harvey 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
95 Sibley 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
41 Peters 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
51 Shaw 0 1 0.0 0 0 0

AROUND THE WAC - WEEK 9, 2004
Boise State 49, Fresno State 20
Hawaii 51, San Jose State 17
Tulsa 44, Nevada 24
Rice 52, Navy 14

AROUND THE NCAA - WEEK 9, 2004
#20 Alabama 20, #19 Tennessee 24
#16 Nebraska 10, #25 Kansas State 21
#13 UCLA 38, Arizona State 41

WAC STANDINGS
School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
Boise State 7 0 0 1.000 293 81 4 0 0 1.000 165 47 Won 7
Rice 5 2 0 .714 207 162 3 1 0 .750 120 79 Won 1
Louisiana Tech 4 3 0 .571 145 218 3 1 0 .750 107 67 Won 2
Hawaii 4 2 0 .666 180 117 3 2 0 .600 142 103 Won 1
Texas-El Paso 4 3 0 .571 165 146 2 2 0 .500 79 82 Lost 1
Tulsa 2 4 0 .333 129 145 1 2 0 .333 78 86 Won 1
Fresno State 2 4 0 .333 101 199 1 2 0 .333 61 98 Lost 2
Nevada 2 5 0 .285 143 215 1 3 0 .250 85 125 Lost 1
Southern Methodist 1 6 0 .142 96 210 1 3 0 .250 65 93 Lost 3
San Jose State 1 5 0 .166 85 263 0 3 0 .000 27 149 Lost 4

COACHES TOP 25 POLL
School Record Conf Coach
Michigan 8-0 B10 1
Oklahoma 7-0 B12 2
Ohio State 7-0 B10 3
Florida 7-0 SEC 4
Florida State 6-1 ACC 5
Miami of Florida 5-1 ACC 6
Washington State 7-0 P10 7
Texas 6-1 B12 8
Southern California 5-1 P10 9
Georgia Tech 6-0 ACC 10
Utah 7-0 MNW 11
Notre Dame 7-1 IND 12
UCLA 6-1 P10 13
Boise State 7-0 WAC 14
Texas A&M 6-1 B12 15
Nebraska 5-2 B12 16
Michigan State 6-1 B10 17
South Carolina 6-1 SEC 18
Tennessee 5-2 SEC 19
Alabama 6-2 SEC 20
Wisconsin 6-2 B10 21
Mississippi 6-1 SEC 22
Penn State 5-2 B10 23
Texas Christian 6-1 USA 24
Kansas State 5-2 B12 25

UTEP INJURIES
Player # Pos Elig Health Injury Full Strn.
Grisham, Brock 43 ILB Jr Out Broken Jaw 8 Weeks
Lyon, Sammie 56 ILB* Jr* Out Broken Clavicle 11 Weeks
Harvey, Jimmy 44 ILB* Jr Questionable Severe Wrist Spra 5 Weeks

RECRUITING (AS OF WEEK 10)

Coming into the season, we had 28 available scholarships. Of course with TCY only allowing up to 16 per year, we'll have our hands full with recruiting for the next few years. So far the steal of the class to be is TE Harvey. He's not the smartest crayon in the box, but he can play football. Coming from Central HS in Phoenix, Arizona, in 9 games played, he's had 35 receptions for 518 yards with 9 TD. With 7 spots remaining, we're hoping that we can fill up the class very soon.

Player Pos HT WT ST NRank GPA Test
Harvey, Matthew TE 6-7 251 AZ 304 2.62 920
Scout: 81-

Terry, Otis T 6-4 271 TX --- 3.29 1261
Scout: 47+

Came, Leroy DE 6-3 231 TX --- 3.03 1097
Scout: 35-

Giles, Horace G 6-4 260 NM --- 4.00 1460
Scout: 44-

Elliott, Shawn CB 5-7 160 TX --- 3.01 1128
Scout: 36+

Freeman, Jared G 6-3 275 TX --- 3.29 1245
Scout: 32+

Jeffries, Blaine ILB 6-2 215 TX --- 3.10 1166
Scout: 30-

Hepburn, Neil DT 6-0 247 TX --- 3.32 1130
Scout: 26-

Hancock, Dan S 6-0 182 NM --- 3.02 1111
Scout: 16-

Week 10, 2004
UTEP (4-3) (-6) @ San Jose State (1-5)

The fact that we struggled so mightily against one of the worst offense's in the country certainly worries me. With San Jose's third quarter surge, I thought I was seeing a repeat of last week with Louisiana Tech. Fortunately for us, our defense buckled down in the fourth and our offense cranked it up. I was especially proud of our O-line has they paved the way for Vickery going for 184 yards on the ground and only allowing 2 sacks. Next week is a bye and I'll be hitting the recruiting trail hard.

Box Score: Texas-El Paso at San Jose State
San Jose, CA.

Week 10, 2004

Attendance: 10,300 (28,900).


Weather: 45 degrees, fair.

1Q: 13:16 TXEP - Justin Vickery 43 run.
1Q: 13:16 TXEP - Thomas DiPaolo extra point.
1Q: 04:59 SJST - Lorenzo Costa 36 field goal.
2Q: 10:51 TXEP - Justin Vickery 18 run.
2Q: 10:51 TXEP - Thomas DiPaolo extra point.
2Q: 02:06 TXEP - Sammie Maloney 4 run.
2Q: 02:06 TXEP - Thomas DiPaolo extra point.
2Q: 00:59 SJST - Roman Caldwell 10 pass from Justin Houston.
2Q: 00:59 SJST - Lorenzo Costa extra point.
3Q: 12:47 TXEP - Justin Vickery 32 run.
3Q: 12:47 TXEP - Thomas DiPaolo extra point.
3Q: 12:41 SJST - Bruce Dennis 95 kickoff return.
3Q: 12:41 SJST - Eric Clark run for conversion.
3Q: 06:17 SJST - Tom Carpenter 2 run.
3Q: 06:17 SJST - Lorenzo Costa extra point.
3Q: 00:14 SJST - Ronnie Strickland 2 run.
3Q: 00:14 SJST - Lorenzo Costa extra point.
4Q: 05:54 TXEP - Thomas DiPaolo 26 field goal.
4Q: 02:02 TXEP - Shawn Doyle 24 pass from Omar Franks.
4Q: 02:02 TXEP - Justin Vickery run for conversion failed.
4Q: 01:12 TXEP - Walt Sibley 40 interception return.
4Q: 01:12 TXEP - Thomas DiPaolo extra point.

Game MVP: TXEP 20 Justin Vickery

Texas-El Paso 7 14 7 16 - 44
San Jose State 3 7 22 0 - 32

Team Statistics TXEP SJST

First Downs 24 20

Total Rushes 46 26
Net Rushing Yards 274 76
Yards Per Carry 5.9 2.9
Rushing Yards 299 106
Tckld Loss/Yards 6-13 5-11
Sacked/Yards Lost 2-12 3-19

Pass Attempts 25 42
Completions 10 22
Passing Yards 165 277
Yards Per Attempt 6.6 6.5
Interceptions 0 1
Fumbles/Lost 3/1 0/0

Total Plays 71 68
Total Yards 439 353
Yards Per Play 6.1 5.1

3rd Down Plays 8/15 3/14

Penalties 5 7
Penalty Yards 48 66

Avg. Drive Start OWN 33 OWN 29
Time Of Possession 32:29 27:31

Texas-El Paso Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
20 Vickery 20 184 9.2 43 3 2 0
16 Franks 11 22 2.0 11 0 2 2
23 Maloney 8 49 6.1 14 1 0 0
40 Paukschus 6 14 2.3 10 0 3 0
34 Cook 1 5 5.0 5 0 0 0

The College Years
Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
16 Franks 25 10 165 6.6 32 1 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
97 Murphy 4 53 13.2 25 22 0
1 Doyle 3 81 27.0 31 32 1
34 Cook 1 3 3.0 0 3 0
90 Hansen 1 10 10.0 4 10 0
2 Ellis 1 18 18.0 9 18 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
48 Huffman 4 20 5.0 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
45 Boston 3 78 26.0 0
3 Bryant 1 25 25.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
4 Shelton 6 231 38.5 46 2

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
9 DiPaolo 1 2 26 5 5

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
76 Ackerman 7 2 0.0 0 0 0
50 Middlehurst 6 1 1.0 0 0 0
48 Huffman 6 3 0.0 0 0 0
45 Boston 6 0 0.0 0 0 0
58 Pritchett 4 1 0.0 0 0 0
41 Peters 4 1 0.0 0 0 0
38 Griffith 4 1 0.0 0 0 0
99 McWilliams 3 2 1.5 0 0 0
95 Sibley 2 0 0.0 1 40 1
49 Hembree 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
75 Parker 1 0 0.5 0 0 0
27 Harden 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
1 Doyle 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
63 Lincoln 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
54 Pelfrey 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
51 Shaw 1 0 0.0 0 0 0

AROUND THE WAC - WEEK 10, 2004
Boise State 38, Hawaii 3
Fresno State 24, SMU 17
Rice 24, Tulsa 16

AROUND THE NCAA - WEEK 10, 2004
#23 Michigan State 10, #1 Michigan 52
#8 USC 49, #15 Washington State 30
#17 Tennessee 23, #24 South Carolina 20
#7 Texas 24, Colorado 20

WAC STANDINGS
School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
Boise State 8 0 0 1.000 331 84 5 0 0 1.000 203 50 Won 8
Rice 6 2 0 .750 231 178 4 1 0 .800 144 95 Won 2
Louisiana Tech 4 3 0 .571 145 218 3 1 0 .750 107 67 Won 2
Texas-El Paso 5 3 0 .625 209 178 3 2 0 .600 123 114 Won 1
Hawaii 4 3 0 .571 183 155 3 3 0 .500 145 141 Lost 1
Fresno State 3 4 0 .428 125 216 2 2 0 .500 85 115 Won 1
Tulsa 2 5 0 .285 145 169 1 3 0 .250 94 110 Lost 1
Nevada 2 5 0 .285 143 215 1 3 0 .250 85 125 Lost 1
Southern Methodist 1 7 0 .125 113 234 1 4 0 .200 82 117 Lost 4
San Jose State 1 6 0 .142 117 307 0 4 0 .000 59 193 Lost 5

COACHES TOP 25 POLL
School Record Conf Coach
Michigan 9-0 B10 1
Oklahoma 8-0 B12 2
Ohio State 8-0 B10 3
Florida 8-0 SEC 4
Florida State 7-1 ACC 5
Miami of Florida 6-1 ACC 6
Texas 7-1 B12 7
Southern California 6-1 P10 8
Georgia Tech 7-0 ACC 9
Utah 8-0 MNW 10
UCLA 7-1 P10 11
Notre Dame 7-1 IND 12
Boise State 8-0 WAC 13
Texas A&M 7-1 B12 14
Washington State 7-1 P10 15
Nebraska 6-2 B12 16
Tennessee 6-2 SEC 17
Alabama 6-2 SEC 18
Wisconsin 6-2 B10 19
Texas Christian 7-1 USA 20
Auburn 6-2 SEC 21
Toledo 7-1 MID 22
Michigan State 6-2 B10 23
South Carolina 6-2 SEC 24
Pittsburgh 6-2 BEC 25

Two more recruits committed to us during the bye week...

C Scott Rodriguez, Southwest HS (Albuquerque, NM)
6'3, 276
State Rank: #9 (All-State)
State Rank By Position: #1
Rating: 52-
GPA: 3.32
SAT: 1371

DT Ellis Au, Bruni HS (Bruni, TX)
6'2, 258
State Rank By Position: #20
Rating: 11++
GPA: 3.18
SAT: 1249

AROUND THE WAC - WEEK 11, 2004
Rice 51, Fresno State 24
Hawaii 17, Louisiana Tech 7
San Jose State 28, Nevada 17
SMU 24, Tulsa 19

AROUND THE NCAA - WEEK 11, 2004
#2 Oklahoma 24, #18 Texas A&M 17
#22 Washington State 31, #9 UCLA 51
Colorado State 27, #13 Utah 21
#14 Georgia Tech 21, NC State 28
#16 Notre Dame 17, #12 Tennessee 21


WAC STANDINGS
School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
Boise State 8 0 0 1.000 331 84 5 0 0 1.000 203 50 Won 8
Rice 7 2 0 .777 282 202 5 1 0 .833 195 119 Won 3
Louisiana Tech 4 4 0 .500 152 235 3 2 0 .600 114 84 Lost 1
Texas-El Paso 5 3 0 .625 209 178 3 2 0 .600 123 114 Won 1
Hawaii 5 3 0 .625 200 162 4 3 0 .571 162 148 Won 1
Fresno State 3 5 0 .375 149 267 2 3 0 .400 109 166 Lost 1
Southern Methodist 2 7 0 .222 137 253 2 4 0 .333 106 136 Won 1
Tulsa 2 6 0 .250 164 193 1 4 0 .200 113 134 Lost 2
San Jose State 2 6 0 .250 145 324 1 4 0 .200 87 210 Won 1
Nevada 2 6 0 .250 160 243 1 4 0 .200 102 153 Lost 2

COACHES TOP 25 POLL
School Record Conf Coach
Michigan 9-0 B10 1
Oklahoma 9-0 B12 2
Ohio State 9-0 B10 3
Florida 9-0 SEC 4
Florida State 8-1 ACC 5
Miami of Florida 7-1 ACC 6
Texas 8-1 B12 7
Southern California 7-1 P10 8
UCLA 8-1 P10 9
Boise State 8-0 WAC 10
Nebraska 7-2 B12 11
Tennessee 7-2 SEC 12
Utah 8-1 MNW 13
Georgia Tech 7-1 ACC 14
Alabama 7-2 SEC 15
Notre Dame 7-2 IND 16
Wisconsin 7-2 B10 17
Texas A&M 7-2 B12 18
Auburn 7-2 SEC 19
Texas Christian 7-1 USA 20
Toledo 8-1 MID 21
Washington State 7-2 P10 22
Pittsburgh 7-2 BEC 23
Penn State 6-3 B10 24
Texas Tech 7-2 B12 25

UTEP INJURIES
Player # Pos Elig Health Injury Full Strn.
Grisham, Brock 43 ILB Jr Out Broken Jaw 6 Weeks
Lyon, Sammie 56 ILB* Jr* Out Broken Clavicle 9 Weeks
Harvey, Jimmy 44 ILB* Jr Questionable Severe Wrist Spra 3 Weeks
Parker, Dana 75 DE Jr* Probable Turf Toe Unknown

Week 12, 2004
TV 5: Rice (7-2) (-3) @ UTEP (5-3)

Our boys gave it their all, but we come up short in this one 10-7. I thought we had their backs up against the wall in the first half. We drew first blood and I never thought we were out of the game against a more talented Rice team. Vickery has another 100+ yard game and Franks really surprised me going 12/19 for 213 yards. I gotta give a lot of credit to their defense, though. They were bending, but they didn't break. Next week 3-7 SMU comes to town which will our last home game of the season.

Box Score: Rice at Texas-El Paso
El Paso, TX.

Week 12, 2004

Attendance: 34,900 (51,500).


Weather: 72 degrees, fair.

2Q: 01:46 TXEP - Earl Murphy 10 pass from Omar Franks.
2Q: 01:46 TXEP - Thomas DiPaolo extra point.
3Q: 07:22 RICE - Burt Fisk 2 run.
3Q: 07:22 RICE - Jeremy Madison extra point.
4Q: 03:36 RICE - Jeremy Madison 20 field goal.

Game MVP: RICE 30 Burt Fisk

Rice 0 0 7 3 - 10
Texas-El Paso 0 7 0 0 - 7

Team Statistics RICE TXEP

First Downs 16 20

Total Rushes 40 47
Net Rushing Yards 173 157
Yards Per Carry 4.3 3.3
Rushing Yards 185 174
Tckld Loss/Yards 5-12 5-13
Sacked/Yards Lost 0-0 1-4

Pass Attempts 14 19
Completions 9 12
Passing Yards 104 213
Yards Per Attempt 7.4 11.2
Interceptions 0 0
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 1/1

Total Plays 54 66
Total Yards 277 370
Yards Per Play 5.1 5.6

3rd Down Plays 5/11 10/16

Penalties 4 7
Penalty Yards 37 50

Avg. Drive Start OWN 20 OWN 37
Time Of Possession 26:09 33:51

Texas-El Paso Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
20 Vickery 24 108 4.5 15 0 3 0
23 Maloney 12 36 3.0 11 0 2 0
16 Franks 9 14 1.5 10 0 2 1
40 Paukschus 1 -3 -3.0 -3 0 1 0
1 Doyle 1 2 2.0 2 0 0 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
16 Franks 19 12 213 11.2 44 1 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
40 Paukschus 3 23 7.6 6 8 0
97 Murphy 3 44 14.6 32 18 1
1 Doyle 3 124 41.3 45 44 0
2 Ellis 2 13 6.5 3 8 0
34 Cook 1 9 9.0 2 9 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
48 Huffman 4 30 7.5 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
45 Boston 2 53 26.5 0

The College Years
Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
4 Shelton 2 74 37.0 42 1

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
9 DiPaolo 0 3 0 1 1

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
58 Pritchett 10 6 0.0 0 0 0
45 Boston 9 6 0.0 0 0 0
50 Middlehurst 5 0 0.0 0 0 0
76 Ackerman 4 2 0.0 0 0 0
99 McWilliams 4 0 0.0 0 0 0
48 Huffman 3 5 0.0 0 0 0
47 Walton 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
95 Sibley 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
54 Pelfrey 2 3 0.0 0 0 0
41 Peters 2 0 0.0 0 0 0

AROUND THE WAC - WEEK 12, 2004
Boise State 35, San Jose State 10
Fresno State 35, Hawaii 6
Louisiana Tech 30, Tulsa 19
SMU 38, Nevada 9

AROUND THE NCAA - WEEK 12, 2004
#11 Nebraska 44, #4 Oklahoma 14
#25 Georgia 21, #23 Auburn 10
South Carolina 28, #3 Florida 41
Texas Tech 17, #18 Texas A&M 21
California 16, #24 Washington 17


WAC STANDINGS
School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
Boise State 9 0 0 1.000 366 94 6 0 0 1.000 238 60 Won 9
Rice 8 2 0 .800 292 209 6 1 0 .857 205 126 Won 4
Louisiana Tech 5 4 0 .555 182 254 4 2 0 .666 144 103 Won 1
Texas-El Paso 5 4 0 .555 216 188 3 3 0 .500 130 124 Lost 1
Fresno State 4 5 0 .444 184 273 3 3 0 .500 144 172 Won 1
Hawaii 5 4 0 .555 206 197 4 4 0 .500 168 183 Lost 1
Southern Methodist 3 7 0 .300 175 262 3 4 0 .428 144 145 Won 2
Tulsa 2 7 0 .222 183 223 1 5 0 .166 132 164 Lost 3
San Jose State 2 7 0 .222 155 359 1 5 0 .166 97 245 Lost 1
Nevada 2 7 0 .222 169 281 1 5 0 .166 111 191 Lost 3

COACHES TOP 25 POLL
School Record Conf Coach Fans Ave Rank
Michigan 10-0 B10 1
Ohio State 10-0 B10 2
Florida 10-0 SEC 3
Oklahoma 9-1 B12 4
Florida State 9-1 ACC 5
Miami of Florida 8-1 ACC 6
Texas 9-1 B12 7
Southern California 8-1 P10 8
UCLA 9-1 P10 9
Boise State 9-0 WAC 10
Nebraska 8-2 B12 11
Utah 9-1 MNW 12
Georgia Tech 8-1 ACC 13
Tennessee 7-2 SEC 14
Alabama 8-2 SEC 15
Notre Dame 8-2 IND 16
Wisconsin 8-2 B10 17
Texas A&M 8-2 B12 18
Toledo 9-1 MID 19
Washington State 8-2 P10 20
Penn State 7-3 B10 21
Boston College 7-2 BEC 22
Auburn 7-3 SEC 23
Washington 7-3 P10 24
Georgia 6-4 SEC 25

UTEP INJURIES
Player # Pos Elig Health Injury Full Strn.
Lyon, Sammie 56 ILB* Jr* Out Broken Clavicle 8 Weeks
Grisham, Brock 43 ILB Jr Doubtful Broken Jaw 5 Weeks
Harvey, Jimmy 44 ILB* Jr Probable Severe Wrist Spra 2 Weeks
Parker, Dana 75 DE Jr* Probable Turf Toe Unknown

Week 13, 2004
SMU (3-7) @ UTEP (5-4) (-6)

We jumped out to an early lead and never looked back in this one. Although against a less talented SMU squad, I thought this was an important game to see how we'd bounce back after that tough loss to Rice. After the first quarter, it was apparent our boys came to win today and I was pleased with our overall performance. We controlled the time of possession with our running attack and SMU never had a chance.

Box Score: Southern Methodist at Texas-El Paso
El Paso, TX.

Week 13, 2004

Attendance: 28,300 (51,500).


Weather: 63 degrees, fair.

1Q: 10:55 TXEP - Shawn Doyle 65 pass from Omar Franks.
1Q: 10:55 TXEP - Thomas DiPaolo extra point.
1Q: 05:01 TXEP - Thomas DiPaolo 40 field goal.
2Q: 14:51 TXEP - Todd Ellis 34 pass from Omar Franks.
2Q: 14:51 TXEP - Thomas DiPaolo extra point.
2Q: 07:40 SMTH - Rick Morrison 38 field goal.
2Q: 01:02 TXEP - Todd Ellis 5 pass from Omar Franks.
2Q: 01:02 TXEP - Thomas DiPaolo extra point.
3Q: 03:35 TXEP - Thomas DiPaolo 31 field goal.
3Q: 03:28 TXEP - Brock Grisham 50 interception return.
3Q: 03:28 TXEP - Thomas DiPaolo extra point.
4Q: 09:08 SMTH - Justin Fleischer 18 pass from Bill Hoover.
4Q: 09:08 SMTH - Kyle Russell run for conversion.
4Q: 04:49 TXEP - J.J. Paukschus 1 run.
4Q: 04:49 TXEP - Thomas DiPaolo extra point.

Game MVP: TXEP 73 Gerald Richardson

Southern Methodist 0 3 0 8 - 11
Texas-El Paso 10 14 10 7 - 41

Team Statistics SMTH TXEP

First Downs 10 30

Total Rushes 30 50
Net Rushing Yards 101 289
Yards Per Carry 3.3 5.7
Rushing Yards 108 293
Tckld Loss/Yards 1-2 2-4
Sacked/Yards Lost 1-5 0-0

Pass Attempts 18 19
Completions 7 13
Passing Yards 116 210
Yards Per Attempt 6.4 11.0
Interceptions 2 1
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/0

Total Plays 48 69
Total Yards 217 499
Yards Per Play 4.5 7.2

3rd Down Plays 2/11 5/9

Penalties 9 6
Penalty Yards 62 63

Avg. Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 25
Time Of Possession 24:02 35:58

Texas-El Paso Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
20 Vickery 18 123 6.8 21 0 0 0
23 Maloney 11 67 6.0 32 0 2 0
16 Franks 9 31 3.4 12 0 2 0
40 Paukschus 5 33 6.6 26 1 2 0
34 Cook 2 10 5.0 8 0 0 0
1 Doyle 2 17 8.5 11 0 0 0
2 Ellis 2 1 0.5 2 0 1 0
39 Shepherd 1 7 7.0 7 0 0 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
16 Franks 19 13 210 11.0 65 3 1

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
2 Ellis 4 64 16.0 50 34 2
40 Paukschus 3 27 9.0 10 11 0
23 Maloney 2 31 15.5 7 25 0
34 Cook 1 17 17.0 0 17 0
20 Vickery 1 2 2.0 0 2 0
90 Hansen 1 4 4.0 0 4 0
1 Doyle 1 65 65.0 23 65 1

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
3 Bryant 1 -2 -2.0 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
45 Boston 3 79 26.3 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
4 Shelton 2 69 34.5 45 0

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
9 DiPaolo 2 2 40 5 5

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
58 Pritchett 7 3 0.0 0 0 0
48 Huffman 5 3 0.0 0 0 0
45 Boston 5 0 0.0 1 4 0
75 Parker 3 0 0.5 0 0 0
43 Grisham 3 2 0.0 1 50 1
76 Ackerman 3 2 0.0 0 0 0
41 Peters 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
82 Briggs 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
54 Pelfrey 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
50 Middlehurst 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
99 McWilliams 1 3 0.5 0 0 0

AROUND THE WAC - WEEK 13, 2004
Boise Stae 45, Louisiana Tech 0
Fresno State 42, Nevada 7
Hawaii 41, Idaho 3
San Jose State 20, Tulsa 9

AROUND THE NCAA - WEEK 13, 2004
#1 Michigan 55, #5 Ohio State 24
#6 Florida 3, #3 Florida State 40
#21 Wisconsin 7, Iowa 10
Michigan State 19, #25 Penn State 14


WAC STANDINGS
School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
Boise State 10 0 0 1.000 411 94 7 0 0 1.000 283 60 Won 10
Rice 8 2 0 .800 292 209 6 1 0 .857 205 126 Won 4
Texas-El Paso 6 4 0 .600 257 199 4 3 0 .571 171 135 Won 1
Fresno State 5 5 0 .500 226 280 4 3 0 .571 186 179 Won 2
Louisiana Tech 5 5 0 .500 182 299 4 3 0 .571 144 148 Lost 1
Hawaii 6 4 0 .600 247 200 4 4 0 .500 168 183 Won 1
Southern Methodist 3 8 0 .272 186 303 3 5 0 .375 155 186 Lost 1
San Jose State 3 7 0 .300 175 368 2 5 0 .285 117 254 Won 1
Tulsa 2 8 0 .200 192 243 1 6 0 .142 141 184 Lost 4
Nevada 2 8 0 .200 176 323 1 6 0 .142 118 233 Lost 4

COACHES TOP 25 POLL
School Record Conf Coach Fans Ave Rank
Michigan 11-0 B10 1 1 1.00 1
Oklahoma 10-1 B12 2 4 3.00 2
Florida State 10-1 ACC 3 7 5.00 3
Miami of Florida 9-1 ACC 4 6 5.00 4
Ohio State 10-1 B10 5 3 4.00 9
Florida 10-1 SEC 6 2 4.00 5
Texas 9-1 B12 7 8 7.50 7
Southern California 8-1 P10 8 5 6.50 8
UCLA 9-1 P10 9 10 9.50 6
Boise State 10-0 WAC 10 9 9.50 11
Nebraska 8-2 B12 11 13 12.00 15
Utah 10-1 MNW 12 14 13.00 14
Georgia Tech 9-1 ACC 13 12 12.50 13
Tennessee 8-2 SEC 14 11 12.50 10
Alabama 9-2 SEC 15 15 15.00 17
Notre Dame 8-2 IND 16 19 17.50 16
Texas A&M 8-2 B12 17 16 16.50 12
Toledo 9-1 MID 18 17 17.50 21
Washington State 9-2 P10 19 18 18.50 19
Boston College 8-2 BEC 20 21 20.50 22
Wisconsin 8-3 B10 21 20 20.50 18
Louisville 8-2 USA 22 22 22.00 20
Virginia Tech 6-3 ACC 23 25 24.00 30
Georgia 6-4 SEC 24 37 30.50 34
Penn State 7-4 B10 25 27 26.00 27

UTEP INJURIES
Player # Pos Elig Health Injury Full Strn.
Lyon, Sammie 56 ILB* Jr* Out Broken Clavicle 7 Weeks
Ellis, Todd 2 WR Sr Doubtful Sprained Knee 5 Weeks
Grisham, Brock 43 ILB Jr Questionable Broken Jaw 4 Weeks
Harvey, Jimmy 44 ILB* Jr Probable Severe Wrist Spra 1 Week
Parker, Dana 75 DE Jr* Probable Turf Toe Unknown

Week 14, 2004
UTEP (6-4) (-8) @ Tulsa (2-8)

By far one of the worse offensive showings in the past few weeks. We couldn't establish the run the way we wanted, but I guess a win is a win. Tulsa was able to keep Vickery under 100 yards running which is a testament to their run defense. As I said, it wasn't a pretty win and we most certainly benefited from Tulsa's four turnovers. We'll finish the season at 7-4 and see if we can get a bowl invitation.

Box Score: Texas-El Paso at Tulsa
Tulsa, OK.

Week 14, 2004

Attendance: 24,100 (40,400).


Weather: 56 degrees, fair.

1Q: 00:16 TLSA - Darrin Hancock 3 run.
1Q: 00:16 TLSA - Jimmy Pritchett extra point failed.
2Q: 05:40 TLSA - Jimmy Pritchett 28 field goal.
2Q: 00:58 TXEP - Earl Murphy 12 pass from Omar Franks.
2Q: 00:58 TXEP - Thomas DiPaolo extra point.
3Q: 04:43 TXEP - Shawn Doyle 25 pass from Omar Franks.
3Q: 04:43 TXEP - Thomas DiPaolo extra point.
4Q: 05:55 TXEP - Thomas DiPaolo 39 field goal.
4Q: 04:55 TXEP - Shawn Doyle 13 pass from Omar Franks.
4Q: 04:55 TXEP - Thomas DiPaolo extra point failed.
4Q: 01:41 TXEP - Thomas DiPaolo 21 field goal.

Game MVP: TXEP 1 Shawn Doyle

Texas-El Paso 0 7 7 12 - 26
Tulsa 6 3 0 0 - 9

Team Statistics TXEP TLSA

First Downs 20 18

Total Rushes 42 38
Net Rushing Yards 136 133
Yards Per Carry 3.2 3.5
Rushing Yards 154 170
Tckld Loss/Yards 3-5 7-15
Sacked/Yards Lost 2-13 4-22

Pass Attempts 28 27
Completions 14 15
Passing Yards 220 181
Yards Per Attempt 7.8 6.7
Interceptions 1 2
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 2/2

Total Plays 70 65
Total Yards 356 314
Yards Per Play 5.0 4.8

3rd Down Plays 6/15 5/14

Penalties 6 6
Penalty Yards 40 51

Avg. Drive Start OWN 45 OWN 28
Time Of Possession 31:47 28:13

Texas-El Paso Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
20 Vickery 27 80 2.9 13 0 4 0
23 Maloney 7 46 6.5 12 0 0 0
16 Franks 5 -7 -1.4 4 0 1 2
40 Paukschus 2 12 6.0 11 0 0 0
39 Shepherd 1 5 5.0 5 0 0 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
16 Franks 28 14 220 7.8 56 3 1

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
97 Murphy 5 57 11.4 21 17 1
1 Doyle 5 131 26.2 84 56 2
40 Paukschus 3 18 6.0 8 9 0
7 Schlegel 1 14 14.0 0 14 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
48 Huffman 2 22 11.0 0 
The College Years

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
38 Griffith 2 51 25.5 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
4 Shelton 3 126 42.0 49 1

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
9 DiPaolo 2 2 39 2 3

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
48 Huffman 8 2 0.0 0 0 0
99 McWilliams 7 0 1.0 0 0 0
58 Pritchett 6 3 0.0 0 0 0
43 Grisham 6 1 0.0 0 0 0
45 Boston 5 5 0.0 0 0 0
44 Harvey 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
41 Peters 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
75 Parker 2 1 2.0 0 0 0
76 Ackerman 2 4 0.0 0 0 0
23 Maloney 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
82 Briggs 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
50 Middlehurst 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
51 Shaw 2 0 0.0 0 0 0

After our win over Tulsa, we've received 2 more committments leaving only 3 more scholarships to be filled.

OLB Toby Benson, Bryan Adams HS (Dallas, TX)
6'0, 210
State Rank By Position: #7
Rating: 30++
GPA: 3.38
SAT: 1209

TE Bert Chasser, G.W. Carver HS (New Orleans, LA)
6'3, 276
State Rank: #33
State Rank By Position: #4
Rating: 46++
GPA: 3.81
SAT: 1359

AROUND THE WAC - WEEK 14, 2004
Boise State 45, Nevada 17
San Jose State 27, Fresno State 24
Hawaii 40, Brownsville 22
Rice 27, Louisiana Tech 20

AROUND THE NCAA - WEEK 14, 2004
#22 Texas A&M 17, #6 Texas 20
Colorado 23, #11 Nebraska 35
#17 Georgia Tech 28, #24 Georgia 31
West Virginia 27, Pittsburgh 37
#19 Notre Dame 20, #8 USC 31
Virginia 17, #23 Virginia Tech 38


WAC STANDINGS
School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
Boise State 11 0 0 1.000 480 111 8 0 0 1.000 352 77 Won 11
Rice 9 2 0 .818 319 229 7 1 0 .875 232 146 Won 5
Texas-El Paso 7 4 0 .636 283 208 5 3 0 .625 197 144 Won 2
Fresno State 5 6 0 .454 250 307 4 4 0 .500 210 206 Lost 1
Hawaii 7 4 0 .636 287 222 4 4 0 .500 168 183 Won 2
Louisiana Tech 5 6 0 .454 202 326 4 4 0 .500 164 175 Lost 2
Southern Methodist 3 8 0 .272 186 303 3 5 0 .375 155 186 Lost 1
San Jose State 4 7 0 .363 202 392 3 5 0 .375 144 278 Won 2
Tulsa 2 9 0 .181 201 269 1 7 0 .125 150 210 Lost 5
Nevada 2 9 0 .181 193 392 1 7 0 .125 135 302 Lost 5

BCS TOP 10
School Record Conf Comp Poll Loss Sched Total Rank
Michigan 11-0 B10 1.00 1.00 0.00 1.52 3.52 1
Oklahoma 10-1 B12 3.75 3.50 1.00 1.12 9.37 2
Southern California 9-1 P10 4.50 5.50 1.00 1.44 12.44 3
Florida State 10-1 ACC 4.75 5.00 1.00 2.44 13.19 4
Texas 10-1 B12 4.50 7.00 1.00 1.56 14.06 5
Florida 10-1 SEC 7.75 4.50 1.00 2.60 15.85 6
Miami of Florida 9-1 ACC 9.00 5.00 1.00 0.96 15.96 7
UCLA 9-1 P10 6.00 10.00 1.00 1.84 18.84 8
Boise State 11-0 WAC 5.75 9.50 0.00 4.64 19.89 9
Ohio State 10-1 B10 12.25 4.50 1.00 3.16 20.91 10

CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK - WEEK 15, 2004
Big 12 - #13 Nebraska 20, #2 Oklahoma 33
SEC - #6 Florida 52, #17 Alabama 10
ACC - Virginia Tech 14, #3 Miami (Fla.) 38
PAC-10 - #8 USC 47, #12 UCLA 35

We've filled up our last 3 scholarships with the following players...

QB Joseph Dawson, Motley County HS (Matador, TX)
6'3, 197
State Rank By Position: #14
Rating: 32+
GPA: 3.01
SAT: 1169

WR Lone Wolf Rohlfing, Coppell HS (Coppell, TX)
6'4, 198
State Rank By Position: #11
Rating: 25+
GPA: 3.47
SAT: 1438

C Lee Carranza, Southwest HS (Fort Worth, TX)
6'2, 259
State Rank By Position: #13
Rating: 25+
GPA: 3.18
SAT: 1123

Even with our 7-4 record, we were denied a bowl invitation. Oh well. Always next year. Here are the results from WAC teams in bowl games.

Houston Bowl - Minnesota (8-4) 14, Boise State 10
Humanitarian Bowl - Rice (10-2) 42, Navy (6-6) 7

BCS GAMES
National Championship - Michigan (12-0) 53, Oklahoma (11-2) 46
Sugar Bowl - USC (11-1) 40, Florida State (10-2) 27
Orange Bowl - Florida (12-1) 38, Miami (Fla.) (10-2) 12
Rose Bowl - Texas (11-1) 27, Utah (10-2) 10

2004 AWARDS
Western Athletic Conference First Team
OT Gerald Richardson (SR)
DE Jumbo Ackerman (SR)
S Alex Boston (SR)
S Lonnie Huffman (SR)

Western Athletic Conference Second Team
TE Earl Murphy (JR)
WR Shawn Doyle (SR)
P B.J. Shelton (SR)
DE Roosevelt McWilliams (JR)
OLB Chad Pritchett (SR)

2004 END OF YEAR SUMMARY
2004 Summary for Texas-El Paso

Record: 7-4
Rank: 55

Texas-El Paso Team Rank
Rushes 477 25
Rushing Yards 2015 23
Yards Per Carry 4.22 33
Pass Attempts 233 119 (T)
Completions 129 113
Passing Yards 1713 101
Yards Per Attempt 7.35 44
3rd Down Conversions 38.5 37 (T)
Points Per Game 25.7 53
Turnovers 13 9 (T)
Turnover Margin +18 4 (T)

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes 346 16
Rushing Yards 1346 48
Yards Per Carry 3.89 62 (T)
Pass Attempts 324 66
Completions 168 35
Passing Yards 2182 48
Yards Per Attempt 6.73 44
3rd Down Conversions 32.3 43 (T)
Points Per Game 18.9 28
Turnovers 31 8 (T)

Week Team Versus Oppnt
2 13 at AZST (41) 44
3 26 at MCAL (103) 0
4 10 BOIS (11) 47
6 47 NMST (113) 20
7 20 at FRST (69) 7
8 35 HAWI (43) 7
9 14 at LATC (77) 21
10 44 at SJST (86) 32
12 7 RICE (28) 10
13 41 SMTH (100) 11
14 26 at TLSA (115) 9

2004 SEASON REVIEW

All in all, I couldn't have asked for a better first year. We played relatively smart football on the offensive side of the ball, as you can see by our +18 in turnover margin. I stressed smart and disciplined football and the kids really bought in. Coming into the season, I was counting on 2, maybe 3 wins. 7 wins and a winning record is quite unbelievable. I either overestimated the WAC or I underestimated my group of players. Our OOC schedule was pretty weak. I intend on trying to schedule some bigger Texas and midwestern schools next season if I can.

Recruiting was fairly weak as we finished dead last in the TCY Today rankings. That's an issue I'm concerned about in the future. On the bright side, we snagged a lot of smart players who'll help our academic reputation. Speaking of academics, our team this year finished with a cumulative 3.05 GPA, which I'm very proud of. I have some personnel decisions to make in the offseason. The previous coaching staff was retained for a 1 year contract so I could take time to properly re-evaluate in my first offseason here at UTEP.

2004 END OF SEASON GRADES
Team Performance 66/100
Academic Performance 17/100
Recruiting Performance 83/100
Television Revenue 65/100
Alumni Donations 66/100
Attendance/Stadium 19/100
Final Grade 49/100

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UTEP offensive lineman took money, will sit out 2005 season
January 9, 2005

El Paso - Ricky Harvey, an offensive guard for the University of Texas at El Paso, has been suspended for the upcoming 2005 season for accepting money from a member of the booster club.

Harvey, who started all 11 games last season for the Miners, will certainly be missed on the offensive line as he was the only returning lineman with starting experience.

Coach Daniels was quoted on a local sports talk radio show as saying, "It's unfortunate. Ricky displayed a terrible sense of judgment and now he'll have to pay the price of sitting out his senior season."

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UTEP fires OC Murray, DC Gallardo
January 11, 2005

El Paso - Coach Daniels has decided not to renew the contracts of offensive coordinator Cris Murray and defensive coordinator Herb Gallardo. It was no surprise to hear the firing of Gallardo, but Coach Daniels was expected to renew Murray's contract as the two seemed to form a friendship and compliment each other well on the football field.

Cris Murray had spent 5 seasons with UTEP running the T-formation, which has become well known at the university. Herb Gallardo had been with the school for the past 4 seasons.

Mr. Daniels wasted no time in replacing both coordinators. UTEP has secured 2-year deals with offensive coordinator Barry Thompson, formerly the backs and receiving coach from Middle Tennessee State and also defensive coordinator Clay Figures, the 67 year old veteran who has spent the past 8 seasons at James Madison University.

"I felt we needed to go in a new direction. A new beginning. I became good friends with both Cris Murray and Herb Gallardo during my first year here in El Paso, but I feel I needed to start putting my own stamp on the program here at UTEP," Daniels said in a press release. "Mr. Thompson and Mr. Figures are great acquisitions for our coaching staff. I'm excited to see what we accomplish together in 2005."

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UTEP signs 3 year extension with Harrison Daniels
January 15, 2005

El Paso - The University of Texas at El Paso athletic director Bob Stull announced at a press conference today that the university has come to terms with Harrison Daniels for a 3 year contract extension. Financial terms were not discussed, but it's rumored the contract is worth around $325,000 per year.

"We're pleased to announce today the restructured contract extension of Coach Daniels. It's a 3 year extension, which means Mr. Daniels will be under contract at UTEP for 5 total years. We believe he's made substantial strides in his first year at the university and he's more than deserving of this extension. To say that the 2004 season was a success would be an understatement," remarked athletic director Bob Stull during the press conference.

"I'm thankful for all the support we had this past season," Coach Daniels said. "The university and the city of El Paso have been nothing but welcoming to myself and my family. For that, I have a lot to be thankful for. I'm confident in our team that we can perform as well as we did last year. UTEP fans have a lot to look forward to. I see myself coaching here at UTEP for a long time."

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2005

UTEP School and Stadium
Prestige: 68 (+5)
Academic Reputation: 33 (-3)

Stadium: Sun Bowl Stadium (51,500)
2005 Season Tickets: 27,200 (+6600)
City Economics: Lousy
Community Loyalty: Good
Alumni Loyalty: Decent
Student Goodwill: Terrific

2004 Financial Report

Television Revenue: $800,000
Stadium Revenue: $1,700,000
Suite Revenue: $0
Alumni Donations: $3,800,000
TOTAL REVENUE: $6,370,000

Meet the Staff
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Head Coach
Harrison Daniels

Playing Career
Georgia Tech, Inside Linebacker (1987-1991)

Coaching Carrer
Georgia Tech, 1992-93 (GA)
Eastern Kentucky, 1993-96 (LB)
Georgia Southern, 1997-2000 (LB)
Valdosta State, 2000-2003 (DC)
UTEP, 2004- (HC)

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Offensive Coordinator
Barry Thompson, 43
1st year

Play Calling: Very Good
Injury Avoidance: Pretty Good
Rehabilitation: Pretty Good
Congeniality: Pretty Good
QB Development: Good
RB Development: Terrific
WR Development: Excellent
OL Development: Excellent
K Development: Terrible

Formation: Pro formation
Experience: 1 year


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Defensive Coordinator
Clay Figures, 67
1st year

Play Calling: Excellent
Injury Avoidance: Very Good
Rehabilitation: Excellent
Congeniality: Good
DL Development: Decent
LB Development: Good
DB Development: Good


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Syndicate Coordinator
Byron McNeil, 61
1st year

Academic Eligibility: Pretty Good
Syndicate Investigation: Terrible
Solicit Donations: Pretty Good

Meet the Team

UTEP OFFENSE

Player # Pos Elig Current Estimate Future Estimate
Dawson, Joseph 19 QB Fr 11 38
Franks, Omar 16 QB Sr 15 15
Jaconetty, Bryant 14 QB Jr* 14 51
Casula, Shane 18 QB* Jr* 5 7
Leagra, Vernon 11 QB* So* 16 16
Heney, Zach 21 RB So* 11 34
Maloney, Sammie 23 RB Sr 14 14
Vickery, Justin 20 RB Jr 20 44
Cook, Les 34 RB* So 8 13
Harden, Ethan 27 RB* Sr* 5 6
Newhart, Greg 36 FB Jr 16 22
Paukschus, J.J. 40 FB Sr* 29 41
Shepherd, Bennie 39 FB Sr 35 35
Chasser, Bert 81 TE Fr 21 63
Hansen, Jumbo 90 TE Jr 24 24
Harvey, Matthew 95 TE Fr 38 67
Murphy, Earl 97 TE Sr* 31 42
Briggs, Jimmie 82 TE* So 14 23
Doyle, Shawn 1 WR Sr 41 41
Parker, Levon 88 WR Sr* 11 11
Rohlfing, Lone Wolf 4 WR Fr 11 40
Schlegel, Cornell 7 WR Sr 29 43
Whitfield, Tito 89 WR So* 13 35
Bryant, Andy 3 WR* Jr* 14 16
Newman, Lewis 85 WR* Jr* 6 6
Carranza, Lee 53 C Fr 8 9
Matthews, Frank 55 C Sr 26 39
Rodriguez, Scott 59 C Fr 11 36
Cash, Jack 69 G Sr* 12 12
Dunlap, Bubba 74 G Sr* 8 37
Freeman, Jared 79 G Fr 3 44
Giles, Horace 70 G Fr 8 30
Harvey, Ricky 66 G Sr 26 28
Troxel, Jonathan 78 G Sr 21 22
Cortez, Richard 62 G* Jr* 11 21
Lincoln, Duane 63 T Sr* 26 58
Locher, Roosevelt 65 T So* 17 21
Richardson, Gerald 73 T Sr 37 37
Terry, Otis 76 T Fr 14 34
McLellan, Luther 61 T* So 5 30

UTEP SPECIAL TEAMS

Rigsby, Charlie 5 P Sr 33 33
Bernatd, Luke 13 P* Sr 24 27
Gustafson, Cornelius 6 K Jr* 26 26
Hatton, Rob 15 K* Fr 2 2

UTEP DEFENSE

Came, Leroy 92 DE Fr 1 30
Gaines, Roy 94 DE Jr* 8 13
Hough, Darrin 91 DE So* 25 29
McWilliams, Roosevelt 99 DE Sr* 33 51
Parker, Dana 75 DE Sr* 9 29
Sweeney, Bob 77 DE Sr* 16 39
Au, Ellis 96 DT Fr 0 6
Collier, Al 71 DT Sr* 7 17
Foley, Todd 72 DT Sr 15 15
Hepburn, Neil 60 DT Fr 4 16
Meza, Matt 98 DT Sr* 21 41
Grisham, Brock 43 ILB Sr 26 26
Jeffries, Blaine 48 ILB Fr 13 25
Fleming, Josh 52 ILB* So* 7 7
Harvey, Jimmy 44 ILB* Sr 19 20
Lyon, Sammie 56 ILB* Sr* 8 10
Pelfrey, Bobby 54 ILB* So 0 0
Walton, Kenneth 47 ILB* Sr 11 22
Benson, Toby 57 OLB Fr 14 24
Middlehurst, Tim 50 OLB Sr 34 34
Shaw, Chris 51 OLB Sr* 18 49
Washington, Edwin 42 OLB Sr 16 16
Longwell, Darryl 93 OLB* Jr 12 33
Elliott, Shawn 28 CB Fr 16 34
Franz, Mack 46 CB Sr 17 25
Griffith, Van 38 CB Sr 21 29
Hembree, Ken 49 CB Jr 29 35
Peters, Freddie 41 CB Jr 17 17
Bandle, Van 22 CB* So* 17 17
Hancock, Dan 30 S Fr 1 1
Lyle, Lonnie 31 S Sr 22 22
Springer, Ronald 35 S So 8 36
Barber, Deon 45 S* Fr 1 12
Del Barco, Earl 33 S* Fr 6 22

Preseason Coaches Top 25 + WAC teams

School Record Conf Coach Fans Ave Rank
Michigan 0-0 B10 1 4 2.50 1
Ohio State 0-0 B10 2 3 2.50 2
Oklahoma 0-0 B12 3 6 4.50 3
Miami of Florida 0-0 ACC 4 8 6.00 5
Florida 0-0 SEC 5 1 3.00 4
Florida State 0-0 ACC 6 9 7.50 6
Texas 0-0 B12 7 7 7.00 8
Southern California 0-0 P10 8 2 5.00 7
Tennessee 0-0 SEC 9 5 7.00 9
Nebraska 0-0 B12 10 10 10.00 10
UCLA 0-0 P10 11 15 13.00 11
Georgia 0-0 SEC 12 18 15.00 13
Alabama 0-0 SEC 13 13 13.00 12
Notre Dame 0-0 IND 14 20 17.00 16
Wisconsin 0-0 B10 15 12 13.50 14
Texas A&M 0-0 B12 16 11 13.50 15
Louisiana State 0-0 SEC 17 16 16.50 17
Clemson 0-0 ACC 18 28 23.00 18
Utah 0-0 MNW 19 40 29.50 23
Georgia Tech 0-0 ACC 20 34 27.00 21
Penn State 0-0 B10 21 21 21.00 19
Kansas State 0-0 B12 22 35 28.50 24
Mississippi 0-0 SEC 23 41 32.00 27
Maryland 0-0 ACC 24 17 20.50 20
Washington 0-0 P10 25 29 27.00 26

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Boise State 0-0 WAC 33 31 32.00 32
Hawaii 0-0 WAC 48 50 49.00 50
Fresno State 0-0 WAC 62 61 61.50 63
Rice 0-0 WAC 68 63 65.50 66
Texas-El Paso 0-0 WAC 74 75 74.50 71
Louisiana Tech 0-0 WAC 85 102 93.50 89
San Jose State 0-0 WAC 91 104 97.50 95
Southern Methodist 0-0 WAC 101 113 107.00 104
Nevada 0-0 WAC 117 88 102.50 114
Tulsa 0-0 WAC 118 107 112.50 118

Here's a look at the UTEP 2005 schedule:

2005 Texas-El Paso Schedule

Rival: Hawaii
Stadium Capacity: 51,500
Season Tickets Sold: 27,200

Week Opponent Result Attendance Weather Television
2 at (7) Texas
3 MCALLEN
4 (40) TEXAS TECH
5 at Louisiana Tech
7 NEVADA
8 (33) BOISE STATE
9 SAN JOSE STATE
10 at Fresno State
11 at Southern Methodist
12 at Tulsa
13 (48) HAWAII

Conference games in bold


2004 Outlook: Once again the WAC, looking at an overall prospective, isn't that strong excluding Boise State. It looks like we'll permanently have Texas Tech on our schedule. We also went out and scheduled a game in Austin against Texas. It should be interesting to see our guy's play against the big boys.

Last year my expectations were very low. I definitely didn't foresee a 7-4 season. With that being said, I have no idea how this year will play out. Likely losses against Texas, Texas Tech and Boise State, but other than that, I think we should be able to compete. As a first year head coach, I struggled with recruiting so that'll be one of my main focuses for the upcoming season.

Week 1 - UTEP (0-0) @ #6 Texas (0-0) (-22)
Final: Texas 38, UTEP 0

Texas Memorial Stadium was sold out in the inaugural game of the season for both teams. Unfortunately for UTEP fans, it wasn't much of a game as expected. Texas, behind the rushing attack of Mercury Tyler (181 yards), put up over 300 yards of offense on the ground. They also threw the ball for 192 yards, pushing their total yards to close to 500. In other words, they ran right over our defense.

On the other side of the ball, the UT defense was stout, allowing us only 143 yards of total offense. Here's a look at our drives for the day. Our punter, Charlie Rigsby, saw a lot of action.

Texas-El Paso Drive Chart

Quar Began Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:04 OWN 26 3 1 Punt
1 10:42 3:16 OWN 35 5 24 Punt
1 0:54 2:43 OWN 28 6 11 Punt
2 10:15 0:48 OWN 23 3 0 Punt
2 6:46 1:03 OWN 20 3 -7 Punt
2 3:11 0:59 OWN 24 4 29 Punt
2 0:50 0:27 OWN 34 3 0 Punt
3 8:49 2:02 OWN 29 3 -5 Punt
3 4:11 1:45 OWN 20 3 3 Punt
3 1:07 6:12 OWN 19 11 59 Missed FG
4 7:41 1:49 OWN 43 3 19 Punt
4 3:28 3:00 OWN 5 6 9 Punt

Week 2 - McAllen (0-1) @ UTEP (0-1) (-4)
Final: UTEP 37, McAllen 7

Just over 33,000 fans were present to see us get our first win of the season. Our defense played a much better game against the weaker McAllen team (in comparison to Texas, ofcourse). Unfortuantely, we also lost starting DT Todd Foley for the year. He'll be undergoing reconstructive knee surgery in the next few weeks and his career here at UTEP is over.

Starting running back and workhorse Justin Vickery torched the McAllen defense for 91 yards. He was a non-factor in the Texas game, so we were glad to see him back to normal. QB Omar Franks was 19/27 on the day for 181 yards. Offensive coordinator Barry Thompson and I have had disagreements on who should be starting at QB. I like Franks and his boy is Bryant Jaconetty. Franks played well, helping his case, but we have Jaconetty waiting if Franks isn't getting the job done.

Week 4 - Texas Tech (2-0) (-9) @ UTEP (1-1)
Final: Texas Tech 52, UTEP 6

Absolutely horrible. Down 24-6 at halftime, I saw our team's spirit crushed. They came out in the second half and flat out gave up. I haven't seen a performance like this since I arrived here in El Paso. We gave a more talented Texas a better game than what I saw today. Dreadful. Pitiful. It's sad when you the only good thing you can say about a game is that you only had 2 penalties for 8 yards. Horrible.

Week 5 - UTEP (1-2) @ Louisiana Tech (1-2) (-3)
Final: Louisiana Tech 43, UTEP 14

I wish I could find the silver lining here. I'm having no success. I knew we'd have some growing pains with a new system and staff being put in place, but losing this big to a lesser talented Louisiana Tech team is discouraging, to say the least. QB Omar Franks has played his way out of the starting lineup for the foreseeable future. His stats for today's game: 14/31, 77 yards, 6 INTERCEPTIONS. I like Franks. He played well last season, but he's been totally exposed since we've moved from the T-formation to the pro set.

On top of the 6 INT's, we also had 2 fumbles. You usually don't win games when you commit 8 turnovers.

Week 7 - Nevada (2-2) (-4) @ UTEP (1-3)
Final: UTEP 45, Nevada 16

We needed this win in a bad way and we got it. Both sides of the ball played well today. I challenged our secondary after being lit up the past few weeks through the air and they met my challenge, holding Nevada to less than 100 yards passing. Our run defense is still horrible. Ranked #89 in the country in run defense, we gave up 200 yards rushing to Nevada today. I know we're down 2 starters due to defense, but some of our guy's are going to have to step up.

QB Jaconetty broke out of his shell in a big way. 24/36, 385 yards and 1 INT. Maybe OC Thompson was right all along. I'll never tell him that, though.

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Week 8 - #14 Boise State (5-0) (-9) @ UTEP (2-3)
Final: Boise State 56, UTEP 13

As good as advertised. That's the way I would describe the Boise State team we played today. I had this one pegged as a loss, but it's always nice when you can keep it close. Unfortunately for us, it wasn't. Over-matched on both offense and defense, we just never were in this one. Like I said, unfortunate, but expected.

We had a scare in the second quarter when starting QB Jaconetty left the game. Luckily, it was only minor back spasms and we expect him to start when San Jose State comes to town next weekend.

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Highlights from Coach Daniel's media session
Week 9, 2005

On this year's team chemistry: "We haven't gelled as well as we did last season, but the chemistry is there. I've seen a lot of articles on us missing the chemistry we had last year and I disagree. We're a tight knit unit and team chemistry is the least of my worries."

On the staff shakeup during the offseason: "Those were moves I thought were necessary. I knew it'd impact our proficiency on offense, but so be it. It was important that I had my own guys here. We've had some growing pains, definitely. I'm not concerned, though. The problems we're having were expected, but I've seen our offense make some serious strides since our first game in Austin."

On the switch at quarterback: "Omar Franks is a great kid. He played as well as we could've last season. His style of play just doesn't mesh with our current pro set formation. Bryant Jaconetty has stepped up and played very well in his role at starting quarterback. He's a redshirt junior so he's our guy for the distant future."

On the expectations for the future: "Rome wasn't built in a day and neither will this program. UTEP isn't known for it's football program, but it will be. I'm confident that the future here in El Paso is bright."

Week 9 - San Jose State (1-6) @ UTEP (2-4) (-12)
Final: San Jose State 28, UTEP 16

It's difficult to find anything positive about this game. We're a more talented team than San Jose State, but they were the better team today plain and simple. They punched us in the mouth early and we rolled over for them. There's really not much else to say. We were moving the ball offensively, but our defense was atrocious once again. This game is definitely on the defense.

I was really hoping to put this one in the W column as we're about to hit the road for the next 3 weeks.

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Week 10 - UTEP (2-5) @ Fresno State (4-3) (-3)
Final: Fresno State 24, UTEP 17

Another week, another loss. This is getting old.

QB Jaconetty had a rough day (19/44, 250 yards, 2 TD, 3 INT). The picks came at crucial times, too. We were driving and moving the ball each time Fresno got the pick. It hurts to think about what might have been during those drives, but oh well. Our defense, once again, didn't help matters by giving up our halftime lead.

Adding insult to injury: we lose starting running back Vickery for the season due to a separated shoulder.

Next week we travel to SMU (2-6). It'll be a critical game as we'll be trying to stay out of the WAC cellar.

Tough season here, but things will turn around.

Week 11 - UTEP (2-6) (-10) @ SMU (2-6)
Final: UTEP 38, SMU 14

A glimmer of hope in a down year. Okay, so SMU is no powerhouse, but hell, I'll take any win at this point.

The score may indicate our offense was clicking, but that wasn't the case. We scored 21 points off turnovers. Thank you, SMU. I'm not saying we were terrible offensively, but SMU helped us out quite a bit. Some of our better performances were QB Jaconetty (17/24, 172 yards, 3 TD, 0 INT) and RB Heney (13 carries, 80 yards). Heney will definitely have to step up and play well for us the rest of the season due to us losing Vickery for the year.

Our real game MVP(s) was the defense, surprisingly. Granted, once again, that SMU is no powerhouse, it was nice to see us stopping drives and forcing many 3 and outs. Senior strong safety Lonnie Lyle was all over the field with 8 tackles and 2 assists.


Week 12 - UTEP (3-6) (-3) @ Tulsa (1-8)
Final: Tulsa 41, UTEP 0

:banghead:

I'm gonna leave this one to your imagination with these stats:

Team Statistics TXEP TLSA

First Downs 7 28

Total Rushes 16 57
Net Rushing Yards 41 241
Yards Per Carry 2.5 4.2
Rushing Yards 74 255
Tckld Loss/Yards 2-6 7-9
Sacked/Yards Lost 4-27 1-5

Pass Attempts 32 30
Completions 4 19
Passing Yards 29 208
Yards Per Attempt 0.9 6.9
Interceptions 2 1
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/0

Total Plays 48 87
Total Yards 70 449
Yards Per Play 1.4 5.1

3rd Down Plays 1/14 9/19

Penalties 5 8
Penalty Yards 44 70

Avg. Drive Start OWN 25 OWN 38
Time Of Possession 19:06 40:54

Tough season here, but things will turn around.

Hope you're right. Best of luck with NMSU in season 2.

Week 13 - Hawaii (6-4) (-8) @ UTEP (3-7)
Final: Hawaii 34, UTEP 0

In the last 2 games of the season, we have been outscored 75-0.

Atleast we broke 100 yards of total offense this week.

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CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK - WEEK 15, 2005
Big 12 - #29 Colorado 20 , #2 Texas 42
SEC - #4 Tennessee 41, #7 Alabama 10

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WAC STANDINGS
School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
Boise State 11 0 0 1.000 550 98 8 0 0 1.000 410 72 Won 11
Rice 9 2 0 .818 333 143 6 2 0 .750 246 117 Won 3
Hawaii 7 4 0 .636 225 262 6 2 0 .750 164 175 Won 3
Fresno State 5 6 0 .454 192 260 5 3 0 .625 169 162 Lost 3
Louisiana Tech 4 7 0 .363 186 333 3 5 0 .375 143 220 Lost 3
San Jose State 3 8 0 .272 261 374 3 5 0 .375 194 243 Lost 2
Tulsa 3 8 0 .272 223 273 3 5 0 .375 197 157 Won 2
Nevada 4 7 0 .363 210 338 2 6 0 .250 132 248 Lost 1
Texas-El Paso 3 8 0 .272 186 353 2 6 0 .250 143 256 Lost 2
Southern Methodist 2 9 0 .181 156 418 2 6 0 .250 132 280 Lost 3

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BCS TOP 10
School Record Conf Comp Poll Loss Sched Total Rank
Tennessee 11-1 SEC 1.50 2.50 1.00 0.84 5.84 1
UCLA 10-1 P10 2.50 7.00 1.00 0.04 10.54 2
Texas A&M 10-1 B12 3.25 7.00 1.00 0.76 12.01 3
Texas 11-1 B12 6.25 2.00 1.00 3.36 12.61 4
Utah 11-0 MNW 5.25 4.00 0.00 3.76 13.01 5
Notre Dame 10-1 IND 4.25 8.00 1.00 1.80 15.05 6
Miami of Florida 10-1 ACC 10.75 2.00 1.00 4.04 17.79 7
Boise State 11-0 WAC 10.50 4.50 0.00 4.88 19.88 8
Ohio State 9-2 B10 14.75 8.00 2.00 1.84 26.59 9
Alabama 10-2 SEC 13.50 11.00 2.00 0.96 27.46 10

WAC representatives in bowl games:

Houston Bowl - Penn State (7-5) 31, Boise State (11-1) 21
Music City Bowl - California (8-4) 49, Rice (9-3) 13

BCS GAMES
National Championship - Tennessee (12-1) 31, UCLA (10-2) 24
Sugar Bowl - Texas A&M (11-1) 47, Utah (11-1) 14
Orange Bowl - Miami (Fla.) (11-1) 22, Texas (11-2) 20
Rose Bowl - Ohio State (10-2) 41, Notre Dame (10-2) 21

2005 AWARDS
Freshman Team All-American
TE Matthew Harvey (FR)

WAC Defensive Player of the Year
ILB Brock Grisham (SR)

WAC First Team
ILB Brock Grisham (SR)

WAC Second Team
TE Matthew Harvey
P Charlie Rigsby
OLB Tim Middlehurst
CB Ken Hembree

2005 END OF YEAR SUMMARY
2005 Summary for Texas-El Paso

Record: 3-8
Rank: 95

Texas-El Paso Team Rank
Rushes 345 92
Rushing Yards 1035 103
Yards Per Carry 3.00 107
Pass Attempts 330 55
Completions 147 91 (T)
Passing Yards 1700 99
Yards Per Attempt 5.15 115
3rd Down Conversions 23.0 120 (T)
Points Per Game 16.9 102 (T)
Turnovers 26 86 (T)
Turnover Margin -6 88 (T)

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes 429 98 (T)
Rushing Yards 1976 103
Yards Per Carry 4.60 98 (T)
Pass Attempts 303 35 (T)
Completions 170 39 (T)
Passing Yards 2271 54
Yards Per Attempt 7.49 84 (T)
3rd Down Conversions 33.8 48
Points Per Game 32.0 93 (T)
Turnovers 20 74 (T)

Primary Formation: Pro Formation

Week Team Versus Oppnt
2 0 at TEXS (3) 38
3 37 MCAL (87) 7
4 6 TXTC (25) 52
5 14 at LATC (81) 43
7 45 NEVA (90) 16
8 13 BOIS (7) 56
9 16 SJST (99) 28
10 17 at FRST (66) 24
11 38 at SMTH (115) 14
12 0 at TLSA (108) 41
13 0 HAWI (45) 34

2005 SEASON REVIEW

In one word: disappointing. We've got to move forward, though. I had some higher expectations after last year's results and we just didn't meet any of them. I would've expected a 3-8 season my first year here in El Paso, but not in the second season. If 2005 taught us anything, it's that we have a long way to go before we're competitive in the WAC, much less nationally. It's an uphill battle, but one I'm willing to take on. Academics are improving which is one of the few bright sides of the year. Apparently the previous regime didn't care too much for academics and it has shown in our overall reputation score (33, by the way). This year's team GPA was 3.09, second highest in the country.

2005 END OF SEASON GRADES
Team Performance 0/100
Academic Performance 33/100
Recruiting Performance 0/100
Television Revenue 39/100
Alumni Donations 0/100
Attendance/Stadium 22/100
Final Grade 14/100

Ouch.

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2006

UTEP School and Stadium
Prestige: 64 (-4)
Academic Reputation: 34 (+1)

Stadium: Sun Bowl Stadium (51,500)
2005 Season Tickets: 23,800 (-3,400)
City Economics: Lousy
Community Loyalty: Decent
Alumni Loyalty: Decent
Student Goodwill: Terrific

2005 Financial Report

Television Revenue: $1,280,000 (+480,000)
Stadium Revenue: $1,710,000 (+10,000)
Suite Revenue: $0
Alumni Donations: $1,500,000 (-2,650,000)
TOTAL REVENUE: $4,140,000 (-2,230,000)

Meet the Staff
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Head Coach
Harrison Daniels

Playing Career
Georgia Tech, Inside Linebacker (1987-1991)

Coaching Carrer
Georgia Tech, 1992-93 (GA)
Eastern Kentucky, 1993-96 (LB)
Georgia Southern, 1997-2000 (LB)
Valdosta State, 2000-2003 (DC)
UTEP, 2004- (HC)

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Offensive Coordinator
Barry Thompson, 44
2nd year

Play Calling: Very Good
Injury Avoidance: Pretty Good
Rehabilitation: Pretty Good
Congeniality: Pretty Good
QB Development: Pretty Good
RB Development: Terrific
WR Development: Excellent
OL Development: Terrific
K Development: Terrible

Formation: Pro formation
Experience: 2 years


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Defensive Coordinator
Clay Figures, 68
2nd year

Play Calling: Excellent
Injury Avoidance: Pretty Good
Rehabilitation: Terrific
Congeniality: Decent
DL Development: Decent
LB Development: Good
DB Development: Lousy


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Syndicate Coordinator
Byron McNeil, 62
2nd year

Academic Eligibility: Pretty Good
Syndicate Investigation: Terrible
Solicit Donations: Good

Meet the Team

UTEP OFFENSE

Player # Pos Elig Current Estimate Future Estimate
Jaconetty, Bryant 14 QB Sr* 32 51
Dawson, Joseph 19 QB So* 23 38
Ingram, Tyrell 8 QB Fr 13 26
Leagra, Vernon 11 QB* Jr* 18 18
Casula, Shane 18 QB* Sr* 7 7
Heney, Zach 21 RB Jr* 17 34
Vickery, Justin 20 RB Sr 25 44
McGowan, Jake 26 RB Fr 18 49
Harden, Ethan 27 RB* Sr 5 6
Cook, Les 34 RB* Jr 10 13
Newhart, Greg 36 FB Sr 19 22
Paukschus, J.J. 40 FB Sr 30 41
Clark, Thurman 39 FB Fr 15 50
Hansen, Jumbo 90 TE Sr 27 27
Murphy, Earl 97 TE Sr 32 42
Harvey, Matthew 95 TE So 52 67
Chasser, Bert 81 TE So* 34 63
Briggs, Jimmie 82 TE* Jr 15 23
Parker, Levon 88 WR Sr 12 12
Whitfield, Tito 89 WR Jr* 18 35
Rohlfing, Lone Wolf 4 WR So* 21 40
Farmer, Jorge 1 WR Fr 15 58
Newman, Lewis 85 WR* Sr* 9 9
Bryant, Andy 3 WR* Sr* 15 16
Carranza, Lee 53 C So 7 9
Rodriguez, Scott 59 C So* 32 36
Mahoney, Darrin 50 C Fr 27 51
Cash, Jack 69 G Sr 13 13
Dunlap, Bubba 74 G Sr 15 37
Giles, Horace 70 G So* 19 30
Freeman, Jared 79 G So* 10 44
Wible, Nick 68 G Fr 10 31
Cortez, Richard 62 G* Sr* 21 21
Lincoln, Duane 63 T Sr 25 58
Locher, Roosevelt 65 T Jr* 16 21
Terry, Otis 76 T So* 14 34
Burke, Brett 73 T Fr 9 42
McLellan, Luther 61 T* Jr 9 30

UTEP SPECIAL TEAMS

Haass, Ronald 9 P Fr 36 61
Weber, Herb 13 P* Fr 2 6
Gustafson, Cornelius 6 K Sr* 28 28
Hammond, Gerald 2 K* Fr 0 0

UTEP DEFENSE

Parker, Dana 75 DE Sr 15 29
Sweeney, Bob 77 DE Sr 16 39
McWilliams, Roosevelt 99 DE Sr 43 51
Gaines, Roy 94 DE Sr* 11 13
Hough, Darrin 91 DE Jr* 37 37
Came, Leroy 92 DE So* 12 30
Haworth, Kim 72 DE Fr 13 47
Meza, Matt 98 DT Sr 20 41
Collier, Al 71 DT Sr 8 17
Au, Ellis 96 DT So 1 6
Hepburn, Neil 60 DT So 5 16
Strong, Leland 78 DT Fr 20 54
Jeffries, Blaine 48 ILB So* 18 25
Schwartz, Tim 44 ILB Fr 10 39
Stevens, Duane 42 ILB Fr 14 18
Pelfrey, Bobby 54 ILB* Jr 0 0
Fleming, Josh 52 ILB* Jr* 8 8
Lyon, Sammie 56 ILB* Sr 11 11
Shaw, Chris 51 OLB Sr 21 49
Benson, Toby 57 OLB So* 17 24
Robey, Travis 43 OLB Fr 10 57
Owens, Willie 47 OLB Fr 9 61
Longwell, Darryl 93 OLB* Sr 15 34
Isley, Greg 58 OLB* So* 9 16
Peters, Freddie 41 CB Sr 16 16
Hembree, Ken 49 CB Sr 31 35
Franz, Mack 46 CB Sr 21 25
Elliott, Shawn 28 CB So* 23 34
Boyd, Hugh 23 CB Fr 15 45
Bandle, Van 22 CB* Jr* 17 17
Springer, Ronald 35 S Jr 11 36
Hancock, Dan 30 S So 2 2
Buchans, Antonio 32 S Fr 13 35
Del Barco, Earl 33 S* So* 7 22
Barber, Deon 45 S* So 1 12

Preseason Top 25 + WAC Teams

School Record Conf Comp Poll Loss Sched Total

Rank
Miami of Florida 0-0 ACC 1.00 3.50 0.00 1.36 5.86 1
Ohio State 0-0 B10 3.00 2.50 0.00 0.68 6.18 2
Michigan 0-0 B10 2.00 4.50 0.00 0.52 7.02 3
Texas 0-0 B12 4.00 4.50 0.00 1.20 9.70 4
Tennessee 0-0 SEC 5.00 3.00 0.00 2.20 10.20 5
Southern California 0-0 P10 6.00 4.50 0.00 1.88 12.38 6
Florida 0-0 SEC 8.00 6.00 0.00 2.04 16.04 7
Oklahoma 0-0 B12 7.00 8.00 0.00 1.12 16.12 8
Florida State 0-0 ACC 9.00 10.00 0.00 0.12 19.12 9
Texas A&M 0-0 B12 10.00 9.00 0.00 1.24 20.24 10
Nebraska 0-0 B12 11.00 10.50 0.00 1.04 22.54 11
UCLA 0-0 P10 12.00 12.50 0.00 1.92 26.42 12
Georgia 0-0 SEC 13.00 14.50 0.00 2.08 29.58 13
Alabama 0-0 SEC 14.00 14.00 0.00 2.28 30.28 14
Wisconsin 0-0 B10 16.00 14.00 0.00 0.80 30.80 15
Notre Dame 0-0 IND 15.00 16.50 0.00 4.56 36.06 16
Georgia Tech 0-0 ACC 18.00 21.50 0.00 0.16 39.66 17
Texas Tech 0-0 B12 21.00 18.00 0.00 1.28 40.28 18
Washington State 0-0 P10 19.00 20.50 0.00 2.00 41.50 19
Utah 0-0 MNW 17.00 22.00 0.00 2.76 41.76 20
Boise State 0-0 WAC 20.00 19.50 0.00 3.24 42.74 21
California 0-0 P10 27.00 22.00 0.00 1.72 50.72 22
Kansas State 0-0 B12 22.00 28.00 0.00 0.96 50.96 23
Arizona State 0-0 P10 26.00 23.50 0.00 1.68 51.18 24
Purdue 0-0 B10 24.00 28.50 0.00 0.76 53.26 25
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Rice 0-0 WAC 53.00 49.00 0.00 3.44 105.4452
Hawaii 0-0 WAC 52.00 57.00 0.00 3.32 112.3255
Fresno State 0-0 WAC 67.00 62.00 0.00 3.28 132.2862
Louisiana Tech 0-0 WAC 84.00 93.00 0.00 3.36 180.3687
Nevada 0-0 WAC 97.00 83.50 0.00 3.40 183.9092
Texas-El Paso 0-0 WAC 98.00 94.50 0.00 3.56 196.0699
Tulsa 0-0 WAC 104.00100.000.00 3.60 207.60104
San Jose State 0-0 WAC 103.00108.500.00 3.48 214.98108
Southern Methodist 0-0 WAC 119.00118.000.00 3.52 240.52120

Here's a look at the UTEP 2006 schedule:

2006 Texas-El Paso Schedule

Rival: Hawaii
Stadium Capacity: 51,500
Season Tickets Sold: 23,800

Week Opponent Result Attendance Weather Television
1 AKRON
2 CORPUS CHRISTI
3 (21) TEXAS TECH
5 SAN JOSE STATE
6 at Rice
7 SOUTHERN METHODIST
8 at Fresno State
9 LOUISIANA TECH
11 at Nevada
12 at Tulsa
13 HAWAII

Conference games in bold.

2006 Outlook: Well, it's gonna be hard to play as badly as we did last season. Hopefully with a full season under our new pro set system, we'll see our offense be a little more proficient. Starting quarterback Jaconetty had a great offseason and we'll be looking for a lot more production out of him this year. Our schedule isn't too brutal. We managed to miss Boise State in conference play, which is nice.

Week 1 - Akron (0-0) @ UTEP (-3)
Final: Akron 10, UTEP 6

This one is tough to swallow. We owned the time of possession and we were moving the ball very well at times. We just couldn't get in the endzone. Akron gave us numerous opportunities to win this game and we just didn't get it done.

Akron is no offensive juggernaut, but I was impressed with our defense today. We only allowed 242 yards of total offense. DE Roosevelt McWilliams is the leader of our defense and he had a great day with 9 tackles and 1 sack.

This loss is definitely on the offense. We've got to find some consistency or it's gonna be another long season.

Week 2 - Corpus Christi (0-0) @ UTEP (0-1) (-4)
Final: UTEP 20, Corpus Christi 17

We really didn't deserve to win this one. If Jaconetty didn't pull off some 4th quarter magic, we're looking at 0-2. Trailing 17-10 to start the final quarter, Jaconetty led some beautiful drives to put us ahead. Other than the 4th, our offense was pretty much flat. Two weeks into the season and I have some serious concerns with the offense.

Defense gives up 247 yards rushing. That's concerning as well. It's not pretty, but I'll take the win and see what Texas Tech throws us next weekend.

Week 3 - #18 Texas Tech (1-0) (-16) @ UTEP (1-1)
Final: Texas Tech 31, UTEP 21

We gave this one away. Leading 14-10 going into the 4th quarter, we give up 3 TD's.

:banghead:

The defense has got to step up. They played well all game until that last quarter. Also the second week in a row we've given up 200+ rushing yards. The offense was just doing enough for us to win this game, so the letdown in the 4th was hard to watch. This would've been a huge win for our program, but we move forward. Next week is a much needed bye week as we're seriously banged up on defense.

Week 5 - San Jose State (0-3) @ UTEP (1-2) (-6)
Final: UTEP 24, San Jose State 19

I wanted to win this one bad. I pinpointed the San Jose State game last season where I thought we started our descent into the WAC cellar. I'm definitely happy to get the win today as it puts us back at .500 and gets us to 1-0 in the conference.

We led 17-3 at the half and our defense almost gave it up. Right now we're down 2 starters due to injuries (OLB Shaw and DT Strong), so we're looking for some guys to step up. The offense is playing better. We haven't really had a breakout game, but I know we have big play capability. I've seen an enormous improvement with our 3rd down conversions this season. As of right now, we're completing 48.2% on third down opportunities, ranking us at #11 in the NCAA. This is up from the dreadful 23.0% we posted last season.

Week 6 - UTEP (2-2) @ Rice (1-2) (-3)
Final: Rice 38, UTEP 20

Rice is one of the better WAC teams this season so I'm not too upset with the loss. The score doesn't actually reflect how the game was played, though. We scored all 20 points in the fourth quarter against their second string defense. QB Jaconetty had a really bad game today completing 10/41 for 99 yards and 2 INT's. After the game we'd learn that he suffered a sprained neck in the first quarter. He's probable for next week, but we'll keep an eye on him

Week 7 - SMU (1-3) @ UTEP (2-3) (-11)
Final: UTEP 41, SMU 17

We score 27 unanswered points in the fourth to come back and win this one. The first three quarters of the game was probably some of the worst football I've seen played at UTEP since I arrived. It's amazing how Jekyll and Hyde this football team is. It drives me crazy not knowing which team is going to show up on any given quarter of play.

QB Jaconetty, playing with a sprained neck, had one of the best performances of the day completing 20/28 for 271 yards with 3 TD's. Our rushing attack has finally gained some momentum with both Vickery and Heney gaining almost 100 yards each. Once again the defense wasn't anything to write home about. SMU, not exactly known for their offensive prowess, torched our D for over 400 yards.

With the win, we're back at .500 as we travel to take on 3-3 (3-0) Fresno State next weekend.

Week 8 - UTEP (3-3) @ Fresno State (3-3) (-4)
Final: Fresno State 35, UTEP 3

The Good
- Running game is finally becoming consistent. Heney went for 118 yards today.

The Bad
- QB Jaconetty, coming off a stellar game against SMU, has one of his worst games of the year. 7/21, 58 yards, 1 INT
- 162 total offensive yards
- Allowing 416 yards of total offense

The Ugly
- 1/13 on third down conversions
- Your punter having more yards than your offense

Week 9 - Louisiana Tech (0-6) @ UTEP (3-4) (-13)
Final: UTEP 16, Louisiana Tech 14

We played poorly. They played even worse.

Louisiana Tech 7 0 0 7 - 14
Texas-El Paso 0 3 10 3 - 16

Team Statistics LATC TXEP

First Downs 9 15

Total Rushes 29 39
Net Rushing Yards 30 105
Yards Per Carry 1.0 2.6
Rushing Yards 78 143
Tckld Loss/Yards 1-15 8-16
Sacked/Yards Lost 6-33 4-22

Pass Attempts 29 27
Completions 16 12
Passing Yards 124 130
Yards Per Attempt 4.2 4.8
Interceptions 1 3
Fumbles/Lost 2/0 3/1

Total Plays 58 66
Total Yards 154 235
Yards Per Play 2.6 3.5

3rd Down Plays 4/16 2/15

Penalties 5 8
Penalty Yards 18 41

Avg. Drive Start OWN 32 OWN 40
Time Of Possession 28:42 31:18

Week 11 - UTEP (4-4) (-5) @ Nevada (1-6)
Final: UTEP 42, Nevada 0

This one feels good. Nevada is bad. This is how we should play against inferior teams. The score should be indicative on how the game went. Here are some highlights from today:

QB Jaconetty - 28/37, 247 yards, 4 TD
RB Vickery - 18 carries, 72 yards, 1TD
RB Heney - 11 carries, 64 yards
DE Hough - 8 tackles, 2.5 sacks, 3 assists

Only real damper on the day is that we lose starting flanker Lone Wolf Rohlfing for the season due to an ACL tear.

Week 12 - UTEP (5-4) (-3) @ Tulsa (1-8)
Final: Tulsa 31, UTEP 24 (OT)

One step forward, 2 steps back. Tulsa is statistically one of the worst teams in the country. This one stings.

For what it's worth, it's also hard to win a game in overtime when you commit a turnover on your first possession.

Rivalry week is here as Hawaii comes to town in the last game of the year. It should be a fun and pretty evenly matched game as they also come into the game at 5-5. They run their offense out of the Wing-T and that scares me. Ranked #15 nationally in running yards and our guys haven't stopped the run all year. It should make for an interesting conclusion to the 2006 season.

Week 13- Hawaii (5-5) @ UTEP (5-5) (E)
Final: Hawaii 42, UTEP 7

I guess Vegas and myself were wrong about this one. Not only wasn't it a close game, they kicked our ass. Plain and simple. I hate ending a season this way, but it is what it is.

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CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK - WEEK 15, 2006
Big 12 - #22 Kansas State 0, #5 Texas 37
SEC - #1 Florida 21, LSU 14

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WAC STANDINGS
School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
Boise State 9 2 0 .818 400 148 7 1 0 .875 312 86 Won 3
Fresno State 6 5 0 .545 280 262 6 2 0 .750 250 150 Lost 1
Rice 6 5 0 .545 301 261 5 3 0 .625 241 189 Lost 1
Southern Methodist 6 5 0 .545 197 246 5 3 0 .625 137 164 Lost 1
Hawaii 6 5 0 .545 236 243 5 3 0 .625 184 161 Won 1
Texas-El Paso 5 6 0 .454 224 254 4 4 0 .500 177 196 Lost 2
San Jose State 4 7 0 .363 230 303 4 4 0 .500 200 192 Won 3
Louisiana Tech 2 9 0 .181 207 388 2 6 0 .250 145 250 Won 1
Nevada 1 10 0 .090 136 406 1 7 0 .125 119 266 Lost 7
Tulsa 2 9 0 .181 177 319 1 7 0 .125 123 234 Lost 1

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BCS TOP 10
School Record Conf Comp Poll Loss Sched Total Rank
Michigan 10-1 B10 1.75 2.00 1.00 0.64 5.39 1
Florida 12-0 SEC 2.50 1.00 0.00 2.00 5.50 2
UCLA 10-1 P10 2.75 3.00 1.00 0.32 7.07 3
Miami of Florida 9-2 ACC 4.50 5.50 2.00 1.56 13.56 4
Notre Dame 10-1 IND 7.75 5.00 1.00 2.12 15.87 5
Texas 10-2 B12 7.50 4.50 2.00 2.36 16.36 6
Clemson 10-1 ACC 8.00 10.50 1.00 3.12 22.62 7
Oklahoma 9-2 B12 10.50 9.00 2.00 3.00 24.50 8
Utah 10-1 MNW 13.25 7.50 1.00 4.20 25.95 9
Syracuse 10-1 BEC 6.75 14.00 1.00 4.56 26.31 10

Here is the recruiting class I brought in this season:

Player Pos HT WT ST NRank ByPos StRank ByPos
Shepard, Lee DT 5-11 240 NM 296 12 2 1
Chavez, J.T. TE 6-5 226 TX 607 14 45 2
**Vaughn, Lee OLB 6-3 216 AZ 915 52 15 1
**Tucker, Jake S 5-10 187 TX 976 52 82 3
$$Shields, Marlon DE 6-4 248 TX 801 76 65 3
##McCrory, Glen DT 6-2 245 AZ --- 89 29 3
**Glover, Gary T 6-5 269 TX --- 91 86 8
**Casares, Steven WR 6-4 208 TX --- 92 90 8
$$Lindsay, Gino CB 5-11 173 TX --- 96 --- 8
$$Alcott, Ronald RB 6-0 184 TX --- --- --- 13
##Turnbull, Norbert WR 6-1 187 OK --- --- 16 3
##Money, C.J. C 6-3 248 TX --- --- --- 12
##Schultz, Monty G 6-4 268 CO --- --- 19 2
$$Rivera, Jonathan G 6-4 282 TX --- --- --- 14
$$Fox, Johnnie DE 6-0 220 TX --- --- --- 6
##Snyder, Sammie CB 5-10 159 LA --- --- 25 2

Player All-St All-US Status
Shepard, Lee Yes No Committed *
Chavez, J.T. No No Committed *
**Vaughn, Lee Yes No Committed *
**Tucker, Jake No No Committed *
$$Shields, Marlon No No Committed *
##McCrory, Glen No No Committed *
**Glover, Gary No No Committed *
**Casares, Steven No No Committed *
$$Lindsay, Gino No No Committed *
$$Alcott, Ronald No No Committed *
##Turnbull, Norbert No No Committed *
##Money, C.J. No No Committed *
##Schultz, Monty Yes No Committed *
$$Rivera, Jonathan No No Committed *
$$Fox, Johnnie No No Committed *
##Snyder, Sammie No No Committed *

Rough Estimate of Player Interest: No Prefix - player unlikely to be
interested, ** - a bit of a stretch for your school, $$ - likely interest,
## - almost certain interest. 

WAC representatives in bowl games:

Houston Bowl - Minnesota (7-5) 34, Boise State (9-3) 24

BCS GAMES
National Championship - Florida (13-0) 38, Michigan (10-2) 35
Sugar Bowl - UCLA (11-1) 36, Notre Dame (10-2) 33
Orange Bowl - Miami (Fla.) (10-2) 41, Clemson (10-2) 19
Rose Bowl - Texas (11-2) 55, Utah (10-2) 14

2006 AWARDS
WAC First Team
OT Duane Lincoln
DE Roosevelt McWilliams
ILB Blaine Jeffries

WAC Second Team
DE Darrin Hough

WAC Academic Team
TE Bert Chasser
S Antonio Buchans

2006 END OF YEAR SUMMARY
2006 Summary for Texas-El Paso

Record: 5-6
Rank: 76

Texas-El Paso Team Rank
Rushes 386 75
Rushing Yards 1444 75
Yards Per Carry 3.74 68 (T)
Pass Attempts 321 61
Completions 175 59 (T)
Passing Yards 1952 90
Yards Per Attempt 6.08 99
3rd Down Conversions 40.7 25 (T)
Points Per Game 20.3 89
Turnovers 22 70 (T)
Turnover Margin -10 110 (T)

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes 382 39 (T)
Rushing Yards 1456 51
Yards Per Carry 3.81 54
Pass Attempts 314 58 (T)
Completions 188 80 (T)
Passing Yards 2262 49
Yards Per Attempt 7.20 56 (T)
3rd Down Conversions 35.9 59 (T)
Points Per Game 23.0 44 (T)
Turnovers 12 119 (T)

Primary Formation: Pro Formation

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 6 AKRN (99) 10
2 20 CORP (111) 17
3 21 TXTC (21) 31
5 24 SJST (93) 19
6 20 at RICE (55) 38
7 41 SMTH (64) 17
8 3 at FRST (57) 35
9 16 LATC (110) 14
11 42 at NEVA (121) 0
12 24 at TLSA (113) 31
13 7 HAWI (54) 42

2006 SEASON REVIEW

It was a rough year, but a definite improvement over 2005. The stats show we were better defensively than offensively and that's just not the case. We played some very poor offensive teams this year. I'm a defensive minded coach and we're just not where I want us to be. I know this is only year 3 of my tenure, but I'd like to see us play much better on that side of the ball. Defensive coordinator Clay Figures will be 69 next year, so I may be looking at some personnel changes in the off-season.

I brought in my best recruiting class since I've been here at UTEP this season. Ranked #90 in the country is nothing too spectacular, but we've been down at the bottom of the barrel the past few years. Recruiting has been tough, but I think I'm starting to figure things out, which should help in the future. Academics are improving, albeit at a very slow pace.

2006 END OF SEASON GRADES
Team Performance 62/100
Academic Performance 39/100
Recruiting Performance 76/100
Television Revenue 6/100
Alumni Donations 47/100
Attendance/Stadium 17/100
Final Grade 42/100

Tough ending to the year, but it looks like your recruiting class is rounding out. Lee Shepherd should be a key player at DT.

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2007

UTEP School and Stadium
Prestige: 65 (+1)
Academic Reputation: 37 (+3)

Stadium: Sun Bowl Stadium (51,500)
2007 Season Tickets: 28,000 (+800)
City Economics: Terrible
Community Loyalty: Good
Alumni Loyalty: Decent
Student Goodwill: Terrific

2006 Financial Report

Television Revenue: $1,050,000
Stadium Revenue: $1,6700,000
Suite Revenue: $0
Alumni Donations: $1,540,000
TOTAL REVENUE: $4,260,000

Meet the Staff
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Head Coach
Harrison Daniels

Playing Career
Georgia Tech, Inside Linebacker (1987-1991)

Coaching Carrer
Georgia Tech, 1992-93 (GA)
Eastern Kentucky, 1993-96 (LB)
Georgia Southern, 1997-2000 (LB)
Valdosta State, 2000-2003 (DC)
UTEP, 2004- (HC)

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Offensive Coordinator
Barry Thompson, 45
3rd year

Play Calling: Very Good
Injury Avoidance: Very Good
Rehabilitation: Pretty Good
Congeniality: Pretty Good
QB Development: Good
RB Development: Terrific
WR Development: Excellent
OL Development: Excellent
K Development: Terrible

Formation: Pro formation
Experience: 3 years


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Defensive Coordinator
Clay Figures, 69
3rd year

Play Calling: Terrific
Injury Avoidance: Pretty Good
Rehabilitation: Terrific
Congeniality: Decent
DL Development: Decent
LB Development: Decent
DB Development: Lousy


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Syndicate Coordinator
Byron McNeil, 63
3rd year

Academic Eligibility: Good
Syndicate Investigation: Terrible
Solicit Donations: Good

Meet the Team

UTEP OFFENSE

Player # Pos Elig Current Estimate Future Estimate
Jaconetty, Bryant 14 QB Sr 45 51
Dawson, Joseph 19 QB Jr* 25 38
Ingram, Tyrell 8 QB So* 17 26
Leagra, Vernon 11 QB* Sr* 20 20
Casula, Shane 18 QB* Sr 7 7
McGowan, Jake 26 RB So* 29 49
Heney, Zach 21 RB Sr* 17 34
Alcott, Ronald 37 RB Fr 16 47
Cook, Les 34 RB* Sr 11 13
Clark, Thurman 39 FB So* 20 50
Joyner, Shawn 27 FB* Fr 0 0
Harvey, Matthew 95 TE Jr 68 68
Chasser, Bert 81 TE Jr* 48 62
Chavez, J.T. 83 TE Fr 23 54
Briggs, Jimmie 82 TE* Sr 16 23
Kemp, Irv 3 WR Jr* 35 74
Farmer, Jorge 1 WR So* 33 57
Rohlfing, Lone Wolf 4 WR Jr* 28 39
Whitfield, Tito 89 WR Sr* 25 36
Casares, Steven 87 WR Fr 17 64
Turnbull, Norbert 88 WR Fr 7 48
Bryant, Andy 3 WR* Sr 15 16
Newman, Lewis 85 WR* Sr 10 10
Mahoney, Darrin 50 C So* 46 51
Money, C.J. 51 C Fr 11 24
Carranza, Lee 53 C Jr 8 9
Rodriguez, Scott 59 G Jr* 44 44
Giles, Horace 70 G Jr* 30 30
Wible, Nick 68 G So* 15 31
Freeman, Jared 79 G Jr* 14 44
Rivera, Jonathan 69 G Fr 10 52
Schultz, Monty 75 G Fr 10 33
Cortez, Richard 62 G* Sr 26 26
Terry, Otis 76 T Jr* 32 34
Locher, Roosevelt 65 T Sr* 22 22
Burke, Brett 73 T So* 20 42
Glover, Gary 64 T Fr 18 76
McLellan, Luther 61 T* Sr 8 30

UTEP SPECIAL TEAMS

Haass, Ronald 9 P So 46 61
Weber, Herb 13 P* So* 3 6
Gustafson, Cornelius 6 K Sr 27 27
Tetreault, Ronnie 7 K* So* 5 15
Hammond, Gerald 2 K* So 0 0

UTEP DEFENSE

Hough, Darrin 91 DE Sr* 41 41
Haworth, Kim 72 DE So* 30 47
Shields, Marlon 71 DE Fr 22 56
Came, Leroy 92 DE Jr* 18 30
Fox, Johnnie 74 DE Fr 15 23
Gaines, Roy 94 DE Sr 15 15
Shepard, Lee 98 DT Fr 37 62
Strong, Leland 78 DT So 27 54
McCrory, Glen 93 DT Fr 7 55
Hepburn, Neil 60 DT Jr 5 16
Au, Ellis 96 DT Jr 1 5
Jeffries, Blaine 48 ILB Jr* 21 25
Stevens, Duane 42 ILB So 21 21
Schwartz, Tim 44 ILB So* 14 39
Fleming, Josh 52 ILB* Sr* 10 10
Pelfrey, Bobby 54 ILB* Sr 0 0
Robey, Travis 43 OLB So* 31 57
Benson, Toby 57 OLB Jr* 23 24
Owens, Willie 47 OLB So* 22 61
Vaughn, Lee 49 OLB Fr 22 40
Isley, Greg 58 OLB* Jr* 9 16
Bruton, Wes 55 OLB* So 6 11
Bates, Dana 67 OLB* So* 5 12
Boyd, Hugh 23 CB So* 28 45
Elliott, Shawn 28 CB Jr* 25 33
Lindsay, Gino 24 CB Fr 20 45
Snyder, Sammie 25 CB Fr 13 55
Bandle, Van 22 CB* Sr* 21 21
Buchans, Antonio 32 S So 30 35
Springer, Ronald 35 S Sr 14 37
Tucker, Jake 38 S Fr 13 52
Hancock, Dan 30 S Jr 2 2
Del Barco, Earl 33 S* Jr* 8 22
Barber, Deon 45 S* Jr 3 12

Preseason Top 25 + WAC teams

School Record Conf Comp Poll Loss Sched Total Rank
Texas 0-0 B12 1.00 1.50 0.00 1.20 3.70 1
Miami of Florida 0-0 ACC 2.00 3.00 0.00 1.36 6.36 2
Michigan 0-0 B10 3.00 4.00 0.00 0.52 7.52 3
Florida 0-0 SEC 4.00 2.50 0.00 2.04 8.54 4
Ohio State 0-0 B10 5.00 5.50 0.00 0.68 11.18 5
Tennessee 0-0 SEC 6.00 4.50 0.00 2.20 12.70 6
UCLA 0-0 P10 7.00 8.00 0.00 1.92 16.92 7
Oklahoma 0-0 B12 8.00 8.00 0.00 1.12 17.12 8
Southern California 0-0 P10 10.00 8.50 0.00 1.88 20.38 9
Notre Dame 0-0 IND 9.00 11.00 0.00 4.56 24.56 10
Texas A&M 0-0 B12 13.00 11.50 0.00 1.24 25.74 11
Alabama 0-0 SEC 12.00 12.00 0.00 2.28 26.28 12
Georgia 0-0 SEC 11.00 13.50 0.00 2.08 26.58 13
Florida State 0-0 ACC 14.00 14.50 0.00 0.12 28.62 14
Texas Tech 0-0 B12 18.00 14.50 0.00 1.28 33.78 15
Georgia Tech 0-0 ACC 16.00 19.00 0.00 0.16 35.16 16
Nebraska 0-0 B12 17.00 18.50 0.00 1.04 36.54 17
Wisconsin 0-0 B10 20.00 18.50 0.00 0.80 39.30 18
Utah 0-0 MNW 15.00 22.00 0.00 2.76 39.76 19
Clemson 0-0 ACC 19.00 21.50 0.00 0.04 40.54 20
Texas Christian 0-0 USA 23.00 18.50 0.00 3.16 44.66 21
Kansas State 0-0 B12 21.00 26.00 0.00 0.96 47.96 22
Toledo 0-0 MID 22.00 24.00 0.00 4.08 50.08 23
Boise State 0-0 WAC 24.00 23.50 0.00 3.24 50.74 24
Penn State 0-0 B10 27.00 26.00 0.00 0.72 53.72 25

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Rice 0-0 WAC 59.00 55.50 0.00 3.44 117.9458
Hawaii 0-0 WAC 58.00 62.50 0.00 3.32 123.8261
Fresno State 0-0 WAC 66.00 65.00 0.00 3.28 134.2864
Texas-El Paso 0-0 WAC 89.00 83.50 0.00 3.56 176.0684
Southern Methodist 0-0 WAC 88.00 93.00 0.00 3.52 184.5290
San Jose State 0-0 WAC 94.00 100.000.00 3.48 197.4898
Nevada 0-0 WAC 121.00106.500.00 3.40 230.90114
Tulsa 0-0 WAC 116.00112.500.00 3.60 232.10115
Louisiana Tech 0-0 WAC 114.00115.500.00 3.36 232.86117

Here's a look at the UTEP 2007 schedule:

2007 Texas-El Paso Schedule

Rival: Hawaii
Stadium Capacity: 51,500
Season Tickets Sold: 28,000

Week Opponent Result Attendance Weather Television
1 at Louisiana-Lafayette
2 RUTGERS
3 at (18) Texas Tech
5 at Louisiana Tech
6 at Rice
7 SOUTHERN METHODIST
8 at (24) Boise State
9 TULSA
11 NEVADA
12 FRESNO STATE
13 at Hawaii

Conference games in bold

Week 1 - UTEP (0-0) @ Louisiana-Lafayette (0-0) (-2)
Final: UTEP 41, Louisiana-Lafayette 21

With the exception of 86 penalty yards and 2 turnovers, we played a pretty good opening game to kick off the 2007 season. The offense was clicking on all cylinders today as we totaled 517 yards on the day. QB Jaconetty was money (26/46, 292 yards, 4 TD) all day. RB Heney was running wild on the LALF defense (12 carries, 164 yards, 13.6 ypc, 1 TD).

Louisiana-Lafayette isn't a terribly good team, but it feels good to kick off the season with a win on the road.

Week 2 - Rutgers (0-0) @ UTEP (1-0) (-4)
Final: UTEP 27, Rutgers 24

It took us a fourth quarter comeback, but we got the win to improve to 2-0 in the early part of the season. This win was big in the fact that we'll be hitting the road for the next 3 games.

QB Jaconetty had another great game throwing for 223 yards and completing 22/37. He may have a bad game every now and then, but he's improved so much over the course of the past few years and we'll miss him when he graduates following this season.

The defense was shaky in the first half, but they held their own in the second. 2 weeks in a row allowing less than 250 yards gained. This is a definite improvement over the defenses I've had in the recent past. DE Darrin Hough had a big game for us today (9 tackles and 2 sacks).

Next week we travel to Lubbock, TX to take on #11 Texas Tech.

Week 3 - UTEP (2-0) @ #11 Texas Tech (1-0) (-6)
Final: Texas Tech 49, UTEP 14

Texas Tech took us down a few notches today. I was hoping to give them more of a game than what transpired, but it is what it is.

Our secondary was lit up as the freshman Red Raiders quarterback C.J. Benson threw for 379 yards with 5 TD receptions. Offensively, we couldn't establish the run. Hell, you can't establish much of anything when commit 4 turnovers.

Week 5 - UTEP (2-1) @ Louisiana Tech (1-2) (-8)
Final: UTEP 39, Louisiana Tech 23

Team Statistics TXEP LATC

First Downs 22 15

Total Rushes 35 24
Net Rushing Yards 120 79
Yards Per Carry 3.4 3.2
Rushing Yards 133 98
Tckld Loss/Yards 4-4 8-19
Sacked/Yards Lost 2-9 0-0

Pass Attempts 32 27
Completions 22 14
Passing Yards 330 216
Yards Per Attempt 10.3 8.0
Interceptions 0 2
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 0/0

Total Plays 67 51
Total Yards 450 295
Yards Per Play 6.7 5.7

3rd Down Plays 8/14 3/10

Penalties 5 3
Penalty Yards 25 20

Avg. Drive Start OWN 39 OWN 25
Time Of Possession 34:19 25:41

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
14 Jaconetty 32 22 330 10.3 52 3 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
89 Whitfield 6 92 15.3 9 31 0
3 Kemp 6 88 14.6 56 32 2
95 Harvey 3 24 8.0 17 9 0
4 Rohlfing 3 91 30.3 12 52 0
26 McGowan 2 19 9.5 13 16 0
85 Newman 1 9 9.0 5 9 0
81 Chasser 1 7 7.0 23 7 1

Week 6 - UTEP (3-1) @ Rice (3-0) (-19)
Final: Rice 34, UTEP 24

We played them tougher than Vegas and many others were predicting. The game was also probably closer than the scoreboard indicates. Offensively, we had a decent day. On the defensive side of the ball.. wow. We were bad. Real bad. Our D had no answer for Rice's wishbone attack and they lit us up for 346 yards on the ground.

Injuries hit us hard this week.

- Starting running back Jake McGowan career is over as he has been diagnosed with repetitive concussion syndrome
- Starting WR Lone Wolf Rohlfing is done for the season with ACL damage.

Week 7 - SMU (2-3) @ UTEP (3-2) (-4)
Final: UTEP 31, SMU 17

SMU runs a similar wishbone offensive that we saw last week against Rice, which had me very concerned going into this game. Luckily for us, SMU doesn't quite have the talent that Rice possesses, so we were able to keep their total rushing yards to 215.

This was a game that was back and forth all day and a lot closer than I wished it would be. Going into the fourth, the game was tied up at 17 and QB Jaconetty led some gorgeous drives down field to seal the victory.

Notable stats
QB Jaconetty - 15/21, 226 yards
RB Heney - 14 carries, 112 yards
WR Kemp - 5 catches, 92 yards
DE Hough - 8 tackles, 2 sacks

Week 8 - UTEP (4-2) @ #8 Boise State (5-0) (-21)
Final: Boise State 49, UTEP 15

Not much to say about this one.

Team Statistics TXEP BOIS

First Downs 16 18

Total Rushes 38 29
Net Rushing Yards 106 166
Yards Per Carry 2.7 5.7
Rushing Yards 130 170
Tckld Loss/Yards 5-5 3-4
Sacked/Yards Lost 3-19 0-0

Pass Attempts 26 20
Completions 13 13
Passing Yards 165 314
Yards Per Attempt 6.3 15.7
Interceptions 2 1
Fumbles/Lost 3/1 1/1

Total Plays 64 49
Total Yards 271 480
Yards Per Play 4.2 9.7

3rd Down Plays 5/15 4/10

Penalties 4 11
Penalty Yards 27 75

Avg. Drive Start OWN 33 OWN 33
Time Of Possession 34:27 25:33

Week 9 - Tulsa (2-5) @ UTEP (4-3) (-9)
Final: UTEP 31, Tulsa 24

This was a hard fought win for us. Tulsa played us tougher than I was expecting, but I'm siked we get the win to match last year's win total.

It was a evenly matched game, for the most part. We kept it balanced offensively with 117 yards gained on the ground and 224 thrown through the air. QB Jaconetty bounced back after a rough game against Boise completing 22/32 and 2 TD's.

After the game, I got some surprising and uplifting news. #161 nationally ranked RB Lyles Broderick from Richardson, TX will be joining the team next season. Our scouts are very high on this kid and we're happy to have him.

Week 11 - Nevada (1-6) @ UTEP (5-3) (-11)
Final: UTEP 17, Nevada 16

Nevada is, atleast statistically, one of the worst teams in the NCAA on both offense and defense. Looking at previous game film from the year, they haven't played as well of a game as they did today. Luckily, with 2:28 remaining on the game clock, we punched it in to take the lead. I breathed a huge sigh of relief when this one was over.

Nevada won't play another game this season as well as they played today. I guarantee it. The win today also locks us up for something UTEP hasn't seen in a few years: a winning record.

Week 12 - Fresno State (6-3) (-4) @ UTEP (6-3)
Final: Fresno State 34, UTEP 17

With a rare opportunity to have our game on television and also an outside shot at a bowl invitation, you would assume we would come out and play our 'game of the year'. Nope.

5 turnovers and we only held the ball for 19 minutes. With a few late scores, this one looks closer than what actually happened.

We've got 1 game left of the 2007 season as we travel to Hawaii (4-6) for our annual rivalry game.

Week 13 - UTEP (6-4) @ Hawaii (4-6) (-3)
Final: UTEP 33, Hawaii 28

An absolutely great way to end the year. In the past, we haven't finished the season as well as I hoped, but this one feels good. Plus, we haven't beat these guys since 2004.

Game MVP has to go to our kicker Cornelius Gustafson who went 4/4 throughout the day and the crucial 3 kicks he made during the fourth to eventually put us ahead. QB Jaconetty also had a very good game to end his career here at UTEP (15/26, 274 yards, 3 TD). RB Heney, who's really stepped us since we've lost McGowan, was running over the Hawaii defense (20 carries, 117 yards).

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CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK - WEEK 15, 2007
Big 12 - Missouri 3, #12 Texas A&M 28
SEC - #2 Florida 35, Auburn 10

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WAC STANDINGS
School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
Boise State 11 0 0 1.000 392 124 8 0 0 1.000 275 88 Won 11
Fresno State 7 4 0 .636 363 274 6 2 0 .750 297 180 Lost 1
Rice 8 3 0 .727 273 238 5 3 0 .625 194 204 Won 4
Texas-El Paso 7 4 0 .636 289 319 5 3 0 .625 207 225 Won 1
San Jose State 5 6 0 .454 301 232 4 4 0 .500 219 157 Won 2
Southern Methodist 4 7 0 .363 189 255 4 4 0 .500 173 174 Lost 3
Hawaii 4 7 0 .363 187 279 3 5 0 .375 132 204 Lost 2
Louisiana Tech 4 7 0 .363 177 258 3 5 0 .375 133 195 Won 1
Tulsa 2 9 0 .181 224 357 1 7 0 .125 159 244 Lost 6
Nevada 1 10 0 .090 162 410 1 7 0 .125 142 260 Lost 6

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BCS TOP 10
School Record Conf Comp Poll Loss Sched Total Rank
Florida 11-1 SEC 2.25 1.50 1.00 0.96 5.71 1
Notre Dame 11-0 IND 3.25 1.50 0.00 3.60 8.35 2
Georgia Tech 11-0 ACC 4.25 3.00 0.00 4.24 11.49 3
Boise State 11-0 WAC 3.50 4.50 0.00 4.60 12.60 4
Central Florida 12-0 MID 3.50 6.50 0.00 3.52 13.52 5
Tennessee 9-2 SEC 4.50 7.50 2.00 0.28 14.28 6
UCLA 10-1 P10 7.75 4.50 1.00 1.60 14.85 7
Wisconsin 10-1 B10 7.75 9.00 1.00 0.68 18.43 8
Texas 9-2 B12 9.50 7.00 2.00 2.64 21.14 9
Washington 9-2 P10 4.25 16.50 2.00 1.12 23.87 10

We had another decent recruiting class this season:

Player Pos HT WT ST NRank ByPos StRank ByPos
**Lyles, Broderick RB 6-2 196 TX 161 17 13 3
Stevens, Randy QB 6-1 175 AZ 417 31 4 1
Patterson, Andre WR 5-11 166 NM 489 46 6 1
Anderson, Everett TE 6-3 234 AZ 528 19 6 1
**Lake, Desmond CB 6-0 157 AZ 581 43 9 1
**Moss, Everett T 6-3 266 NM 620 57 9 1
**Wilson, Steven ILB 6-2 207 TX 746 41 59 4
**Monroe, Clyde G 6-1 253 TX 934 74 80 8
$$Paine, Jeffrey DT 5-11 238 MD 959 59 23 1
$$Thomas, Bubba DE 6-3 241 TX --- --- --- 9
##Tyler, Byron C 6-2 247 TX --- 86 --- 7
##Purrington, Lorenzo K 6-3 202 TX --- 87 --- 9

Player All-St All-US Status
**Lyles, Broderick No No Committed *
Stevens, Randy Yes No Committed *
Patterson, Andre No No Committed *
Anderson, Everett Yes No Committed *
**Lake, Desmond Yes No Committed *
**Moss, Everett Yes No Committed *
**Wilson, Steven Yes No Committed *
**Monroe, Clyde No No Committed *
$$Paine, Jeffrey Yes No Committed *
$$Thomas, Bubba No No Committed *
##Tyler, Byron No No Committed *
##Purrington, Lorenzo No No Committed *

Rough Estimate of Player Interest: No Prefix - player unlikely to be
interested, ** - a bit of a stretch for your school, $$ - likely interest,
## - almost certain interest.

Nice season! Way to turn things around.

WAC representative in bowl games:

Houston Bowl - LSU (8-4) 59, Rice (8-4) 7
Orange Bowl - #10 Texas A&M (10-2) 27, #5 Boise State (11-0) 20

BCS GAMES
National Championship - Notre Dame (12-0) 17, Florida (11-2) 7
Sugar Bowl - UCLA (11-1) 42, Georgia Tech (11-1) 26
Orange Bowl - Texas A&M (10-2) 27, Boise State (11-0) 20
Rose Bowl - Wisconsin (11-1) 41, Colorado State (9-3) 14

2007 AWARDS
WAC First Team

TE Matthew Harvey
OT Otis Terry
K Cornelius Gustafson
DE Darrin Hough
S Antonio Buchans

WAC Second Team

WR Irv Kemp

WAC All-Academic Team

TE Bert Chasser
S Antonio Buchans

2007 END OF YEAR SUMMARY
2007 Summary for Texas-El Paso

Record: 7-4
Rank: 47

Texas-El Paso Team Rank
Rushes 371 77
Rushing Yards 1348 73 (T)
Yards Per Carry 3.63 59
Pass Attempts 344 43
Completions 192 42 (T)
Passing Yards 2516 44
Yards Per Attempt 7.31 45
3rd Down Conversions 35.6 58 (T)
Points Per Game 26.2 48 (T)
Turnovers 21 60 (T)
Turnover Margin +6 27 (T)

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes 389 45 (T)
Rushing Yards 1656 87 (T)
Yards Per Carry 4.25 101 (T)
Pass Attempts 312 43 (T)
Completions 174 48 (T)
Passing Yards 2392 72
Yards Per Attempt 7.66 95 (T)
3rd Down Conversions 39.1 90 (T)
Points Per Game 29.0 97
Turnovers 27 18 (T)

Primary Formation: Pro Formation

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 41 at LALF (98) 21
2 27 RUTG (109) 24
3 14 at TXTC (53) 49
5 39 at LATC (97) 23
6 24 at RICE (35) 34
7 31 SMTH (92) 17
8 15 at BOIS (9) 49
9 31 TLSA (117) 24
11 17 NEVA (124) 16
12 17 FRST (43) 34
13 33 at HAWI (80) 28

2007 SEASON REVIEW
It was an interesting season. I think we're moving to a middle of the pack WAC team as opposed to where we started - WAC cellar team. We're adding some better talent as recruiting continues to go well the past 2 years. I'm real excited to see some of these guys next season. Defensive coordinator Clay Figures told me today that he's retiring. That comes as no surprise as he turns 70 next year. We'll start our search for another DC right away.

I had some intriguing coaching offers the past 2 years as well, mostly from the ACC. Last year, Wake Forest approached me. I'm not going to lie, it was tough to turn them down as they have a great academic reputation. This year, UNC approached me. I had an easier time rejecting them as they have less of academic rep and prestige than WF. Also, I'm having fun building the program here in El Paso. Since recruiting has improved, I'm really looking forward to the future.

2007 END OF SEASON GRADES
Team Performance 67/100
Academic Performance 44/100
Recruiting Performance 90/100
Television Revenue 69/100
Alumni Donations 65/100
Attendance/Stadium 27/100
Final Grade 57/100

Nice season! Way to turn things around.

Thanks, Dolemite. It's been tough, but rewarding.

Good luck with your new dynasty. It sucks about your last save.

The Miners are on the rise! Great job there. Too bad you got the shaft from the bowls, but that was a damn good recruiting class. I need that in my NMSU dynasty.

too bad about no bowl, but how about Boise not representing, I think they have lost every bowl they have gone to.

The Miners are on the rise! Great job there. Too bad you got the shaft from the bowls, but that was a damn good recruiting class. I need that in my NMSU dynasty.

We're most certainly on the rise, but we've got a long way to go before we're competing for WAC championships.

too bad about no bowl, but how about Boise not representing, I think they have lost every bowl they have gone to.

0-4 since I've taken the job at UTEP. Unbelievable, really. They've always had good teams. It's been very surprising to see them winless in bowl games the past 4 seasons.

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2008

UTEP School and Stadium
Prestige: 70 (+5)
Academic Reputation: 41 (+4)

Stadium: Sun Bowl Stadium (51,500)
2007 Season Tickets: 36,400 (+8,400)
City Economics: Terrible
Community Loyalty: Pretty Good
Alumni Loyalty: Decent
Student Goodwill: Excellent

Meet the Staff
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Head Coach
Harrison Daniels

Playing Career
Georgia Tech, Inside Linebacker (1987-1991)

Coaching Carrer
Georgia Tech, 1992-93 (GA)
Eastern Kentucky, 1993-96 (LB)
Georgia Southern, 1997-2000 (LB)
Valdosta State, 2000-2003 (DC)
UTEP, 2004- (HC)

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Offensive Coordinator
Barry Thompson, 46
4th year

Play Calling: Very Good
Injury Avoidance: Very Good
Rehabilitation: Pretty Good
Congeniality: Pretty Good
QB Development: Pretty Good
RB Development: Excellent
WR Development: Excellent
OL Development: Excellent
K Development: Terrible

Formation: Pro formation
Experience: 4 years


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Defensive Coordinator
Terrell Collons, 54
1st year

Play Calling: Lousy
Injury Avoidance: Terrible
Rehabilitation: Decent
Congeniality: Good
DL Development: Very Good
LB Development: Decent
DB Development: Terrific


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Syndicate Coordinator
Brock Temple, 39
1st year

Academic Eligibility: Good
Syndicate Investigation: Lousy
Solicit Donations: Pretty Good

Meet the Team

UTEP OFFENSE

Player # Pos Elig Current Estimate Future Estimate
Dawson, Joseph 19 QB Sr* 27 38
Stevens, Randy 18 QB Fr 13 61
Leagra, Vernon 11 QB* Sr 22 22
Heney, Zach 21 RB Sr 18 34
Alcott, Ronald 37 RB So* 23 47
Lyles, Broderick 31 RB Fr 34 64
Parden, Dustin 36 RB* So 9 9
Griffin, Kirk 20 RB* So 4 6
Clark, Thurman 39 FB Jr* 32 50
Joyner, Shawn 27 FB* So 0 0
Harvey, Matthew 95 TE Sr 76 76
Chasser, Bert 81 TE Sr* 55 62
Chavez, J.T. 83 TE So* 31 54
Anderson, Everett 84 TE Fr 30 85
Whitfield, Tito 89 WR Sr 29 36
Kemp, Irv 3 WR Sr* 36 74
Rohlfing, Lone Wolf 4 WR Sr* 29 39
Farmer, Jorge 1 WR Jr* 38 57
Casares, Steven 87 WR So* 36 64
Turnbull, Norbert 88 WR So* 25 48
Patterson, Andre 6 WR Fr 22 80
Carranza, Lee 53 C Sr 10 10
Mahoney, Darrin 50 C Jr* 61 61
Money, C.J. 51 C So* 15 24
Tyler, Byron 54 C* Fr 6 61
Rodriguez, Scott 59 G Sr* 35 35
Giles, Horace 70 G Sr* 36 36
Freeman, Jared 79 G Sr* 21 44
Wible, Nick 68 G Jr* 18 31
Schultz, Monty 75 G So* 27 33
Rivera, Jonathan 69 G So* 34 51
Monroe, Clyde 62 G Fr 4 67
Locher, Roosevelt 65 T Sr 20 21
Terry, Otis 76 T Sr* 37 37
Burke, Brett 73 T Jr* 30 41
Glover, Gary 64 T So* 20 76
Moss, Everett 66 T Fr 15 58
McLellan, Luther 61 T* Sr 15 30
Crane, Kennedy 63 T* So 8 8

UTEP SPECIAL TEAMS

Haass, Ronald 9 P Jr 53 62
Weber, Herb 13 P* Jr* 3 6
Purrington, Lorenzo 10 K Fr 3 42
Hammond, Gerald 2 K* Jr* 0 0

UTEP DEFENSE

Hough, Darrin 91 DE Sr 40 40
Came, Leroy 92 DE Sr* 20 30
Haworth, Kim 72 DE Jr* 49 49
Fox, Johnnie 74 DE So* 16 23
Shields, Marlon 71 DE So* 23 56
Thomas, Bubba 99 DE Fr 12 53
Au, Ellis 96 DT Sr 2 5
Hepburn, Neil 60 DT Sr 7 16
Strong, Leland 78 DT Jr 39 54
Shepard, Lee 98 DT So* 33 62
McCrory, Glen 93 DT So* 26 55
Paine, Jeffrey 90 DT Fr 8 67
Jeffries, Blaine 48 ILB Sr* 27 27
Stevens, Duane 42 ILB Jr 24 24
Schwartz, Tim 44 ILB Jr* 24 39
Wilson, Steven 56 ILB Fr 22 54
Fleming, Josh 52 ILB* Sr 10 10
Benson, Toby 57 OLB Sr* 26 26
Robey, Travis 43 OLB Jr* 47 56
Owens, Willie 47 OLB Jr* 32 61
Vaughn, Lee 49 OLB So* 22 41
Isley, Greg 58 OLB* Sr* 12 16
Bruton, Wes 55 OLB* Jr 6 11
Bates, Dana 67 OLB* Jr* 6 11
Elliott, Shawn 28 CB Sr* 29 33
Boyd, Hugh 23 CB Jr* 46 46
Lindsay, Gino 24 CB So* 34 45
Snyder, Sammie 25 CB So* 27 55
Lake, Desmond 26 CB Fr 13 48
Bandle, Van 22 CB* Sr 19 19
Brondstetter, Ryan 41 CB* So 8 9
Hancock, Dan 30 S Sr 2 2
Buchans, Antonio 32 S Jr 38 38
Tucker, Jake 38 S So* 22 52
Barber, Deon 45 S* Sr 4 12
Del Barco, Earl 33 S* Sr* 9 22

Preseason Top 25 + WAC Teams


The College Years
Overall Rankings

School Record Conf Comp Poll Loss Sched Total Rank
Florida 0-0 SEC 1.00 1.00 0.00 2.04 4.04 1
Texas 0-0 B12 2.00 2.00 0.00 1.20 5.20 2
UCLA 0-0 P10 3.00 4.50 0.00 1.92 9.42 3
Tennessee 0-0 SEC 4.00 3.50 0.00 2.20 9.70 4
Miami of Florida 0-0 ACC 6.00 5.50 0.00 1.36 12.86 5
Michigan 0-0 B10 7.00 7.00 0.00 0.52 14.52 6
Ohio State 0-0 B10 8.00 6.00 0.00 0.68 14.68 7
Notre Dame 0-0 IND 5.00 7.00 0.00 4.56 16.56 8
Southern California 0-0 P10 9.00 8.50 0.00 1.88 19.38 9
Wisconsin 0-0 B10 10.00 10.00 0.00 0.80 20.80 10
Texas A&M 0-0 B12 11.00 11.00 0.00 1.24 23.24 11
Georgia Tech 0-0 ACC 12.00 14.00 0.00 0.16 26.16 12
Oklahoma 0-0 B12 13.00 12.50 0.00 1.12 26.62 13
Boise State 0-0 WAC 15.00 15.00 0.00 3.24 33.24 14
Texas Christian 0-0 USA 16.00 14.50 0.00 3.16 33.66 15
Georgia 0-0 SEC 14.00 18.00 0.00 2.08 34.08 16
California 0-0 P10 17.00 15.50 0.00 1.72 34.22 17
Alabama 0-0 SEC 18.00 17.50 0.00 2.28 37.78 18
Syracuse 0-0 BEC 21.00 20.00 0.00 1.48 42.48 19
Utah 0-0 MNW 19.00 24.50 0.00 2.76 46.26 20
Clemson 0-0 ACC 24.00 23.50 0.00 0.04 47.54 21
Minnesota 0-0 B10 20.00 27.00 0.00 0.60 47.60 22
Florida State 0-0 ACC 25.00 24.50 0.00 0.12 49.62 23
Toledo 0-0 MID 23.00 25.00 0.00 4.08 52.08 24
Nebraska 0-0 B12 26.00 25.50 0.00 1.04 52.54 25

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Rice 0-0 WAC 53.00 49.00 0.00 3.44 105.4453
Fresno State 0-0 WAC 57.00 55.50 0.00 3.28 115.7857
Texas-El Paso 0-0 WAC 62.00 59.00 0.00 3.56 124.5661
San Jose State 0-0 WAC 74.00 82.50 0.00 3.48 159.9876
Hawaii 0-0 WAC 79.00 82.50 0.00 3.32 164.8281
Southern Methodist 0-0 WAC 86.00 90.50 0.00 3.52 180.0289
Louisiana Tech 0-0 WAC 106.00109.500.00 3.36 218.86109
Tulsa 0-0 WAC 113.00110.000.00 3.60 226.60114
Nevada 0-0 WAC 122.00110.500.00 3.40 235.90119

Here's a look at the UTEP 2008 schedule:

2008 Texas-El Paso Schedule

Rival: Hawaii
Stadium Capacity: 51,500
Season Tickets Sold: 36,400

Week Opponent Result Attendance Weather Television
2 at (33) Texas Tech
3 LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE
4 AKRON
6 LOUISIANA TECH
7 at Nevada
8 TULSA
9 at (15) Boise State
10 RICE
11 SOUTHERN METHODIST
12 at San Jose State
13 at Hawaii

Conference games in bold.

Week 2 - UTEP (0-0) @ Texas Tech (0-0) (-5)
Final: Texas Tech 20, UTEP 14

Games like these are tough to stomach. Our boys gave it everything they had, only to come up a little bit short. Defensively, we were stopping everything they were throwing at us and we went into halftime leading by a score of 7-3.

Ofcourse, just like throughout the years, our defense couldn't put together a complete game and allowed the Red Raiders to score 14 unanswered points to eventually put us away.

I was pleased with our overall effort today. We didn't do much offensively, but Texas Tech has a very solid defense.

Week 3 - Louisiana-Lafayette (0-1) @ UTEP (0-1) (-4)
Final: UTEP 24, Louisiana-Lafayette 17

We almost shot ourselves in the foot in this one. I'm starting to become concerned with our offense now as we haven't broke 300 total yards in the first two games.

Red shirt senior Joseph Dawson has been impressive behind center as he's made some smart decisions, but his strengths come from playing small ball. I wouldn't trust him to throw 20+ passes, which really makes our passing game predictable at times. True freshman running back Broderick Lyles had his coming out party with 28 carries for 125 yards.

Week 4 - Akron (0-1) @ UTEP (1-1) (-7)
Final: UTEP 35, Akron 6

This year's Akron team reminds me a lot of UTEP's 2005 team. Really bad. With that being said, this wasn't much of a game. I'm glad our guys got up and played against an inferior team. Nothing gives a coach more of a headache than let downs against less talented opponents.

Some key players from today's game:
QB Dawson - 17/27, 228 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT
RB Lyles - 33 carries, 180 yards, 2 TD
TE Harvey - 8 catches, 87 yards, 2 TD
OLB Owens - 7 tackles, 2 sacks

Week 6 - Louisiana Tech (1-2) @ UTEP (2-1) (-15)
Final: UTEP 28, Louisiana Tech 21

The game plan was pretty simple: run it down their throats. We accomplished that as you can see from the time of possession stat:

UTEP - 41:18
Louisiana Tech - 18:42

QB Dawson threw 3 picks which really helped La Tech stay in the game. Other than that, we were dominant throughout the game. Our defense is most definitely the game MVP. While our quarterback was trying to give this one away, our defense wasn't having any part of that.

Hats off to these guys leading the defense:
S Tucker - 6 tackles, 1 INT
ILB Schwartz - 5 tackles, 1 assist, 1 INT

Week 7 - UTEP (3-1) (-20) @ Nevada (0-4)
Final: UTEP 41, Nevada 0

This one went about how I expected it to go.

Team Statistics TXEP NEVA

First Downs 28 11

Total Rushes 47 34
Net Rushing Yards 275 113
Yards Per Carry 5.8 3.3
Rushing Yards 305 150
Tckld Loss/Yards 5-9 4-10
Sacked/Yards Lost 3-21 4-27

Pass Attempts 24 28
Completions 12 10
Passing Yards 158 79
Yards Per Attempt 6.5 2.8
Interceptions 2 2
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 1/0

Total Plays 71 62
Total Yards 433 192
Yards Per Play 6.0 3.0

3rd Down Plays 5/11 3/16

Penalties 5 8
Penalty Yards 33 73

Avg. Drive Start OWN 42 OWN 24
Time Of Possession 30:08 29:52

Texas-El Paso Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
31 Lyles 29 162 5.5 40 3 8 0
37 Alcott 9 57 6.3 21 0 0 0
19 Dawson 5 -11 -2.2 7 0 0 3
21 Heney 2 21 10.5 15 0 0 0
89 Whitfield 1 0 0.0 0 0 1 0
87 Casares 1 46 46.0 46 1 0 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
19 Dawson 24 12 158 6.5 34 2 2

Week 8 - Tulsa (2-4) @ UTEP (4-1) (-21)
Final: UTEP 27, Tulsa 24

Tulsa surprised me today. The run that dreaded wishbone attack. The same formation that certain WAC teams have run in the past that have killed my UTEP teams over the years. They came out and were ready to attack in the first half - leading us 24-10 going into halftime.

I absolutely laid into my guys at the half. I think they got the message because we scored 17 unanswered and Tulsa never scored again.

We're going into the "heart" of the WAC the rest of the way with games against Boise State, Rice, SMU, San Jose State and Hawaii coming up.

Here's a look at the current WAC standings:

School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
Texas-El Paso 5 1 0 .833 169 88 3 0 0 1.000 96 45 Won 5
Southern Methodist 3 2 0 .600 112 95 3 0 0 1.000 92 40 Won 3
Hawaii 3 4 0 .428 128 164 3 1 0 .750 94 65 Won 1
Fresno State 4 2 0 .666 185 113 2 1 0 .666 103 51 Won 1
Boise State 4 2 0 .666 160 106 2 2 0 .500 81 78 Won 1
San Jose State 4 3 0 .571 198 139 2 2 0 .500 129 91 Won 1
Rice 2 4 0 .333 120 147 1 2 0 .333 78 89 Lost 1
Louisiana Tech 2 4 0 .333 92 149 1 3 0 .250 62 97 Lost 1
Tulsa 2 5 0 .285 121 202 1 3 0 .250 72 114 Lost 2
Nevada 0 6 0 .000 19 238 0 4 0 .000 16 153 Lost 12

Week 9 - UTEP (5-1) @ #25 Boise State (4-2) (-7)
Final: Boise 41, UTEP 14

The Boise curse continues.

If today taught us anything, it's that we're still not a top tier WAC team quite yet.

Week 10 - Rice (3-4) @ UTEP (5-2) (-16)
UTEP 26, Rice 23 (OT)

Well, atleast the Rice curse is broken as we get our first win against them in my tenure here at UTEP.

Rice is a really tricky team. In the first game of the season, SCE team Galveston, a team that's in the lower tier of the country, traveled to Rice and upset them 23-17. A few weeks later, Rice heads into Austin, TX to face the #11 Longhorns and they knock them off by a score of 14-11. Rice is a bipolar team, to say the least and I wasn't sure what to expect.

They're another team that runs out of the wishbone formation, which added to my uncertainty. To my surprise, neither team really got anything going offensively all day. Both D's were tough and this was definitely a defensive battle.

Fortunately, our defense proved to be tougher at the end as we made them settle for a field goal in overtime. Our offensive takes the field and we just give it to true freshman RB Lyles to turn it up the field to win the game.

Week 11 - SMU (4-3) @ UTEP (6-2) (-6)
Final: SMU 35, UTEP 27

The wishbone, when ran the right players and personnel, can be awfully scary. We had no answer today. On top of that, the loss today drops us out of the race for the WAC championship.

Team Statistics SMTH TXEP

First Downs 19 21

Total Rushes 48 26
Net Rushing Yards 211 97
Yards Per Carry 4.3 3.7
Rushing Yards 249 114
Tckld Loss/Yards 12-30 3-5
Sacked/Yards Lost 1-8 2-12

Pass Attempts 26 35
Completions 14 13
Passing Yards 183 220
Yards Per Attempt 7.0 6.2
Interceptions 0 2
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 0/0

Total Plays 74 61
Total Yards 394 317
Yards Per Play 5.3 5.1

3rd Down Plays 9/20 2/12

Penalties 13 9
Penalty Yards 112 64

Avg. Drive Start OWN 33 OWN 29
Time Of Possession 34:14 25:46

Week 12 - UTEP (6-3) @ San Jose State (5-4) (-11)
Final: San Jose State 41, UTEP 14

Welp. I hope our team decides to show up against Hawaii next week.

Week 13 - UTEP (6-4) (-1) @ Hawaii (5-5)
Final: Hawaii 42, UTEP 3

The late season collapses are getting old. Here are some stats to humor you:

Team Statistics TXEP HAWI

First Downs 8 26

Total Rushes 26 49
Net Rushing Yards 48 216
Yards Per Carry 1.8 4.4
Rushing Yards 72 234
Tckld Loss/Yards 5-9 4-12
Sacked/Yards Lost 3-15 1-6

Pass Attempts 29 18
Completions 12 15
Passing Yards 107 255
Yards Per Attempt 3.6 14.1
Interceptions 2 0
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 2/1

Total Plays 55 67
Total Yards 155 471
Yards Per Play 2.8 7.0

3rd Down Plays 4/14 6/11

Penalties 5 12
Penalty Yards 55 85

Avg. Drive Start OWN 30 OWN 34
Time Of Possession 26:36 33:24

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CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK - WEEK 15, 2008

Big 12 - #18 Missouri 26, #6 Texas A&M 14
SEC - #8 Tennessee 34, #10 LSU 10

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WAC STANDINGS

School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
Boise State 9 2 0 .818 421 182 6 2 0 .750 321 143 Won 6
Hawaii 6 5 0 .545 249 220 6 2 0 .750 215 121 Won 2
Southern Methodist 6 5 0 .545 268 273 6 2 0 .750 241 169 Lost 1
San Jose State 7 4 0 .636 343 195 5 3 0 .625 274 147 Won 3
Fresno State 7 4 0 .636 342 290 5 3 0 .625 260 228 Lost 1
Texas-El Paso 6 5 0 .545 253 270 4 4 0 .500 180 227 Lost 3
Louisiana Tech 5 6 0 .454 220 271 4 4 0 .500 190 191 Won 1
Rice 4 7 0 .363 259 280 3 5 0 .375 217 222 Lost 2
Tulsa 2 9 0 .181 158 363 1 7 0 .125 109 275 Lost 6
Nevada 0 11 0 .000 33 443 0 8 0 .000 30 314 Lost 17

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BCS TOP 10

School Record Conf Comp Poll Loss Sched Total Rank
Notre Dame 11-0 IND 2.25 1.00 0.00 1.28 4.53 1
Georgia Tech 11-0 ACC 1.00 2.00 0.00 3.32 6.32 2
Tennessee 10-2 SEC 4.00 4.50 2.00 0.16 10.66 3
Wisconsin 10-1 B10 3.00 5.50 1.00 1.64 11.14 4
Southern California 10-1 P10 7.00 3.50 1.00 3.12 14.62 5
Florida 9-2 SEC 9.25 4.50 2.00 2.84 18.59 6
Texas A&M 10-2 B12 9.00 8.50 2.00 3.16 22.66 7
Washington 10-1 P10 10.25 8.50 1.00 4.44 24.19 8
Louisiana State 10-2 SEC 7.00 15.00 2.00 1.88 25.88 9
Miami of Florida 8-3 ACC 11.25 13.00 3.00 0.36 27.61 10

This will probably be our most highly ranked recruiting class yet:

Player Pos HT WT ST NRank ByPos StRank ByPos
**Hopper, Tyrell RB 5-9 189 TX 313 23 22 2
**Holliman, Rick FB 6-0 228 CO 399 12 9 1
$$Silverstone, Daryl QB 6-6 209 AZ 506 47 6 1
**Kimbrell, Gerald ILB 5-11 208 TX 530 35 34 1
**Falk, Joel C 6-0 243 TX 595 32 38 3
**Poole, Jake DE 6-6 260 AZ 613 71 9 3
$$Lincoln, Nolan T 6-4 285 TX 705 69 45 8
$$Heubeck, Donovan G 6-3 269 TX 794 57 52 6
**Rausche, Moe WR 6-0 177 TX 844 69 60 6
$$Torres, Emmitt RB 5-8 186 TX 896 65 63 7
$$Battaglia, Orlando CB 6-2 179 NM 917 70 4 1
$$Pace, Quentin T 6-4 270 TX 924 92 65 11
$$Swanson, Timothy TE 6-5 258 TX 947 39 68 5
$$Uzzell, Jesse OLB 6-0 226 TX --- 76 88 6
##Midget, Ethan CB 6-0 177 WV --- 89 14 1
$$Sousa, Bernie DT 6-1 245 TX --- 87 --- 7

Player All-St All-US Status
**Hopper, Tyrell No No Committed *
**Holliman, Rick No No Committed *
$$Silverstone, Daryl No No Committed *
**Kimbrell, Gerald Yes No Committed *
**Falk, Joel Yes No Committed *
**Poole, Jake No No Committed *
$$Lincoln, Nolan No No Committed *
$$Heubeck, Donovan No No Committed *
**Rausche, Moe No No Committed *
$$Torres, Emmitt No No Committed *
$$Battaglia, Orlando Yes No Committed *
$$Pace, Quentin No No Committed *
$$Swanson, Timothy No No Committed *
$$Uzzell, Jesse No No Committed *
##Midget, Ethan Yes No Committed *
$$Sousa, Bernie No No Committed *

Rough Estimate of Player Interest: No Prefix - player unlikely to be
interested, ** - a bit of a stretch for your school, $$ - likely interest,
## - almost certain interest.

WAC representatives in bowl games:

Houston Bowl - Iowa (6-5) 7, #11 Boise State (9-2) 56

Boise State breaks their curse and gets a bowl win.

BCS GAMES

National Championship - Georgia Tech (12-0) 21, Notre Dame (11-1) 14
Sugar Bowl - USC (11-1) 45, Tennessee(10-3) 32
Orange Bowl - Wisconsin (11-1) 27, Missouri (11-2) 10
Rose Bowl - Florida (10-2) 38, Colorado State (9-3) 6

2008 AWARDS

WAC Top Offensive Freshman of the Year

RB Broderick Lyles

WAC First Team

TE Matthew Harvey
C Darrin Mahoney
DE Kim Haworth

WAC Second Team

OG Jonathan Rivera
OT Otis Terry

WAC All-Academic Team

WR Steven Carsares
OG Horace Giles
OLB Travis Robey
S Antonio Buchans

2008 END OF YEAR SUMMARY

2008 Summary for Texas-El Paso

Record: 6-5
Rank: 46

Texas-El Paso Team Rank
Rushes 404 65
Rushing Yards 1506 62
Yards Per Carry 3.72 53 (T)
Pass Attempts 322 65
Completions 156 80 (T)
Passing Yards 1961 84
Yards Per Attempt 6.09 98
3rd Down Conversions 41.2 15
Points Per Game 23.0 61 (T)
Turnovers 19 48 (T)
Turnover Margin -3 79 (T)

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes 384 43
Rushing Yards 1512 77 (T)
Yards Per Carry 3.93 86
Pass Attempts 297 25
Completions 174 50 (T)
Passing Yards 2144 35 (T)
Yards Per Attempt 7.21 61
3rd Down Conversions 36.4 75 (T)
Points Per Game 24.5 61 (T)
Turnovers 16 95 (T)

Primary Formation: Pro Formation

Week Team Versus Oppnt
2 14 at TXTC (52) 20
3 24 LALF (119) 17
4 35 AKRN (111) 6
6 28 LATC (84) 21
7 41 at NEVA (124) 0
8 27 TLSA (116) 24
9 14 at BOIS (10) 41
10 26 RICE (83) 23
11 27 SMTH (57) 35
12 14 at SJST (39) 41
13 3 at HAWI (54) 42

How about that. Boise State finally beat someone in a bowl.

Damn, from 5-1 to 6-5. I feel your pain.

2008 SEASON REVIEW

A lot of highs and lows this season. Just when I think we've turned a corner, somebody drills us back to Earth. It's disheartening, but I think we've done some really great things here the past four seasons. UTEP is no longer in the WAC cellar and my staff and I have managed to recruit some great players so far. Ofcourse, I still can't help but think we're still a middle-of-the-road WAC team as of right now, though. I have many high expectations going into the 2099 season as I'm hoping we can finally breakthrough to the top tier of the conference. Time will tell.

2008 END OF SEASON GRADES
Team Performance 46/100
Academic Performance 55/100
Recruiting Performance 18/100
Television Revenue 20/100
Alumni Donations 0/100
Attendance/Stadium 38/100
Final Grade 33/100

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2009

UTEP School and Stadium
Prestige: 70 (No change)
Academic Reputation: 45 (+4)

Stadium: Sun Bowl Stadium (51,500)
2009 Season Tickets: 40,000 (+3,600)
City Economics: Terrible
Community Loyalty: Very Good
Alumni Loyalty: Decent
Student Goodwill: Terrible

Meet the Staff
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Head Coach
Harrison Daniels

Playing Career
Georgia Tech, Inside Linebacker (1987-1991)

Coaching Carrer
Georgia Tech, 1992-93 (GA)
Eastern Kentucky, 1993-96 (LB)
Georgia Southern, 1997-2000 (LB)
Valdosta State, 2000-2003 (DC)
UTEP, 2004- (HC)

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Offensive Coordinator
Barry Thompson, 47
5th year

Play Calling: Very Good
Injury Avoidance: Pretty Good
Rehabilitation: Pretty Good
Congeniality: Pretty Good
QB Development: Pretty Good
RB Development: Terrific
WR Development: Excellent
OL Development: Excellent
K Development: Terrible

Formation: Pro formation
Experience: 5 years


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Defensive Coordinator
Terrell Collons, 55
2nd year

Play Calling: Lousy
Injury Avoidance: Terrible
Rehabilitation: Decent
Congeniality: Good
DL Development: Very Good
LB Development: Decent
DB Development: Terrific


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Syndicate Coordinator
Brock Temple, 40
2nd year

Academic Eligibility: Good
Syndicate Investigation: Lousy
Solicit Donations: Pretty Good

Meet the Team

UTEP OFFENSE

Player # Pos Elig Current Estimate Future Estimate
Dawson, Joseph 19 QB Sr 26 38
Stevens, Randy 18 QB So* 29 62
Silverstone, Daryl 17 QB Fr 16 49
Alcott, Ronald 37 RB Jr* 30 46
Lyles, Broderick 31 RB So 61 64
Hopper, Tyrell 21 RB Fr 34 67
Torres, Emmitt 35 RB Fr 18 33
Clark, Thurman 39 FB Sr* 36 50
Holliman, Rick 46 FB Fr 23 88
Joyner, Shawn 27 FB* Jr 0 0
Chasser, Bert 81 TE Sr 54 63
Chavez, J.T. 83 TE Jr* 37 54
Anderson, Everett 84 TE So* 41 86
Swanson, Timothy 86 TE Fr 29 71
Kemp, Irv 3 WR Sr 40 74
Rohlfing, Lone Wolf 4 WR Sr 29 40
Farmer, Jorge 1 WR Sr* 39 58
Casares, Steven 87 WR Jr* 46 64
Turnbull, Norbert 88 WR Jr* 31 48
Patterson, Andre 6 WR So* 34 80
Rausche, Moe 89 WR Fr 25 58
Carranza, Lee 53 C Sr 14 14
Mahoney, Darrin 50 C Sr* 60 60
Money, C.J. 51 C Jr* 14 23
Falk, Joel 52 C Fr 19 85
Tyler, Byron 54 C* So* 17 61
Rodriguez, Scott 59 G Sr 35 35
Giles, Horace 70 G Sr 36 36
Freeman, Jared 79 G Sr 19 44
Wible, Nick 68 G Sr* 27 30
Schultz, Monty 75 G Jr* 33 33
Rivera, Jonathan 69 G Jr* 47 51
Monroe, Clyde 62 G So* 35 67
Heubeck, Donovan 61 G Fr 15 48
Terry, Otis 76 T Sr 45 45
Burke, Brett 73 T Sr* 31 41
Glover, Gary 64 T Jr* 24 76
Moss, Everett 66 T So* 16 57
Lincoln, Nolan 60 T Fr 6 57
Pace, Quentin 77 T Fr 12 41

UTEP SPECIAL TEAMS

Haass, Ronald 9 P Sr 51 62
Purrington, Lorenzo 10 K So 17 42

UTEP DEFENSE

Came, Leroy 92 DE Sr 22 30
Haworth, Kim 72 DE Sr* 49 49
Fox, Johnnie 74 DE Jr* 19 23
Shields, Marlon 71 DE Jr* 26 56
Thomas, Bubba 99 DE So* 27 53
Poole, Jake 94 DE Fr 14 60
Strong, Leland 78 DT Sr 51 55
Shepard, Lee 98 DT Jr* 45 61
McCrory, Glen 93 DT Jr* 20 56
Paine, Jeffrey 90 DT So* 34 67
Sousa, Bernie 97 DT Fr 15 40
Jeffries, Blaine 48 ILB Sr 28 28
Stevens, Duane 42 ILB Sr 24 24
Schwartz, Tim 44 ILB Sr* 28 39
Wilson, Steven 56 ILB So* 44 54
Kimbrell, Gerald 45 ILB Fr 9 59
Benson, Toby 57 OLB Sr 24 24
Robey, Travis 43 OLB Sr* 51 57
Owens, Willie 47 OLB Sr* 43 61
Vaughn, Lee 49 OLB Jr* 26 40
Uzzell, Jesse 95 OLB Fr 10 44
Isley, Greg 58 OLB* Sr 12 16
Elliott, Shawn 28 CB Sr 30 33
Boyd, Hugh 23 CB Sr* 48 48
Lindsay, Gino 24 CB Jr* 45 45
Snyder, Sammie 25 CB Jr* 38 55
Lake, Desmond 26 CB So* 34 47
Battaglia, Orlando 40 CB Fr 17 37
Midget, Ethan 34 CB Fr 19 42
Buchans, Antonio 32 S Sr 39 39
Tucker, Jake 38 S Jr* 31 53

Preseason Top 25 + WAC Teams

School Record Conf Comp Poll Loss Sched Total Rank
Florida 0-0 SEC 1.00 1.00 0.00 2.04 4.04 1
Tennessee 0-0 SEC 4.00 3.00 0.00 2.20 9.20 2
UCLA 0-0 P10 3.00 5.00 0.00 1.92 9.92 3
Notre Dame 0-0 IND 2.00 3.50 0.00 4.56 10.06 4
Texas 0-0 B12 5.00 4.00 0.00 1.20 10.20 5
Southern California 0-0 P10 7.00 5.50 0.00 1.88 14.38 6
Georgia Tech 0-0 ACC 6.00 8.50 0.00 0.16 14.66 7
Michigan 0-0 B10 8.00 8.00 0.00 0.52 16.52 8
Ohio State 0-0 B10 9.00 7.50 0.00 0.68 17.18 9
Wisconsin 0-0 B10 10.00 10.00 0.00 0.80 20.80 10
Miami of Florida 0-0 ACC 11.00 10.00 0.00 1.36 22.36 11
Texas A&M 0-0 B12 12.00 12.00 0.00 1.24 25.24 12
Boise State 0-0 WAC 13.00 13.50 0.00 3.24 29.74 13
Washington 0-0 P10 14.00 16.00 0.00 1.96 31.96 14
Texas Christian 0-0 USA 16.00 14.50 0.00 3.16 33.66 15
Louisiana State 0-0 SEC 15.00 17.00 0.00 2.40 34.40 16
Oklahoma 0-0 B12 18.00 16.50 0.00 1.12 35.62 17
Toledo 0-0 MID 17.00 16.50 0.00 4.08 37.58 18
California 0-0 P10 21.00 19.00 0.00 1.72 41.72 19
Colorado State 0-0 MNW 22.00 21.50 0.00 2.60 46.10 20
Minnesota 0-0 B10 23.00 25.00 0.00 0.60 48.60 21
Boston College 0-0 BEC 19.00 30.50 0.00 1.32 50.82 22
Arkansas 0-0 SEC 26.00 24.00 0.00 2.32 52.32 23
Pittsburgh 0-0 BEC 20.00 32.00 0.00 1.40 53.40 24
Georgia 0-0 SEC 24.00 28.00 0.00 2.08 54.08 25

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Fresno State 0-0 WAC 39.00 34.00 0.00 3.28 76.28 37
San Jose State 0-0 WAC 54.00 65.00 0.00 3.48 122.4860
Texas-El Paso 0-0 WAC 63.00 57.00 0.00 3.56 123.5661
Southern Methodist 0-0 WAC 62.00 65.50 0.00 3.52 131.0263
Rice 0-0 WAC 68.00 63.00 0.00 3.44 134.4464
Hawaii 0-0 WAC 81.00 81.50 0.00 3.32 165.8281
Louisiana Tech 0-0 WAC 89.00 95.00 0.00 3.36 187.3691
Tulsa 0-0 WAC 120.00117.000.00 3.60 240.60120
Nevada 0-0 WAC 124.00117.500.00 3.40 244.90121

Here's a look at the UTEP 2009 schedule:

2009 Texas-El Paso Schedule

Rival: Hawaii
Stadium Capacity: 51,500
Season Tickets Sold: 40,000

Week Opponent Result Attendance Weather Television
2 at (43) Texas Tech
3 BEAUMONT
4 MCALLEN
5 LOUISIANA TECH
6 at (39) Fresno State
7 NEVADA
8 RICE
10 at (13) Boise State
11 at Southern Methodist
12 at San Jose State
13 HAWAII

Week 2 - UTEP (0-0) @ Texas Tech (0-0) (-15)
Final: UTEP 22, Texas Tech 10

In front of a sold out crowd in Lubbock, Texas and on regional television, we shock the college football world by upsetting the Red Raiders. Texas Tech had no answer for Broderick Lyles (131 yards, 1 TD) and our running game (200 total yards). We controlled the time of possession, which was absolutely key.

We committed 3 turnovers (2 INT's, 1 fumble) and the Red Raiders helped us out with their starting QB throwing 4 INT's. Our defense was brilliant today, allowing Texas Tech to only 241 yards of total offense.

This is a win our program will remember for a long time.

Week 3 - Beaumont (0-0) @ UTEP (1-0) (-5)
Final: UTEP 35, Beaumont 31

It took a fourth quarter comeback for us to knock off in-state school Beaumont. They're one of the tougher SCE teams and I always like playing state competition. They have one hell of a team. Actually, they were much better than I was expecting.

They run their offense out of the veer formation. Our defense over the years has been notorious for not being able to stop the option. Today we did an alright job as we held them to just 152 yards on the ground. Offensively, here's some key performances:

QB Stevens - 15/25, 203 yards, 3 TD
RB Lyles - 23 carries, 111 yards, 2 TD
WR Casares - 4 receptions, 71 yards, 1 TD

This win didn't come without a few losses. Our best DE will be out the rest of the year and another starting DE will miss 5 weeks of action:

Kim Haworth - 48 weeks (degenerative hip condition)
Bubba Thomas - 5 weeks (hyperextended knee)

Week 4 - McAllen (1-1) @ UTEP (2-0) (-4)
Final: UTEP 38. McAllen 10

McAllen was never in this game. We win this one easily. The injury bug continues to strike as we lose starting flanker Casares for 9 weeks with arthroscopic knee surgery.

Team Statistics MCAL TXEP

First Downs 10 28

Total Rushes 25 44
Net Rushing Yards 61 207
Yards Per Carry 2.4 4.7
Rushing Yards 100 222
Tckld Loss/Yards 2-4 1-3
Sacked/Yards Lost 5-35 2-12

Pass Attempts 29 33
Completions 9 21
Passing Yards 104 232
Yards Per Attempt 3.5 7.0
Interceptions 1 2
Fumbles/Lost 3/1 2/0

Total Plays 54 77
Total Yards 165 439
Yards Per Play 3.0 5.7

3rd Down Plays 4/15 6/13

Penalties 9 4
Penalty Yards 69 20

Avg. Drive Start OWN 30 OWN 36
Time Of Possession 24:59 35:01

Texas-El Paso Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
31 Lyles 30 161 5.3 16 1 2 0
37 Alcott 7 33 4.7 10 0 0 0
18 Stevens 7 13 1.8 19 0 1 2

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
18 Stevens 32 20 222 6.9 57 4 2

Week 5 - Louisiana Tech (1-2) @ UTEP (3-0) (-11)
Final: UTEP 34, Louisiana Tech 3

The score may indicate that we had a good day offensively, but La Tech's offensive was generous enough to allow our defense to score 14 of those 34 points on the day. Our defense was the game MVP as we shut them out both on the ground and through the air. The Bulldogs only managed a measly 2.7 yards per play.

Injuries continue to kill us as we lose starting fullback Thurman Clark for the season due to a torn knee ligament. With the injury, I've taken the redshirt off freshman Rick Holliman.

We travel to Fresno to take on the Fresno State Bulldogs (0-3) next week. Don't let their record fool you. They're one of the better teams in the WAC. They've just had a brutal OOC schedule so far as they've faced #7 Texas A&M, #23 Ohio State and unranked Oregon State.

Nice start!

Nice start!

Thanks. I'm definitely concerned about Fresno, though. They have a solid team this year.

Week 6 - UTEP (4-0) @ Fresno State (0-3) (-5)
Final: Fresno State 35, UTEP 31

This one was closer than I expected. Fresno, with their tough OOC schedule, is one of the better WAC teams even with their 0-3 record coming into today's game. This was also the first time this season that a defense has held Broderick Lyles to under 100 yards rushing. Defensively, we had no answer. They over-powered us on the line and ran it down our throats.

Team Statistics TXEP FRST

First Downs 20 23

Total Rushes 38 29
Net Rushing Yards 109 206
Yards Per Carry 2.8 7.1
Rushing Yards 131 227
Tckld Loss/Yards 5-9 5-15
Sacked/Yards Lost 2-13 1-6

Pass Attempts 33 35
Completions 21 22
Passing Yards 209 250
Yards Per Attempt 6.3 7.1
Interceptions 1 3
Fumbles/Lost 2/1 0/0

Total Plays 71 64
Total Yards 318 456
Yards Per Play 4.4 7.1

3rd Down Plays 6/15 2/9

Penalties 4 9
Penalty Yards 30 65

Avg. Drive Start OWN 44 OWN 29
Time Of Possession 32:05 27:55


Week 7 - Nevada (0-3) @ UTEP (4-1) (-10)
Nevada 24, UTEP 17 (OT)

Ugh. This one hurts.

Today we also said goodbye to these starters:

ILB Schwartz - 15 weeks (torn knee ligament)
DE Thomas - 49 weeks (ACL damage)

Week 8 - Rice (3-1) @ UTEP (4-2) (E)
Final: Rice 54, UTEP 28

I slowly feel this season slipping away. Injuries on the defensive side of the ball have devastated us.

Week 10 - UTEP (4-3) @ #5 Boise State (6-0) (-25)
Final: Boise State 35, UTEP 7

From 4-0 to 4-4. Unbelievable.

Team Statistics TXEP BOIS

First Downs 11 25

Total Rushes 33 40
Net Rushing Yards 80 181
Yards Per Carry 2.4 4.5
Rushing Yards 125 216
Tckld Loss/Yards 3-12 6-11
Sacked/Yards Lost 5-33 4-24

Pass Attempts 26 29
Completions 7 19
Passing Yards 63 232
Yards Per Attempt 2.4 8.0
Interceptions 1 2
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 3/0

Total Plays 59 69
Total Yards 143 413
Yards Per Play 2.4 5.9

3rd Down Plays 2/14 5/12

Penalties 6 7
Penalty Yards 60 53

Avg. Drive Start OWN 31 OWN 36
Time Of Possession 26:53 33:07

Disappointed in how things have gone since the beginning of the season, I decided to quickly sim out the rest of the year. We finish at 6-5, but it sure feels like a losing season.

Week 11- UTEP (4-4) @ SMU (4-3) (-7)
Final: SMU 35, UTEP 6

Week 12 - UTEP (4-5) @ San Jose State (5-4) (-13)
Final: UTEP 31, San Jose State 21

Week 13 - Hawaii (2-8) @ UTEP (5-5) (-17)
Final: UTEP 51, Hawaii 7

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CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK - WEEK 15, 2009

Big 12 - Iowa State 21, #3 Texas A&M 26
SEC - #1 Florida 49, #18 Arkansas 23

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WAC STANDINGS

School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
Boise State 11 0 0 1.000 446 123 8 0 0 1.000 331 86 Won 18
Rice 7 4 0 .636 243 242 6 2 0 .750 196 153 Lost 1
Southern Methodist 6 5 0 .545 249 232 5 3 0 .625 215 146 Lost 2
San Jose State 6 5 0 .545 306 277 5 3 0 .625 253 177 Won 1
Fresno State 5 6 0 .454 269 318 5 3 0 .625 206 215 Lost 1
Texas-El Paso 6 5 0 .545 300 265 3 5 0 .375 205 214 Won 2
Louisiana Tech 4 7 0 .363 207 305 3 5 0 .375 150 234 Won 1
Nevada 3 8 0 .272 161 305 3 5 0 .375 118 227 Lost 4
Hawaii 2 9 0 .181 239 306 1 7 0 .125 150 223 Lost 3
Tulsa 2 9 0 .181 126 293 1 7 0 .125 78 227 Lost 5

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BCS TOP 10

School Record Conf Comp Poll Loss Sched Total Rank
Boise State 11-0 WAC 1.50 3.50 0.00 2.36 7.36 1
Texas A&M 12-0 B12 3.00 2.50 0.00 4.08 9.58 2
Florida 12-0 SEC 7.25 1.00 0.00 3.48 11.73 3
Texas Christian 10-1 USA 1.75 7.00 1.00 2.48 12.23 4
Notre Dame 10-1 IND 5.75 3.00 1.00 3.68 13.43 5
UCLA 10-1 P10 6.75 5.00 1.00 2.60 15.35 6
Wisconsin 10-1 B10 6.25 6.00 1.00 3.80 17.05 7
Michigan 9-2 B10 6.25 9.50 2.00 1.00 18.75 8
Stanford 10-1 P10 7.75 11.50 1.00 3.56 23.81 9
Georgia Tech 9-2 ACC 10.25 10.50 2.00 3.72 26.47 10

2009 recruiting class:

Player Pos HT WT ST NRank ByPos StRank ByPos
**Young, Joseph FB 6-1 225 NM 149 3 2 1
**Nelson, Chester T 6-5 295 NM 206 27 3 1
**Wolf, Pete QB 6-1 190 TX 377 28 29 4
**Bustos, Nolan G 6-4 295 TX 469 43 34 5
**Woodson, Roman DE 6-2 230 NM 596 52 5 1
**Leary, Chris OLB 5-10 193 CO 674 39 13 1
$$Hembree, Mark OLB 5-11 200 TX 681 40 53 3
$$Barth, Jerry S 6-0 166 TX 828 42 64 4
**Finley, Courtney ILB 6-3 198 PA 836 47 33 5
$$Sheldon, Jermaine DT 6-4 279 TX 875 51 72 4
$$Farrell, Tim S 6-0 178 VT 918 50 1 1
**St. Louis, Dana ILB 6-4 222 TX 980 60 77 2
$$Fulton, Eric G 6-3 262 VA --- 88 29 2
##Andrews, Dennis WR 6-2 176 OH --- --- 63 6
##Boone, Al TE 6-3 241 TX --- 82 --- 5
##Frederick, Harris P 6-0 177 TX --- 55 --- 3

Player All-St All-US Status
**Young, Joseph Yes No Committed *
**Nelson, Chester Yes No Committed *
**Wolf, Pete No No Committed *
**Bustos, Nolan No No Committed *
**Woodson, Roman Yes No Committed *
**Leary, Chris Yes No Committed *
$$Hembree, Mark No No Committed *
$$Barth, Jerry Yes No Committed *
**Finley, Courtney Yes No Committed *
$$Sheldon, Jermaine No No Committed *
$$Farrell, Tim Yes No Committed *
**St. Louis, Dana Yes No Committed *
$$Fulton, Eric Yes No Committed *
##Andrews, Dennis No No Committed *
##Boone, Al No No Committed *
##Frederick, Harris No No Committed *

Rough Estimate of Player Interest: No Prefix - player unlikely to be
interested, ** - a bit of a stretch for your school, $$ - likely interest,
## - almost certain interest.

WAC representatives in bowl games:

BCS National Championship - Texas A&M (12-1) 21, Boise State (12-0) 24
Houston Bowl - Rice (7-5) 17, Northern Illinois (9-4) 24

Boise State makes the WAC proud by edging Texas A&M in the national championship game.

BCS GAMES

National Championship - Texas A&M (12-1) 21, Boise State (12-0) 24
Sugar Bowl - Wisconsin (11-1) 37, Florida (12-1) 33
Orange Bowl - TCU (11-1) 22, Utah (10-2) 7
Rose Bowl - Stanford (11-1) 38, Virginia (10-2) 10

2009 AWARDS

WAC First Team

OT Otis Terry
OLB Willie Owens

WAC Second Team

OG Jonathan Rivera
DT Leland Strong

WAC All-Academic Team

RB Broderick Lyles
TE Bert Chasser
WR Norbert Turnbull
OLB Travis Robey
S Antonio Buchans

2009 END OF YEAR SUMMARY

2009 Summary for Texas-El Paso

Record: 6-5
Rank: 53

Texas-El Paso Team Rank
Rushes 441 41
Rushing Yards 1684 41
Yards Per Carry 3.81 40
Pass Attempts 320 61 (T)
Completions 170 67 (T)
Passing Yards 1877 93
Yards Per Attempt 5.86 100
3rd Down Conversions 41.9 16
Points Per Game 27.2 35
Turnovers 22 70 (T)
Turnover Margin +5 33 (T)

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes 371 26 (T)
Rushing Yards 1497 68
Yards Per Carry 4.03 93 (T)
Pass Attempts 310 32 (T)
Completions 163 22 (T)
Passing Yards 1966 18
Yards Per Attempt 6.34 31
3rd Down Conversions 38.0 89 (T)
Points Per Game 24.0 65
Turnovers 27 22 (T)

Primary Formation: Pro Formation

Week Team Versus Oppnt
2 22 at TXTC (102) 10
3 35 BEAU (94) 31
4 38 MCAL (76) 10
5 34 LATC (89) 3
6 31 at FRST (59) 35
7 17 NEVA (115) 24
8 28 RICE (44) 54
10 7 at BOIS (3) 35
11 6 at SMTH (52) 35
12 31 at SJST (47) 21
13 51 HAWI (113) 7

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Sources: UTEP's Harrison Daniels headed to Florida State?
January 13, 2009

After the dismissal of head football coach Damon Giannetti, Florida State athletic director Randy Spetman has reportedly approached UTEP coach Harrison Daniels, sources with knowledge of the situation told ESPN.com on Tuesday.

On December 27, Florida State fired Damon Giannetti after compiling an unimpressive 6-27 record over the past three seasons at FSU.

A source familiar with the situation told ESPN.com that "Mr. Daniels has always been the #1 choice since the firing of Giannetti." The source also stated that "Coach Daniels is eager to return to the southeast after the past six years in El Paso."

UTEP officials have declined to comment on the situation. Harrison Daniels, if he chooses to remain at UTEP, will be in the final year of his contract.

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Daniels turns down Seminole coaching job
January 16, 2009

El Paso -- More money and a chance to coach in a BCS conference apparently wasn't enough to convince UTEP head coach Harrison Daniels to leave the UTEP Miners.

Daniels, who recently completed his sixth season as head coach of the Miners, met with Florida State officials Thursday night and turned down an offer to become the next Seminoles head coach Friday morning.

UTEP athletic director Bob Stull refused to speak specifically about the Florida State job but said he was thrilled to have Daniels as his head football coach.

"I really don't comment on any specific jobs but from time to time people are going to come after Harrison and he has done a wonderful job turning the football program around here at UTEP," he said. "I'm really happy and excited he is our coach. I'm hopeful that we can sign him to another long-term deal in the near future. That's one of my top priorities."

2009 SEASON REVIEW
To fall from 4-0 to 4-5 was quite disheartening. As I said previously, we had a winning season, but it certainly doesn't feel like it. The Nevada game really took the wind out of our sails and we never really bounced back from that tough loss. I could blame it on the excessive amount of injuries we had on the defensive side of the ball, but that's not me. Great coaching wouldn't have allowed such a letdown during the second half of the season. My staff and I will have a lot to improve on during the off-season if we ever want to take UTEP to a level higher than just a middle-of-the-pack WAC team.

2009 END OF SEASON GRADES
Team Performance 65/100
Academic Performance 42/100
Recruiting Performance 42/100
Television Revenue 7/100
Alumni Donations 65/100
Attendance/Stadium 46/100
Final Grade 49/100

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2010

UTEP School and Stadium
Prestige: 71 (+1)
Academic Reputation: 48 (+3)

Stadium: Sun Bowl Stadium (51,500)
2010 Season Tickets: 43,900 (+3,900)
City Economics: Terrible
Community Loyalty: Terrific
Alumni Loyalty: Decent
Student Goodwill: Terrible

Meet the Staff
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Head Coach
Harrison Daniels

Playing Career
Georgia Tech, Inside Linebacker (1987-1991)

Coaching Carrer
Georgia Tech, 1992-93 (GA)
Eastern Kentucky, 1993-96 (LB)
Georgia Southern, 1997-2000 (LB)
Valdosta State, 2000-2003 (DC)
UTEP, 2004- (HC)

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Offensive Coordinator
Barry Thompson, 48
6th year

Play Calling: Very Good
Injury Avoidance: Very Good
Rehabilitation: Pretty Good
Congeniality: Pretty Good
QB Development: Good
RB Development: Terrific
WR Development: Excellent
OL Development: Excellent
K Development: Terrible

Formation: Pro formation
Experience: 6 years


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Defensive Coordinator
Terrell Collons, 56
3rd year

Play Calling: Lousy
Injury Avoidance: Terrible
Rehabilitation: Decent
Congeniality: Decent
DL Development: Very Good
LB Development: Decent
DB Development: Terrific


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Syndicate Coordinator
Brock Temple, 41
3rd year

Academic Eligibility: Good
Syndicate Investigation: Lousy
Solicit Donations: Pretty Good

Meet the Team

UTEP OFFENSE

Player # Pos Elig Current Estimate Future Estimate
Stevens, Randy 18 QB Jr* 55 61
Silverstone, Daryl 17 QB So* 29 49
Wolf, Pete 14 QB Fr 19 71
Ewart, Kenneth 7 QB* So* 7 7
Lyles, Broderick 31 RB Jr 77 77
Hopper, Tyrell 21 RB So* 40 67
Alcott, Ronald 37 RB Sr* 32 47
Torres, Emmitt 35 RB So 27 33
Holliman, Rick 46 FB So 43 88
Young, Joseph 33 FB Fr 37 57
Clark, Thurman 39 FB Sr 36 50
Joyner, Shawn 27 FB* Sr 1 1
Anderson, Everett 84 TE Jr* 52 86
Chavez, J.T. 83 TE Sr* 43 54
Swanson, Timothy 86 TE So* 38 71
Boone, Al 85 TE Fr 15 33
Patterson, Andre 6 WR Jr* 59 80
Casares, Steven 87 WR Sr* 54 64
Turnbull, Norbert 88 WR Sr* 41 48
Farmer, Jorge 1 WR Sr 39 58
Rausche, Moe 89 WR So* 38 58
Andrews, Dennis 5 WR Fr 10 61
Mahoney, Darrin 50 C Sr 60 60
Falk, Joel 52 C So* 21 85
Money, C.J. 51 C Sr* 18 23
Tyler, Byron 54 C* Jr* 23 61
Rivera, Jonathan 69 G Sr* 57 57
Monroe, Clyde 62 G Jr* 53 67
Heubeck, Donovan 61 G So* 29 48
Wible, Nick 68 G Sr 24 30
Bustos, Nolan 70 G Fr 15 51
Fulton, Eric 78 G Fr 12 58
Lincoln, Nolan 60 T So* 30 57
Burke, Brett 73 T Sr 28 41
Moss, Everett 66 T Jr* 28 57
Pace, Quentin 77 T So* 27 41
Glover, Gary 64 T Sr* 18 76
Nelson, Chester 67 T Fr 14 61

UTEP SPECIAL TEAMS

Frederick, Harris 16 P Fr 18 28
Robinson, Mickey 15 P* So* 2 23
Purrington, Lorenzo 10 K Jr 25 42
Contois, Eric 8 K* So* 1 11

UTEP DEFENSE

Haworth, Kim 72 DE Sr 48 48
Shields, Marlon 71 DE Sr* 43 56
Thomas, Bubba 99 DE Jr* 28 53
Poole, Jake 94 DE So* 27 60
Fox, Johnnie 74 DE Sr* 22 23
Woodson, Roman 79 DE Fr 22 45
Godfrey, Fernando 76 DE* Fr 9 9
Shepard, Lee 98 DT Sr* 44 61
Paine, Jeffrey 90 DT Jr* 32 67
McCrory, Glen 93 DT Sr* 30 56
Sousa, Bernie 97 DT So* 29 40
Sheldon, Jermaine 92 DT Fr 15 55
Wilson, Steven 56 ILB Jr* 53 54
Kimbrell, Gerald 45 ILB So* 33 59
Stevens, Duane 42 ILB Sr 33 33
Schwartz, Tim 44 ILB Sr 21 26
St. Louis, Dana 96 ILB Fr 14 35
Finley, Courtney 57 ILB Fr 11 52
Robey, Travis 43 OLB Sr 52 57
Owens, Willie 47 OLB Sr 42 61
Vaughn, Lee 49 OLB Sr* 27 40
Uzzell, Jesse 95 OLB So* 26 44
Hembree, Mark 58 OLB Fr 15 71
Leary, Chris 91 OLB Fr 11 66
Lake, Desmond 26 CB Jr* 52 52
Lindsay, Gino 24 CB Sr* 52 52
Boyd, Hugh 23 CB Sr 48 48
Snyder, Sammie 25 CB Sr* 47 55
Battaglia, Orlando 40 CB So* 38 38
Midget, Ethan 34 CB So* 30 42
Tucker, Jake 38 S Sr* 33 53
Farrell, Tim 48 S Fr 31 52
Barth, Jerry 28 S Fr 23 73
Stevenson, Paul 30 S* So 7 7
Floyd, Brad 29 S* So 6 6

Preseason Top 25 + WAC Teams

School Record Conf Comp Poll Loss Sched Total Rank
UCLA 0-0 P10 2.00 2.00 0.00 1.92 5.92 1
Florida 0-0 SEC 3.00 2.00 0.00 2.04 7.04 2
Notre Dame 0-0 IND 1.00 2.50 0.00 4.56 8.06 3
Texas 0-0 B12 4.00 3.50 0.00 1.20 8.70 4
Wisconsin 0-0 B10 5.00 7.00 0.00 0.80 12.80 5
Michigan 0-0 B10 6.00 7.00 0.00 0.52 13.52 6
Tennessee 0-0 SEC 8.00 6.50 0.00 2.20 16.70 7
Texas A&M 0-0 B12 7.00 8.50 0.00 1.24 16.74 8
Southern California 0-0 P10 11.00 8.50 0.00 1.88 21.38 9
Georgia Tech 0-0 ACC 10.00 12.00 0.00 0.16 22.16 10
Boise State 0-0 WAC 9.00 10.00 0.00 3.24 22.24 11
Texas Christian 0-0 USA 12.00 9.50 0.00 3.16 24.66 12
Ohio State 0-0 B10 13.00 12.50 0.00 0.68 26.18 13
Miami of Florida 0-0 ACC 14.00 13.50 0.00 1.36 28.86 14
Washington 0-0 P10 16.00 17.50 0.00 1.96 35.46 15
Pittsburgh 0-0 BEC 15.00 21.50 0.00 1.40 37.90 16
Syracuse 0-0 BEC 19.00 17.50 0.00 1.48 37.98 17
Minnesota 0-0 B10 18.00 19.50 0.00 0.60 38.10 18
Troy 0-0 SUN 17.00 23.00 0.00 4.64 44.64 19
Colorado State 0-0 MNW 22.00 21.00 0.00 2.60 45.60 20
Utah 0-0 MNW 20.00 23.00 0.00 2.76 45.76 21
Penn State 0-0 B10 24.00 24.50 0.00 0.72 49.22 22
California 0-0 P10 26.00 21.50 0.00 1.72 49.22 23
Stanford 0-0 P10 27.00 21.00 0.00 1.84 49.84 24
Toledo 0-0 MID 23.00 23.00 0.00 4.08 50.08 25

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Rice 0-0 WAC 48.00 44.50 0.00 3.44 95.94 43
Fresno State 0-0 WAC 54.00 48.00 0.00 3.28 105.28 52
Southern Methodist 0-0 WAC 50.00 54.50 0.00 3.52 108.02 54
San Jose State 0-0 WAC 49.00 56.50 0.00 3.48 108.98 56
Texas-El Paso 0-0 WAC 59.00 48.00 0.00 3.56 110.56 57
Hawaii 0-0 WAC 103.00101.000.00 3.32 207.32 102
Louisiana Tech 0-0 WAC 104.00107.500.00 3.36 214.86 106
Nevada 0-0 WAC 122.00111.500.00 3.40 236.90 118
Tulsa 0-0 WAC 120.00116.500.00 3.60 240.10 120

Here's a look at the UTEP 2010 schedule:

2010 Texas-El Paso Schedule

Rival: Hawaii
Stadium Capacity: 51,500
Season Tickets Sold: 43,900

Week Opponent Result Attendance Weather Television
2 KILLEEN
3 TEXAS TECH
5 (9) BOISE STATE
6 at Fresno State
7 (50) SOUTHERN METHODIST
8 (49) SAN JOSE STATE
9 at (48) Rice
11 at Nevada
12 at Tulsa
13 HAWAII
15 RUTGERS

Conference games in bold

Week 2 - Killeen (0-0) @ UTEP (0-0) (-7)
Final: Killeen 41, UTEP 24

Well, you're not going to win many games when you commit 5 turnovers. This one is a real head-scratcher. We were dominant in the first half and I'm not sure what team came out after halftime. This was the worst case scenario for the start of the new season. Hopefully this game isn't a preview of what's to come.

Week 3 - Texas Tech (0-1) @ UTEP (0-1) (-5)
Final: UTEP 24, Texas Tech 17

It wasn't pretty, but a win is a win and more importantly, saves us from being 0-2 to start the season. This is the second year in a row we've beaten a stronger Texas Tech team. I wish we could go back and play that Killeen game again. A few things of concern after 2 games:

- Offensively, we're not converting as well as I'd like on 3rd down. Way too many three and outs.
- Defensively, where to begin? It seems like teams are having no trouble moving the ball against us.

Team Statistics TXTC TXEP

First Downs 17 23

Total Rushes 31 46
Net Rushing Yards 114 228
Yards Per Carry 3.6 4.9
Rushing Yards 126 251
Tckld Loss/Yards 3-4 6-8
Sacked/Yards Lost 1-8 2-15

Pass Attempts 25 22
Completions 16 15
Passing Yards 240 167
Yards Per Attempt 9.6 7.5
Interceptions 1 0
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0

Total Plays 56 68
Total Yards 354 395
Yards Per Play 6.3 5.8

3rd Down Plays 5/12 4/12

Penalties 6 3
Penalty Yards 70 15

Avg. Drive Start OWN 32 OWN 31
Time Of Possession 28:09 31:51

Texas-El Paso Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
31 Lyles 28 117 4.1 21 1 7 0
18 Stevens 10 4 0.4 12 0 4 2
21 Hopper 6 96 16.0 54 1 0 0
46 Holliman 2 11 5.5 10 0 0 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
18 Stevens 22 15 167 7.5 21 1 0

Week 5 - Boise State (1-1) (-15) @ UTEP (1-1)
Final: Boise State 62, UTEP 0

Coming off a close loss at South Carolina, the Broncos came in and hammered us at home. Adding insult to injury - we lose starting left tackle Nolan Lincoln for the rest of the year due to a severe hamstring pull.

Really no use talking about this one, right? 62-0. That's pretty much all you need to know.

Week 6 - UTEP (1-2) @ Fresno State (3-1) (-33)
Fresno State 44, UTEP 24

33 point underdog? Really? Well, you wouldn't guess by the final, but we were winning heading into the fourth quarter by a touchdown. The Bulldogs scored 27 points in the fourth to come back and take this one. After the game, I informed defensive coordinator Terrell Collons that considerable improvement needs to be made by the end of the season if he'd like to keep his job here in El Paso.

Team Statistics TXEP FRST

First Downs 20 27

Total Rushes 38 33
Net Rushing Yards 128 151
Yards Per Carry 3.3 4.5
Rushing Yards 159 176
Tckld Loss/Yards 5-10 5-14
Sacked/Yards Lost 3-21 2-11

Pass Attempts 26 25
Completions 15 19
Passing Yards 247 252
Yards Per Attempt 9.5 10.0
Interceptions 2 0
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 1/0

Total Plays 64 58
Total Yards 375 403
Yards Per Play 5.8 6.9

3rd Down Plays 10/14 1/8

Penalties 4 8
Penalty Yards 30 70

Avg. Drive Start OWN 23 OWN 37
Time Of Possession 31:03 28:57

Week 7 - SMU (0-4) @ UTEP (1-3) (-5)
Final: UTEP 35, SMU 7

This game went about as expected. SMU isn't a very good team, but I'm glad we took care of business. We're only a few loses away from heading into the direction of a losing season.

Good news:
- RB Lyles got back in nice form today with 29 carries for 203 yards with 2 TD. He's been struggling in the earlier part of the year. I'm hoping he can regain the ability he's showed the past two years.
- Starting QB Stevens only threw 2 picks today. I'm not sure what's wrong with the kid, but he isn't playing as well as he did last season for us. He's at 9 INT's already and he only threw 10 all of last season.

Bad news:
- Defense continues to give me many headaches. SMU only had 7 points, but due to their weak offense, they gave the ball back to us on some key drives.
- Injuries. DT McCrory done for the season (severe hamstring pull). Starting OLB Willie Owens is also done for the year due to a dislocated knee. Owens was All-WAC 1st Team in 2009. He'll be missed.

Week 8 - San Jose State (1-4) @ UTEP (2-3) (-5)
Final: UTEP 30, San Jose State 0

They had no answer for our running attack, so we ran it down their throats all day with Lyles leading the way. The game was relatively close (13-0) heading into the fourth, but our offense exploded for 17 unanswered points to put this one out of reach for the Spartans.

Starting split end Steven Casaras will miss the remainder of the season due to, ummm, tobacco withdrawal syndrome. He'll spend the next 21 weeks in a rehabilitation center.

Now that we've got back to .500, we get to head on the road the next three games of the year against Rice, Nevada and Tulsa. Tulsa, sitting at 3-3 currently, is the surprise team of the WAC this season.

Week 9 - UTEP (3-3) @ Rice (4-2) (-10)
Final: Rice 13, UTEP 10

A defensive battle? This is my seventh year at UTEP and I've rarely seen games of this nature. Hats off to Rice's defensive for holding Lyles to 32 yards on 28 carries (that's a 1.1 YPC average, if you're paying attention). QB Randy Stevens continues to make me pull my hair out. He was 17/40 for 306 yards on the day with 3 picks and 1 TD. I have no idea what to do with him. We really don't have a better choice at the moment.

We'll take next week off and then head to Nevada in week 11.

Week 10 - UTEP (3-4) (-6) @ Nevada (0-7)
Final: UTEP 59, Nevada 24

Injuries hurt. Adding to our list:

QB Stevens - dislocated elbow (season)
C Mahoney - broken ribs (season)
OT Pace - torn knee cartilage (season)

The first two were starters. I'm not sure how we'll fare the rest of the way with these key injuries.

Lost my recaps for these. You didn't miss much, trust me. Just more and more injuries. It's really quite unbelievable that we went 2-1 in these last 3 games.

Week 12 - UTEP (4-4) (-2) @ Tulsa (4-5)
Final: UTEP 45, Tulsa 7

Week 13 - Hawaii (2-8) @ UTEP (5-4) (-15)
Final: Hawaii 52, UTEP 7

Week 15 - Rutgers (4-6) (-2) @ UTEP (5-5)
Final: UTEP 29, Rutgers 19

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CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK - WEEK 15, 2010

Big 12 - #23 Iowa State 7, #2 Texas 45
SEC - #1 Florida 35, Arkansas 42

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WAC STANDINGS

School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
Rice 9 2 0 .818 264 156 6 2 0 .750 195 130 Won 7
Boise State 8 3 0 .727 464 147 6 2 0 .750 360 115 Won 3
San Jose State 5 6 0 .454 268 271 5 3 0 .625 224 169 Won 1
Fresno State 7 4 0 .636 357 302 5 3 0 .625 277 244 Lost 2
Louisiana Tech 6 5 0 .545 339 290 4 4 0 .500 251 238 Won 2
Texas-El Paso 6 5 0 .545 287 286 4 4 0 .500 210 209 Won 1
Southern Methodist 4 7 0 .363 211 289 4 4 0 .500 191 198 Lost 1
Tulsa 4 7 0 .363 218 368 3 5 0 .375 151 291 Lost 3
Hawaii 3 8 0 .272 231 354 3 5 0 .375 179 227 Won 1
Nevada 0 11 0 .000 153 420 0 8 0 .000 133 350 Lost 15

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BCS TOP 10

School Record Conf Comp Poll Loss Sched Total Rank
Miami of Florida 10-1 ACC 1.50 3.50 1.00 1.84 7.84 1
Georgia Tech 10-1 ACC 3.50 3.00 1.00 3.20 10.70 2
Texas 11-1 B12 6.25 1.00 1.00 2.92 11.17 3
Penn State 10-1 B10 2.25 9.50 1.00 0.20 12.95 4
Michigan 9-2 B10 3.75 7.50 2.00 0.28 13.53 5
Florida 10-2 SEC 7.75 3.00 2.00 2.08 14.83 6
Wisconsin 9-2 B10 9.25 7.50 2.00 1.64 20.39 7
Southern California 9-2 P10 11.25 7.50 2.00 0.76 21.51 8
Notre Dame 8-3 IND 10.75 11.00 3.00 1.24 25.99 9
UCLA 9-2 P10 17.25 4.50 2.00 2.84 26.59 10

2010 recruiting class:

Player Pos HT WT ST NRank ByPos StRank ByPos
**McGregor, Darren WR 6-2 196 TX 111 7 7 2
**Gordon, Ernie T 6-4 259 TX 131 17 10 4
**Tyler, Rickey DE 6-3 231 TX 252 36 17 2
**Nall, Jake DE 6-2 227 TX 276 38 18 3
**Norris, Ty C 6-4 293 TX 305 19 22 1
**Dimcheff, Gino QB 6-0 190 TX 480 36 38 3
$$Canada, Adam FB 5-11 203 TX 544 13 44 2
**Garrett, Edwin S 6-0 194 CO 591 48 7 1
**Roca, Victor WR 6-2 188 NM 677 48 3 1
**Blackston, Daryl CB 6-1 179 TX 716 55 56 6
$$Kell, Andre RB 6-3 223 AZ 719 45 15 2
**Claire, Ryan OLB 6-0 206 NM 757 40 6 1
$$Cowgill, Thomas G 6-6 296 TX 797 67 60 5
$$Sera, Bill ILB 6-3 210 TX --- 69 87 3
##Hartsfield, Gabe DT 6-4 264 TX --- --- --- 14
##Weaver, Teddy OLB 5-10 190 TX --- --- --- 13

Player All-St All-US Status
**McGregor, Darren Yes No Committed *
**Gordon, Ernie Yes Yes Committed *
**Tyler, Rickey Yes No Committed *
**Nall, Jake No No Committed *
**Norris, Ty No No Committed *
**Dimcheff, Gino No No Committed *
$$Canada, Adam Yes No Committed *
**Garrett, Edwin Yes No Committed *
**Roca, Victor Yes No Committed *
**Blackston, Daryl No No Committed *
$$Kell, Andre No No Committed *
**Claire, Ryan Yes No Committed *
$$Cowgill, Thomas No No Committed *
$$Sera, Bill Yes No Committed *
##Hartsfield, Gabe No No Committed *
##Weaver, Teddy No No Committed *

Rough Estimate of Player Interest: No Prefix - player unlikely to be
interested, ** - a bit of a stretch for your school, $$ - likely interest,
## - almost certain interest.

WAC representatives in bowl games:

Houston Bowl - Rice (10-2) 38, Minnesota (6-6) 10
Las Vegas Bowl - Boise State (9-3) 16, West Virginia (6-6) 10

BCS GAMES

National Championship - Miami (Fla.) (11-1) 37, Georgia Tech (10-2) 13
Sugar Bowl - Michigan (10-2) 37, Texas(11-2) 33
Orange Bowl - Penn State (11-1) 22, Arkansas (9-4) 7
Rose Bowl - UCLA (10-2) 38, New Mexico (7-5) 10

2010 AWARDS

WAC First Team

OG Clyde Monroe

WAC Second Team

FB Rick Holliman

WAC All-Academic Team

WR Norbert Turnbull
WR Andre Patterson
OLB Travis Robey
CB Desmond Lake

2010 END OF YEAR SUMMARY

2010 Summary for Texas-El Paso

Record: 6-5
Rank: 54

Texas-El Paso Team Rank
Rushes 415 56 (T)
Rushing Yards 1585 44 (T)
Yards Per Carry 3.81 43 (T)
Pass Attempts 336 49 (T)
Completions 175 56 (T)
Passing Yards 2307 54
Yards Per Attempt 6.86 56 (T)
3rd Down Conversions 41.8 16
Points Per Game 26.0 45 (T)
Turnovers 31 118 (T)
Turnover Margin -12 110 (T)

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes 361 12 (T)
Rushing Yards 1320 49
Yards Per Carry 3.65 67 (T)
Pass Attempts 308 33 (T)
Completions 176 60 (T)
Passing Yards 2224 58
Yards Per Attempt 7.22 90 (T)
3rd Down Conversions 34.4 65 (T)
Points Per Game 26.0 79
Turnovers 19 74 (T)

Primary Formation: Pro Formation

Week Team Versus Oppnt
2 24 KILL (123) 41
3 24 TXTC (116) 17
5 0 BOIS (15) 62
6 24 at FRST (37) 44
7 35 SMTH (81) 7
8 30 SJST (64) 0
9 10 at RICE (18) 13
11 59 at NEVA (125) 24
12 45 at TLSA (98) 7
13 7 HAWI (104) 52
15 29 RUTG (96) 19

Year end injury report:

Player # Pos Elig Health Injury Full Strn.
Lincoln, Nolan 60 T So* Out Severe Hamstring 15 Weeks
Lindsay, Gino 24 CB Sr* Out Torn Knee Ligamen 14 Weeks
McCrory, Glen 93 DT Sr* Out Severe Hamstring 11 Weeks
Rivera, Jonathan 69 G Sr* Out Repetitive Concus 76 Weeks
Shepard, Lee 98 DT Sr* Out Torn Knee Ligamen 12 Weeks
Thomas, Bubba 99 DE Jr* Out ACL Damage to the 34 Weeks
Casares, Steven 87 WR Sr* Doubtful Tobacco Withdrawa 9 Weeks
Hopper, Tyrell 21 RB So* Questionable Separated Shoulde 3 Weeks
Mahoney, Darrin 50 C Sr Questionable Broken Ribs 4 Weeks
Owens, Willie 47 OLB Sr Questionable Dislocated Knee 3 Weeks
Haworth, Kim 72 DE Sr Probable Stretched Knee Li 1 Week
Kimbrell, Gerald 45 ILB So* Probable Shoulder Tendonit 3 Weeks

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Terrell Collons out as UTEP's defensive coordinator
January 7, 2011

El Paso -- UTEP's defensive coordinator Terrell Collons will not return for the 2011 season, Miner head coach Harrison Daniels said today.

“Terrell is a good football coach and an even better man,” Daniels said. “But after talking to him earlier this week, we both agreed that it was time for a change.”

The move comes as somewhat of a surprise, but Daniels hinted earlier in the season that he would take action to improve the defense.

"The players have to be accountable, as well as the coaches. " Daniels said. "Coach Collons was a valuable asset on the coaching staff in his three years here at the university, but sometimes a change of pace is necessary. I wish him nothing but the best."

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UTEP: Harrison Daniels contract extension and 2 players suspended for 2011 season
January 11, 2011

El Paso -- The Miners have awarded coach Harrison Daniels a contract extension that runs through the 2014 season, according to a pair of reports.

"I'm very excited about it," Daniels said to the Times. "Athletic director Bob Stull has always been very good to me. I respect him a great deal. I'm glad he's got the confidence in me to finish what we started when I came here to El Paso. We've got an amazing opportunity to have something real special in the future."

Daniels has led the Miners to four straight winning seasons with a total combined record of 40-37.

In other related UTEP news, two players have been suspended for the 2011 season. Two year starting fullback Rick Holliman has been suspended for violating team rules, according to head coach Daniels. Starting cornerback Sammie Snyder has also been suspended for the season. This past weekend, security cameras captured Sammie stealing books from the campus bookstore. He has been charged with misdemeanor theft.

"It's been awhile since I've had to deal with problems outside of the football field. I'm never happy about dealing with situations such as these. These are two smart young men who made some careless mistakes. It's unfortunate for the football team and the university that these incidents have occurred."

2010 SEASON REVIEW
Three straight 6-5 seasons. I'm happy to have a winning record, but I'd like to see more progress made. Injuries for the past two years have been brutal. I'm not one to make excuses, but they've really decimated our defense and the ability to stop average to above average offenses. Even so, I've seen our talent grow ten-fold since I took over UTEP in 2004. Athletic directors across the country continue to call each off-season. I'm not interested in making a lateral move, so I'm here in El Paso for the time being.

2010 END OF SEASON GRADES
Team Performance 31/100
Academic Performance 49/100
Recruiting Performance 73/100
Television Revenue 0/100
Alumni Donations 4/100
Attendance/Stadium 52/100
Final Grade 32/100

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2011

UTEP School and Stadium
Prestige: 69 (-2)
Academic Reputation: 52 (+4)

Stadium: Sun Bowl Stadium (51,500)
2011 Season Tickets: 43,100 (-800)
City Economics: Terrible
Community Loyalty: Very Good
Alumni Loyalty: Decent
Student Goodwill: Terrible

Meet the Staff
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Head Coach
Harrison Daniels

Playing Career
Georgia Tech, Inside Linebacker (1987-1991)

Coaching Carrer
Georgia Tech, 1992-93 (GA)
Eastern Kentucky, 1993-96 (LB)
Georgia Southern, 1997-2000 (LB)
Valdosta State, 2000-2003 (DC)
UTEP, 2004- (HC)

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Offensive Coordinator
Barry Thompson, 49
7th year

Play Calling: Very Good
Injury Avoidance: Very Good
Rehabilitation: Good
Congeniality: Pretty Good
QB Development: Good
RB Development: Terrific
WR Development: Excellent
OL Development: Excellent
K Development: Terrible

Formation: Pro formation
Experience: 7 years


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Defensive Coordinator
Michael Stargell, 65
1st year

Play Calling: Decent
Injury Avoidance: Very Good
Rehabilitation: Terrific
Congeniality: Very Good
DL Development: Pretty Good
LB Development: Very Good
DB Development: Terrible


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Syndicate Coordinator
Brock Temple, 42
4th year

Academic Eligibility: Good
Syndicate Investigation: Lousy
Solicit Donations: Pretty Good

Meet the Team

UTEP OFFENSE

Player # Pos Elig Current Estimate Future Estimate
Stevens, Randy 18 QB Sr* 66 66
Silverstone, Daryl 17 QB Jr* 32 48
Wolf, Pete 14 QB So* 36 71
Dimcheff, Gino 19 QB Fr 13 36
Alcott, Ronald 37 RB Sr 33 47
Lyles, Broderick 31 RB Sr 79 79
Torres, Emmitt 35 RB Jr 26 33
Hopper, Tyrell 21 RB Jr* 42 67
Kell, Andre 36 RB Fr 26 33
Holliman, Rick 46 FB Jr 61 88
Young, Joseph 33 FB So* 58 58
Canada, Adam 22 FB Fr 19 59
Joyner, Shawn 27 FB* Sr 1 1
Chavez, J.T. 83 TE Sr 45 54
Anderson, Everett 84 TE Sr* 56 86
Swanson, Timothy 86 TE Jr* 54 71
Boone, Al 85 TE So* 25 33
Casares, Steven 87 WR Sr 53 64
Turnbull, Norbert 88 WR Sr 44 48
Patterson, Andre 6 WR Sr* 63 80
Rausche, Moe 89 WR Jr* 47 58
Andrews, Dennis 5 WR So* 24 61
McGregor, Darren 9 WR Fr 33 73
Roca, Victor 1 WR Fr 22 58
Money, C.J. 51 C Sr 23 23
Falk, Joel 52 C Jr* 31 85
Norris, Ty 53 C Fr 27 77
Tyler, Byron 54 C* Sr* 24 61
Monroe, Clyde 62 G Sr* 57 67
Heubeck, Donovan 61 G Jr* 42 48
Bustos, Nolan 70 G So* 44 51
Fulton, Eric 78 G So* 28 58
Cowgill, Thomas 65 G Fr 14 71
Corbett, Jared 75 G* So 6 14
Glover, Gary 64 T Sr 25 77
Moss, Everett 66 T Sr* 38 57
Lincoln, Nolan 60 T Jr* 32 57
Pace, Quentin 77 T Jr* 25 41
Nelson, Chester 67 T So* 39 61
Gordon, Ernie 68 T Fr 12 72
Brandon, Leo 63 T* So 3 15

UTEP SPECIAL TEAMS

Frederick, Harris 16 P So 36 36
Robinson, Mickey 15 P* Jr* 3 23
Purrington, Lorenzo 10 K Sr 26 42
Contois, Eric 8 K* Jr* 2 11

UTEP DEFENSE

Shields, Marlon 71 DE Sr 49 57
Fox, Johnnie 74 DE Sr 25 25
Thomas, Bubba 99 DE Sr* 33 53
Poole, Jake 94 DE Jr* 41 61
Woodson, Roman 79 DE So* 28 44
Tyler, Rickey 73 DE Fr 27 81
Nall, Jake 72 DE Fr 14 73
Godfrey, Fernando 76 DE* So 11 11
Shepard, Lee 98 DT Sr 39 61
McCrory, Glen 93 DT Sr 31 56
Paine, Jeffrey 90 DT Sr* 45 68
Sousa, Bernie 97 DT Jr* 29 39
Sheldon, Jermaine 92 DT So* 31 56
Hartsfield, Gabe 55 DT Fr 4 42
Wilson, Steven 56 ILB Sr* 60 60
Kimbrell, Gerald 45 ILB Jr* 55 59
Finley, Courtney 57 ILB So* 32 52
St. Louis, Dana 96 ILB So* 21 35
Sera, Bill 50 ILB Fr 5 43
Vaughn, Lee 49 OLB Sr 35 40
Uzzell, Jesse 95 OLB Jr* 40 44
Hembree, Mark 58 OLB So* 33 71
Leary, Chris 91 OLB So* 23 66
Claire, Ryan 44 OLB Fr 12 39
Weaver, Teddy 47 OLB Fr 9 46
Lindsay, Gino 24 CB Sr 52 52
Snyder, Sammie 25 CB Sr 48 55
Lake, Desmond 26 CB Sr* 60 60
Midget, Ethan 34 CB Jr* 46 46
Battaglia, Orlando 40 CB Jr* 44 44
Blackston, Daryl 42 CB Fr 23 50
Tucker, Jake 38 S Sr 32 53
Farrell, Tim 48 S So 46 52
Barth, Jerry 28 S So* 40 73
Garrett, Edwin 20 S Fr 19 63
Floyd, Brad 29 S* Jr 8 8
Stevenson, Paul 30 S* Jr 8 8

Preseason Top 25 + WAC Teams

School Record Conf Comp Poll Loss Sched Total Rank
Florida 0-0 SEC 1.00 1.00 0.00 2.04 4.04 1
Michigan 0-0 B10 4.00 3.00 0.00 0.52 7.52 2
UCLA 0-0 P10 3.00 4.00 0.00 1.92 8.92 3
Texas 0-0 B12 5.00 4.00 0.00 1.20 10.20 4
Notre Dame 0-0 IND 2.00 4.00 0.00 4.56 10.56 5
Southern California 0-0 P10 6.00 5.00 0.00 1.88 12.88 6
Wisconsin 0-0 B10 7.00 7.50 0.00 0.80 15.30 7
Miami of Florida 0-0 ACC 8.00 7.50 0.00 1.36 16.86 8
Georgia Tech 0-0 ACC 9.00 11.50 0.00 0.16 20.66 9
Ohio State 0-0 B10 12.00 10.50 0.00 0.68 23.18 10
Texas A&M 0-0 B12 11.00 12.00 0.00 1.24 24.24 11
Boise State 0-0 WAC 10.00 11.00 0.00 3.24 24.24 12
Texas Christian 0-0 USA 13.00 12.00 0.00 3.16 28.16 13
Tennessee 0-0 SEC 14.00 12.00 0.00 2.20 28.20 14
Penn State 0-0 B10 15.00 16.00 0.00 0.72 31.72 15
Washington 0-0 P10 16.00 17.00 0.00 1.96 34.96 16
Syracuse 0-0 BEC 18.00 17.00 0.00 1.48 36.48 17
Stanford 0-0 P10 19.00 17.00 0.00 1.84 37.84 18
Troy 0-0 SUN 17.00 19.00 0.00 4.64 40.64 19
Arkansas 0-0 SEC 21.00 21.50 0.00 2.32 44.82 20
Rice 0-0 WAC 24.00 22.00 0.00 3.44 49.44 21
Brownsville 0-0 SCE 20.00 25.00 0.00 4.76 49.76 22
California 0-0 P10 26.00 22.50 0.00 1.72 50.22 23
Minnesota 0-0 B10 25.00 26.50 0.00 0.60 52.10 24
Pittsburgh 0-0 BEC 23.00 30.00 0.00 1.40 54.40 25

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Fresno State 0-0 WAC 44.00 34.00 0.00 3.28 81.28 38
Texas-El Paso 0-0 WAC 61.00 51.00 0.00 3.56 115.56 55
San Jose State 0-0 WAC 57.00 66.00 0.00 3.48 126.48 59
Southern Methodist 0-0 WAC 69.00 74.50 0.00 3.52 147.02 74
Louisiana Tech 0-0 WAC 75.00 84.50 0.00 3.36 162.86 81
Hawaii 0-0 WAC 113.00107.000.00 3.32 223.32 111
Tulsa 0-0 WAC 114.00110.000.00 3.60 227.60 115
Nevada 0-0 WAC 123.00117.000.00 3.40 243.40 123

Here's a look at the UTEP 2011 schedule:

2011 Texas-El Paso Schedule

Rival: Hawaii
Stadium Capacity: 51,500
Season Tickets Sold: 43,100

Week Opponent Result Attendance Weather Television
2 NORTH TEXAS
3 TEXAS TECH
5 LOUISIANA TECH
6 (24) RICE
7 at Southern Methodist
8 (10) BOISE STATE
9 at Tulsa
11 at Nevada
12 at (44) Fresno State
13 HAWAII
14 CORPUS CHRISTI

Conference games in bold

Week 2 - North Texas (0-0) @ UTEP (0-0) (-7)
Final: North Texas 30, UTEP 13

Not the way you typically want to start a season. Just a really careless game from our offense. QB Stevens had two picks and then backup Wolf came in and throw one of his own. So the quarterback situation from last year looks to be continuing. If Stevens can't provide the offense with some stability and leadership, I'll be forced to look in a different direction. Hopefully he can turn things around.

North Texas was pretty balanced offensively, as most pro-formation teams are. If Stevens doesn't throw two INTs for touchdowns, this is a much closer ballgame. The good news is that we had minimal injuries on the day as only QB Stevens left the game with a bruised shoulder.

Week 3 - Texas Tech (2-0) (-8) @ UTEP (0-1)
Final: UTEP 44, Texas Tech 10

We took the Red Raiders behind the woodshed today. I think this makes 3 years in a row against them. Quite impressive. Stevens threw two more picks today, but he was a little more accurate as he went 19/31 for 249 yards and 2 TD's. I have faith that he can get his shit together. RB Lyles ran wild on the Texas Tech defense going for 130 yards on 21 carries.

Team Statistics TXTC TXEP

First Downs 13 28

Total Rushes 33 36
Net Rushing Yards 99 204
Yards Per Carry 3.0 5.6
Rushing Yards 122 213
Tckld Loss/Yards 5-17 4-9
Sacked/Yards Lost 1-6 0-0

Pass Attempts 27 31
Completions 10 19
Passing Yards 152 249
Yards Per Attempt 5.6 8.0
Interceptions 2 2
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0

Total Plays 60 67
Total Yards 251 453
Yards Per Play 4.1 6.7

3rd Down Plays 6/14 7/11

Penalties 5 4
Penalty Yards 25 28

Avg. Drive Start OWN 27 OWN 35
Time Of Possession 28:43 31:17

Week 5 - Louisiana Tech (0-3) @ UTEP (1-1) (-16)
Final: UTEP 28, Louisiana Tech 9

QB Stevens has lost the starting job. I can't understand how someone's strengths that includes "avoiding interceptions" can throw so many picks. It's mind numbing. We'll see what Pete Wolf can do as he'll get the nod next week against #15 Rice.

Due to the interceptions, this game was closer than it should have been. Louisiana Tech just isn't very good. Game ball goes to RB Lyles as he has another great game (25 carries, 170 yards, 2 TD).

Team Statistics LATC TXEP

First Downs 15 23

Total Rushes 38 38
Net Rushing Yards 76 181
Yards Per Carry 2.0 4.7
Rushing Yards 116 200
Tckld Loss/Yards 0-0 3-3
Sacked/Yards Lost 6-40 3-16

Pass Attempts 34 25
Completions 15 12
Passing Yards 205 209
Yards Per Attempt 6.0 8.3
Interceptions 3 3
Fumbles/Lost 2/1 0/0

Total Plays 72 63
Total Yards 281 390
Yards Per Play 3.9 6.1

3rd Down Plays 6/17 6/13

Penalties 7 7
Penalty Yards 74 55

Avg. Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 37
Time Of Possession 32:23 27:37

Week 6 - #15 Rice (3-0) (-10) @ UTEP (2-1)
Final: Rice 17, UTEP 10

Our defense kept us in the game all day. We just couldn't do anything offensively (199 total yards). It's a shame. I really wanted this one. Pete Wolf wasn't terrible in his first game starting at quarterback. His stats on the day: 15/28, 109 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT. We'll see if we've found a permanent QB next Saturday when SMU comes to town.

Week 7 - UTEP (2-2) (-7) @ SMU (1-4)
Final: UTEP 19, SMU 17

This was a dangerously close game. The wishbone, which SMU runs, continues to give us fits. They had 200+ yards rushing, averaging 6.3 yards per play. They were making our defense look foolish all day. Pete Wolf hasn't impressed me at QB. As a sophomore, he'll have more playing time opportunities in the coming years. We'll put Stevens back behind center and pray he doesn't throw to guys in a different uniform.

It took 7 weeks, but we finally get hit with some serious injuries:

OLB Uzzell - 28 weeks (severe hamstring pull)
WR Rausche - 10 weeks (broken ribs)

Week 8 - #12 Boise State (4-1) (-14) @ UTEP (3-2)
Final: Boise State 30, UTEP 20

So close, yet so far away.

Team Statistics BOIS TXEP

First Downs 20 23

Total Rushes 40 30
Net Rushing Yards 214 76
Yards Per Carry 5.3 2.5
Rushing Yards 243 98
Tckld Loss/Yards 6-16 4-8
Sacked/Yards Lost 2-13 2-14

Pass Attempts 27 40
Completions 18 18
Passing Yards 233 308
Yards Per Attempt 8.6 7.7
Interceptions 1 3
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/0

Total Plays 67 70
Total Yards 447 384
Yards Per Play 6.6 5.4

3rd Down Plays 6/14 6/15

Penalties 8 3
Penalty Yards 60 20

Avg. Drive Start OWN 31 OWN 27
Time Of Possession 29:59 30:01

Week 9 - UTEP (3-3) @ Tulsa (4-2) (-13)
Final: UTEP 62, Tulsa 6

This one was fun to watch.

Team Statistics TXEP TLSA

First Downs 27 13

Total Rushes 42 26
Net Rushing Yards 270 55
Yards Per Carry 6.4 2.1
Rushing Yards 272 88
Tckld Loss/Yards 2-2 6-10
Sacked/Yards Lost 0-0 3-23

Pass Attempts 23 42
Completions 16 14
Passing Yards 225 125
Yards Per Attempt 9.7 2.9
Interceptions 1 6
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 1/1

Total Plays 65 68
Total Yards 495 180
Yards Per Play 7.6 2.6

3rd Down Plays 5/11 7/18

Penalties 2 5
Penalty Yards 21 37

Avg. Drive Start OWN 49 OWN 25
Time Of Possession 31:52 28:08


Week 11 - UTEP (4-3) (-15) @ Nevada (0-6)
Final: UTEP 45, Nevada 7

Nevada has to have one of the worst offenses I've seen in all my years of coaching. They have now lost 23 straight games. Ouch.

Also, with only 12 scholarships to give this year, we've already wrapped up recruiting. We are still talking to some kids about walking on, though. Here are your 2011 UTEP commitments:

Player Pos HT WT ST NRank ByPos StRank ByPos
$$Preston, Bryce RB 6-0 187 AZ 155 16 5 1
**Arians, Trent CB 6-2 182 TX 269 18 26 5
**Emmons, Mel FB 6-1 210 TX 309 16 35 2
**Tonkin, Charles K 5-11 159 TX 329 11 36 1
**Lindsay, Courtney T 6-2 267 TX 491 42 44 7
**Lynch, Teddy DT 6-4 283 TX 597 30 52 4
**Evans, Winfred QB 6-3 195 CO 695 57 9 1
**Reidl, Matthew OLB 5-9 203 TX 709 48 61 4
**Banks, Norm ILB 6-4 231 TX 735 46 66 4
$$Perez, Bernie CB 5-10 167 TX 755 44 69 8
$$Sachtleben, Troy WR 5-10 171 NM 775 67 6 1
$$Orta, A.J. TE 6-6 239 TX 869 32 77 1

Player All-St All-US Status
$$Preston, Bryce Yes No Committed *
**Arians, Trent No No Committed *
**Emmons, Mel No No Committed *
**Tonkin, Charles Yes No Committed *
**Lindsay, Courtney No No Committed *
**Lynch, Teddy No No Committed *
**Evans, Winfred Yes No Committed *
**Reidl, Matthew No No Committed *
**Banks, Norm No No Committed *
$$Perez, Bernie No No Committed *
$$Sachtleben, Troy Yes No Committed *
$$Orta, A.J. No No Committed *

Rough Estimate of Player Interest: No Prefix - player unlikely to be
interested, ** - a bit of a stretch for your school, $$ - likely interest,
## - almost certain interest. 

Week 12 - UTEP (5-3) @ Fresno State (6-3) (-10)
Final: UTEP 34, Fresno State 3

It feels good to beat Fresno State so soundly. They're probably in the top 3 of the conference in terms of talent and they never really threatened us today. We'll give the game ball to the defense as the Bulldogs couldn't establish the run all day. Forcing them to pass the ball, their junior QB Nick Easter threw three interceptions. This was probably our most complete game we've played defensively this season against decent competition.

I won't give the defense all the credit. The offense was also clicking on all cylinders today. QB Stevens has really played much better since his benching earlier in the year. With games remaining against Hawaii and Corpus-Christi, we have a shot at an 8-3 season.

Week 13 - Hawaii (3-6) @ UTEP (6-3) (-11)
Final: UTEP 28, Hawaii 24

After last season's 52-7 embarrassment, we get a little revenge against our rivals from the island.

Team Statistics HAWI TXEP

First Downs 18 22

Total Rushes 41 37
Net Rushing Yards 179 183
Yards Per Carry 4.3 4.9
Rushing Yards 201 199
Tckld Loss/Yards 5-12 6-11
Sacked/Yards Lost 2-10 1-5

Pass Attempts 17 24
Completions 13 17
Passing Yards 158 224
Yards Per Attempt 9.2 9.3
Interceptions 0 0
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 2/1

Total Plays 58 61
Total Yards 337 407
Yards Per Play 5.8 6.6

3rd Down Plays 4/13 4/10

Penalties 5 5
Penalty Yards 45 41

Avg. Drive Start OWN 32 OWN 26
Time Of Possession 30:42 29:18

Week 14 - Corpus Christi (3-7) @ UTEP (7-3) (-21)
Final: Corpus Christi 20, UTEP 17

Classic let down game. I'm sure this win made Corpus Christi's season. Unfortunately, we're left with a bad taste in our mouth after a mostly successful season.

CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK - WEEK 15, 2011

Big 12 - Iowa State 6, #5 Texas 38
SEC - #2 Florida 21, #23 Arkansas 24

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WAC STANDINGS

School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
Boise State 9 2 0 .818 427 137 6 2 0 .750 306 93 Won 3
Rice 9 2 0 .818 330 146 6 2 0 .750 255 106 Won 4
Texas-El Paso 7 4 0 .636 320 173 6 2 0 .750 246 113 Lost 1
San Jose State 6 5 0 .545 253 255 6 2 0 .750 227 156 Won 3
Tulsa 6 5 0 .545 225 309 5 3 0 .625 161 216 Won 1
Fresno State 6 5 0 .545 268 284 4 4 0 .500 182 223 Lost 3
Hawaii 4 7 0 .363 236 300 3 5 0 .375 179 215 Won 1
Louisiana Tech 2 9 0 .181 159 341 2 6 0 .250 113 246 Lost 3
Southern Methodist 2 9 0 .181 229 335 2 6 0 .250 152 228 Lost 2
Nevada 1 10 0 .090 113 395 0 8 0 .000 76 301 Won 1

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BCS TOP 10

School Record Conf Comp Poll Loss Sched Total Rank
UCLA 11-0 P10 1.25 1.00 0.00 2.68 4.93 1
Notre Dame 10-1 IND 2.50 3.00 1.00 1.96 8.46 2
Michigan 10-1 B10 2.50 3.50 1.00 1.88 8.88 3
Texas 11-1 B12 5.25 2.50 1.00 3.08 11.83 4
Georgia Tech 10-1 ACC 8.00 5.50 1.00 4.36 18.86 5
Northern Illinois 10-1 MID 4.75 11.00 1.00 4.40 21.15 6
Wisconsin 9-2 B10 8.50 7.50 2.00 3.72 21.72 7
Florida 10-2 SEC 11.50 5.50 2.00 2.88 21.88 8
California 9-2 P10 4.50 14.50 2.00 1.36 22.36 9
Troy 10-1 SUN 9.75 8.00 1.00 4.20 22.95 10

WAC representatives in bowl games:

Houston Bowl - Pittsburgh (8-4) 38 , #14 Rice (9-3) 12
Las Vegas Bowl - Minnesota (7-5) 23, #10 Boise State (9-3) 6

BCS GAMES

National Championship - UCLA (12-0) 42, Notre Dame (10-2) 35
Sugar Bowl - Georgia Tech (11-1) 27, Michigan (10-2) 20
Orange Bowl - Texas (12-1) 35, Utah (9-3) 14
Rose Bowl - Northern Illinois (11-1) 38, Arkansas (9-4) 23

2011 AWARDS

WAC MVP

RB Broderick Lyles

WAC Top Offensive Player

RB Broderick Lyles

WAC First Team

RB Broderick Lyles

WAC Second Team

QB Randy Stevens
FB Joseph Young
C Joel Falk
OG Nolan Bustos
K Lorenzo Purrington
ILB Steven Wilson

WAC All-Academic Team

QB Randy Stevens
FB Joseph Young
TE Timothy Swanson
WR Steven Casaras
OG Nolan Bustos
CB Desmond Lake
S Jerry Barth

2011 END OF YEAR SUMMARY

2011 Summary for Texas-El Paso

Record: 7-4
Rank: 40

Texas-El Paso Team Rank
Rushes 430 50
Rushing Yards 1898 23
Yards Per Carry 4.41 11
Pass Attempts 305 77 (T)
Completions 173 65 (T)
Passing Yards 2297 56
Yards Per Attempt 7.53 39
3rd Down Conversions 44.4 8
Points Per Game 29.0 30
Turnovers 19 47 (T)
Turnover Margin +3 48 (T)

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes 379 35
Rushing Yards 1420 64
Yards Per Carry 3.74 77 (T)
Pass Attempts 293 20
Completions 142 3
Passing Yards 1769 6
Yards Per Attempt 6.03 22
3rd Down Conversions 34.8 62
Points Per Game 15.7 10 (T)
Turnovers 22 41 (T)

Primary Formation: Pro Formation

Week Team Versus Oppnt
2 13 NTEX (92) 30
3 44 TXTC (86) 10
5 28 LATC (110) 9
6 10 RICE (18) 17
7 19 at SMTH (109) 17
8 20 BOIS (11) 30
9 62 at TLSA (69) 6
11 45 at NEVA (122) 7
12 34 at FRST (52) 3
13 28 HAWI (94) 24
14 17 CORP (95) 20

Wow... to do so well and then get punk'd by Corpus Christi...

SAYING GOODBYE...

RB Broderick Lyles
6'2, 218
Richardson, TX (Richardson HS)
HS rank: #161
3.44 GPA (Metallurgy)

CAREER STATS: 44 GS, 1036 carries, 4918 yards, 39 TD, 111.7 YPG,

Broderick Lyles is easily the best player I've ever recruited at UTEP. He's started every single game for us since his freshman year. He's been an incredible work horse running back throughout his four year stay in El Paso. I'm really gonna miss the kid. He was a joy to coach and watch the past four years. I'm definitely interested to see how he does in the NFL. With a scout rating of 79/79, he has a decent shot of making a team.

Wow... to do so well and then get punk'd by Corpus Christi...

Yeah, no joke. :banghead:

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UTEP PLAYERS IN THE PROS

WR Irv Kemp (28/30)
San Francisco 49'ers
3rd round, 2010 (29)
Career stats: 25 GP, 12 catches, 183 yards

RB Broderick Lyles (44/52)
New York Giants
2nd round, 2012 (32)

FB Rick Holliman (28/35)
Chicago Bears
6th round, 2012 (10)

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2012

UTEP School and Stadium
Prestige: 71 (+2)
Academic Reputation: 53 (+1)

Stadium: Sun Bowl Stadium (51,500)
2012 Season Tickets: 43,900 (+800)
City Economics: Terrible
Community Loyalty: Terrific
Alumni Loyalty: Good
Student Goodwill: Lousy

Meet the Staff
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Head Coach
Harrison Daniels

Playing Career
Georgia Tech, Inside Linebacker (1987-1991)

Coaching Carrer
Georgia Tech, 1992-93 (GA)
Eastern Kentucky, 1993-96 (LB)
Georgia Southern, 1997-2000 (LB)
Valdosta State, 2000-2003 (DC)
UTEP, 2004- (HC)

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Offensive Coordinator
Barry Thompson, 50
8th year

Play Calling: Very Good
Injury Avoidance: Pretty Good
Rehabilitation: Good
Congeniality: Good
QB Development: Good
RB Development: Excellent
WR Development: Excellent
OL Development: Excellent
K Development: Terrible

Formation: Pro formation
Experience: 8 years


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Defensive Coordinator
Michael Stargell, 66
2nd year

Play Calling: Decent
Injury Avoidance: Very Good
Rehabilitation: Terrific
Congeniality: Good
DL Development: Pretty Good
LB Development: Very Good
DB Development: Terrible


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Syndicate Coordinator
Brock Temple, 43
5th year

Academic Eligibility: Good
Syndicate Investigation: Lousy
Solicit Donations: Pretty Good

Meet the Team

UTEP OFEFNSE

Player # Pos Elig Current Estimate Future Estimate
Stevens, Randy 18 QB Sr 66 66
Wolf, Pete 14 QB Jr* 40 71
Silverstone, Daryl 17 QB Sr* 35 48
Dimcheff, Gino 19 QB So* 31 36
Evans, Winfred 3 QB Fr 8 42
Hopper, Tyrell 21 RB Sr* 48 68
Preston, Bryce 23 RB Fr 37 98
Kell, Andre 36 RB So* 36 36
Torres, Emmitt 35 RB Sr 28 33
Powell, Perry 49 RB* Fr 25 60
Young, Joseph 33 FB Jr* 71 71
Canada, Adam 22 FB So 29 58
Emmons, Mel 46 FB Fr 19 56
Anderson, Everett 84 TE Sr 64 86
Swanson, Timothy 86 TE Sr* 59 72
Boone, Al 85 TE Jr* 28 32
Orta, A.J. 87 TE Fr 27 51
Patterson, Andre 6 WR Sr 63 80
Rausche, Moe 89 WR Sr* 49 58
McGregor, Darren 9 WR So* 43 73
Roca, Victor 1 WR So* 39 57
Andrews, Dennis 5 WR Jr* 28 61
Sachtleben, Troy 80 WR Fr 22 56
Falk, Joel 52 C Sr* 58 85
Norris, Ty 53 C So* 28 77
Tyler, Byron 54 C* Sr 28 61
Bustos, Nolan 70 G Jr* 60 60
Monroe, Clyde 62 G Sr 56 67
Heubeck, Donovan 61 G Sr* 47 48
Fulton, Eric 78 G Jr* 43 58
Cowgill, Thomas 65 G So* 17 71
Corbett, Jared 75 G* Jr* 8 14
Shake, Michael 69 G* Fr 7 58
Nelson, Chester 67 T Jr* 64 64
Moss, Everett 66 T Sr 60 60
Gordon, Ernie 68 T So* 37 72
Lincoln, Nolan 60 T Sr* 32 57
Pace, Quentin 77 T Sr* 28 41
Lindsay, Courtney 71 T Fr 21 50
Brandon, Leo 63 T* Jr* 4 15

UTEP SPECIAL TEAM

Frederick, Harris 16 P Jr 43 43
Robinson, Mickey 15 P* Sr* 3 23
Tonkin, Charles 2 K Fr 10 73
Contois, Eric 8 K* Sr* 2 11

UTEP DEFENSE

Poole, Jake 94 DE Sr* 55 61
Woodson, Roman 79 DE Jr* 36 44
Thomas, Bubba 99 DE Sr 35 53
Tyler, Rickey 73 DE So* 29 81
Nall, Jake 72 DE So* 20 73
Godfrey, Fernando 76 DE* Jr* 10 10
Paine, Jeffrey 90 DT Sr 55 68
Sousa, Bernie 97 DT Sr* 40 40
Sheldon, Jermaine 92 DT Jr* 28 56
Lynch, Teddy 98 DT Fr 14 44
Hartsfield, Gabe 55 DT So* 13 42
Wilson, Steven 56 ILB Sr 65 65
Kimbrell, Gerald 45 ILB Sr* 62 62
Finley, Courtney 57 ILB Jr* 38 52
St. Louis, Dana 96 ILB Jr* 23 35
Banks, Norm 41 ILB Fr 22 60
Sera, Bill 50 ILB So* 7 42
Hembree, Mark 58 OLB Jr* 44 71
Uzzell, Jesse 95 OLB Sr* 40 44
Leary, Chris 91 OLB Jr* 31 66
Reidl, Matthew 93 OLB Fr 16 49
Weaver, Teddy 47 OLB So* 15 46
Claire, Ryan 44 OLB So* 13 39
Buckley, Emmanuel 43 OLB* Fr 12 22
Bridges, Clyde 59 OLB* So 7 7
Lake, Desmond 26 CB Sr 60 60
Battaglia, Orlando 40 CB Sr* 54 54
Midget, Ethan 34 CB Sr* 52 52
Arians, Trent 25 CB Fr 51 95
Blackston, Daryl 42 CB So* 34 50
Perez, Bernie 38 CB Fr 18 43
Farrell, Tim 48 S Jr 67 67
Barth, Jerry 28 S Jr* 58 73
Garrett, Edwin 20 S So* 37 63
Haroldson, Bryan 39 S* Fr 10 28
Stevenson, Paul 30 S* Sr 9 9
Floyd, Brad 29 S* Sr 8 8

Preseason Top 25 + WAC Teams

School Record Conf Comp Poll Loss Sched Total Rank
UCLA 0-0 P10 1.00 1.00 0.00 1.92 3.92 1
Florida 0-0 SEC 2.00 2.00 0.00 2.04 6.04 2
Texas 0-0 B12 4.00 3.50 0.00 1.20 8.70 3
Notre Dame 0-0 IND 3.00 3.50 0.00 4.56 11.06 4
Michigan 0-0 B10 6.00 5.50 0.00 0.52 12.02 5
Georgia Tech 0-0 ACC 5.00 7.00 0.00 0.16 12.16 6
Wisconsin 0-0 B10 7.00 6.50 0.00 0.80 14.30 7
Southern California 0-0 P10 8.00 7.50 0.00 1.88 17.38 8
Miami of Florida 0-0 ACC 9.00 8.50 0.00 1.36 18.86 9
Boise State 0-0 WAC 10.00 10.00 0.00 3.24 23.24 10
Texas A&M 0-0 B12 11.00 11.50 0.00 1.24 23.74 11
Ohio State 0-0 B10 13.00 12.00 0.00 0.68 25.68 12
Syracuse 0-0 BEC 15.00 15.00 0.00 1.48 31.48 13
Washington 0-0 P10 14.00 16.00 0.00 1.96 31.96 14
Troy 0-0 SUN 12.00 16.00 0.00 4.64 32.64 15
Stanford 0-0 P10 16.00 15.00 0.00 1.84 32.84 16
Texas Christian 0-0 USA 17.00 15.00 0.00 3.16 35.16 17
California 0-0 P10 19.00 18.00 0.00 1.72 38.72 18
Tennessee 0-0 SEC 20.00 18.00 0.00 2.20 40.20 19
Northern Illinois 0-0 MID 18.00 21.50 0.00 4.04 43.54 20
Penn State 0-0 B10 22.00 21.50 0.00 0.72 44.22 21
Boston College 0-0 BEC 21.00 26.00 0.00 1.32 48.32 22
Purdue 0-0 B10 23.00 26.50 0.00 0.76 50.26 23
Arkansas 0-0 SEC 25.00 24.00 0.00 2.32 51.32 24
Bowling Green 0-0 MID 24.00 24.00 0.00 3.68 51.68 25

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Rice 0-0 WAC 28.00 25.00 0.00 3.44 56.44 26
Fresno State 0-0 WAC 53.00 41.00 0.00 3.28 97.28 47
Texas-El Paso 0-0 WAC 55.00 41.00 0.00 3.56 99.56 48
San Jose State 0-0 WAC 54.00 61.50 0.00 3.48 118.98 57
Tulsa 0-0 WAC 83.00 88.00 0.00 3.60 174.60 87
Southern Methodist 0-0 WAC 96.00 97.50 0.00 3.52 197.02 98
Hawaii 0-0 WAC 103.0098.50 0.00 3.32 204.82 105
Louisiana Tech 0-0 WAC 104.00106.500.00 3.36 213.86 108
Nevada 0-0 WAC 123.00118.000.00 3.40 244.40 122

Here's a look at the UTEP 2012 schedule:

2012 Texas-El Paso Schedule

Rival: Hawaii
Stadium Capacity: 51,500
Season Tickets Sold: 43,900

Week Opponent Result Attendance Weather Television
2 MCALLEN
3 AKRON
4 at Texas Tech
5 LOUISIANA TECH
7 at Nevada
8 at (10) Boise State
9 at San Jose State
10 FRESNO STATE
11 SOUTHERN METHODIST
12 TULSA
13 at Hawaii

Conference games in bold

Week 2 - McAllen (0-0) @ UTEP (0-0) (-7)
Final: UTEP 49, McAllen 0

In front of 48,000 on a rainy day in El Paso, we absolutely destroy McAllen in the opening game of the season. The defense was spectacular all day, holding McAllen to under 100 yards of total offense. Their offense rivaled the Nevada team we played last season, which I referred to as "one of the worst offensives I've seen in all my years of coaching."

Our defense wasn't on the field much today as we spent 38+ minutes with the ball. Behind the rushing attack of Tyrell Hopper, we easily ran over McAllen's defense. McAllen was also a dreadful 1/14 on third down conversions. This is one of the better opening games in recent memory.

Week 3 - Akron (0-1) @ UTEP (1-0) (-8)
Final: UTEP 41, Akron 17

A win today doesn't really feel like a win at all. With one devastating hit from Akron's defensive end Randall Vance, starting QB Randy Stevens will most the remainder of his senior season due to torn knee ligaments. Redshirt junior Pete Wolf from Victoria, Texas will now be the man behind center.

Besides the loss of Stevens, we had a pretty good game today. Once again we were able to control the clock with our rushing attack. Akron was never really in this one at all.

Week 4 - UTEP (2-0) (-1) @ Texas Tech (1-1)
Final: Texas Tech 35, UTEP 30

This is a game we probably should've won. We were doing all the right things on offense, but we couldn't contain their run game. Backup QB Pete Wolf had an outstanding first game behind center (18/26, 308 yards, 3 TD). It was hard watching this one slip away.

Team Statistics TXEP TXTC

First Downs 23 21

Total Rushes 37 35
Net Rushing Yards 125 166
Yards Per Carry 3.3 4.7
Rushing Yards 141 201
Tckld Loss/Yards 5-11 4-6
Sacked/Yards Lost 1-5 5-29

Pass Attempts 26 20
Completions 18 10
Passing Yards 308 125
Yards Per Attempt 11.8 6.2
Interceptions 0 1
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 1/0

Total Plays 63 55
Total Yards 433 291
Yards Per Play 6.8 5.2

3rd Down Plays 6/14 3/9

Penalties 8 9
Penalty Yards 69 82

Avg. Drive Start OWN 27 OWN 35
Time Of Possession 33:44 26:16

Week 5 - Louisiana Tech (0-3) @ UTEP (2-1) (-23)
Final: UTEP 58, Louisiana Tech 14

Great way to start conference play.

Week 7 - UTEP (3-1) (-3) @ Nevada (1-3)
Final: UTEP 45, Nevada 31

Nevada has certainly improved since last season. They absolutely torched our secondary all day. I was glad to see this one end. They're passing attack was giving us fits. RB Tyrell Hopper just ran wild on their defense (23 carries, 226 yards, 1 TD). He definitely was in the zone today.

Our 51.4% on third down conversions has us ranked #4 nationally in that statistic. Next week we head up to Boise to see where we stand against the WAC elite.

Week 8 - UTEP (4-1) @ #5 Boise State (5-0) (-13)
Final: Boise State 59, UTEP 7

An overall pathetic performance today. I was hoping to make it more of a game. Very disappointed.

Team Statistics TXEP BOIS

First Downs 10 34

Total Rushes 24 39
Net Rushing Yards 51 176
Yards Per Carry 2.1 4.5
Rushing Yards 86 202
Tckld Loss/Yards 4-12 6-14
Sacked/Yards Lost 4-23 2-12

Pass Attempts 25 35
Completions 10 25
Passing Yards 164 367
Yards Per Attempt 6.5 10.4
Interceptions 0 0
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 0/0

Total Plays 49 74
Total Yards 215 543
Yards Per Play 4.3 7.3

3rd Down Plays 3/13 8/13

Penalties 3 6
Penalty Yards 22 50

Avg. Drive Start OWN 21 OWN 45
Time Of Possession 23:16 36:44

Week 9 - UTEP (4-2) @ San Jose State (3-4) (-3)
Final: San Jose State 38, UTEP 6

We committed 8 turnovers today. Yes, you read that number right - 8. That was really the only story of the day. Apparently we're still hungover from that ass kicking that Boise State put on us.

Week 10 - Fresno State (5-2) (-2) @ UTEP (4-3)
Final: Fresno State 35, UTEP 16

I'm really trying to stay positive here. It's hard to do when we're playing like this.

Week 11 - SMU (3-5) @ UTEP (4-4) (-10)
Final: UTEP 38, SMU 3

It feels good to get back on track.

Week 12 - Tulsa (1-8) @ UTEP (5-4) (-22)
Final: UTEP 45, Tulsa 30

Tulsa is terrible. I can't believe this was as close as it was. Not a good game as head into our final game with rival Hawaii.

Team Statistics TLSA TXEP

First Downs 20 19

Total Rushes 44 29
Net Rushing Yards 271 246
Yards Per Carry 6.1 8.4
Rushing Yards 293 277
Tckld Loss/Yards 5-16 6-14
Sacked/Yards Lost 1-6 3-17

Pass Attempts 35 26
Completions 14 13
Passing Yards 179 193
Yards Per Attempt 5.1 7.4
Interceptions 3 2
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/1

Total Plays 79 55
Total Yards 450 439
Yards Per Play 5.6 7.9

3rd Down Plays 6/17 3/10

Penalties 10 10
Penalty Yards 80 101

Avg. Drive Start OWN 31 OWN 37
Time Of Possession 35:12 24:48


Week 13 - UTEP (6-4) (-4) @ Hawaii (3-6)
Final: UTEP 27, Hawaii 10

Appreciative of a winning record, but the middle of the pack WAC finishes are becoming very frustrating. I'm wondering if I'll ever get over the hump here in El Paso. I really thought this year would've been the one where we broke out of this rut we're in. Oh well. Maybe next year.

CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK - WEEK 15, 2012

Big 12 - #23 Nebraska 7, #12 Texas 21
SEC - #21 South Carolina 38, Auburn 0

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WAC STANDINGS

School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
Boise State 11 0 0 1.000 487 151 8 0 0 1.000 347 104 Won 11
Fresno State 8 3 0 .727 398 188 7 1 0 .875 326 141 Lost 1
Rice 7 4 0 .636 284 190 6 2 0 .750 215 105 Won 1
San Jose State 7 4 0 .636 263 216 6 2 0 .750 215 133 Won 4
Texas-El Paso 7 4 0 .636 362 262 5 3 0 .625 242 210 Won 3
Southern Methodist 4 7 0 .363 237 345 2 6 0 .250 172 279 Won 1
Hawaii 4 7 0 .363 190 310 2 6 0 .250 130 241 Won 1
Louisiana Tech 2 9 0 .181 131 413 2 6 0 .250 107 288 Lost 1
Nevada 2 9 0 .181 145 345 1 7 0 .125 102 258 Lost 5
Tulsa 2 9 0 .181 228 379 1 7 0 .125 168 265 Won 1

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BCS TOP 10

School Record Conf Comp Poll Loss Sched Total Rank
Wisconsin 11-0 B10 4.00 1.00 0.00 3.72 8.72 1
Boise State 11-0 WAC 2.25 2.50 0.00 4.04 8.79 2
Michigan 9-2 B10 3.50 7.50 2.00 0.24 13.24 3
Notre Dame 10-1 IND 9.00 2.50 1.00 2.16 14.66 4
Georgia Tech 10-1 ACC 8.00 4.00 1.00 4.36 17.36 5
Florida 9-2 SEC 7.75 6.00 2.00 1.68 17.43 6
Central Florida 11-1 MID 5.00 10.00 1.00 3.96 19.96 7
UCLA 9-2 P10 10.50 5.00 2.00 2.84 20.34 8
Stanford 9-2 P10 4.75 11.50 2.00 2.24 20.49 9
Syracuse 10-1 BEC 8.75 7.50 1.00 4.52 21.77 10

2012 RECRUITING CLASS

Player Pos HT WT ST NRank ByPos StRank ByPos
**Irwin, Earnest CB 5-11 165 NM 158 8 5 1
**Fitzgerald, Broderick T 6-5 273 AZ 273 41 4 1
**Money, Teddy DT 6-5 271 AZ 321 18 5 1
$$Doggett, Calvin WR 6-0 187 TX 369 17 26 4
**Kegley, Mike QB 6-1 203 TX 398 29 29 3
**Archambeau, Mo G 6-5 287 CO 426 44 3 1
**Wooden, Corwin C 6-7 286 TX 436 15 33 3
**Devine, Keith DE 6-3 227 AZ 438 51 7 1
$$Coffey, Dwayne OLB 6-0 209 CO 624 41 6 1
$$Clancy, Jerry G 6-5 276 MN 657 59 11 4
$$Fleishman, Russell ILB 6-2 210 TX 711 38 51 2
$$Hoedemaker, Herman TE 6-3 221 TX 760 25 53 2
$$Covington, Les WR 5-11 166 TX 787 67 59 7
##Banks, Walter C 6-4 271 TX --- 55 97 7
##Wright, Corey T 6-8 300 MS --- --- 18 3
##Thornton, Stan S 6-1 176 TX --- --- --- 4

Player All-St All-US Status
**Irwin, Earnest Yes No Committed *
**Fitzgerald, Broderick Yes No Committed *
**Money, Teddy Yes No Committed *
$$Doggett, Calvin No No Committed *
**Kegley, Mike No No Committed *
**Archambeau, Mo Yes No Committed *
**Wooden, Corwin No No Committed *
**Devine, Keith Yes No Committed *
$$Coffey, Dwayne Yes No Committed *
$$Clancy, Jerry Yes Yes Committed *
$$Fleishman, Russell No No Committed *
$$Hoedemaker, Herman No No Committed *
$$Covington, Les No No Committed *
##Banks, Walter No No Committed *
##Wright, Corey No No Committed *
##Thornton, Stan No No Committed *

Rough Estimate of Player Interest: No Prefix - player unlikely to be
interested, ** - a bit of a stretch for your school, $$ - likely interest,
## - almost certain interest.

WAC representatives in bowl games:

BCS National Championship - Wisconsin (12-0) 34, Boise State (11-1) 11
Houston Bowl - Northern Illinois (10-2) 55, Fresno State (8-4) 7
Las Vegas Bowl - Boston College (9-3) 52, San Jose State (7-5) 21
Humanitarian Bowl - Rice (8-4) 31, Miami of Ohio (7-5) 3

BCS GAMES

National Championship - Wisconsin (12-0) 34, Boise State (11-1) 11
Sugar Bowl - Colorado State (11-1) 45, Michigan (9-3) 17
Orange Bowl - Georgia Tech (11-1) 34, South Carolina (10-3) 27
Rose Bowl - Texas (10-3) 23, Washington (7-5) 13

2012 AWARDS

WAC First Team

OG Nolan Bustos
S Tim Farrell

WAC Second Team

TE Everett Anderson
OLB Jesse Uzzell

WAC All-Academic Team

FB Joseph Young
TE Timothy Swanson
WR Andre Patterson
OG Nolan Bustos
OT Ernie Gordon
P Harris Frederick
DT Jefferey Paine

2012 END OF YEAR SUMMARY

2012 Summary for Texas-El Paso

Record: 7-4
Rank: 40

Texas-El Paso Team Rank
Rushes 404 60
Rushing Yards 1555 52
Yards Per Carry 3.84 41
Pass Attempts 327 61
Completions 193 44
Passing Yards 2808 21
Yards Per Attempt 8.58 17
3rd Down Conversions 39.8 25 (T)
Points Per Game 32.9 19
Turnovers 20 49 (T)
Turnover Margin -3 79 (T)

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes 350 9
Rushing Yards 1202 32
Yards Per Carry 3.43 46 (T)
Pass Attempts 352 89 (T)
Completions 181 79 (T)
Passing Yards 2339 76
Yards Per Attempt 6.64 48 (T)
3rd Down Conversions 35.2 69
Points Per Game 23.8 59
Turnovers 17 98 (T)

Primary Formation: Pro Formation

Week Team Versus Oppnt
2 49 MCAL (115) 0
3 41 AKRN (111) 17
4 30 at TXTC (44) 35
5 58 LATC (114) 14
7 45 at NEVA (118) 31
8 7 at BOIS (5) 59
9 6 at SJST (49) 28
10 16 FRST (38) 35
11 38 SMTH (86) 3
12 45 TLSA (109) 30
13 27 at HAWI (90) 10

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2013

UTEP School and Stadium
Prestige: 73 (+2)
Academic Reputation: 57 (+4)

Stadium: Sun Bowl Stadium (51,500)
2013 Season Tickets: 47,600 (+3700)
City Economics: Terrible
Community Loyalty: Terrific
Alumni Loyalty: Decent
Student Goodwill: Poor

Meet the Staff
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Head Coach
Harrison Daniels

Playing Career
Georgia Tech, Inside Linebacker (1987-1991)

Coaching Carrer
Georgia Tech, 1992-93 (GA)
Eastern Kentucky, 1993-96 (LB)
Georgia Southern, 1997-2000 (LB)
Valdosta State, 2000-2003 (DC)
UTEP, 2004- (HC)

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Offensive Coordinator
Barry Thompson, 51
9th year

Play Calling: Very Good
Injury Avoidance: Pretty Good
Rehabilitation: Good
Congeniality: Good
QB Development: Good
RB Development: Excellent
WR Development: Excellent
OL Development: Excellent
K Development: Terrible

Formation: Pro formation
Experience: 9 years


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Defensive Coordinator
Peter Tyler, 46
1st year

Play Calling: Good
Injury Avoidance: Fair
Rehabilitation: Decent
Congeniality: Good
DL Development: Very Good
LB Development: Good
DB Development: Fair


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Syndicate Coordinator
Rickey Moore, 56
1st year

Academic Eligibility: Pretty Good
Syndicate Investigation: Fair
Solicit Donations: Terrific

Meet the Team

UTEP OFFENSE

Player # Pos Elig Current Estimate Future Estimate
Silverstone, Daryl 17 QB Sr 39 48
Wolf, Pete 14 QB Sr* 53 71
Dimcheff, Gino 19 QB Jr* 35 36
Evans, Winfred 3 QB So* 21 42
Kegley, Mike 6 QB Fr 22 68
Hopper, Tyrell 21 RB Sr 51 68
Kell, Andre 36 RB Jr* 41 41
Preston, Bryce 23 RB So* 56 98
Bonnette, Oliver 24 RB* So 1 1
Powell, Perry 49 RB* So* 36 60
Young, Joseph 33 FB Sr* 73 73
Canada, Adam 22 FB Jr 45 58
Emmons, Mel 46 FB So* 37 56
Swanson, Timothy 86 TE Sr 60 72
Boone, Al 85 TE Sr* 29 32
Orta, A.J. 87 TE So* 46 51
Hoedemaker, Herman 83 TE Fr 29 39
Rausche, Moe 89 WR Sr 49 58
Andrews, Dennis 5 WR Sr* 45 61
McGregor, Darren 9 WR Jr* 62 73
Roca, Victor 1 WR Jr* 50 57
Sachtleben, Troy 80 WR So* 34 56
Covington, Les 81 WR Fr 20 54
Doggett, Calvin 4 WR Fr 30 57
Falk, Joel 52 C Sr 65 85
Norris, Ty 53 C Jr* 30 77
Banks, Walter 56 C Fr 19 52
Wooden, Corwin 54 C Fr 19 68
Heubeck, Donovan 61 G Sr 58 58
Bustos, Nolan 70 G Sr* 65 65
Fulton, Eric 78 G Sr* 51 58
Archambeau, Mo 64 G Fr 7 48
Clancy, Jerry 66 G Fr 14 75
Shake, Michael 69 G* So* 19 58
Lincoln, Nolan 60 T Sr 44 57
Pace, Quentin 77 T Sr 26 41
Nelson, Chester 67 T Sr* 66 66
Gordon, Ernie 68 T Jr* 63 72
Lindsay, Courtney 71 T So* 40 49
Fitzgerald, Broderick 74 T Fr 13 51
Wright, Corey 65 T Fr 7 35

UTEP SPECIAL TEAMS

Frederick, Harris 16 P Sr 47 47
Robinson, Mickey 15 P* Sr 3 23
Tonkin, Charles 2 K So 42 73
Contois, Eric 8 K* Sr 2 11

UTEP DEFENSE

Poole, Jake 94 DE Sr 55 61
Woodson, Roman 79 DE Sr* 48 48
Nall, Jake 72 DE Jr* 24 73
Tyler, Rickey 73 DE Jr* 46 81
Devine, Keith 90 DE Fr 14 74
Sousa, Bernie 97 DT Sr 46 46
Sheldon, Jermaine 92 DT Sr* 41 56
Hartsfield, Gabe 55 DT Jr* 19 42
Lynch, Teddy 98 DT So* 36 44
Money, Teddy 99 DT Fr 13 88
Kimbrell, Gerald 45 ILB Sr 62 62
Finley, Courtney 57 ILB Sr* 49 52
St. Louis, Dana 96 ILB Sr* 26 35
Sera, Bill 50 ILB Jr* 19 42
Banks, Norm 41 ILB So* 41 60
Fleishman, Russell 51 ILB Fr 13 57
Uzzell, Jesse 95 OLB Sr 44 44
Hembree, Mark 58 OLB Sr* 56 71
Leary, Chris 91 OLB Sr* 41 66
Claire, Ryan 44 OLB Jr* 19 39
Weaver, Teddy 47 OLB Jr* 16 46
Reidl, Matthew 93 OLB So* 37 49
Coffey, Dwayne 62 OLB Fr 21 66
Bridges, Clyde 59 OLB* Jr* 8 8
Buckley, Emmanuel 43 OLB* So* 23 23
Battaglia, Orlando 40 CB Sr 55 55
Midget, Ethan 34 CB Sr 51 51
Blackston, Daryl 42 CB Jr* 47 49
Arians, Trent 25 CB So* 77 96
Perez, Bernie 38 CB So* 35 43
Irwin, Earnest 29 CB Fr 29 100
Farrell, Tim 48 S Sr 68 68
Barth, Jerry 28 S Sr* 62 73
Garrett, Edwin 20 S Jr* 46 63
Thornton, Stan 26 S Fr 15 38
Haroldson, Bryan 39 S* So* 17 28