2002 UTEP Miners football team

The 2002 UTEP Miners football team represented the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by third-year head coach Gary Nord, the Miners compiled an overall record of 2–10 with a mark of 1–7 in conference play, tying for ninth place at the bottom of the WAC standings. The team played home games at the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas.

2002 UTEP Miners football
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Record	2–10 (1–7 WAC)
Head coach	Gary Nord (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Patrick Higgins (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Troy Reffett (1st season)
Home stadium	Sun Bowl
Seasons ← 2001 2003 →

2002 Western Athletic Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 15 Boise State $		8	–	0					12	–	1
Hawaii		7	–	1					10	–	4
Fresno State		6	–	2					9	–	5
San Jose State		4	–	4					6	–	7
Nevada		4	–	4					5	–	7
Rice		3	–	5					4	–	7
Louisiana Tech		3	–	5					4	–	8
SMU		3	–	5					3	–	9
UTEP		1	–	7					2	–	10
Tulsa		1	–	7					1	–	11
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
August 31	7:05 pm	Sacramento State*	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX		W 42–12	30,536	[1]
September 7	11:30 am	at Kentucky*	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY		L 17–77	59,213
September 14	6:00 pm	at Oklahoma*	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	PPV	L 0–68	74,468
September 21	7:05 pm	Hawaii	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX		L 6–31	44,381
September 28	8:15 pm	at San Jose State	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA	FSN	L 24–58	10,416
October 5	6:00 pm	at New Mexico State*	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM (Battle of I-10)		L 14–49	30,605
October 19	8:15 pm	Rice	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	FSN	W 38–35	32,392
October 26	1:00 pm	at Tulsa	Skelly Stadium Tulsa, OK		L 0–20	12,317
November 2	7:05 pm	Boise State	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX		L 3–58	21,689
November 9	1:00 pm	at Nevada	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV		L 17–23	13,721
November 16	3:05 pm	SMU	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX		L 35–42	21,765
November 22	1:00 pm	at Louisiana Tech	Independence Stadium Shreveport, LA		L 24–38	9,267
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Mountain time