The Miners (1-1) will head back to the Sun Bowl following their 59-3 blowout loss to No. 14 Texas and face Abilene Christian (FCS) in their third non-conference game on Saturday, Sept. 19.
UTEP gets ready to kick off their 2020 season on Saturday, Sept. 5 against Stephen F. Austin (FCS), as the Miners prepare to maneuver through a quite peculiar college football season.
The Miners, who have won just two games in the last three seasons (2-34), were ranked dead last (76 of 76) in the CBS Sports college football rankings list.
The uncertainty on streaming UTEP football games was resolved on Friday when Conference USA revealed its broadcast schedule for the upcoming season, including ESPN and CBS Sports Network.
After the athletic department gave the full details on the COVID-19 protocols for football game days on Wednesday, UTEP announced plans to release single-game tickets and parking passes for all home games on Monday, Aug. 31.
Almost a week after UTEP President Heather Wilson revealed the UTEP football game day guidelines, the athletic department formally announced the COVID-19 protocols for the upcoming season, which kicks off next Saturday, Sept.5 against Stephen F. Austin in the Sun Bowl.
Just a little more than two weeks away until the Miners promptly kick off the 2020 fall football season, as the program announced on Friday two new additions to their home schedule from the Southland Conference (FCS) in Stephen F. Austin and Abilene Christian.
UTEP President Heather Wilson announced updates to the Miner football game day plans for the upcoming season amid the pandemic on Thursday, including limiting stadium attendance to 18 percent capacity.