The Charlotte 49ers have only played three of their six regular season football games so far in 2020, but they host UTEP in a 10am kickoff on Saturday.
UTEP versus Southern Miss has yet to be rescheduled. Conference USA will look to reschedule games during the final two open weekends—Dec. 5 and Dec. 12.
UTEP dominated Charlotte for a half of football and Kai Locksley continues to improve. Unfortunately, the Miners still lost their eighth straight game.
After leading 21-7 at the end of the first half, the Miners allowed 21 unanswered points defensively as Charlotte came from behind and defeated the Miners 28-21 on Saturday night.
But in a tale of two halves, Charlotte ripped out the Miners' hopes at snapping their losing streak by putting up 297 yards of offense in the second half, scoring 21 unanswered points to beat UTEP 28-21 in a come-from-behind victory.
In the second season of a complete program rebuild, Dimel made it clear that the team will preserve a number of players as redshirts this season. Per the NCAA redshirt rules, players are allowed to play in four games without losing a season of eligibility.
Going through a quick turnaround from losing to Old Dominion (50-48), who is the current No. 1 team in C-USA, the Miners will regroup and have their eyes set on Charlotte for Saturday's contest in the Don Haskins Center.