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On Monday, Jim Senter revealed that on the second round of testing, all of those players that tested positive in Houston tested negative in El Paso.

Following the cancelation of the Rice game due to positive cases of COVID-19 within the program, UTEP football has temporarily suspended all football team activities, Director of Athletics Jim Senter announced Sunday.

Hours before kickoff of the football game against Rice, the game was called off due to positive tests and contact tracing within the UTEP program.

The UTEP Miners (1-11) concluded their season on Saturday off a 30-16 loss to Rice. UTEP struggled defensively, allowing 371 total yards against one of the worst offenses in the country.

Rice (3-9) shut out UTEP (1-11) 16-0 in the second half and used 256 rushing yards to beat the Miners 30-16 on senior day at the Sun Bowl.

Despite a late spirited comeback by the Rice Owls (1-8, 0-6 C-USA), the Miners (1-8, 1-4 C-USA) held onto their early 34-3 lead to take the eventual 34-26 victory over Rice, thus snapping the longest active losing streak in FBS.