2013 UTEP Miners football team

2013 UTEP Miners football
2013 UTEP Miners football
Conference	Conference USA
	West Division
Record	2–10 (1–7 C-USA)
Head coach	Sean Kugler (1st season);
Offensive coordinator	Patrick Higgins (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Pro spread
Defensive coordinator	Scott Stoker (1st season)
Base defense	3–3–5
Home stadium	Sun Bowl
	Seasons ← 2012 2014 →

2013 Conference USA football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
East Division
Marshall x	7	–	1	10	–	4
East Carolina	6	–	2	10	–	3
Middle Tennessee	6	–	2	8	–	5
Florida Atlantic	4	–	4	6	–	6
UAB	1	–	7	2	–	10
Southern Miss	1	–	7	1	–	11
FIU	1	–	7	1	–	11
West Division
Rice x$	7	–	1	10	–	4
UTSA	6	–	2	7	–	5
North Texas	6	–	2	9	–	4
Tulane	5	–	3	7	–	6
Louisiana Tech	3	–	5	4	–	8
Tulsa	2	–	6	3	–	9
UTEP	1	–	7	2	–	10
Championship: Rice 41, Marshall 24
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2013 UTEP Miners football team represented the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) as a member of the West Division in Conference USA (C-USA) during the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by first-year head coach Sean Kugler, the Miners compiled an overall record of 2–10 with a mark of 1–7 in conference play, placing last out of six teams in C-USA's West Division. The team played home games at the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas.

Kugler replaced Mike Price, who retired after nine seasons with the Miners. UTEP averaged 28,375 fans per game.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 7	6:00 pm	New Mexico*	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	FCS	L 35–42 ^OT	34,907
September 14	6:00 pm	at New Mexico State*	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM (Battle of I-10)	AV	W 42–21	18,366
September 21	6:00 pm	UTSA	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	FCS	L 13–32	30,004
September 28	1:30 pm	at Colorado State*	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO	CBSSN	L 42–59	19,517
October 5	5:30 pm	Louisiana Tech	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	CBSSN	L 35–38	24,926
October 12	6:00 pm	Tulsa	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	FS1	L 20–34	22,158
October 26	1:30 pm	at Rice	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	CSS	L 7–45	15,355
November 2	7:00 pm	at No. 12 Texas A&M*	Kyle Field College Station, TX	ESPN2	L 7–57	87,126
November 9	1:30 pm	at North Texas	Apogee Stadium Denton, TX	CSS, TWCS	L 7–41	26,119
November 16	7:00 pm	FIU	Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, TX		W 33–10	29,882
November 23	1:30 pm	at Tulane	Mercedes-Benz Superdome New Orleans, LA	KVIA	L 3–45	19,771
November 30	1:45 pm	at Middle Tennessee	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	WUXP	L 17–48	11,560
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

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Game summaries

New Mexico

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Lobos	7	14	0	14	7	42
Miners	0	21	7	7	0	35

Statistics	UNM	UTEP
First downs	25	23
Total yards	483	402
Rushing yards	395	283
Passing yards	88	119
Turnovers	1	0
Time of possession	31:33	28:27

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
New Mexico	Passing	Clayton Mitchem	4/7, 88 yards
	Rushing	Kasey Carrier	41 rushes, 291 yards, 4 TD
	Receiving	Jhurell Pressley	2 receptions, 52 yards
UTEP	Passing	Jameill Showers	15/20, 119 yards, TD
	Rushing	Aaron Jones	11 rushes, 127 yards, 2 TD
	Receiving	Ian Hamilton	4 receptions, 42 yards

At New Mexico State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners	14	7	7	14	42
Aggies	14	0	7	0	21

Statistics	UTEP	NMSU
First downs	29	15
Total yards	546	398
Rushing yards	293	99
Passing yards	253	299
Turnovers	2	4
Time of possession	41:36	18:24

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
UTEP	Passing	Jameill Showers	18/28, 253 yards, TD, INT
	Rushing	Aaron Jones	22 rushes, 97 yards, TD
	Receiving	Jordan Leslie	7 receptions, 103 yards
New Mexico State	Passing	Andrew McDonald	7/11, 156 yards, 2 TD, INT
	Rushing	Germi Morrison	8 rushes, 48 yards
	Receiving	Jerrel Brown	1 reception, 81 yards, TD

UTSA

	1	2	3	4	Total
Roadrunners	7	18	0	7	32
Miners	10	0	3	0	13

Statistics	UTSA	UTEP
First downs	19	13
Total yards	385	218
Rushing yards	181	99
Passing yards	204	119
Turnovers	0	0
Time of possession	33:53	26:07

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
UTSA	Passing	Eric Soza	18/24, 204 yards, TD
	Rushing	David Glasco II	10 rushes, 52 yards, TD
	Receiving	Brandon Freeman	1 reception, 53 yards
UTEP	Passing	Jameill Showers	17/31, 119 yards
	Rushing	Autrey Golden	6 rushes, 39 yards
	Receiving	Eric Tomlinson	4 receptions, 30 yards

At Colorado State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners	7	0	21	14	42
Rams	14	14	9	22	59

Statistics	UTEP	CSU
First downs	28	25
Total yards	497	591
Rushing yards	132	250
Passing yards	365	341
Turnovers	1	1
Time of possession	35:10	24:50

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
UTEP	Passing	Jameill Showers	26/43, 365 yards, 5 TD
	Rushing	Aaron Jones	23 rushes, 94 yards
	Receiving	Jordan Leslie	3 receptions, 130 yards, 2 TD
Colorado State	Passing	Garrett Grayson	17/28, 307 yards, 3 TD
	Rushing	Kapri Bibbs	13 rushes, 147 yards, 3 TD
	Receiving	Rashard Higgins	6 receptions, 156 yards, 2 TD

Louisiana Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	14	10	7	7	38
Miners	7	7	14	7	35

Statistics	LT	UTEP
First downs	24	22
Total yards	463	440
Rushing yards	353	203
Passing yards	110	237
Turnovers	2	1
Time of possession	29:42	30:18

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Louisiana Tech	Passing	Ryan Higgins	10/18, 110 yards
	Rushing	Kenneth Dixon	25 rushes, 200 yards, TD
	Receiving	Trent Taylor	2 receptions, 29 yards
UTEP	Passing	Jameill Showers	18/33, 237 yards, 3 TD, INT
	Rushing	Aaron Jones	18 rushes, 121 yards
	Receiving	Jordan Leslie	5 receptions, 114 yards, 2 TD

Tulsa

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Hurricane	14	7	6	7	34
Miners	3	3	14	0	20

Statistics	TLSA	UTEP
First downs	22	20
Total yards	430	388
Rushing yards	204	222
Passing yards	226	166
Turnovers	1	2
Time of possession	30:06	29:54

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Tulsa	Passing	Cody Green	14/17, 226 yards, 2 TD
	Rushing	Trey Watts	27 rushes, 142 yards
	Receiving	Thomas Roberson	5 receptions, 105 yards, TD
UTEP	Passing	Jameill Showers	12/30, 166 yards, TD, 2 INT
	Rushing	Aaron Jones	15 rushes, 90 yards
	Receiving	Jordan Leslie	4 receptions, 102 yards, TD

At Rice

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners	0	7	0	0	7
Owls	3	21	7	14	45

Statistics	UTEP	RICE
First downs	17	21
Total yards	364	524
Rushing yards	248	265
Passing yards	116	259
Turnovers	3	0
Time of possession	32:30	27:30

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
UTEP	Passing	Blaire Sullivan	6/9, 112 yards, TD, INT
	Rushing	Aaron Jones	29 rushes, 186 yards
	Receiving	Ian Hamilton	4 receptions 108 yards, TD
Rice	Passing	Taylor McHargue	8/19, 259 yards, 4 TD
	Rushing	Charles Ross	21 rushes, 152 yards, TD
	Receiving	Jordan Taylor	4 receptions, 185 yards, 3 TD

At No. 12 Texas A&M

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners	7	0	0	0	7
No. 12 Aggies	9	27	21	0	57

Statistics	UTEP	TAMU
First downs	10	25
Total yards	198	564
Rushing yards	127	234
Passing yards	71	330
Turnovers	4	1
Time of possession	36:06	23:54

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
UTEP	Passing	Brian Sullivan	9/17, 71 yards, 3 INT
	Rushing	Aaron Jones	22 rushes, 62 yards, TD
	Receiving	Devin Patterson	1 reception, 32 yards
Texas A&M	Passing	Johnny Manziel	16/24, 273 yards, 4 TD
	Rushing	Johnny Manziel	7 rushes, 67 yards, 2 TD
	Receiving	Travis Labhart	4 receptions, 83 yards, 2 TD

At North Texas

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners	0	0	7	0	7
Mean Green	14	7	7	13	41

Statistics	UTEP	UNT
First downs	13	22
Total yards	184	471
Rushing yards	56	317
Passing yards	128	154
Turnovers	1	0
Time of possession	33:06	26:54

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
UTEP	Passing	Mack Leftwich	14/20, 128 yards, TD, INT
	Rushing	LaQuintus Dowell	6 rushes, 28 yards
	Receiving	Jordan Leslie	5 receptions, 41 yards, TD
North Texas	Passing	Derek Thompson	10/24, 154 yards, TD
	Rushing	Brandin Byrd	18 rushes, 202 yards, 2 TD
	Receiving	Drew Miller	3 receptions, 44 yards

FIU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers	7	0	0	3	10
Miners	10	7	9	7	33

Statistics	FIU	UTEP
First downs	11	16
Total yards	200	407
Rushing yards	95	327
Passing yards	105	80
Turnovers	1	0
Time of possession	25:33	34:27

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
FIU	Passing	E. J. Hilliard	5/14, 53 yards
	Rushing	Lamarq Caldwell	20 rushes, 95 yards
	Receiving	Dominique Rhymes	2 receptions, 44 yards
UTEP	Passing	Mack Leftwich	3/7, 80 yards, TD
	Rushing	Nate Jeffrey	25 rushes, 130 yards, 2 TD
	Receiving	Jordan Leslie	1 reception, 64 yards, TD

At Tulane

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners	0	3	0	0	3
Green Wave	14	24	7	0	45

Statistics	UTEP	TULN
First downs	13	26
Total yards	232	482
Rushing yards	49	277
Passing yards	183	205
Turnovers	3	0
Time of possession	29:07	30:53

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
UTEP	Passing	Mack Leftwich	13/24, 128 yards, INT
	Rushing	Nate Jeffery	14 rushes, 47 yards
	Receiving	Eric Tomlinson	4 receptions, 71 yards
Tulane	Passing	Nick Montana	12/19, 171 yards, 3 TD
	Rushing	Orleans Darkwa	17 rushes, 137 yards, TD
	Receiving	Ryan Grant	8 receptions, 104 yards, 2 TD

At Middle Tennessee

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners	0	7	10	0	17
Blue Raiders	17	17	14	0	48

Statistics	UTEP	MTSU
First downs	14	27
Total yards	299	629
Rushing yards	177	304
Passing yards	122	325
Turnovers	1	1
Time of possession	28:48	31:12

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
UTEP	Passing	Mack Leftwich	14/24, 122 yards
	Rushing	Nate Jeffery	20 rushes, 140 yards, 2 TD
	Receiving	Craig Wenreck	2 receptions, 50 yards
Middle Tennessee	Passing	Logan Kilgore	19/27, 325 yards, 2 TD, INT
	Rushing	Jeremiah Bryson	15 rushes, 120 yards, 2 TD
	Receiving	Kyle Griswould	5 receptions, 101 yards

References

↑ "2013 National College Football Attendance (For All NCAA Men's Varsity Teams)" (PDF). NCAA.
↑ "UTEP Miners Schedule 2013". ESPN. Retrieved August 8, 2025.
↑ "2013 UTEP Miners Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved August 8, 2025.
↑ "2013 Football Schedule". UTEP Athletics, University of Texas at El Paso. Retrieved August 8, 2025.

[1] "2013 National College Football Attendance (For All NCAA Men's Varsity Teams)" (PDF). NCAA.

[2] "UTEP Miners Schedule 2013". ESPN. Retrieved August 8, 2025.

[3] "2013 UTEP Miners Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved August 8, 2025.

[4] "2013 Football Schedule". UTEP Athletics, University of Texas at El Paso. Retrieved August 8, 2025.

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