1967 UTEP Miners football team

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1967

| team = UTEP Miners

| sport = football

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| conference = Independent

| record = 7–2–1

| head_coach = Bobby Dobbs

| hc_year = 3rd

| captain =

| stadium = Sun Bowl

| champion = Sun Bowl champion

| bowl = Sun Bowl

| bowl_result = W 14–7 vs. Ole Miss

| prev = 1966

}}

The 1967 UTEP Miners football team was an American football team that represented the University of Texas at El Paso as an independent during the 1967 NCAA University Division football season. This was the first season for the program, since changing its name from Texas Western to UTEP. In its third season under head coach Bobby Dobbs, the team compiled a 7–2–1 record, defeated Ole Miss in the 1967 Sun Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 337 to 145.{{cite web|title=1967 UTEP Miners Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=January 5, 2019|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/texas-el-paso/1967-schedule.html}} The September 23 game against San Jose State was canceled after student protests against racist policies on campus.{{Cite journal |last=Chronopoulos |first=Themis |date=April 1995 |title=Racial Turmoil at San Jose State: The Incident of the 1967 University of Texas at El Paso vs. San Jose State Football Game. |url=https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED386095.pdf |journal=presented at the Annual Meeting of the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association}}{{Cite news |date=September 22, 1967 |title=Dr. Clark Cancels Saturday's Game; 'Action Necessary' |url=https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5040&context=spartandaily |work=The Spartan Daily}}

Schedule

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|September 16||UC Santa Barbara|Sun Bowl|El Paso, TX|W 50–14|29,642|{{cite web |author= |title=Cumulative Football Statistics Report |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/104/stats/13797 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=December 21, 2022 }}

|September 23|at|San Jose State|Spartan Stadium|San Jose, CA|Canceled||

|October 7|at|Arizona State|Sun Devil Stadium|Tempe, AZ|L 32–33|38,142|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-austin-american-arizona-state-gamble/155366805/|work=The Austin American-Statesman|title=Arizona State gambles to win|date=October 8, 1967|accessdate=September 15, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 14|at|Arizona|Arizona Stadium|Tucson, AZ|T 9–9|37,000|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-daily-star-arizonautep-kick-fes/155372088/|work=The Arizona Daily Star|title=Arizona–UTEP kick-fest ends in 9–9 tie|date=October 15, 1967|accessdate=September 15, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 21||BYU|Sun Bowl|El Paso, TX|W 47–17|25,064|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-republic-cougars-passed-dizzy-by/155369832/|work=The Arizona Republic|title=Cougars passed dizzy by Stevens|date=October 22, 1967|accessdate=September 15, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 27|at|New Mexico|University Stadium|Albuquerque, NM|W 75–12|9,635|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-odessa-american-miners-maul-new-mexi/155373712/|work=The Odessa American|title=Miners maul New Mexico|date=October 29, 1967|accessdate=September 15, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 4||New Mexico State|Sun Bowl|El Paso, TX (rivalry)|W 46–24|28,233|{{cite news|title=Miners Wear Down NM Aggies, 46–24|newspaper=The El Paso Times|author=Rodger McKown|date=November 5, 1967|pages=1A, 1D|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26237637/miners_wear_down_nm_aggies_4624/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 11||Colorado State|Sun Bowl|El Paso, TX|W 17–0|22,000|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/fort-collins-coloradoan-rams-surrender-t/155374283/|work=Fort Collins Coloradoan|title=Rams surrender to UTEP Miners 17 to 0|date=November 12, 1967|accessdate=September 15, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 18||No. 6 Wyoming|Sun Bowl|El Paso, TX|L 19–21|35,023|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/star-herald-depoyster-kicks-wyoming-to-p/155365961/|work=Scottsbluff Daily Star-Herald|title=DePoyster kicks Wyoming to perfect season 21 to 19|date=November 19, 1967|accessdate=September 15, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 25|at|Utah|Ute Stadium|Salt Lake City, UT|W 28–8|15,843|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-roanoke-times-texasel-paso-thumps-u/155371393/|work=The Roanoke Times|title=Texas–El Paso thumps Utah|date=November 26, 1967|accessdate=September 15, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

|December 30|vs.|Ole Miss|Sun Bowl|El Paso, TX (Sun Bowl)|W 14–7|34,685|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/abilene-reporter-news-miners-find-place/133827521/|work=Abilene Reporter-News|title=Miners find place in Sun|date=December 31, 1967|accessdate=October 21, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}

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{{cite web |author= |title=1967 NCAA Football Statistics (UTEP) |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/teams/404237 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |accessdate=September 15, 2024 }}

References

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