1989 UTEP Miners football team

{{short description|American college football season}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1989

| team = UTEP Miners

| sport = football

| image =

| image_size =

| conference = Western Athletic Conference

| short_conf = WAC

| record = 2–10

| conf_record = 1–7

| head_coach = David Lee

| hc_year = 1st

| off_coach = David Culley

| oc_year = 1st

| off_scheme =

| def_coach = Dave Dunkelberger

| dc_year = 1st

| def_scheme =

| captain =

| stadium = Sun Bowl

}}

{{1989 Western Athletic Conference football standings}}

The 1989 UTEP Miners football team was an American football team that represented the University of Texas at El Paso in the Western Athletic Conference during the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first year under head coach David Lee, the team compiled a 2–10 record.{{cite news|title=1989 UTEP Miners Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|accessdate=December 27, 2020|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/texas-el-paso/1989-schedule.html}}{{cite web|title=2020 UTEP Football Media Guide|publisher=University of Texas at El Paso|year=2020|page=75|accessdate=December 27, 2020|url=https://utepminers.com/documents/2020/9/3/2020_UTEP_FB_Media_Guide_FINAL.pdf}}

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

| rankyear = 1989

| poll = AP

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 2

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| opponent = Tulsa

| site_stadium = Sun Bowl

| site_cityst = El Paso, TX

| score = 14–23

| attend = 38,065

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 9

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| opponent = Lamar

| site_stadium = Sun Bowl

| site_cityst = El Paso, TX

| score = 19–21

| attend = 36,632

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 16

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = New Mexico State

| gamename = rivalry

| site_stadium = Aggie Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Las Cruces, NM

| score = 29–27

| attend = 25,823

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 23

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Air Force

| site_stadium = Falcon Stadium

| site_cityst = Colorado Springs, CO

| score = 28–43

| attend = 43,898

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 30

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = Arkansas

| opprank = 8

| site_stadium = War Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Little Rock, AR

| score = 7–39

| attend = 48,240

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 7

| w/l = l

| opponent = Utah

| site_stadium = Sun Bowl

| site_cityst = El Paso, TX

| score = 45–50

| attend = 21,337

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 14

| w/l = w

| opponent = New Mexico

| site_stadium = Sun Bowl

| site_cityst = El Paso, TX

| score = 26–7

| attend = 21,059

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 21

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = BYU

| opprank = 21

| site_stadium = Cougar Stadium

| site_cityst = Provo, UT

| score = 24–49

| attend = 65,528

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 28

| w/l = l

| opponent = San Diego State

| site_stadium = Sun Bowl

| site_cityst = El Paso, TX

| score = 31–34

| attend = 17,070

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 4

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Hawaii

| site_stadium = Aloha Stadium

| site_cityst = Halawa, HI

| score = 7–26

| attend = 44,752

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 11

| w/l = l

| opponent = Colorado State

| site_stadium = Sun Bowl

| site_cityst = El Paso, TX

| score = 0–52

| attend = 28,977

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 18

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Wyoming

| site_stadium = War Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Laramie, WY

| score = 10–41

| attend = 15,624

}}

}}

References

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