2014 UTEP Miners football team
The 2014 UTEP Miners football team represented the University of Texas at El Paso in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This was the second year for head coach Sean Kugler both with UTEP and overall. They were a member of the West Division of Conference USA. The Miners played their home games in El Paso, Texas at the Sun Bowl Stadium. They finished the season 7–6, 5–3 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for second place in the West Division. They were invited to the New Mexico Bowl where they lost to Utah State. UTEP averaged 28,377 fans per game.
Schedule
Game summaries
New Mexico
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
| 31–43–3 | 2013 | New Mexico, 42–35 |
Texas Tech
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
| 6–14 | 2007 | Texas Tech, 45–31 |
New Mexico State
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
| 54–35–2 | 2013 | UTEP, 42–21 |
Kansas State
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
| 1–1 | 1999 | Kansas State, 40–7 |
Louisiana Tech
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
| 2–7–1 | 2013 | Louisiana Tech, 38-35 |
Old Dominion
UTSA
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
| 0–1 | 2013 | UTSA, 32–13 |
Southern Miss
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
| 3–3 | 2012 | UTEP, 34–33 |
WKU
North Texas
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
| 5–14–3 | 2013 | North Texas, 41–7 |
Rice
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
| 6–11 | 2013 | Rice, 45–7 |
Middle Tennessee
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
| 0–1 | 2013 | Middle Tennessee, 45–17 |
Utah State–New Mexico Bowl
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
| 0–2 | 1961 | Utah State, 21–6 |
Coaching staff
| Name | Position |
| Sean Kugler | Head Coach |
| Patrick Higgins | Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach |
| Scott Stoker | Defensive Coordinator |
| Andrew Browning | Defensive Line Coach |
| Kirk Davis | Speed, Strength & Conditioning Coach |
| Gabe Franklin | Defensive Backs Coach/Recruiting Coordinator |
| Cornell Jackson | Running Backs Coach |
| Spencer Leftwich | Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Line |
| Brian Natkin | Tight Ends Coach/Special Team Coordinator |
| Nate Poss | Asst. Athletic Dir. for Football Ops |
| Robert Rodriguez | Assistant Special Team Coordinator/Nickelbacks/Saf. |
| Todd Whitten | Wide Receivers Coach |
| Tyler Bailey | Graduate Assistant Offense |
| Logan Barrett | Student Assistant Operations |
| Aaron Becker | Graduate Assistant Operations |
| Weston Glaser | Graduate Assistant Defense |
| Dave Vosburgh | Graduate Assistant Defense |