UTEP announced its 2017 football schedule on January 26, 2017. The 2017 schedule consists of 5 home and 7 away games in the regular season. The Miners will host CUSA foes [[Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football|Louisiana Tech]], [[Rice Owls football|Rice]], [[UTSA Roadrunners football|UTSA]], and [[Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football|Western Kentucky]] (WKU), and will travel to [[Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football|Middle Tennessee]], [[North Texas Mean Green football|North Texas]], [[Southern Miss Golden Eagles football|Southern Miss]], and [[UAB Blazers football|UAB]].<ref name="UTEP17">{{cite press release|url=http://www.utepathletics.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/012617aaa.html|title=UTEP Announces 2017 Football Schedule|publisher=University of Texas at El Paso Department of Athletics|date=January 26, 2017|access-date=February 5, 2017}}</ref>
UTEP announced its 2017 football schedule on January 26, 2017. The 2017 schedule consists of 5 home and 7 away games in the regular season. The Miners hosted CUSA foes [[Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football|Louisiana Tech]], [[Rice Owls football|Rice]], [[UTSA Roadrunners football|UTSA]], and [[Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football|Western Kentucky]] (WKU), and will travel to [[Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football|Middle Tennessee]], [[North Texas Mean Green football|North Texas]], [[Southern Miss Golden Eagles football|Southern Miss]], and [[UAB Blazers football|UAB]].<ref name="UTEP17">{{cite press release|url=http://www.utepathletics.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/012617aaa.html|title=UTEP Announces 2017 Football Schedule|publisher=University of Texas at El Paso Department of Athletics|date=January 26, 2017|access-date=February 5, 2017}}</ref>
The Miners hosted one of the four non-conference opponents, [[Arizona Wildcats football|Arizona]] from the [[Pac-12 Conference]] and travelled to [[Army Black Knights football|Army]] who is independent from a conference, [[New Mexico State Aggies football|New Mexico State]] from the [[Sun Belt Conference]], and [[Oklahoma Sooners football|Oklahoma]] from the [[Big 12 Conference]].
The Miners hosted one of the four non-conference opponents, [[Arizona Wildcats football|Arizona]] from the [[Pac-12 Conference]] and travelled to [[Army Black Knights football|Army]] who is independent from a conference, [[New Mexico State Aggies football|New Mexico State]] from the [[Sun Belt Conference]], and [[Oklahoma Sooners football|Oklahoma]] from the [[Big 12 Conference]].
The 2017 UTEP Miners football team represented University of Texas at El Paso in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Miners played their home games at the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas and competed in the West Division of Conference USA (C–USA). They were led by fifth-year head coach Sean Kugler until his resignation on October 2 and then by interim head coach Mike Price, who had previously served at UTEP's head coach from 2004 to 2012. The Miners finished the season with a record 0–12, 0–8 in conference play to finish in last place in the Conference USA (7th in West Division) and winless for the first time since the 1973 season. UTEP averaged 19,548 fans per game.[1]