2006 UTEP Miners football team

American college football season

2006 Conference USA football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
East Division
Southern Miss x	6	–	2	9	–	5
East Carolina	5	–	3	7	–	6
Marshall	4	–	4	5	–	7
UCF	3	–	5	4	–	8
UAB	2	–	6	3	–	9
Memphis	1	–	7	2	–	10
West Division
Houston x$	7	–	1	10	–	4
Rice	6	–	2	7	–	6
Tulsa	5	–	3	8	–	5
SMU	4	–	4	6	–	6
UTEP	3	–	5	5	–	7
Tulane	2	–	6	4	–	8
Championship: Houston 34, Southern Miss 20
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2006 UTEP Miners football team represented the University of Texas at El Paso in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Mike Price. The Miners played their home games at the Sun Bowl Stadium in El Paso, Texas. UTEP averaged 42,444 fans per game, ranking 50th nationally.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	8:30 pm	at San Diego State*	Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA	CSTV	W 34–27	34,723
September 9	7:05 pm	No. 24 Texas Tech*	Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, TX	CSTV	L 35–38	51,827
September 23	3:00 pm	at New Mexico*	University Stadium Albuquerque, NM	CSTV	L 13–26	34,069
September 30	7:05 pm	New Mexico State*	Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, TX (The Battle of I-10)		W 44–38	51,500
October 7	7:05 pm	SMU	Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, TX		W 24–21	41,258
October 14	7:05 pm	Tulane	Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, TX		W 34–20	35,930
October 21	6:00 pm	at Houston	Robertson Stadium Houston, TX	TWCEP	L 17–34	18,154
October 27	7:00 pm	at Tulsa	Skelly Stadium Tulsa, OK	ESPN2	L 20–30	28,074
November 4	7:05 pm	Rice	Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, TX		L 31–37	42,685
November 10	6:00 pm	at UAB	Legion Field Birmingham, AL	ESPN2	W 36–17	13,809
November 18	2:30 pm	at Marshall	Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV		L 21–49	20,783
November 25	7:05 pm	Memphis	Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, TX		L 19–38	31,462
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

v t e UTEP Miners football
Venues	Kidd Field (1938–1962) Sun Bowl (1963–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games New Mexico State: Battle of I-10
Culture & lore	Paydirt Pete Miners Fight Sound of the Southwest Marching Miner Regiment KROD
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
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