UTEP FOOTBALL HISTORY DATABASE
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (0)
All Time Football Record: 367-530-28 (.412)

CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS (2)
1956 Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association Champions
2000 Western Athletic Conference Co-Champions

CONFERENCE AFFILIATIONS
1914-1934: Independent
1935-1959: Border Intercollegiate Athletic Assoc.
1960-1967: Independent
1968-2004: Western Athletic Conference
2005-Current: Conference USA

No Team: 1918, 1943-1945

BOWL GAMES (5-8)
SEASON BOWL OPPONENT RESULT SCORE
2010 New Mexico Brigham Young L 24-52
2005 GMAC Toledo L 13-45
2004 Houston Colorado L 28-33
2000 Humanitarian Boise State L 23-38
1988 Independence Southern Miss L 18-38
1967 Sun Mississippi W 14-7
1965 Sun Texas Christian W 13-12
1956 Sun George Washington L 0-13
1954 Sun Florida State W 47-20
1953 Sun Southern Miss W 37-14
1949 Sun Georgetown W 33-20
1948 Sun West Virginia L 12-21
1936 Sun Hardin-Simmons L 6-34
COACHES

COACH

YEARS
#YEARS
GAMES
WON
LOST
TIED
PCT.

Tommy Dwyer

1914-1919

5

22

9
12
1
0.432

Henderson Van Surdam

1920

1

6

2
4
0
0.333

Thomas Holiday

1921

1

5

0
5
0
0.000

Jack Vowell

1922-1923

2

16

8
8
0
0.500

George Powell

1924-1926

3

20

11
7
2
0.600

Edward "Doc" Stewart

1927-1928

2

14

5
6
3
0.464

Mack Saxon

1929-1941

13

118

66
43
9
0.597

Walter "Chule" Milner

1942

1

9

5
4
0
0.556

Jack Curtice

1946-1949

4

40

24
13
3
0.638

Mike Brumbelow

1950-1956

7

73

46
24
3
0.651

Ben Collins

1957-1961

5

48

18
29
1
0.385

Bum Phillips

1962

1

9

4
5
0
0.444

Warren Harper

1963-1964

2

20

3
15
2
0.200

Robert "Bobby" Dobbs

1965-1972

8

78

41
35
2
0.538

Tommy Hudspeth

1972-1973

2

15

1
14
0
0.067

Gil Bartosh

1974-1976

3

34

6
28
0
0.176

Bill Michael

1977-1981

5

48

5
43
0
0.104

Bill Alton

1981

1

9

1
8
0
0.111
Bill Yung
1982-1985
4
46
7
39
0
0.152
Bob Stull
1986-1988
3
36
21
15
0
0.583
David Lee
1989-1993
5
53
11
41
1
0.217
Charlie Bailey
1993-1999
7
73
19
53
1
0.267
Gary Nord
2000-2003
4
48
14
34
0
0.292
Mike Price
2004-Current
7
85
40
45
0
0.471

Totals

93

925

367
530
28
.412
INDIVIDUAL RECORDS (through 2009 season)
STATISTIC CAREER SEASON GAME
PASSING Jordan Palmer
11,084 (2003-06)
Jordan Palmer
3,595 (2006)
Trevor Vittatoe
517 (Marshall 2009)
RUSHING John Harvey
3,576 (1985-88)
Donald Buckram
1,594 (2009)
Fred Wendt
326 (New Mexico State 1948)
RECEIVING YARDS Johnnie Lee Higgins
3,218 (2003-06)
Chuck Hughes
1,519 (1965)
Chuck Hughes
349 (North Texas 1965)
RECEPTIONS Lee Mays
200 (1998-2001)
Johnnie Lee Higgins
82 (2006)
Chuck Hughes
17 (Arizona State 1965)
SCORING John Harvey
306 (1985-88)
Fred Wendt
152 (1948)
Fred Wendt
42 (New Mexico State 1948)
INTERCEPTIONS Charlie West
19 (1965-67)
Charlie West
11 (1966)
TACKLES Barron Wortham
566 (1990-93)
Tony Perea
192 (1971)
SACKS Gonzalo Floyd
20 (1990-91, 1993)
Melvin Besses
11 (1979)