The Miners raced off to an early 24-0 halftime lead and never looked back, ending with a 31-6 victory over the Lousiana-Monroe to start off the season 3-1 for the first time since 2010.
The latest college football casualty is New Mexico State, which announced early Thursday morning that the program will postpone the fall season to spring due to "COVID player health & safety concerns as well as 14-day quarantine requirement when traveling back into (New Mexico)."
Just as the dawn of football camp approaches, the UTEP football team received a massive blow to their offense with the news of senior tailback Quardraiz Wadley out for the season with a season-ending toe injury.
Former UTEP Miners Roy Robertson-Harris, Kelvin Fisher Jr. and Cedrick Lang will all have the opportunity to officially make an NFL roster after they signed free agent deals at the conclusion of 2016 NFL Draft.