1998 UTEP Miners football team

The 1998 UTEP Miners football team was an American football team that represented the University of Texas at El Paso in the Western Athletic Conference during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their sixth year under head coach Charlie Bailey, the team compiled a 3–8 record.^[1][2]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 5	at Texas Tech*	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX	L 3–35	41,087
September 12	No. 24 Oregon*	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	L 26–33	25,906
September 19	at New Mexico State*	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM (rivalry)	L 24–33	32,993
October 3	Colorado State	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	L 17–20	19,003
October 10	at New Mexico	University Stadium Albuquerque, NM	W 22–19	29,812
October 17	San Jose State	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	W 28–21	21,300
October 24	at Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA	L 6–32	39,881
October 31	Hawaii	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	W 30–13	15,207
November 7	at Utah	Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	L 27–34	37,812
November 14	BYU	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	L 14–31	19,307
November 21	at San Diego State	Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA	L 29–34	22,365
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game