2000 UTEP Miners football team

The 2000 UTEP Miners football team represented the University of Texas at El Paso in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Gary Nord. The Miners played their home games at the Sun Bowl Stadium in El Paso, Texas.

2000 UTEP Miners football
WAC co-champion
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Record8–4 (7–1 WAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorPatrick Higgins (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorLarry Hoefer (1st season)
Home stadiumSun Bowl Stadium
(Capacity: 51,500)
2000 Western Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 21 TCU +  7 1   10 2  
UTEP +  7 1   8 4  
Fresno State  6 2   7 5  
San Jose State  5 3   7 5  
Tulsa  4 4   5 7  
Rice  2 6   3 8  
Hawaii  2 6   3 9  
SMU  2 6   3 9  
Nevada  1 7   2 10  
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

During the 2000 season Brian Natkin became the first, and so far only, unanimous All-American in UTEP football history.

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