UTEP players celebrate thier first touchdown of the game against the University of Nevada.
The conference opener did not go as planned for the UTEP football team (1-3, 0-1) as it fell against Southern Mississippi 31-13. Now the Miners are set to take on The University of Texas at San Antonio (1-3, 0-1) at home this weekend.
Last season, UTEP fell to the Roadrunners 31-20 in San Antonio and look to improve from this last matchup against the Golden Eagles.
UTSA is coming off a bye week after losing to North Texas the previous week by a score of 45-3.