The UTEP Miner football team (3-4) will go on the road to face the Rice Owls (1-2) in Houston Saturday in a matchup of perennial Conference USA (C-USA) bottom dwellers. Neither team has finished with a winning record in conference since 2014when both teams finished above .500.
After jumping out to a 3-1 start including two wins over NCAA sub division schools the Miners have lost their last three games along with four games either being postponed or canceled. In its last game the Miners started out playing close for a half with the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) before getting blown out in the second half en route to a 52-21 loss.