1969 UTEP Miners football team

The 1969 UTEP Miners football team was an American football team that represented the University of Texas at El Paso as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1969 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Bobby Dobbs, the team compiled a 4–6 record (2–5 against WAC opponents), finished sixth in the conference, and was outscored by a total of 242 to 158.

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1969 Western Athletic Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Arizona State $	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Utah	5	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
BYU	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Wyoming	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Arizona	3	–	3	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
UTEP	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
New Mexico	1	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Colorado State	0	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
$ – Conference champion

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 13	Pacific*	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	W 14–10
September 27	at New Mexico	Albuquerque, NM	W 21–6
October 4	Utah	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	L 6–24
October 11	at No. 18 Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	L 9–37
October 18	at Arizona	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	L 10–26
October 25	BYU	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	L 7–30
November 1	at Colorado State	Fort Collins, CO	W 17–16
November 8	New Mexico State*	Sun Bowl El Paso TX (rivalry)	L 38–41
November 15	Arizona State	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	L 19–42
November 29	Xavier*	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	W 17–10
*Non-conference game Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game