 Kugler's team lost their second game of the season to Texas Tech by a score of 69–20.The Miners recorded their first two wins of the season over the next two weeks, defeating New Mexico State by a score of 50–47 in overtime and FCS opponent Incarnate Word by a score of 27–17.Kugler's Miners then lost their next two to UTSA by a score of 25-6 and FIU by a score of 52–12.