 UTEP then lost consecutive top 10-ranked opponents over the next two weeks, losing to both #2 Washington by a score of 55-0 and #6 SMU by a score of 31–10.Losses to Hawaii, BYU, UNLV, #10 Arizona State, Air Force, Colorado State, New Mexico and Utah before defeating Wyoming by a score of 39–32 in the season finale.The Miners posted another 2–10 mark in 1983.