NCAAF FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- NEW MEXICO ST 0 24 0 7 31 TEXAS EL PASO 7 17 7 10 41 FINAL
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QTR: UTEP - TD, ROVANN CLEVELAND 2 YD RUN (RICKY BISHOP KICK), 4:28 2ND QTR: UTEP - TD, LEE MAYS 26 YD PASS FROM ROCKY PEREZ (RICKY BISHOP KICK), 2:37 NMXS - TD, KEITH KENTON 29 YD RUN (DAN AGUINIGA KICK), 4:03 NMXS - FG, DAN AGUINIGA 18 YD, 9:50 NMXS - TD, CHRIS BARNES 27 YD RUN (DAN AGUINIGA KICK), 11:36 UTEP - TD, LEE MAYS 29 YD PASS FROM ROCKY PEREZ (RICKY BISHOP KICK), 12:42 NMXS - TD, PJ WINSTON 6 YD PASS FROM KEITH KENTON (DAN AGUINIGA KICK), 14:24 UTEP - FG, RICKY BISHOP 48 YD, 15:00 3RD QTR: UTEP - TD, ROCKY PEREZ 4 YD RUN (RICKY BISHOP KICK), 6:02 4TH QTR: UTEP - FG, RICKY BISHOP 27 YD, 9:47 UTEP - TD, CHRIS PORTER 23 YD RUN (RICKY BISHOP KICK), 12:56 NMXS - TD, MANUEL TALBERT 22 YD PASS FROM DAMIEN OCAMPO (DAN AGUINIGA KICK), 14:38
Extended BoxNCAAF 1 2 3 4 F - - - - -- New Mexico St 0 24 0 7 31 Texas El Paso 7 17 7 10 41 FINAL
Texas El Paso-R Cleveland 2 run (Bishop kick) Texas El Paso-Mays 26 pass from R Perez (Bishop kick) New Mexico St-Kenton 29 run (Aguiniga kick) New Mexico St-FG Aguiniga 18 New Mexico St-C Barnes 27 run (Aguiniga kick) Texas El Paso-Mays 29 pass from R Perez (Bishop kick) New Mexico St-P Winston 6 pass from Kenton (Aguiniga kick) Texas El Paso-FG Bishop 48 Texas El Paso-R Perez 4 run (Bishop kick) Texas El Paso-FG Bishop 27 Texas El Paso-Porter 23 run (Bishop kick) New Mexico St-Talbert 22 pass from Ocampo (Aguiniga kick)
New Mexico St Texas El Paso First downs 23 26 Rushed-yards 44-355 45-228 Passing yards 153 237 Sacked-yards lost 1-9 2-9 Return yards 33 36 Passes 13-29-1 16-28-0 Punts 5-38.2 5-37.2 Fumbles-lost 1-5 1-0 Penalties-yards 13-93 5-43 Time of possession 29:15 30:45
Individual Statistics RUSHING: New Mexico St-C Barnes 14-129, Branstetter 11-122, Kenton 7-43, Enzminger 9-42, Ocampo 3-19. Texas El Paso-Porter 11-97, R Cleveland 14-92, R Perez 6-22, Austin 13-19, Team 1-minus 2.
PASSING: New Mexico St-Enzminger 6-18-0-73, Ocampo 6-10-1-74, Kenton 1-1-0-6. Texas El Paso-R Perez 16-28-0-237.
RECEIVING: New Mexico St-P Winston 5-43, Talbert 3-56, Oloya 2-31, Jenkins 1-15, A Davis 1-9, Kenton 1-minus 1. Texas El Paso-Mays 7-150, Natkin 6-58, Ray 3-29.
Att: 50,068
Game StoryEL PASO, Texas (Ticker) -- Rocky Perez passed for 237 yards and his four-yard scamper with 8:58 left in the third quarter put Texas-El Paso in front for good en route to a 41-31 victory over New Mexico State.
New Mexico State (0-4) took a 24-21 lead with 36 seconds to play in the first half on a six-yard touchdown toss from Keith Kenton to P.J. Winston that capped a four-play, 86-yard drive.
But Perez threw consecutive completions on the Miners' next drive and UTEP (3-2) benefited from a 15-yard roughing-the-passer penalty with eight seconds remaining. On the final play before halftime, Ricky Bishop kicked a 48-yard field goal to tie it at 24-24.
On the Miners' second drive of the second half, Rovann Cleveland rushed for 27 yards and Chris Porter's 17-yard run put Perez in position to scamper in from four yards for a 31-24 advantage midway through the third quarter.
Bishop added a 27-yard field goal in the final period and Porter gave UTEP its biggest lead with a 23-yard run with 2:04 remaining.
Damien Ocampo hooked up with Manuel Talbert on a 22-yard TD with 22 seconds left that narrowed the deficit to 41-31, but the Aggies' could not recover the onside kick and the Miners ran out the clock.
Chris Barners and Phil Branstetter combined to rush for 251 yards on 25 carries for New Mexico State, which nearly tripled its scoring from the first three games -- all losses. The Aggies were outscored, 84-13, including shutout defeats at South Carolina and Georgia.
Perez completed 16-of-28 passes, including seven to Lee Mays for 150 yards and a touchdown.
The Miners were outgained, 508 yards to 465, but improved to 46-32-2 in the all-time series.
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