UTEP Miners @ Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders

Final

Team	1	2	3	4	T
UTEP Miners	7	14	3	6	30
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders	14	10	7	3	34

Scoring

Q1 9:30

MTSUFrank Peasant 9 Yd Run (Zeke Rankin Kick)0–7

Q1 3:39

UTEPKelly Akharaiyi 18 Yd pass from Cade McConnell (Buzz Flabiano Kick)7–7

Q1 2:53

MTSUHolden Willis 62 Yd pass from Nicholas Vattiato (Zeke Rankin Kick)7–14

Q2 13:55

UTEPTorrance Burgess Jr. 54 Yd Punt Return (Buzz Flabiano Kick)14–14

Q2 8:55

MTSUHolden Willis 17 Yd pass from Nicholas Vattiato (Zeke Rankin Kick)14–21

Q2 6:57

MTSUZeke Rankin 38 Yd Field Goal 14–24

Q2 0:57

UTEPDeion Hankins 2 Yd Run (Buzz Flabiano Kick)21–24

Q3 11:51

UTEPBuzz Flabiano 33 Yd Field Goal 24–24

Q3 10:29

MTSUZack Dobson 56 Yd pass from Nicholas Vattiato (Zeke Rankin Kick)24–31

Q4 14:55

MTSUZeke Rankin 24 Yd Field Goal 24–34

Q4 14:32

UTEPKelly Akharaiyi 80 Yd pass from Cade McConnell (Buzz Flabiano PAT failed)30–34

Passing

UTEP Miners

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Cade McConnell	24/41	364	8.9	2	1	51.9

Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Nicholas Vattiato	18/35	242	6.9	3	1	35.5

Rushing

UTEP Miners

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Deion Hankins	13	48	3.7	1	16
Ezell Jolly	7	30	4.3	0	14
Mike Franklin	4	16	4.0	0	8
Torrance Burgess Jr.	1	5	5.0	0	5
Cade McConnell	6	-10	-1.7	0	3

Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Nicholas Vattiato	15	92	6.1	0	17
Frank Peasant	10	40	4.0	1	16
Jordan Branch	1	24	24.0	0	24
Jaiden Credle	5	20	4.0	0	7
DJ Riles	2	11	5.5	0	9
Jalen Montgomery	1	2	2.0	0	2
Team	1	-4	-4.0	0	0

Receiving

UTEP Miners

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Kelly Akharaiyi	6	138	23.0	2	80
Jeremiah Ballard	4	87	21.8	0	30
Torrance Burgess Jr.	3	44	14.7	0	43
Emari White	5	36	7.2	0	12
Deion Hankins	1	35	35.0	0	35
Javoni Gardere	1	12	12.0	0	12
Ezell Jolly	4	12	3.0	0	7

Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Holden Willis	6	105	17.5	2	62
Zack Dobson	2	66	33.0	1	56
DJ England-Chisolm	3	38	12.7	0	18
Elijah Metcalf	3	23	7.7	0	12
Javonte Sherman	2	6	3.0	0	6
Taharin Sudderth	1	5	5.0	0	5
Frank Peasant	1	-1	-1.0	0	0

Team stats

UTEP Miners		Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders
20	1st Downs	19
9-16	3rd down efficiency	5-15
1-3	4th down efficiency	1-2
453	Total Yards	427
364	Passing	242
24/41	Comp/Att	18/35
8.9	Yards per pass	6.9
89	Rushing	185
31	Rushing Attempts	35
2.9	Yards per rush	5.3
7-70	Penalties	5-41
4	Turnovers	2
3	Fumbles lost	1
1	Interceptions thrown	1
31:48	Possession	28:12

Drives 27

UTEPFumble7 plays · 23 yds · 3:23UTEP 25 → UTEP 48

MTSUTouchdown5 plays · 48 yds · 2:07UTEP 48 → UTEP 0

UTEPTouchdown11 plays · 75 yds · 5:51UTEP 25 → MTSU 0

MTSUTouchdown2 plays · 74 yds · 0:40MTSU 26 → UTEP 0

UTEPPunt4 plays · 35 yds · 2:05UTEP 25 → MTSU 40

MTSUPunt Touchdown3 plays · 7 yds · 1:53MTSU 4 → MTSU 11

MTSUTouchdown11 plays · 75 yds · 5:00MTSU 25 → UTEP 0

MTSUField Goal4 plays · -2 yds · 1:53UTEP 18 → UTEP 20

UTEPPunt3 plays · 1 yds · 1:05UTEP 35 → UTEP 36

MTSUPunt3 plays · 4 yds · 1:11MTSU 26 → MTSU 30

UTEPTouchdown9 plays · 85 yds · 3:44UTEP 15 → MTSU 0

MTSUDowns7 plays · 42 yds · 0:57MTSU 25 → UTEP 33

MTSUFumble2 plays · -1 yds · 0:12MTSU 25 → MTSU 24

UTEPField Goal6 plays · 8 yds · 2:57MTSU 24 → MTSU 16

MTSUTouchdown5 plays · 75 yds · 1:22MTSU 25 → UTEP 0

UTEPPunt8 plays · 19 yds · 3:52UTEP 14 → UTEP 33

MTSUInterception5 plays · 20 yds · 1:40MTSU 20 → MTSU 40

UTEPFumble2 plays · 22 yds · 0:41MTSU 35 → MTSU 13

MTSUField Goal13 plays · 65 yds · 4:19MTSU 28 → UTEP 7

UTEPTouchdown2 plays · 75 yds · 0:23UTEP 25 → MTSU 0

MTSUPunt5 plays · 26 yds · 3:21MTSU 27 → UTEP 47

UTEPDowns5 plays · 37 yds · 2:34UTEP 20 → MTSU 43

MTSUPunt3 plays · 0 yds · 1:02MTSU 43 → MTSU 43

UTEPInterception2 plays · 4 yds · 0:35UTEP 12 → UTEP 16

MTSUPunt3 plays · 3 yds · 1:43UTEP 40 → UTEP 37

UTEPDowns14 plays · 45 yds · 4:36UTEP 20 → MTSU 35

MTSUEnd of 4th Quarter1 play · -4 yds · 0:36MTSU 35 → MTSU 31

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