Final
8:00 PM ET, October 1, 2005
Liberty Bowl, MEMPHIS, TN
Top Performers
Passing: J. Palmer (UTEP) - 431 YDS, 1 TD, 3 INT
Rushing: D. Williams (MEM) - 35 CAR, 236 YDS, 2 TD
Receiving: R. Scott (MEM) - 7 REC, 104 YDS, 1 TD
1st Quarter Play by Play | ||||
| Memphis at 0:00 | UTEP | MEM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Gostkowski kickoff for 65 yards for a touchback. | 0 | 0 | ||
| DRIVE TOTALS: Memph drive: 1 play 0 yards, 00:00 Memph KO | ||||
| UTEP at 15:00 | UTEP | MEM | ||
| 1st and 10 at UTEP 20 | Tyler Ebell rush for 3 yards to the UTEP 23. | 0 | 0 | |
| 2nd and 7 at UTEP 23 | Jordan Palmer pass complete to Chris Francies for 44 yards to the Memph 33 for a 1ST down. | |||
| 1st and 10 at MEM 33 | Jordan Palmer pass complete to Chris Francies for 12 yards to the Memph 21 for a 1ST down. | |||
| 1st and 10 at MEM 21 | Jordan Palmer pass incomplete to Nate Draughon. | |||
| 2nd and 10 at MEM 21 | Jordan Palmer pass incomplete to Nate Draughon. | |||
| 3rd and 10 at MEM 21 | Jordan Palmer pass intercepted by Rod Smith at the Memph 5, returned for no gain to the Memph 5. | |||
| DRIVE TOTALS: UTEP drive: 6 plays 59 yards, 02:00 UTEP INT | ||||
| Memphis at 13:00 | UTEP | MEM | ||
| 1st and 10 at MEM 5 | DeAngelo Williams rush for 22 yards to the Memph 27 for a 1ST down. | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st and 10 at MEM 27 | Billy Barefield pass complete to DeAngelo Williams for 6 yards to the Memph 33. | |||
| 2nd and 4 at MEM 33 | Maurice Avery rush for a loss of 15 yards to the Memph 18. | |||
| 3rd and 19 at MEM 18 | DeAngelo Williams rush for a loss of 9 yards to the Memph 9. | |||
| 4th and 28 at MEM 9 | Michael Gibson punt for 48 yards, returned by Johnnie Higgins Jr for 12 yards to the Memph 45. | |||
| DRIVE TOTALS: Memph drive: 4 plays 4 yards, 02:44 Memph PUNT | ||||
| UTEP at 10:16 | UTEP | MEM | ||
| 1st and 10 at MEM 45 | Jordan Palmer pass complete to Chris Francies for 6 yards to the Memph 39. | 0 | 0 | |
| 2nd and 4 at MEM 39 | Marcus Thomas rush for a loss of 3 yards to the Memph 42. | |||
| 3rd and 7 at MEM 42 | Jordan Palmer pass incomplete to Johnnie Higgins Jr. | |||
| 4th and 7 at MEM 42 | Ryan Hotchkiss punt for 22 yards punt out-of-bounds at the Memph 20. | |||
| DRIVE TOTALS: UTEP drive: 3 plays 3 yards, 01:00 UTEP PUNT | ||||
| Memphis at 9:16 | UTEP | MEM | ||
| 1st and 10 at MEM 20 | DeAngelo Williams rush for 1 yard to the Memph 21. | 0 | 0 | |
| 2nd and 9 at MEM 21 | Billy Barefield rush for a loss of 8 yards to the Memph 13. | |||
| 3rd and 17 at MEM 13 | Maurice Avery rush for 5 yards to the Memph 18. | |||
| 4th and 12 at MEM 18 | Michael Gibson punt for 40 yards, returned by Johnnie Higgins Jr for a loss of 5 yards to the UTEP 37. | |||
| DRIVE TOTALS: Memph drive: 3 plays -2 yards, 01:42 Memph PUNT | ||||
| UTEP at 7:34 | UTEP | MEM | ||
| 1st and 10 at UTEP 37 | Jordan Palmer pass complete to Johnnie Higgins Jr for 35 yards to the Memph 28 for a 1ST down. | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st and 10 at MEM 28 | Jordan Palmer pass incomplete to Johnnie Higgins Jr. | |||
| 2nd and 10 at MEM 28 | Jordan Palmer pass incomplete to Marcus Thomas. | |||
| 3rd and 10 at MEM 28 | Jordan Palmer pass incomplete to Tyler Ebell. | |||
| 4th and 10 at MEM 28 | Reagan Schneider 45 yard field goal GOOD. | 3 | 0 | |
| Reagan Schneider kickoff for 58 yards returned by Joseph Doss for 25 yards to the Memph 32. | ||||
| DRIVE TOTALS: UTEP drive: 5 plays 35 yards, 00:44 UTEP FG | ||||
| Memphis at 6:45 | UTEP | MEM | ||
| 1st and 10 at MEM 32 | DeAngelo Williams rush for a loss of 4 yards to the Memph 28. | 3 | 0 | |
| 2nd and 14 at MEM 28 | Billy Barefield rush for 2 yards to the Memph 30. | |||
| 3rd and 12 at MEM 30 | Billy Barefield rush for 2 yards to the Memph 32. | |||
| 4th and 10 at MEM 32 | Michael Gibson punt for 54 yards downed at the UTEP 14. | |||
| DRIVE TOTALS: Memph drive: 3 plays 0 yards, 01:29 Memph PUNT | ||||
| UTEP at 5:16 | UTEP | MEM | ||
| 1st and 10 at UTEP 14 | Tyler Ebell rush for 3 yards to the UTEP 17. | 3 | 0 | |
| 2nd and 7 at UTEP 17 | Tyler Ebell rush for a loss of 3 yards to the UTEP 14. | |||
| 3rd and 10 at UTEP 14 | Jordan Palmer pass incomplete to Chris Francies. | |||
| 4th and 10 at UTEP 14 | Ryan Hotchkiss punt for 34 yards, returned by Brandon McDonald for 3 yards to the Memph 45, Memphis penalty 10 yard holding accepted. | |||
| DRIVE TOTALS: UTEP drive: 3 plays 0 yards, 01:25 UTEP PUNT | ||||
| Memphis at 3:51 | UTEP | MEM | ||
| 1st and 10 at MEM 45 | DeAngelo Williams rush for 4 yards to the Memph 49. | 3 | 0 | |
| 2nd and 6 at MEM 49 | Billy Barefield pass complete to Ryan Scott for 8 yards to the UTEP 43 for a 1ST down. | |||
| 1st and 10 at UTEP 43 | DeAngelo Williams rush for 4 yards to the UTEP 39. | |||
| 2nd and 6 at UTEP 39 | Billy Barefield rush for no gain to the UTEP 39. | |||
| 3rd and 6 at UTEP 39 | Memphis penalty 5 yard false start accepted, no play. | |||
| 3rd and 11 at UTEP 44 | Billy Barefield pass incomplete to DeAngelo Williams. | |||
| 4th and 11 at UTEP 44 | Michael Gibson punt for 44 yards for a touchback. | |||
| DRIVE TOTALS: Memph drive: 5 plays 11 yards, 02:28 Memph PUNT | ||||
| UTEP at 1:23 | UTEP | MEM | ||
| 1st and 10 at UTEP 20 | Jordan Palmer pass complete to Johnnie Higgins Jr for 25 yards to the UTEP 45 for a 1ST down. | 3 | 0 | |
| 1st and 10 at UTEP 45 | Tyler Ebell rush for 12 yards to the Memph 43 for a 1ST down. | |||
| 1st and 10 at MEM 43 | Tyler Ebell rush for 3 yards to the Memph 40. | |||
| End of 1st Quarter | ||||




