| 3rd Quarter | | UTEP | BUFF |
| UTEP at 15:00 | UTEP | BUFF |
| | Jose Martinez kickoff for 69 yards returned by Brandon Thermilus, tackled by Royzell Smith for 22 yards to the Buff 23, tackled by Royzell Smith. | 14 | 21 |
| DRIVE TOTALS: UB drive: 0 plays 0 yards, 00:00 UB END HALF |
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| Buffalo at 15:00 | UTEP | BUFF |
| 1st and 10 at BUFF 23 | James Starks rush for 10 yards to the Buff 33, tackled by Josh Ferguson for a 1ST down. | 14 | 21 |
| 1st and 10 at BUFF 33 | James Starks rush for 9 yards to the Buff 42, tackled by Josh Ferguson and Da'Mon Cromartie-Smith. | | |
| 2nd and 1 at BUFF 42 | James Starks rush for 2 yards to the Buff 44, tackled by Ja-Boy Leomiti and Da'Mon Cromartie-Smith for a 1ST down. | | |
| 1st and 10 at BUFF 44 | Drew Willy pass complete to Naaman Roosevelt for 56 yards for a TOUCHDOWN. | 14 | 28 |
| | A.J. Principe extra point GOOD. | 14 | 28 |
| | Gerry McGroarty kickoff for 63 yards returned by Jeff Moturi, tackled by Adekunle Akingba for 52 yards to the Buff 41, tackled by Adekunle Akingba. | | |
| DRIVE TOTALS: UB drive: 4 plays 77 yards, 01:36 UB TD |
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| UTEP at 13:18 | UTEP | BUFF |
| 1st and 10 at BUFF 41 | Trevor Vittatoe pass complete to Terrell Jackson for 31 yards to the Buff 10, tackled by Davonte Shannon for a 1ST down. | 14 | 28 |
| 1st and Goal at BUFF 10 | Donald Buckram rush for no gain to the Buff 10, tackled by Justin Winters and Raphael Akobundu. | | |
| 2nd and Goal at BUFF 10 | Trevor Vittatoe pass incomplete to Kris Adams, broken up by Domonic Cook. | | |
| 3rd and Goal at BUFF 10 | Trevor Vittatoe pass incomplete to N/A. | | |
| 4th and Goal at BUFF 10 | Jose Martinez 27 yard field goal GOOD. | 17 | 28 |
| | Jose Martinez on-side kick recovered by Buffalo at the UTEP 43. | | |
| DRIVE TOTALS: UTEP drive: 5 plays 31 yards, 01:29 UTEP FG |
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| Buffalo at 11:37 | UTEP | BUFF |
| 1st and 10 at UTEP 43 | James Starks rush for 2 yards, fumbled, forced by Josh Ferguson, recovered by UTEP Anthony Morrow at the UTEP 41. | 17 | 28 |
| DRIVE TOTALS: UB drive: 1 play 2 yards, 00:10 UB FUMB |
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| UTEP at 11:35 | UTEP | BUFF |
| 1st and 10 at UTEP 41 | Trevor Vittatoe pass complete to Jeff Moturi for 4 yards to the UTEP 45, tackled by Davonte Shannon and Justin Winters. | 17 | 28 |
| 2nd and 6 at UTEP 45 | Terrell Jackson rush for 4 yards to the UTEP 49, tackled by Raphael Akobundu. | | |
| 3rd and 2 at UTEP 49 | Trevor Vittatoe pass incomplete to Landon Goodwell. | | |
| 4th and 2 at UTEP 49 | Kyle Petersen punt for 44 yards, punt out-of-bounds at the Buff 7. | | |
| DRIVE TOTALS: UTEP drive: 3 plays 8 yards, 00:00 UTEP PUNT |
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| Buffalo at 11:25 | UTEP | BUFF |
| 1st and 10 at BUFF 7 | Brandon Thermilus rush for 6 yards to the Buff 13, tackled by Negale Miller. | 17 | 28 |
| 2nd and 4 at BUFF 13 | Brandon Thermilus rush for 3 yards to the Buff 16, tackled by Melvin Stephenson II and James Olalekan. | | |
| 3rd and 1 at BUFF 16 | Brandon Thermilus rush for 9 yards to the Buff 25, tackled by Cornelius Brown and George Kelly for a 1ST down. | | |
| 1st and 10 at BUFF 25 | Drew Willy pass complete to Naaman Roosevelt for 7 yards to the Buff 32, tackled by Cornelius Brown. | | |
| 2nd and 3 at BUFF 32 | Brandon Thermilus rush for 5 yards to the Buff 37, tackled by Ja-Boy Leomiti for a 1ST down. | | |
| 1st and 10 at BUFF 37 | Utep penalty 5 yard Encroachment on Steve Riddick accepted. | | |
| 1st and 5 at BUFF 42 | Brandon Thermilus rush for 5 yards to the Buff 47, tackled by Cornelius Brown and Anthony Morrow for a 1ST down. | | |
| 1st and 10 at BUFF 47 | Brandon Thermilus rush for 4 yards to the UTEP 49, tackled by Melvin Stephenson II. | | |
| 2nd and 6 at UTEP 49 | Brandon Thermilus rush for 2 yards to the UTEP 47, tackled by Adam Vincent. | | |
| 3rd and 4 at UTEP 47 | Buffalo penalty 15 yard crackback on Brandon Thermilus accepted, no play for no gain, lateral to N/A for 22 yards, to the UTEP 47, tackled by Josh Ferguson. | | |
| 3rd and 19 at BUFF 38 | Drew Willy pass incomplete to Brandon Thermilus, hurried by Landon Goodwell, Buffalo penalty 10 yard intentional grounding on Drew Willy accepted. | | |
| 4th and 29 at BUFF 28 | Peter Fardon punt for 45 yards, returned by Jeff Moturi for 13 yards to the Buff 28, tackled by Sherrod Lott, Utep penalty 15 yard personal foul on Chris Callahan accepted for a 1ST down. | | |
| DRIVE TOTALS: UB drive: 9 plays 21 yards, 00:00 UB PUNT |
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| UTEP at 9:44 | UTEP | BUFF |
| 1st and 10 at BUFF 45 | Terrell Jackson rush for no gain to the Buff 45, tackled by Mike Thompson. | 17 | 28 |
| 2nd and 10 at BUFF 45 | Trevor Vittatoe pass complete to Jamar Hunt for 9 yards to the Buff 36, tackled by Tom Drewes and Raphael Akobundu. | | |
| 3rd and 1 at BUFF 36 | Terrell Jackson rush for 2 yards to the Buff 34, tackled by Justin Winters for a 1ST down. | | |
| 1st and 10 at BUFF 34 | Trevor Vittatoe pass incomplete to Jeff Moturi, broken up by Mike Newton. | | |
| 2nd and 10 at BUFF 34 | Terrell Jackson rush for 9 yards to the Buff 25, tackled by Tom Drewes. | | |
| 3rd and 1 at BUFF 25 | Trevor Vittatoe pass complete to Jamar Hunt for 11 yards to the Buff 14, tackled by Mike Newton for a 1ST down. | | |
| 1st and 10 at BUFF 14 | Vernon Frazier rush for 3 yards to the Buff 11, tackled by Raphael Akobundu and Tom Drewes. | | |
| 2nd and 7 at BUFF 11 | Trevor Vittatoe pass incomplete to Josh Ferguson, broken up by Davonte Shannon. | | |
| DRIVE TOTALS: UTEP drive: 9 plays 34 yards, 04:06 UTEP INT |
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| Buffalo at 0:00 | UTEP | BUFF |
| 1st and 10 at BUFF 20 | End of 3rd Quarter | 17 | 28 |
UTEP 17, 
Buffalo 42