UTEP 48, Tulsa 47

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	29	28
Total Yards	648	570
Passing	409	351
Rushing	239	219
Penalties	8-85	4-40
3rd Down Conversions	8-15	7-14
4th Down Conversions	2-3	2-3
Turnovers	3	1
Possession	28:13	31:47

Air/Ground Leaders
Tulsa Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Smith 26/43 383 2 2 Such 1/1 26 0 0	UTEP Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Vittatoe 21/27 319 3 0 Sam 2/2 32 1 0
Tulsa Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Clay 11 112 1 30 Adams 15 86 0 23	UTEP Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Thomas 27 134 3 38 Sam 15 82 0 24
Tulsa Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Marion 4 136 0 51 Johnson 8 127 2 28	UTEP Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Moturi 7 174 2 78 Sam 6 94 1 29

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				TLSA	UTEP
	TD	11:44	Marcus Thomas 3 Yd Run (Jose Martinez Kick)	0	7
	TD	09:58	Trae Johnson 28 Yd Pass From Paul Smith (Jarod Tracy Kick)	7	7
	TD	02:58	Lorne Sam 29 Yd Pass From Trevor Vittatoe (Jose Martinez Kick)	7	14
SECOND QUARTER				TLSA	UTEP
	FG	14:09	Jarod Tracy 23 Yd	10	14
	TD	12:10	Marcus Thomas 11 Yd Run (Jose Martinez Kick)	10	21
	TD	10:06	Paul Smith 1 Yd Run (Pat Failed)	16	21
	TD	00:23	Trae Johnson 4 Yd Pass From Paul Smith (Jarod Tracy Kick)	23	21
THIRD QUARTER				TLSA	UTEP
	TD	10:05	Charles Clay 10 Yd Run (Jarod Tracy Kick)	30	21
	TD	05:32	Jeff Moturi 78 Yd Pass From Trevor Vittatoe (Jose Martinez Kick)	30	28
FOURTH QUARTER				TLSA	UTEP
	TD	14:33	Paul Smith 1 Yd Run (Jarod Tracy Kick)	37	28
	TD	12:33	Marcus Thomas 38 Yd Run (Jose Martinez Kick)	37	35
	TD	08:30	Jeff Moturi 22 Yd Pass From Lorne Sam (Two-Point Conversion Failed)	37	41
	DC	08:30	Nick Henderson 0 Yd Off A Blocked Extra Point	39	41
	TD	04:34	Paul Smith 1 Yd Run (Paul Smith Run For Two-Point Conversion)	47	41
	TD	00:58	Joe West 14 Yd Pass From Trevor Vittatoe (Jose Martinez Kick)	47	48

EL PASO, Texas (AP) -- Trevor Vittatoe's 14-yard touchdown pass to Joe West with 58 seconds remaining led Texas-El Paso to a 48-47 come-from-behind victory against Tulsa on Saturday night.

The rally came a week after the Miners (4-2, 2-0 Conference USA) scored two fourth-quarter touchdowns to tie SMU before winning 48-45 in overtime.

This time, UTEP trailed 37-28 when Thomas scored on a 38-yard run early in the fourth quarter.

On their next possession, the Miners went ahead 41-37 on Lorne Sam's 22-yard pass to Jeff Moturi, who had seven catches for 174 yards. But Tulsa (3-2, 1-1) immediately cut that deficit in half when Nick Henderson picked off the 2-point conversion pass and returned it to give the Golden Hurricane two points instead.

Tulsa went back in front with a nine-play, 72-yard drive capped by quarterback Paul Smith's third 1-yard touchdown plunge of the game. He also ran in the 2-point conversion for a 47-41 lead with 4:34 remaining.

Smith accounted for five touchdowns, finishing 26-of-43 passing for 383 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions.

Vittatoe's winning toss to West came on third-and-11 and capped an 11-play, 76-yard march. Vittatoe was 21-of-27 passing for 319 yards with three touchdowns and no interceptions.

Tulsa reached the UTEP 36-yard line in the closing seconds, but Jarod Tracy's 53-yard field goal attempt fell short as time expired.