East Carolina 45, UTEP 42, OT

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	24	31
Total Yards	507	589
Passing	299	456
Rushing	208	133
Penalties	5-87	8-94
3rd Down Conversions	4-11	8-19
4th Down Conversions	0-0	1-1
Turnovers	4	3
Possession	23:48	36:12

Air/Ground Leaders
East Carolina Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Kass 18/32 219 1 3 Harris 1/1 80 1 0	UTEP Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Vittatoe 38/55 409 3 1 Sam 2/2 47 0 0
East Carolina Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Johnson 23 126 0 32 Harris 2 66 1 57	UTEP Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Thomas 22 103 1 31 Sam 9 59 0 18
East Carolina Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Bryant 7 133 1 80 Crowell 2 49 1 34	UTEP Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Sam 9 127 0 42 Moturi 12 113 1 23

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				ECU	UTEP
	TD	12:09	Marcus Thomas 42 Yd Pass From Trevor Vittatoe (Jose Martinez Kick) Drive: 4 plays, 78 yds, 1:18	0	7
	FG	07:53	Ben Hartman 52 Yd Drive: 7 plays, 23 yds, 4:16	3	7
	TD	06:42	Van Eskridge 50 Yd Fumble Return (Ben Hartman Kick)	10	7
SECOND QUARTER				ECU	UTEP
	FG	11:27	Jose Martinez 41 Yd Drive: 12 plays, 52 yds, 5:25	10	10
	FG	07:55	Ben Hartman 28 Yd Drive: 10 plays, 53 yds, 3:32	13	10
	FG	03:02	Ben Hartman 24 Yd Drive: 9 plays, 67 yds, 2:46	16	10
	TD	00:50	Joe West 9 Yd Pass From Trevor Vittatoe (Pat Blocked) Drive: 8 plays, 61 yds, 2:13	16	16
	DC	00:50	Travis Williams 0 Yd Off A Blocked Extra Point	18	16
	FG	00:00	Jose Martinez 42 Yd Drive: 4 plays, 41 yds, :24	18	19
THIRD QUARTER				ECU	UTEP
	FG	13:03	Jose Martinez 34 Yd Drive: 7 plays, 55 yds, 1:57	18	22
	TD	11:32	Dwayne Harris 57 Yd Run (Ben Hartman Kick) Drive: 5 plays, 80 yds, 1:31	25	22
	TD	07:53	Jamar Bryant 80 Yd Pass From Dwayne Harris (Ben Hartman Kick) Drive: 1 plays, 80 yds, :14	32	22
	FG	05:53	Jose Martinez 43 Yd Drive: 10 plays, 50 yds, 2:00	32	25
FOURTH QUARTER				ECU	UTEP
	TD	14:55	Jeff Moturi 17 Yd Pass From Trevor Vittatoe (Jose Martinez Kick) Drive: 9 plays, 70 yds, 3:45	32	32
	TD	00:34	Marcus Thomas 31 Yd Run (Jose Martinez Kick) Drive: 6 plays, 42 yds, 2:48	32	39
	TD	00:00	Juwon Crowell 34 Yd Pass From Rob Kass (Ben Hartman Kick)	39	39
OVERTIME				ECU	UTEP
	FG		Jose Martinez 45 Yd	39	42
	TD		Rob Kass 1 Yd Run	45	42

EL PASO, Texas (AP) -- Rob Kass plunged into the end zone on a quarterback sneak during the first overtime to give East Carolina a wild 45-42 win over Texas-El Paso on Saturday night.

Kass sent the game to OT with a 34-yard touchdown pass to Juwon Crowell as time ran out to tie the contest at 39-39.

UTEP's Trevor Vittatoe completed 38-of-55 passes for 409 yards and three touchdowns and just one interception. Marcus Thomas ran for 103 yards, including a 31-yard touchdown dash with just 34 seconds left in the game to give the Miners what appeared to be a winning 39-32 margin.

East Carolina's Dwayne Harris almost broke the game open single-handedly in the third quarter. First the East Carolina wide receiver took a handoff on a reverse and dashed 57 yards for a touchdown, giving the Pirates (4-3-1, 3-1 Conference USA) a 25-22 lead. Then Harris took a handoff on a double reverse and hit a wide open Jamar Bryant on an 80-yard touchdown pass, giving the Pirates a 32-22 lead 7:53 left in the third quarter.

The first half was a story of dueling field goals.

UTEP (4-3, 2-1) got a touchdown in the final minute of the first half on a nine-yard strike from Vittatoe to Joe West but Martinez' extra point try was blocked and East Carolina's Travis Williams returned it 90 yards for the two points and the Pirates led 18-16.

But Jose Martinez booted a 42-yard field goal, one that pinged off the top of the upright, on the final play of the half to give UTEP a 19-18 lead in a bizarre finish to the first 30 minutes.