New Mexico St. 34, UTEP 33

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	22	21
Total Yards	366	372
Passing	329	95
Rushing	37	277
Penalties	6-50	5-45
3rd Down Conversions	5-12	7-17
4th Down Conversions	1-2	0-1
Turnovers	4	3
Possession	26:01	33:59

Air/Ground Leaders
New Mexico State Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Holbrook 29/39 329 5 2	UTEP Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Thomas II 8/15 60 0 0 Vittatoe 2/7 33 0 0
New Mexico State Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Colston 8 21 0 15 Perez 2 20 0 14	UTEP Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Thomas II 19 142 2 44 Frazier 14 74 0 18
New Mexico State Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Williams 7 119 0 43 Anderson 5 70 3 36	UTEP Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Adams 2 47 0 23 Davis 3 22 0 11

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				NMSU	UTEP
	FG	02:55	Jose Martinez 44 Yd	0	3
	TD	02:45	Anthony Morrow 27 Yd Interception Return (Jose Martinez Kick)	0	10
SECOND QUARTER				NMSU	UTEP
	TD	11:36	Marcus Anderson 36 Yd Pass From Chase Holbrook (Kyle Hughes Kick)	7	10
	TD	08:48	Marcus Anderson 11 Yd Pass From Chase Holbrook (Kyle Hughes Kick)	14	10
	TD	06:48	James Thomas Ii 44 Yd Run (Jose Martinez Kick)	14	17
	TD	04:02	A.J. Harris 27 Yd Pass From Chase Holbrook (Kyle Hughes Kick)	21	17
	FG	00:57	Jose Martinez 36 Yd	21	20
THIRD QUARTER				NMSU	UTEP
	TD	09:13	Robert Soleyjacks 24 Yd Fumble Return (Jose Martinez Kick)	21	27
	TD	07:35	Weston Neiman 17 Yd Pass From Chase Holbrook (Kyle Hughes Kick)	28	27
FOURTH QUARTER				NMSU	UTEP
	TD	14:33	James Thomas Ii 1 Yd Run (Two-Point Conversion Failed)	28	33
	TD	11:21	Marcus Anderson 15 Yd Pass From Chase Holbrook (Two-Point Conversion Failed)	34	33

EL PASO, Texas -- Chase Holbrook passed for 329 yards and five touchdowns to lead New Mexico State to a 34-33 win Saturday over UTEP.

Holbrook connected with wide receiver Marcus Anderson on three scores, including the go-ahead touchdown with 3:12 to go in the game. Anderson finished with five catches for 70 yards.

Holbrook has 1,269 passing yards in three games against the Miners (0-3).

With the win, NMSU (1-1) snapped a six-game losing streak, while UTEP extended its losing skid to nine games. It was the Aggies' first win in the Sun Bowl since 1994.

In the second quarter, NMSU went up 14-10 on a pair of passing scores from Holbrook to Anderson.

UTEP quarterback James Thomas II answered with a 44-yard scoring run, but NMSU went ahead 21-17 on a 27-yard touchdown reception by A.J. Harris.

UTEP's Jose Martinez kicked a 36-yard field goal to make it 21-20 with 3:05 remaining in the half.

The Aggies took a 28-27 lead into the fourth quarter, until Thomas stretched into the end zone from a yard out and put UTEP back up 33-28.

NMSU went ahead for good on Holbrook's final touchdown pass to Anderson. The Aggie defense forced a UTEP fumble, then stopped the Miners on a fourth-and-11 in the final minute.

UTEP' top two running backs were out with injuries and starting quarterback Trevor Vittatoe left the game for good with an ankle injury after the third series.

Thomas led UTEP with 142 yards rushing and two scores, becoming only the third Miner quarterback to eclipse the 100-yard mark since 1982.