UTEP 40, Southern Miss. 37, OT

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	25	26
Total Yards	382	541
Passing	266	264
Rushing	116	277
Penalties	3-30	8-95
3rd Down Conversions	8-16	10-16
4th Down Conversions	2-3	0-0
Turnovers	0	1
Possession	32:42	27:18

Air/Ground Leaders
UTEP Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Vittatoe 25/43 266 4 0 Thomas II 0/1 0 0 0	Southern Miss Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Davis 21/37 264 2 1
UTEP Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Buckram 12 59 1 11 Jackson 12 39 0 7	Southern Miss Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Fletcher 34 260 1 56 Harrison 4 15 1 8
UTEP Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Shadrawy 4 66 1 24 Hunt 3 48 0 23	Southern Miss Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Brown 8 110 1 36 Nelson 7 57 1 16

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				UTEP	USM
	TD	09:58	Damion Fletcher 4 Yd Run (Justin Estes Kick)	0	7
	TD	03:46	Kris Adams 10 Yd Pass From Trevor Vittatoe (Jose Martinez Kick)	7	7
	TD	00:19	Tory Harrison 1 Yd Run (Justin Estes Kick)	7	14
SECOND QUARTER				UTEP	USM
	TD	13:08	Donald Buckram 11 Yd Run (Jose Martinez Kick)	14	14
	FG	01:25	Jose Martinez 37 Yd	17	14
THIRD QUARTER				UTEP	USM
	FG	11:33	Jose Martinez 34 Yd	20	14
	TD	08:45	Shawn Nelson 10 Yd Pass From Austin Davis (Justin Estes Kick)	20	21
FOURTH QUARTER				UTEP	USM
	TD	14:46	Tufick Shadrawy 13 Yd Pass From Trevor Vittatoe (Jose Martinez Kick)	27	21
	FG	12:03	Britt Barefoot 29 Yd	27	24
	FG	00:00	Britt Barefoot 22 Yd	27	27
OVERTIME				UTEP	USM
	TD		Terrell Jackson 4 Yd Pass From Trevor Vittatoe (Jose Martinez Kick)	34	27
	TD		Deandre Brown 4 Yd Pass From Austin Davis (Britt Barefoot Kick)	34	34
2ND OVERTIME				UTEP	USM
	FG		Britt Barefoot 28 Yd	34	37
	TD		Kris Adams 6 Yd Pass From Trevor Vittatoe	40	37

HATTIESBURG, Miss. -- Trevor Vittatoe threw four touchdown passes, including the game winner in double overtime, as UTEP defeated Southern Mississippi 40-37 on Saturday night.

Vittatoe hit Chris Adams on a 7-yard touchdown pass in the second overtime, after Southern Miss' Britt Barefoot gave the Golden Eagles a 37-34 lead with a 28-yard field goal.

It was the second consecutive victory for UTEP (2-3, 2-0 Conference USA) and the second straight loss for the Golden Eagles (2-3, 0-2).

Southern Miss is 0-2 in league play for the first time in the 13-year history of Conference USA.

The loss overshadowed a career-high effort by Damion Fletcher, who had 34 carries for 260 yards, becoming the program's all-time leading rusher in the third quarter. He has 3,654 career yards, passing Ben Garry, who finished with 3,595.

The 260-yard effort was also the second highest single-game mark in school history.

Vittatoe was 24 of 41 for 263 yards and four scores.

The Miners led 17-14 at halftime, thanks to a 37-yard field goal by Jose Martinez with 1:25 to go in the second quarter.

Fletcher gave USM an early lead on a 1-yard scoring run five minutes into the game.

Justin Estes missed a pair of short field goals for the Golden Eagles in the first half, one after Fletcher ran 56 yards to the Miners' 13.

Tory Harrison also had a 1-yard scoring run for USM in the second quarter.

The Miners responded with a 10-yard touchdown pass from Vittatoe to Adams and an 11-yard touchdown run by Donald Buckram in the first half.

Martinez made the score 20-14 with a 34-yard field goal at the 11:33 mark of the third quarter.

UTEP tried an onside kick that USM recovered at midfield. The Golden Eagles took advantage of it to take the lead with a 10-yard scoring pass from Austin Davis to Shawn Nelson.

The Miners came back with a 13-yard touchdown pass from Vittatoe to Tufick Shadrawy on the first play of the fourth quarter for a 27-21 lead.

But Barefoot replaced Estes in the second half, and despite missing his first attempt, kicked a pair of short field goals in the fourth quarter. The second, from 22 yards out on the final play of regulation, sent the game into overtime.

The teams traded 4-yard scoring passes in the first overtime, as Vittatoe hit Terrell Jackson and USM's Austin Davis found DeAndre Brown.