UTEP 24, Tulane 21

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	20	20
Total Yards	412	452
Passing	94	296
Rushing	318	156
Penalties	5-74	7-100
3rd Down Conversions	4-10	7-14
4th Down Conversions	0-1	1-2
Turnovers	0	1
Possession	28:46	31:14

Air/Ground Leaders
Tulane Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Moore 10/20 80 1 0 King 1/1 14 0 0	UTEP Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Vittatoe 21/32 296 3 0
Tulane Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Anderson 29 255 2 72 Austin 6 61 0 37	UTEP Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Buckram 20 107 0 22 Palmer 9 19 0 5
Tulane Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Anderson 4 30 1 28 Robottom 2 22 0 16	UTEP Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Moturi 4 88 1 68 Kemp 2 66 0 53

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				TULN	UTEP
	TD	11:33	Landon Goodwell 1 Yd Pass From Trevor Vittatoe (Jose Martinez Kick)	0	7
	TD	02:53	Andre Anderson 72 Yd Run (Ross Thevenot Kick)	7	7
	TD	00:10	Andre Anderson 1 Yd Run (Ross Thevenot Kick)	14	7
SECOND QUARTER				TULN	UTEP
	TD	09:00	Daniel Palmer 8 Yd Pass From Trevor Vittatoe (Jose Martinez Kick)	14	14
	TD	07:29	Andre Anderson 28 Yd Pass From Kevin Moore (Ross Thevenot Kick)	21	14
THIRD QUARTER				TULN	UTEP
	FG	02:01	Jose Martinez 28 Yd	21	17
FOURTH QUARTER				TULN	UTEP
	TD	04:22	Jeff Moturi 68 Yd Pass From Trevor Vittatoe (Jose Martinez Kick)	21	24

EL PASO, Texas -- Trevor Vittatoe threw three touchdown passes as Texas-El Paso came back for a 24-21 win over Tulane on Saturday night.

Vittatoe finished 21-of-32 passing for 296 yards.

The Miners (3-3, 3-0 Conference USA) reached .500 after an 0-3 start for the first time in school history.

Andre Anderson, who entered the game as the nation's ninth-leading rusher, carried the ball 29 times for 255 yards and two touchdowns for Tulane (2-4, 1-2).

UTEP took an early 7-0 lead, scoring on its opening possession for the first time this season.

Following rushing scores of 72 and 28 yards by Anderson, UTEP tied it 14-14 in the second quarter after Daniel Palmer hauled in a low pass and scurried 8 yards to the end zone.

Down 21-14 at halftime, UTEP inched back on a 28-yard field goal from Jose Martinez in the third quarter, then took the lead for good on a 68-yard bomb to Jeff Moturi with 4:22 remaining in the game.