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UTEP MINERS FOOTBALL UTEP vs. Rice | 1 p.m. MT | Saturday, Nov. 30 | Sun Bowl Stadium (51,500) | El Paso, Texas

GAME 12 vs. RICE UTEP MINERS (1-10, 0-7 C-USA) Head Coach: Dana Dimel (Kansas State, 1986) Career Record: 32-60 (8th season) TUNE IN Record at UTEP: 2-21 (2nd season) Home: 1-4 | Road: 0-6 | Neutral: 0-0 TV: ESPN3 Andy Morgan (PxP) VS Trevor Vittatoe (Analyst) RICE OWLS (2-9, 2-5 C-USA) Head Coach: Mike Bloomgren (Florida State, 1999) Career Record: 4-20 (2nd season) RADIO: ESPN 600 El Paso Record at Rice: 4-20 (2nd season) Jon Teicher (PxP) Bernie Ricono (Analyst) Home: 1-6 | Road: 1-3 | Neutral: 0-0 Mando Medina (Sideline)

COACHING STAFF MINERS AT A GLANCE » MINERS TO CLOSE OUT 2019 SEASON BY HOSTING RICE OWLS ON THE FIELD UTEP returns home this Saturday for “Senior Day” as the Miners host Conference USA foe Rice to close out the 2019 Dana Dimel, Head Coach season. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m. MT on Saturday, Nov. 30 at Sun Bowl Stadium in El Paso. The Miners and Owls have Joe Robinson, Special Teams Coord. previously met 22 times on the gridiron in a series that dates back to 1996. Rice leads the all-time series, 14-8, over UTEP. Keith Burns, Secondary/Safeties However, the Miners got the better of Rice most recently with a 34-26 win over the Owls last season in Houston. Remington Rebstock, Cornerbacks Reggie Mitchell, Running Backs » FLASHBACK TO 2018 Scotty Ohara, Wide Receivers In last season’s meeting between the Miners and Owls, UTEP burst out to a 27-0 lead in a dominating first-half perfor- Jake Waters, Inside Wide Receivers mance, then held off resurgent Rice in the second half for a 34-26 win in Houston, its first victory since 2016. The Miners Mike Simmonds, Offensive Line (1-8, 1-4 C-USA) stamped out their 20-game losing streak, notched their first win under coach Dana Dimel and handed Rice (1-9, 0-6 C-USA) its ninth consecutive defeat. It was UTEP’s first triumph at Rice Stadium since 2005, its initial year IN THE BOOTH in Conference USA. Offensive Coord./QBs Mike Canales, » MINERS RANK AS ONE OF THE NATION’S BEST ON FOURTH DOWN Mike Cox, Defensive Coord./LBs Through the first 11 games of the 2019 season, UTEP has proven to be one of the nation’s best teams when it comes to Matt Wallerstedt, Defensive Line fourth down success. Entering the week, the Miners are ranked 7th nationally in fourth down conversion percentage (.739) after successfully converting 17 of 23 fourth-down attempts up to this point of the season. UTEP’s fourth down TABLE OF CONTENTS percentage is also ranked first among Conference USA teams. Media Information 2 Rosters 3-4 » HUGHES SEES PAYDIRT Depth Chart 5 UTEP RB Treyvon Hughes is making a living finding paydirt for the Miners this season. The senior currently leads the Game Notes/Money Plays 6-8 Miners in TDs with 12 rushing scores in 11 games, which ranks 2nd in C-USA and 17th nationally. Hughes scored his Long Plays 9 first two TDs of the season in the 2019 season opener versus Houston Baptist, while he followed that performance with Game Notes cont. 10 another pair of scores in UTEP’s home game versus Nevada. Hughes has scored a touchdown in all but three games this Head Coach Dana Dimel 11-13 season, including scoring in six of the last seven games. Coaching Staff 14 2019 Game Recaps 15-20 2019 Statistics 21-25 SERIES BREAKDOWN 2019 Participation/Start Chart 26-27 Single-Game Highs 28-30 SERIES INFORMATION ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Overall: Rice leads, 14-8 El Paso: Series tied, 5-5 Anna Claire Thomas (Primary) Assistant A.D./Communications Houston: Rice leads, 9-3 Email: [email protected] Neutral: No Meetings Jeff Darby (Secondary/Credentials) First Meeting: Rice won, 48-21, in El Paso (1996) Senior Associate A.D./Communications Last Meeting: UTEP won, 34-26, in Houston (2018) Email: [email protected] Streak: UTEP, 1 Drew Bonney Email: [email protected] Mark Brunner THE VENUE Email: [email protected] Stadium: Sun Bowl Stadium Brandon Collins Capacity: 51,500 Email: [email protected] Surface: Artificial (Classic HD CoolPlay) 2019 SCHEDULE & RESULTS

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Press Luncheon Practice Practice Practice No Availability UTEP GAME DAY No Availability 1 p.m. MT 8:30-10:30 a.m. 8:30-10:30 a.m. 8:30-10:30 a.m. POSTGAME Lunch will be Coaches, players UTEP Football Coaches, players Head coach Dana served in the available for in- with Dana Dimel available for in- Dimel and select Larry K. Durham terviews following Radio Show terviews following players will be Center, followed by practice. 6 p.m. practice. available following remarks. ESPN 600 El Paso the game.

MONDAY MEDIA LUNCHEONS MEDIA INFORMATION Head coach Dana Dimel will meet with the media every Monday prior to a game. Lunch will COLLEGEPRESSBOX.COM be provided at 1 p.m. MT followed by interviews CollegePressBox.com is the official media website for Conference USA and UTEP Football. with Coach Dimel. Audio of each luncheon will Access and download weekly game notes, quotes, statistics, media guides, headshots, logos and be emailed out to media every Monday after- more for UTEP, Conference USA and each of its member schools. Login information will be dis- noons. tributed to accredited media or you can apply for a password at collegepressbox.com. DAILY MEDIA AVAILABILITY PRACTICE COVERAGE The following is a general weekly schedule of media availability for the UTEP football team. In addition to Monday’s media luncheon, Members of the media are expected to adhere to these policies at all times. All interview requests UTEP student-athletes and coaches are avail- should be made to UTEP Assistant Athletic Director/Communications Anna Claire Thomas at able for in-person or phone interviews following least 24 hours in advance. All media availability times are subject to change. Please contact Anna practice on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday Claire Thomas for any changes in the schedule. of game week. All interview requests must be directed to the UTEP Athletic Communications Monday: UTEP’s weekly media luncheon starts with food served at 1 p.m. and statements begin- ning at approximately 1:30 p.m. Office at least 24 hours in advance. Please send all requests via email to [email protected]. Tuesday-Thursday: Practice will be held from 8:40-11:40 a.m. Coaches and players are available following practice on the field. COACH/PLAYER AVAILABILITY Members of the UTEP coaching staff are Friday and Sunday: No availability. Practice is CLOSED. available during the designated days and times throughout the year. All players are available Saturday: Postgame availability only. Members of the UTEP Athletic Communications staff will during the designated days and times. escort media representatives to the media room with five minutes remaining in the game. The UTEP locker room, home or away, is closed to the media at all times.

SOCIAL MEDIA For games in El Paso, all UTEP postgame press conference will be held in the Larry K. Durham UTEP fans can access the most in-depth in- Center after each game following a 10-minute cooling off period. No interviews will be allowed formation regarding all the University’s programs on the field with players and/or coaches immediately following games. Coach Dimel and select through social media opportunities available on- players will be available in the press conference following games. line. CONFERENCE USA FOOTBALL COACHES’ TRANSCRIPTS Twitter – Members of the UTEP Athletic Com- Conference USA schools will submit transcripts of weekly press conferences each week to munications department will be tweeting CollegePressBox.com. throughout the year with the latest news and in- game score updates. To follow them, simply find them on www.twitter.com. INTERVIEW REQUESTS @UTEPFB – Direct reports from football All interview requests must be made at least 24 hours in advance and practices and games. must be submitted to Anna Claire Thomas at [email protected].

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NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. CL. EXP. HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. CL. EXP. HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL 1 Kai Locksley QB 6-4 210 SR 1L Fort Washington, Md./Iowa CC 37 Carrington Mitchell DB 6-0 170 FR HS Hutto, Texas/Hutto HS 1 Joe Jay Smith LB 6-3 230 R-JR TR Bethlehem, Pa./Garden City CC 40 Gavin Baechle K/P 6-1 160 SO 1L McKinney, Texas/McKinney HS 2 Devaughn Cooper WR 5-10 175 R-JR TR Los Angeles, Calif./Arizona 40 Anthony Ulmer DE 6-3 245 SO 0L El Paso, Texas/Chapin HS 2 Luke Laufenberg TE 6-4 240 R-SO TR Argyle, Texas/Mesa CC 42 Erik Michel K 5-10 170 FR HS Richmond, Texas/George Ranch HS 2 Michael Lewis DB 6-0 192 SR 3L Trinity, Texas/Trinity HS 42 Michael Young FB 5-9 215 FR HS Eulysis, Texas/Colleyville Heritage HS 3 Mark Torrez QB 6-0 190 JR 1L El Paso, Texas/Eastwood HS 43 Julian Lopez TE 6-1 240 FR HS El Paso, Texas/Chapin HS 3 Ty’reke James DB 5-11 190 JR TR Richmond, Calif./Contra Costa College 43 Ykili Ross CB 6-1 190 R-SR TR Riverside, Calif./USC 4 Quardraiz Wadley RB 6-0 205 SR 3L Kennedale, Texas/Kennedale HS 44 Tanner Boston LS 6-1 250 FR HS Cypress, Texas/Cypress Ranch HS 4 Jerome Wilson Jr. LB 6-3 210 FR HS Etiwanda, Calif./Etiwanda HS 45 Trent Thompson TE 6-2 255 SO 1L Houston, Texas/Cypress Falls HS 5 Sione Tupou LB 5-11 240 SO 1L Allen, Texas/Allen HS 46 Mitchell Crawford P 6-0 185 JR 1L Townsville, QLD., Aus./Swinburne in Melbourne 6 Jacob Cowing WR 5-11 175 FR HS Maricopa, Ariz./Maricopa HS 47 Adam Cousins WR 6-0 170 FR HS Pflugerville, Texas/Hendrickson HS 6 Dylan Parsee LB 6-2 220 SR 3L San Angelo, Texas/San Angelo Central HS 47 Stephen Forester LB 6-1 235 SR 3L Dallas, Texas/Dallas Christian HS 7 Kavika Johnson WR 6-1 215 R-SR 3L Las Cruces, N.M./Mayfield HS 48 Robert Pufahl FB 5-11 245 R-SR 0L Westlake Village, Calif./Oaks Christian HS 7 Kalaii Griffin LB 6-1 215 SR 2L Bethesda, Md./Ventura CC 48 Blake Thompson DL 6-1 255 SO RS Houston, Texas/Cypress Falls HS 8 Miles Banks DB 6-1 165 R-SO TR Missouri City, Texas/Blinn CC 49 Mark Ramos K 5-8 165 FR HS El Paso, Texas/Andress HS 8 Brandon Jones QB 6-2 210 SR 1L Bakersfield, Calif./Bakersfield College 50 Jimmy Quemado DT 5-11 260 SR 0L Honolulu, Hawai’i/St. Louis HS 8 Brady Viles K 6-0 210 R-SR 1L Fort Mohave, Ariz./Arizona Western College 51 Cal Wallerstedt LB 6-0 225 FR RS Harrisburg, N.C./Hickory Ridge HS 9 Alan Busey WR 6-1 195 SR 1L Anchorage, Alaska/Chabot CC 52 Jacob Trim LS 6-3 230 FR HS Leander, Texas/Tom Glenn HS 9 Jayson VanHook LB 6-2 215 R-JR 1L Moreno Valley, Calif./Citrus Hill HS 54 Carter McFadin LB 6-3 200 FR HS El Paso, Texas/Coronado HS 10 TJ Goodwin QB 6-5 200 FR HS Houston, Texas/Cypress Falls HS 55 Gamaliel Barboza OL 6-4 295 SO RS Castroville, Texas/Tyler Junior College 10 Dy’vonne Inyang DB 6-0 180 JR TR Missouri City, Texas/Kilgore College 57 Barron Wortham Jr. LB 5-11 235 JR 1L Fort Worth, Texas/The Oakridge School 11 Denzel Chukwukelu DT 6-4 290 SR 3L Rockwall, Texas/Rockwall Heath HS 59 Dedrick Simpson DT 6-3 300 R-SO 1L Houston, Texas/Dobie HS 11 Tre’Shon Wolf WR 6-0 170 SO 1L Victoria, Texas/Victoria East 60 James Facio OL 6-3 300 FR HS El Paso, Texas/El Paso HS 12 Gavin Hardison QB 6-3 200 SO TR Hobbs, N.M./NMMI 61 Ruben Guerra OL 6-4 310 SR 2L Bakersfield, Calif./Liberty HS 12 Adrian Hynson DB 5-10 195 R-SR 3L Corpus Christi, Texas/Flour Bluff HS 62 Cameron Cooper OL 6-5 265 FR HS Aurora, Colo./Grandview HS 13 Justin Rogers DB 5-11 195 SR 3L Los Angeles, Calif./Los Angeles HS 63 Jeremiah Byers OL 6-5 300 FR HS Austin, Texas/L.C. Anderson HS 13 Quintavius Workman WR 6-5 180 FR HS El Paso, Texas/Chapin HS 64 Fabio Novoa OL 6-4 300 FR HS El Paso, Texas/Pebble Hills HS 14 Richie Rodriguez WR 5-9 180 SO 1L El Paso, Texas/Eastwood HS 65 Derron Gatewood OL 6-2 300 R-SR 3L Odessa, Texas/Permian HS 14 Tyson Wilson DB 5-10 165 FR RS McKinney, Texas/McKinney HS 66 Justin Mayers OL 6-3 300 FR HS Frisco, Texas/Reedy HS 15 Calvin Brownholtz QB 6-2 200 FR RS Carmichael, Calif./Jesuit HS 67 Robert Mervin OL 6-4 325 JR TR Dumfries, Va./Hutchinson JC 15 Tiano Tialavea DT 6-3 315 R-JR 1L Seattle, Wash./O’Dea HS 68 Zuri Henry OL 6-5 300 SO 1L Wylie, Texas/Wylie HS 16 Isaiah Bravo QB 6-2 200 JR TR West Covina, Calif./Cerritos College 69 Markos Lujan OL 6-3 310 SR 2L El Paso, Texas/Americas HS 16 Gabe Flynn LB 6-0 210 FR HS Tucson, Ariz./NM State 70 Robert Lazarin OL 6-3 300 SO 1L El Paso, Texas/Eastlake HS 17 Justin Garrett WR 6-0 195 JR RS Compton, Calif./Cerritos College 71 Tristin Tuialuuluu OL 6-3 300 FR RS El Paso, Texas/Del Valle HS 18 Jonathan Patrick Jr. WR 6-0 170 FR RS Houston, Texas/Cypress Falls HS 72 Maximus Buckingham OL 6-2 300 FR RS Tafuna, American Samoa/ Immanuel Christian Acad. 19 Treyvon Hughes RB 6-1 235 SR 3L Carrollton, Texas/Hebron HS 73 Bobby DeHaro OL 6-4 300 SO 1L El Paso, Texas/Montwood HS 19 DJ Turner LB 5-11 215 SO TR Bellflower, Calif./Moorpark College 74 Bijan Hosseini OL 6-3 300 SR 1L Upland, Calif./Chaffey CC 20 Ray Walters DB 6-0 180 FR RS Los Angeles, Calif./Locke HS 75 Andrew Meyer OL 6-4 290 FR RS San Marcos, Calif./San Marcos HS 21 Josh Fields RB 5-9 195 Jr. 2L El Paso, Texas/Americas HS 76 Darta Lee OL 6-3 300 JR RS Alief, Texas/Kilgore College 21 Justin Prince DB 5-10 195 SO RS Inglewood, Calif./Long Beach City College 77 Greg Long OL 6-4 295 R-JR 1L El Paso, Texas/Eastwood HS 22 Ronald Awatt RB 6-0 215 JR 1L Lubbock, Texas/Frenship HS 78 Jaime Perales OL 6-2 295 SO 0L El Paso, Texas/Cathedral HS 22 Josh Caldwell DB 6-0 170 JR 1L Long Beach, Calif./Cerritos College 79 Elijah Klein OL 6-4 300 FR RS Mt. Baldy, Calif./Upland HS 23 Praise Amaewhule DE 6-3 245 FR RS Katy, Texas/Katy Taylor HS 80 Camryn Curtis Dozier WR 6-1 175 SR RS Houston, Texas/Benedictine College 23 Skyler Newsome WR 6-4 205 FR HS Lubbock, Texas/Frenship HS 84 Jess Trussell TE 6-5 250 GS TR Arlington, Texas/Purdue 24 McKel Broussard DB 6-0 185 FR HS Sherman Oaks, Calif./Notre Dame HS 85 Sani Buckingham DT 6-4 292 R-JR 2L Tafuna, American Samoa/Home School 24 Reynaldo Flores RB 6-0 205 SO 1L El Paso, Texas/Ysleta HS 87 Christian Buckingham TE 6-4 280 R-SR 1L Tafuna, American Samoa/El Paso CC 25 Justin Rone DB 5-8 180 FR RS El Paso, Texas/Franklin HS 88 Rashad Beecham TE 6-2 235 SO TR Cibolo, Texas/Allan Hancock College 26 Walter Dawn Jr. WR 5-6 165 R-JR 2L Mesquite, Texas/Poteet HS 90 Dakari Bickham DE 6-3 280 Jr. TR Grand Rapids, Mich./Arizona Western 26 Joshua Forester DB 6-0 190 SO RS Dallas, Texas/Dallas Lutheran 94 Jalen Rudolph DT 6-2 290 FR HS Baton Rouge, La./Junipero Serra HS 27 Elijah Ruiz LB 6-2 210 SO 0L El Paso, Texas/Franklin HS 97 Josh Ortega DT 6-2 285 JR 2L El Paso, Texas/Montwood HS 28 Broderick Harrell DB 5-11 205 JR 1L Lubbock, Texas/Frenship HS 99 Chris Richardson DL 6-3 298 SR 2L Oak Hills, Calif./Oak Hills HS 29 Duron Lowe DB 5-10 185 R-JR TR Shawnee, Kansas/Butler CC 30 Deaumonjae Banks DB 6-1 195 SO 0L El Paso, Texas/Chapin HS 31 James Tupou FB 5-10 235 SO 1L Allen, Texas/ Allen HS 32 Christian Johnson DE 6-2 275 R-SO 1L El Paso, Texas/Parkland HS 32 Jalen Joseph RB 5-10 210 FR HS El Paso, Texas/Andress HS 33 Deion Hankins RB 5-11 200 FR HS El Paso, Texas/Parkland HS 33 Nathan Logoleo DL 6-0 245 FR RS Gardengrove, Calif./Mater Dei HS 35 Savien Jenkins DT 6-0 285 FR RS Schertz, Texas/Schertz Clemens HS 35 Forest McKee FB 6-1 250 JR 2L Las Cruces, N.M./Oñate HS COACHING STAFF pronunciations Dana Dimel – Head Coach (2nd Season) Praise AMAEWHULE Ah-Ma-Who-lee BIJAN HOSSEINI Be-Zhan Ho-say-knee Mike Canales – Offensive Coordinator/QBs Ronald AWATT A-watt Adrian HYNSON Hin-son Mike Cox – Defensive Coordinator/LBs Gavin BAECHLE Beck-lee KAVIKA Johnson Cuh-vee-cuh Joe Robinson – Special Teams Coordinator DEAUMONJAE Banks Duh-mahn-jay KAI Locksley Kigh (rhymes with high) Matt Wallerstedt – Defensive Line SANI Buckingham Sahn-e Markos LUJAN Lew-hahn Keith Burns – Secondary/Safeties Alan BUSEY Bue-see Robert PUFAHL Poof-all Remington Rebstock – Cornerbacks Denzel CHUKWUKELU Chew-koo-kay-lou YKILI Ross EYE-kill-e Reggie Mitchell – Running Backs DEVAUGHN Cooper Duh-vahn DEDRICK Simpson Dead-rick Scotty Ohara – Wide Receivers KALAII Griffin Ka-lay TIANO TIALAVEA Tea-ah-no Tea-uh-luh-vay-uh Jake Waters – Inside Wide Receivers Ruben GUERRA Gair-uh Tristin TUIALUULUU Two-ya lu-lu Mike Simmonds – Offensive Line Deion HANKINS Hane-kins James TUPOU Two-poe Zach Tenuta – Defensive Quality Control DY’VONNE INYANG Davy-On In-Yang SIONE TUPOU See-on-e Two-poe Matt Rahl – Offensive Quality Control Broderick HARRELL Hair-l QUARDRAIZ Wadley Quad-drays

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NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. CL. EXP. HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. CL. EXP. HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL 23 Praise Amaewhule DE 6-3 245 FR RS Katy, Texas/Katy Taylor HS 43 Julian Lopez TE 6-1 240 FR HS El Paso, Texas/Chapin HS 22 Ronald Awatt RB 6-0 215 JR 1L Lubbock, Texas/Frenship HS 29 Duron Lowe DB 5-10 185 R-JR TR Shawnee, Kansas/Butler CC 40 Gavin Baechle K/P 6-1 160 SO 1L McKinney, Texas/McKinney HS 69 Markos Lujan OL 6-3 310 SR 2L El Paso, Texas/Americas HS 30 Deaumonjae Banks DB 6-1 195 SO 0L El Paso, Texas/Chapin HS 66 Justin Mayers OL 6-3 300 FR HS Frisco, Texas/Reedy HS 8 Miles Banks DB 6-1 165 R-SO TR Missouri City, Texas/Blinn CC 54 Carter McFadin LB 6-3 200 FR HS El Paso, Texas/Coronado HS 55 Gamaliel Barboza OL 6-4 295 SO RS Castroville, Texas/Tyler Junior College 35 Forest McKee FB 6-1 250 JR 2L Las Cruces, N.M./Oñate HS 88 Rashad Beecham TE 6-2 235 SO TR Cibolo, Texas/Allan Hancock College 67 Robert Mervin OL 6-4 325 JR TR Dumfries, Va./Hutchinson JC 90 Dakari Bickham DE 6-3 280 Jr. TR Grand Rapids, Mich./Arizona Western 75 Andrew Meyer OL 6-4 290 FR RS San Marcos, Calif./San Marcos HS 44 Tanner Boston LS 6-1 250 FR HS Cypress, Texas/Cypress Ranch HS 42 Erik Michel K 5-10 170 FR HS Richmond, Texas/George Ranch HS 16 Isaiah Bravo QB 6-2 200 JR TR West Covina, Calif./Cerritos College 37 Carrington Mitchell DB 6-0 170 FR HS Hutto, Texas/Hutto HS 24 McKel Broussard DB 6-0 185 FR HS Sherman Oaks, Calif./Notre Dame HS 23 Skyler Newsome WR 6-4 205 FR HS Lubbock, Texas/Frenship HS 15 Calvin Brownholtz QB 6-2 200 FR RS Carmichael, Calif./Jesuit HS 64 Fabio Novoa OL 6-4 300 FR HS El Paso, Texas/Pebble Hills HS 87 Christian Buckingham TE 6-4 280 R-SR 1L Tafuna, American Samoa/El Paso CC 97 Josh Ortega DT 6-2 285 JR 2L El Paso, Texas/Montwood HS 72 Maximus Buckingham OL 6-2 300 FR RS Tafuna, American Samoa/Immanuel Christian Acad. 6 Dylan Parsee LB 6-2 220 SR 3L San Angelo, Texas/San Angelo Central HS 85 Sani Buckingham DT 6-4 292 R-JR 2L Tafuna, American Samoa/Home School 18 Jonathan Patrick Jr. WR 6-0 170 FR RS Houston, Texas/Cypress Falls HS 9 Alan Busey WR 6-1 195 SR 1L Anchorage, Alaska/Chabot CC 78 Jaime Perales OL 6-2 295 SO 0L El Paso, Texas/Cathedral HS 63 Jeremiah Byers OL 6-5 300 FR HS Austin, Texas/L.C. Anderson HS 21 Justin Prince DB 5-10 195 SO RS Inglewood, Calif./Long Beach City College 22 Josh Caldwell DB 6-0 170 JR 1L Long Beach, Calif./Cerritos College 48 Robert Pufahl FB 5-11 245 R-SR 0L Westlake Village, Calif./Oaks Christian HS 11 Denzel Chukwukelu DT 6-4 290 SR 3L Rockwall, Texas/Rockwall Heath HS 50 Jimmy Quemado DT 5-11 260 SR 0L Honolulu, Hawai’i/St. Louis HS 62 Cameron Cooper OL 6-5 265 FR HS Aurora, Colo./Grandview HS 49 Mark Ramos K 5-8 165 FR HS El Paso, Texas/Andress HS 2 Devaughn Cooper WR 5-10 175 R-JR TR Los Angeles, Calif./Arizona 99 Chris Richardson DL 6-3 298 SR 2L Oak Hills, Calif./Oak Hills HS 47 Adam Cousins WR 6-0 170 FR HS Pflugerville, Texas/Hendrickson HS 14 Richie Rodriguez WR 5-9 180 SO 1L El Paso, Texas/Eastwood HS 6 Jacob Cowing WR 5-11 175 FR HS Maricopa, Ariz./Maricopa HS 13 Justin Rogers DB 5-11 195 SR 3L Los Angeles, Calif./Los Angeles HS 46 Mitchell Crawford P 6-0 185 JR 1L Townsville, QLD., Aus./Swinburne in Melbourne 25 Justin Rone DB 5-8 180 FR RS El Paso, Texas/Franklin HS 80 Camryn Curtis Dozier WR 6-1 175 SR RS Houston, Texas/Benedictine College 43 Ykili Ross CB 6-1 190 R-SR TR Riverside, Calif./USC 26 Walter Dawn Jr. WR 5-6 165 R-JR 2L Mesquite, Texas/Poteet HS 94 Jalen Rudolph DT 6-2 290 FR HS Baton Rouge, La./Junipero Serra HS 73 Bobby DeHaro OL 6-4 300 SO 1L El Paso, Texas/Montwood HS 27 Elijah Ruiz LB 6-2 210 SO 0L El Paso, Texas/Franklin HS 60 James Facio OL 6-3 300 FR HS El Paso, Texas/El Paso HS 59 Dedrick Simpson DT 6-3 300 R-SO 1L Houston, Texas/Dobie HS 21 Josh Fields RB 5-9 195 Jr. 2L El Paso, Texas/Americas HS 1 Joe Jay Smith LB 6-3 230 R-JR TR Bethlehem, Pa./Garden City CC 24 Reynaldo Flores RB 6-0 205 SO 1L El Paso, Texas/Ysleta HS 48 Blake Thompson DL 6-1 255 SO RS Houston, Texas/Cypress Falls HS 16 Gabe Flynn LB 6-0 210 FR HS Tucson, Ariz./NM State 45 Trent Thompson TE 6-2 255 SO 1L Houston, Texas/Cypress Falls HS 26 Joshua Forester DB 6-0 190 SO RS Dallas, Texas/Dallas Lutheran 15 Tiano Tialavea DT 6-3 315 R-JR 1L Seattle, Wash./O’Dea HS 47 Stephen Forester LB 6-1 235 SR 3L Dallas, Texas/Dallas Christian HS 3 Mark Torrez QB 6-0 190 JR 1L El Paso, Texas/Eastwood HS 17 Justin Garrett WR 6-0 195 JR RS Compton, Calif./Cerritos College 52 Jacob Trim LS 6-3 230 FR HS Leander, Texas/Tom Glenn HS 65 Derron Gatewood OL 6-2 300 R-SR 3L Odessa, Texas/Permian HS 84 Jess Trussell TE 6-5 250 GS TR Arlington, Texas/Purdue 10 TJ Goodwin QB 6-5 200 FR HS Houston, Texas/Cypress Falls HS 71 Tristin Tuialuuluu OL 6-3 300 FR RS El Paso, Texas/Del Valle HS 7 Kalaii Griffin LB 6-1 215 SR 2L Bethesda, Md./Ventura CC 31 James Tupou FB 5-10 235 SO 1L Allen, Texas/ Allen HS 61 Ruben Guerra OL 6-4 310 SR 2L Bakersfield, Calif./Liberty HS 5 Sione Tupou LB 5-11 240 SO 1L Allen, Texas/Allen HS 33 Deion Hankins RB 5-11 200 FR HS El Paso, Texas/Parkland HS 19 DJ Turner LB 5-11 215 SO TR Bellflower, Calif./Moorpark College 12 Gavin Hardison QB 6-3 200 SO TR Hobbs, N.M./NMMI 40 Anthony Ulmer DE 6-3 245 SO 0L El Paso, Texas/Chapin HS 28 Broderick Harrell DB 5-11 205 JR 1L Lubbock, Texas/Frenship HS 9 Jayson VanHook LB 6-2 215 R-JR 1L Moreno Valley, Calif./Citrus Hill HS 68 Zuri Henry OL 6-5 300 SO 1L Wylie, Texas/Wylie HS 8 Brady Viles K 6-0 210 R-SR 1L Fort Mohave, Ariz./Arizona Western College 74 Bijan Hosseini OL 6-3 300 SR 1L Upland, Calif./Chaffey CC 4 Quardraiz Wadley RB 6-0 205 SR 3L Kennedale, Texas/Kennedale HS 19 Treyvon Hughes RB 6-1 235 SR 3L Carrollton, Texas/Hebron HS 51 Cal Wallerstedt LB 6-0 225 FR RS Harrisburg, N.C./Hickory Ridge HS 12 Adrian Hynson DB 5-10 195 R-SR 3L Corpus Christi, Texas/Flour Bluff HS 20 Ray Walters DB 6-0 180 FR RS Los Angeles, Calif./Locke HS 10 Dy’vonne Inyang DB 6-0 180 JR TR Missouri City, Texas/Kilgore College 4 Jerome Wilson Jr. LB 6-3 210 FR HS Etiwanda, Calif./Etiwanda HS 3 Ty’reke James DB 5-11 190 JR TR Richmond, Calif./Contra Costa College 14 Tyson Wilson DB 5-10 165 FR RS McKinney, Texas/McKinney HS 35 Savien Jenkins DT 6-0 285 FR RS Schertz, Texas/Schertz Clemens HS 11 Tre’Shon Wolf WR 6-0 170 SO 1L Victoria, Texas/Victoria East 32 Christian Johnson DE 6-2 275 R-SO 1L El Paso, Texas/Parkland HS 13 Quintavius Workman WR 6-5 180 FR HS El Paso, Texas/Chapin HS 7 Kavika Johnson WR 6-1 215 R-SR 3L Las Cruces, N.M./Mayfield HS 57 Barron Wortham Jr. LB 5-11 235 JR 1L Fort Worth, Texas/The Oakridge School 8 Brandon Jones QB 6-2 210 SR 1L Bakersfield, Calif./Bakersfield College 42 Michael Young FB 5-9 215 FR HS Eulysis, Texas/Colleyville Heritage HS 32 Jalen Joseph RB 5-10 210 FR HS El Paso, Texas/Andress HS 79 Elijah Klein OL 6-4 300 FR RS Mt. Baldy, Calif./Upland HS 2 Luke Laufenberg TE 6-4 240 R-SO TR Argyle, Texas/Mesa CC 70 Robert Lazarin OL 6-3 300 SO 1L El Paso, Texas/Eastlake HS 76 Darta Lee OL 6-3 300 JR RS Alief, Texas/Kilgore College 2 Michael Lewis DB 6-0 192 SR 3L Trinity, Texas/Trinity HS 1 Kai Locksley QB 6-4 210 SR 1L Fort Washington, Md./Iowa CC 33 Nathan Logoleo DL 6-0 245 FR RS Gardengrove, Calif./Mater Dei HS 77 Greg Long OL 6-4 295 R-JR 1L El Paso, Texas/Eastwood HS COACHING STAFF pronunciations Dana Dimel – Head Coach (2nd Season) Praise AMAEWHULE Ah-Ma-Who-lee BIJAN HOSSEINI Be-Zhan Ho-say-knee Mike Canales – Offensive Coordinator/QBs Ronald AWATT A-watt Adrian HYNSON Hin-son Mike Cox – Defensive Coordinator/LBs Gavin BAECHLE Beck-lee KAVIKA Johnson Cuh-vee-cuh Joe Robinson – Special Teams Coordinator DEAUMONJAE Banks Duh-mahn-jay KAI Locksley Kigh (rhymes with high) Matt Wallerstedt – Defensive Line SANI Buckingham Sahn-e Markos LUJAN Lew-hahn Keith Burns – Secondary/Safeties Alan BUSEY Bue-see Robert PUFAHL Poof-all Remington Rebstock – Cornerbacks Denzel CHUKWUKELU Chew-koo-kay-lou YKILI Ross EYE-kill-e Reggie Mitchell – Running Backs DEVAUGHN Cooper Duh-vahn DEDRICK Simpson Dead-rick Scotty Ohara – Wide Receivers KALAII Griffin Ka-lay TIANO TIALAVEA Tea-ah-no Tea-uh-luh-vay-uh Jake Waters – Inside Wide Receivers Ruben GUERRA Gair-uh Tristin TUIALUULUU Two-ya lu-lu Mike Simmonds – Offensive Line Deion HANKINS Hane-kins James TUPOU Two-poe Zach Tenuta – Defensive Quality Control DY’VONNE INYANG Davy-On In-Yang SIONE TUPOU See-on-e Two-poe Matt Rahl – Offensive Quality Control Broderick HARRELL Hair-l QUARDRAIZ Wadley Quad-drays

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OFFENSE LT 76 Darta Lee 6-3 300 R-Jr. RS Alief, Texas (Kilgore College) -or- 68 Zuri Henry 6-5 300 So. 1L Wylie, Texas (Wylie HS) LG 73 Bobby DeHaro 6-4 300 So. 1L El Paso, Texas (Montwood HS) 75 Andrew Meyer 6-4 290 R-Fr. RS San Marcos, Calif. (San Marcos HS) C 65 Derron Gatewood 6-2 300 R-Sr. 3L Odessa, Texas (Permian HS) 69 Markos Lujan 6-3 310 Sr. 2L El Paso, Texas (Americasa HS) RG 69 Markos Lujan 6-3 310 Sr. 2L El Paso, Texas (Americasa HS) 79 Elijah Klein 6-4 300 R-Fr. RS Mt. Baldy, Calif. (Upland HS) 74 Bijan Hosseini 6-3 300 Sr. 1L Upland, Calif. (Chaffey CC) RT 77 Greg Long 6-4 295 R-Jr. 1L El Paso, Texas (Eastwood HS) -or- 63 Jeremiah Byers 6-5 300 Fr. HS Austin, Texas (L.C. Anderson HS) TE 84 Jess Trussell 6-5 250 Grad. TR Arlington, Texas (Purdue) -or- 45 Trent Thompson 6-2 255 So. 1L Houston, Texas (Cypress Falls HS) 87 Christian Buckingham 6-4 280 R-Sr. 1L Tafuna, American Samoa (El Paso CC) WR 11 Tre’Shon Wolf 6-0 170 So. 1L Victoria, Texas (Victoria East HS) -or- 17 Justin Garrett 6-0 195 R-Jr. RS Compton, Calif. (Cerritos College) WR 6 Jacob Cowing 5-11 175 Fr. HS Maricopa, Ariz. (Maricopa HS) 26 Walter Dawn Jr. 5-6 165 R-Jr. 2L Mesquite, Texas (Poteet HS) WR 9 Alan Busey 6-1 195 Sr. 1L Anchorage, Alaska (Chabot CC) -or- 7 Kavika Johnson 6-1 215 R-Sr. 3L Las Cruces, N.M. (Mayfield HS) RB 19 Treyvon Hughes 6-1 235 Sr. 3L Carrollton, Texas (Hebron HS) 21 Josh Fields 5-9 195 Jr. 2L El Paso, Texas (Americas HS) -or- 24 Reynaldo Flores 6-0 205 So. 1L El Paso, Texas (Ysleta HS) -or- 33 Deion Hankins 5-11 200 Fr. HS El Paso, Texas (Parkland HS) FB 45 Trent Thompson 6-2 255 So. 1L Houston, Texas (Cypress Falls HS) 31 James Tupou 5-10 235 So. 1L Allen, Texas (Allen HS) -or- 35 Forest McKee 6-1 250 Jr. 2L Las Cruces, N.M. (Oñate HS) QB 1 Kai Locksley 6-4 210 Sr. 1L Fort Washington, Md. (Iowa CC) -or- 12 Gavin Hardison 6-3 200 So. TR Hobbs, N.M. (NMMI) -or- 8 Brandon Jones 6-2 210 R-Sr. 1L Bakersfield, Calif. (Bakersfield College)

DEFENSE DE 11 Denzel Chukwukelu 6-4 290 Sr. 3L Rockwall, Texas (Rockwall Heath HS) 90 Dakari Bickham 6-3 280 Jr. TR Grand Rapids, Mich. (Arizona Western) 32 Christian Johnson 6-2 275 R-So. 1L El Paso, Texas (Parkland HS) NT 99 Chris Richardson 6-3 298 Sr. 2L Oak Hills, Calif. (Oak Hills HS) 59 Dedrick Simpson 6-3 300 R-So. 1L Houston, Texas (Dobie HS) 35 Savien Jenkins 6-0 285 R-Fr. RS Schertz, Texas (Schertz Clemens HS) -or- 15 Tiano Tialavea 6-3 315 R-Jr. 1L Seattle, Wash. (O’Dea HS) DE 23 Praise Amaewhule 6-3 245 R-Fr. RS Katy, Texas (Katy Taylor HS) -or- 97 Josh Ortega 6-2 285 Jr. 2L El Paso, Texas (Montwood HS) 33 Nathan Logoleo 6-0 245 Fr. RS Gardengrove, Calif. (Mater Dei HS) -or- 85 Sani Buckingham 6-4 292 R-Jr. 2L Tafuna, American Samoa (Home School) LB 5 Sione Tupou 5-11 240 So. 1L Allen, Texas (Allen HS) 19 DJ Turner 5-11 215 So. TR Bellflower, Calif. (Moorpark College) LB 9 Jayson VanHook 6-2 215 R-Jr. 1L Moreno Valley, Calif. (Citrus Hill HS) 47 Stephen Forester 6-1 235 Sr. 3L Dallas, Texas (Dallas Christian HS) LB 6 Dylan Parsee 6-2 220 Sr. 3L San Angelo, Texas (San Angelo Central HS) 1 Joe Jay Smith 6-3 230 R-Jr. TR Bethlehem, Pa. (Garden City CC) CB 22 Josh Caldwell 6-0 170 Jr. 1L Long Beach, Calif. (Cerritos College) 43 Ykili Ross 6-1 190 R-Sr. TR Riverside, Calif. (USC) -or- 8 Miles Banks 6-1 165 R-So. TR Missouri City, Texas (Blinn CC) WS 2 Michael Lewis 6-0 192 Sr. 3L Trinity, Texas (Trinity HS) 14 Tyson Wilson 5-10 165 Fr. RS McKinney, Texas (McKinney HS) FS 13 Justin Rogers 5-11 195 Sr. 3L Los Angeles, Calif. (Los Angeles HS) 10 Dy’vonne Inyang 6-0 180 Jr. TR Missouri City, Texas (Kilgore College) SS 12 Adrian Hynson 5-10 195 R-Sr. 3L Corpus Christi, Texas (Flour Bluff HS) 24 McKel Broussard 6-0 185 Fr. HS Sherman Oaks, Calif. (Notre Dame HS) CB 29 Duron Lowe 5-10 185 R-Jr. TR Shawnee, Kansas (Butler CC) 20 Ray Walters 6-0 180 Fr. RS Los Angeles, Calif. (Locke HS)

SPECIAL TEAMS K 40 Gavin Baechle 6-1 160 So. 1L McKinney, Texas (McKinney HS) 8 Brady Viles 6-0 210 R-Sr. 1L Fort Mohave, Ariz. (Arizona Western College) P 46 Mitchell Crawford 6-0 185 Jr. 1L Townsville, QLD., Aus. (Swinburne in Melbourne) 40 Gavin Baechle 6-1 160 So. 1L McKinney, Texas (McKinney HS) LS 44 Tanner Boston 6-1 250 Fr. HS Cypress, Texas (Cypress Ranch HS) 52 Jacob Trim 6-3 230 Fr. HS Leander, Texas (Tom Glenn HS) H 46 Mitchell Crawford 6-0 185 Jr. 1L Townsville, QLD., Aus. (Swinburne in Melbourne) KR 26 Walter Dawn Jr. 5-6 165 R-Jr. 2L Mesquite, Texas (Poteet HS) -or- 29 Duron Lowe 5-10 185 R-Jr. TR Shawnee, Kansas (Butler CC) PR 26 Walter Dawn Jr. 5-6 165 R-Jr. 2L Mesquite, Texas (Poteet HS) -or- 17 Justin Garrett 6-0 195 R-Jr. RS Compton, Calif. (Cerritos College)

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MINER NOTABLES 500 club = wins NCAA TEAM RANKINGS UTEP compiled 508 total yards of offense against the Houston Baptist Huskies in the NCAA CATEGORY UTEP RICE season-opener on Aug. 31, which is the most under head coach Dana Dimel and most in a Total Offense 117 126 game since the 2016 season finale versus North Texas (555). UTEP has posted six consec- Rushing Offense 93 121 utive wins when tallying 500 yards or more dating back to the 2013 season. Passing Offense 103 117 Team Passing Efficiency 110 103 Scoring Offense 115 125 Total Defense 98 60 TRUSSELL BECOMING A GO-TO TARGET FOR THE MINERS Rushing Defense 106 46 Passing Yards Allowed 82 87 Team Passing Efficiency Defense 126 117 Scoring Defense 121 60 Turnover Margin 106 85 3rd Down Conversion Pct. 110 97 4th Down Conversion Pct. 7 94 3rd Down Conversion Pct. Defense 130 116 4th Down Conversion Pct. Defense 130 105 Red Zone Offense 66 110 Red Zone Defense 119 84 Net Punting 81 23 Punt Returns 105 40 Kickoff Returns 52 63 First Downs Offense 111 120 First Downs Defense 76 37 Fewest Penalties Per Game 83 2 UTEP tight end Jess Trussell, one of the many new additions for the Miners this season, Fewest Penalty Yards Per Game 90 1 has turned into a big target on offense through 11 games. The 6-5, 250-pound Trussell has Time of Possession 26 29 caught a pass in eight games for the Miners, including a long reception of 37 yards vs. Nevada. Trussell had a pair of 13-yard receptions in the first two games and continued his strong play with three catches for 53 yards against the Wolf Pack. Against Southern TEAM LEADERS Miss, Trussell had three catches for 33 yards, while he caught a pass for nine yards versus UTEP UTSA. Against LA Tech, Trussell had one catch for 10 yards. A transfer from Purdue, Rushing Att. Net Avg. TD YPG Trussell had no catches in 22 games for the Boilermakers from 2016-18. Treyvon Hughes 154 653 4.2 12 59.4 Kai Locksley 114 472 4.1 5 47.2 POUNDING THE ROCK WITH HUGHES AND FIELDS Passing C-A-I Yds. TD YPG Kai Locksley 95-169-5 1,229 5 122.9 Brandon Jones 47-87-3 628 2 104.7 Gavin Hardison 16-37-0 222 1 222.0 Receiving Rec. Yds. Avg. TD YPG Justin Garrett 35 395 11.2 2 35.9 Tre’Shon Wolf 32 397 12.4 2 36.1 Defense U-A-TT TFL INT FF-FR Michael Lewis 51-42-93 2.0-7 1-0 1-1 (0) Justin Rogers 46-22-68 0.0-0 1-0 1-3 (26)

RICE UTEP is averaging 38.8 rush attempts in 5 home games in 2019. The Miners ran the ball Rushing Att. Net Avg. TD YPG 46 times in the opener vs. Houston Baptist, 47 vs. Nevada, 30 times against UTSA, 34 vs. Aston Walter 129 622 4.8 7 62.2 LA Tech and 37 vs. Charlotte. The last time UTEP had 46+ carries in consecutive home Charlie Booker 85 266 3.1 1 29.6 games was 2014 against Texas Tech (53) and NM State (58). The Miners are led by Treyvon Passing C-A-I Yds. TD YPG Hughes and Josh Fields, who have combined for 171 carries, 740 yards and 12 TDs. Wiley Green 75-142-2 787 4 112.4 Tom Stewart 84-137-1 939 7 104.3 MINERS WITH DIPLOMAS Receiving Rec. Yds. Avg. TD YPG Entering the 2019 season, nine different Miners have already earned their degrees, in- Austin Trammell 56 672 12.0 3 61.1 cluding three student-athletes who are newcomers on this year’s team. Brad Rozner 52 751 14.4 5 68.3 DEGREES IN HAND Defense U-A-TT TFL INT FF-FR DT Sani Buckingham, WR Devaughn Cooper (newcomer), LB Stephen Forester, Blaze Alldredge 47-41-88 18.0-52 0-0 1-1 (0) OL Derron Gatewood, RB Treyvon Hughes, DB Adrian Hynson, FB Robert Pufahl, Antonio Montero 30-42-72 4.0-13 0-0 0-1 (0) CB Ykili Ross (newcomer), TE Jess Trussell (newcomer)

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MINER NOTABLES | | FOR THE RECORD the punter from down under Senior punter Mitchell Crawford earned a 2018 RECORD BREAKDOWN All-Conference USA Honorable Mention following his 2019 Streak Under Dimel first season with the Miners. The native of Townsville, Overall 1-10 L10 2-21 Queensland, Australia, booted 73 punts for 2,909 yards Home 1-4 L4 1-10 (39.9 avg.) in 12 games played. Crawford added three Road 0-6 L7 1-11 touchbacks, 16 punts inside the 20-yard line and six Overtime 0-0 W1 0-0 punts of 50-plus yards. He ranked third in C-USA in Neutral 0-0 L8 0-0 total punts (73) and punt yards (2,909). In only his third C-USA 0-7 L10 1-14 collegiate football game played, Crawford produced ca- C-USA Home 0-3 L11 0-7 reer highs in punts (12) and punt yards (471) at Tennes- C-USA Road 0-4 L5 1-7 see. He averaged a career-best 52.2 yards on six punts (313 yards), including a career-long 66-yard boot against Southern Miss. HOW UTEP FARES AGAINST ... Conference USA HUGHES REACHES DOUBLE-DIGITS Senior running back Treyvon Hughes OPPONENT RECORD has been a bright spot for the Miners Charlotte 0-1 FIU 1-3 this season with a total of 12 rushing Florida Atlantic 1-1 touchdowns on the season, making Louisiana Tech 2-13-1 him the first UTEP player to rush for 10 Marshall 2-2 or more touchdowns in a season since Middle Tennessee 1-3 Aaron Jones had 17 in 2016. On Nov. 2 in North Texas 8-16-3 Denton, Hughes had three touchdowns Old Dominion 0-0 in UTEP’s road game at North Texas, Rice 8-14 including a career-long 42-yard rushing Southern Miss 4-8 touchdown against the Mean Green. His UAB 1-6 three-touchdown game marked the third UTSA 2-5 WKU 0-3 time this season Hughes has rushed for TOTAL 30-75-4 multiple scores in a game. SERIES BUSINESS DURON LOWE TURNS IN HISTORIC PERFORMANCE AT NORTH TEXAS Series Record: Rice leads, 14-8 in El Paso: Series tied, 5-5 in Houston: Rice leads, 9-3 Neutral Site: No Meetings in Postseason Play: No Meetings Most UTEP Points: 48 (Rice, 56-48, 2007) Most Rice Points: 56 (Rice, 56-48, 2007) Most Combined Points: 104 (Rice, 56-48, 2007) Biggest UTEP Win: 20 (UTEP, 44-24, 2010) Biggest Rice Win: 38 (Rice, 45-7, 2013) Current Streak: UTEP, 1

ON THIS DATE UTEP’s all-time football results in games played on Nov. 30: GAME-BY-GAME BREAKDOWN Year Opponent Result 1916 NEW MEXICO MILITARY L, 0-79 1920 AVIATION CORPS W, 3-0 Sophomore Duron Lowe provided a spark of energy for the Miners early in the second 1929 ST. EDWARD’S T, 0-0 quarter of UTEP’s game at North Texas on Nov. 2 when he went untouched and returned 1940 NM STATE W, 40-26 a kickoff the full 100 yards to cut the North Texas lead to 10. Lowe became the first Miner 1963 WEST TEXAS STATE W, 13-0 since Autrey Golden in 2014 to return a kickoff for a touchdown in a game. Overall, 2013 at Middle Tennessee L, 17-48 Lowe had five kick returns for 204 yards in the game, which is the second-most in UTEP history. His performance against North Texas earned him Conference USA Special Teams Player of the Week accolades for the week of Nov. 4.

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MINER NOTABLES NCAA MONEY PLAYS

PLAYS RESULTING IN 1st DOWN or TD INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS (Only top 50 rankings listed) MONEY RUSHERS 1st TD No. Att. Treyvon Hughes 32 12 41 154 NCAA Category PLAYER RANK Kai Locksley 31 5 34 92 Field Goal Percentage Gavin Baechle 16th Josh Fields 13 0 13 57 Fumbles Recovered Justin Rogers 5th Brandon Jones 7 1 8 28 Kickoff Return TDs Duron Lowe 9th Deion Hankins 2 0 2 9 Reynaldo Flores 1 0 1 10 Pass Yards/Completion Kai Locksley 38th Mitchell Crawford 1 0 1 1 Rushing Touchdowns Treyvon Hughes 17th Kavika Johnson 1 0 1 3 Total Tackles Michael Lewis 40th Tre’Shon Wolf 1 0 1 3 Total Touchdowns Treyvon Hughes 30th TOTALS 89 18 102 372 Yards Per Reception Jacob Cowing 9th

TREYVON HUGHES MONEY RECEPTIONS 1st TD No. Rec. Jacob Cowing 23 3 23 24 LUKE Tre’Shon Wolf 20 2 21 32 Justin Garrett 16 2 17 35 Alan Busey 13 1 14 17 Jess Trussell 8 0 8 13 Devaughn Cooper 7 0 7 10 Walter Dawn Jr. 2 0 2 5 Reynaldo Flores 2 0 2 5 Forest McKee 1 0 1 1 Kavika Johnson 1 0 1 9 TOTALS 93 8 96 158

The UTEP football team will pay tribute to the late Luke Laufenberg throughout the 2019 season. Laufenberg passed away at the age of 21 on Thursday, Aug. 22 after TRE’SHON WOLF battling cancer for two years. A tight end from Argyle, Texas, Laufenberg joined the Miners for 2019 spring ball after playing at Mesa Community College in 2017. A framed jersey was presented to the Laufen- berg family during the season-opener on JACOB COWING SETS Aug. 31, 2019. UTEP players will wear black UTEP FRESHMAN “LUKE” stickers on their helmets through- RECORD VS. CHARLOTTE out the 2019 season. Laufenberg played his UTEP true freshman wide receiver Jacob Cowing set senior season at Argyle Liberty Christian a Miner freshman record with 145 yards receiving High School in Argyle, Texas, where he was named 2016 Offensive Newcomer of on six catches in the game versus Charlotte on Nov. the Year and honorable mention All-Dis- 9 in El Paso. Cowing’s previous best was 70 yards trict. He initially walked on at Texas A&M receiving versus Louisiana Tech on Oct. 26. Cowing is before continuing his football career at Mesa Community the first UTEP freshman to post a 100-yard receiving College, where he game since Eddie Sinegal recorded 102 yards at Loui- appeared in six DURON LOWE siana Tech on Oct. 1, 2016. games prior to being diagnosed with Burkitt lymphoma.

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MINER NOTABLES LONG PLAYS LONG PLAYS BY THE NUMBERS 20-YARD PLUS PLAYS Long Plays By Yards No. TD 100+ 1 1 Yards Type Player(s) Opponent 90-99 0 0 *100 KR Duron Lowe North Texas 80-89 1 1 *80 Pass T. Wolf from Brandon Jones Houston Baptist 70-79 0 0 *63 Rush Kai Locksley Southern Miss 60-69 1 1 *54 Pass Jacob Cowing from Kai Locksley Louisiana Tech 50-59 1 1 49 KR Duron Lowe North Texas 40-49 4 1 *42 Rush Treyvon Hughes North Texas 30-39 14 1 40 Pass F. McKee from Brandon Jones Houston Baptist 20-29 42 1 40 Rush Kai Locksley New Mexico State Long Plays By Type No. TD 38 Pass Jacob Cowing from Kai Locksley Charlotte Rushing 18 2 38 Rush Kai Locksley Charlotte Passing 33 4 37 Pass Jess Trussell from Brandon Jones Nevada Punt returns 0 0 37 Pass Jacob Cowing from Kai Locksley Charlotte Kick returns 13 1 36 Pass J. Cowing from Gavin Hardison UAB Interceptions 0 0 35 Pass Justin Garrett from Kai Locksley New Mexico State Fumble returns 0 0 35 Pass D. Cooper from Brandon Jones Houston Baptist Other 0 0 *34 Pass Jacob Cowing from Kai Locksley FIU TOTAL 64 7 34 Pass Justin Garrett from Kai Locksley New Mexico State 20-YARD PLUS BY PLAYER 33 KR Walter Dawn Jr. Louisiana Tech Player No. TD R P KR PR IR FR 32 KR Walter Dawn Jr. Louisiana Tech Jacob Cowing 11 3 0 11 0 0 0 0 32 Pass Alan Busey from Brandon Jones Houston Baptist Walter Dawn Jr. 9 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 32 Rush Treyvon Hughes Houston Baptist Josh Fields 6 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 30 Rush Josh Fields Louisiana Tech Justin Garrett 6 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 Kai Locksley 5 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 29 Pass R. Flores from Brandon Jones UTSA Treyvon Hughes 5 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 28 Rush Kai Locksley New Mexico State Tre’Shon Wolf 4 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 28 KR Walter Dawn Jr. Southern Miss Alan Busey 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 28 Rush Treyvon Hughes Houston Baptist Duron Lowe 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 Jess Trussell 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 28 Rush Treyvon Hughes UTSA Devaughn Cooper 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 28 Pass Justin Garrett from Kai Locksley UTSA Forest McKee 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 28 Pass Jacob Cowing from Kai Locksley Charlotte Reynaldo Flores 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 27 Pass Alan Busey from Kai Locksley Southern Miss Mitchell Crawford 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 27 Pass Jacob Cowing from Kai Locksley New Mexico State Brandon Jones 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Deion Hankins 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 26 Rush Josh Fields Houston Baptist TOTAL 64 7 18 33 13 0 0 0 26 Rush Mitchell Crawford UAB 25 KR Duron Lowe North Texas 25 Pass Alan Busey from Brandon Jones Houston Baptist LONGEST PLAYS OF THE YEAR 25 Pass T. Wolf from Gavin Hardison UAB Rushing 25 Rush Josh Fields North Texas 63 Kai Locksley vs Southern Miss (9/28/2019) 25 Pass D. Cooper from Kai Locksley Texas Tech 24 KR Josh Fields Louisiana Tech Rushing Touchdown 23 Pass Jess Trussell from Kai Locksley New Mexico State 63 Kai Locksley vs Southern Miss (9/28/2019) 23 Pass J. Cowing from Brandon Jones Nevada 23 KR Walter Dawn Jr. Southern Miss Passing 23 Pass Jacob Cowing from Brandon Jones Southern Miss 80 Tre’Shon Wolf from Brandon Jones vs. Houston Baptist (8/31/2019) 23 Pass Jacob Cowing from Kai Locksley Charlotte *23 Pass Jacob Cowing from Kai Locksley New Mexico State Passing Touchdown 23 Rush Brandon Jones Houston Baptist 80 Tre’Shon Wolf from Brandon Jones vs. Houston Baptist (8/31/2019) 23 Pass Justin Garrett from Kai Locksley Louisiana Tech Punt Return 23 Pass Alan Busey from Gavin Hardison UAB 18 Justin Garrett vs North Texas (11/2/2019) 22 Pass Justin Garrett from Kai Locksley New Mexico State 22 KR Walter Dawn Jr. New Mexico State Kick Return 22 Rush Josh Fields Charlotte 100 Duron Lowe vs North Texas (11/2/2019) 22 KR Walter Dawn Jr. Texas Tech 22 KR Walter Dawn Jr. FIU Interception Return 21 Rush Deion Hankins UAB 0 Michael Lewis vs Charlotte (11/9/2019) 21 Rush Josh Fields UTSA 0 Ykili Ross vs Nevada (9/21/2019) 21 Pass Tre’Shon Wolf from Kai Locksley Louisiana Tech 0 Justin Garrett vs Texas Tech (9/7/2019) 21 Pass Jess Trussell from Kai Locksley Southern Miss 0 Justin Rogers vs Louisiana Tech (10/26/2019) 21 Pass D. Cooper from Brandon Jones Southern Miss 20 KR Walter Dawn Jr. Southern Miss Fumble Return 20 KR Walter Dawn Jr. Southern Miss 19 Justin Rogers vs Southern Miss (9/28/2019) 20 Rush Treyvon Hughes FIU 20 Pass Justin Garrett from Kai Locksley FIU Punt 20 Pass T. Wolf from Kai Locksley New Mexico State 61 Mitchell Crawford vs FIU (10/19/2019) 20 Rush Kai Locksley North Texas Field Goal * touchdown scored on play 46 Gavin Baechle vs Southern Miss (9/28/2019)

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MINER NOTABLES BIG BACK just-in time ⏰ Senior Treyvon Hughes, after playing the linebacker position Senior defensive back Justin Rogers has played in 35-career during the 2017 season, made the switch back to running back in games dating back to his true freshman season in 2016. Rogers 2018. The 6-foot-1, 235-pounder finished third on the team with has registered 109 tackles, including a career-high 53 stops in 320 yards rushing and rushed for a touchdown – the first of his 2018. The 195-pound nickel back has also picked off four passes, career. Hughes came to UTEP as a running back in 2015, then including the game-clinching interception at Rice on Nov. 3. missed the 2016 campaign due to an injury. He bounced back and Rogers has also tallied 15 pass breakups in his career, needing six played in all 12 games on the defensive side of the ball, recording to crack the program’s all-time top-10 list. 40 tackles. STRONG PLAY FROM LEWIS returning wr vets Senior Michael Lewis started in 11 of 12 games played at the Redshirt senior Kavika Johnson and redshirt junior Walter Dawn strong safety position during his junior season in 2018. Lewis to- Jr. will return to the field after redshirting following the first four taled a career-high 49 tackles with 2.5 tackles for loss and posted games of the 2018 season. Johnson has been versatile on offense, four pass breakups. Career wise, Lewis has played in 34 contests playing quarterback and receiver during his first four seasons. and has tallied 134 tackles along with nine pass breakups. Lewis He enters his final year with 263 yards on 27 receptions and two recorded a season-high eight tackles at Rice, while his career touchdowns, while passing for 387 yards and four scores during high is nine stops at no. 7 Oklahoma back in 2017. his career. Dawn Jr. has tallied 285 yards on 22 receptions and a touchdown, while rushing for 151 yards and three touchdowns tupou knows tackling during his career. Back in 2016, Johnson hooked up with Dawn Jr. on a 74-yard touchdown pass at UTSA. adding depth UTEP head coach Dana Dimel added depth to the Miners’ 2019 roster on national signing day. Dimel inked 32 signees with 15 offensive players, 14 defensive players and three specialists. The Miners signed eight three-star recruits according to 247sports. com. It marked the most three-star signees for UTEP since 2010 (13), and the third-most since 2000. The Miners had eight mid- year enrollees, including defensive back Miles Banks, tight end Rashad Beecham, defensive back Robert Corner III, quarterback TJ Goodwin, safety Ty’reke James, tight end Luke Laufenberg, defensive back Duron Lowe and linebacker Joe Jay Smith. Sione Tupou, after redshirting in 2016 and missing all of 2017 due to an injury, played in all 12 games last season, while making nine starts at 1,000-YARD RUSHERS ... IN CONFERENCE USA the linebacker position in his first full season. Tupou finished fifth on the defense and returns with the most tackles at 60. Tupou produced UTEP is inching up the charts among C-USA teams for the most solid numbers, adding 3.5 tackles for loss, a sack and a fumble recovery. running backs to reach 1,000-yards rushing in a single-season: Tupou established a career-best with nine tackles at LA Tech and posted another nine stops with a sack at WKU. Rank School 1,000-Yard Rushers 1. LA Tech 12 WKU 12 veteran presence on the d-line 3. North Texas 11 UTEP improved from 107th nationally in total defense in 2017 to 68th in Marshall 11 2018. The unit will depend on the veteran presence of the defensive line 5. Middle Tennessee 10 to provide pressure on the quarterback. Denzel Chukwukelu brings three 6. UTEP 9 years of experience to the unit, having played in 30 games and making Southern Miss 9 16 starts. Chukwukelu led all UTEP defensive linemen with 42 tackles in 8. UAB 6 2018. He added 6.5 tackles for loss (21 yards) and 2.0 sacks (13 yards). He 9. Rice 5 led the defense with seven quarterback hurries, while chipping in with a 10. FAU 4 breakup, fumble forced/recovery and blocked two kicks. Also returning 11. Charlotte 2 for his senior season is two-year letterwinner Chris Richardson. The FIU 2 nose tackle started all 12 games last season and has played in a total 13. ODU 1 of 24 games. Richardson notched 31 tackles, while tallying 2.0 tackles UTSA 1 for loss, two breakups and a pair of quarterback hurries during the 2018 campaign. Returning to the lineup is redshirt-sophomore Dedrick Simpson. The defensive lineman sat out the 2018 due to a season-end- ing injury. As a true freshman, he played in all 12 games and made four starts. Simpson registered 14 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, one sack and a quarterback hurry in 2017.

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Dana Dimel was named the 26th head coach Overall, the defense made improvements (2012), two 10-win campaigns (1995, 2011) and in UTEP football history by Director of Ath- from the 2017 season. The Miners allowed five nine-win seasons (1993, 1994, 1996, 2014, letics Jim Senter on Dec. 6, 2017 and is in his over 440 yards in 2017, ranking 13th in Con- 2016) during that span, and finished in the IN REVIEW second season as UTEP head coach and his ference USA. The UTEP defense cut its yards top-18 of the national poll on three occasions eighth season overall as a head coach. per game allowed to 394.7 in 2018. The Miners (2011, 2012, 2014). They won the Big 12 cham- yielded 4,736 yards, ranking sixth in C-USA. pionship in 2012. Dimel directed the Miners to their first vic- Quardraiz Wadley, who sustained multiple tory in two years with a 34-26 win at Rice on injuries during his first few seasons, played Dimel compiled the most wins of any active Nov. 3, 2018. The 34 points were the most for in all 12 games with 10 starts in 2018. Wadley offensive coordinator in college football from the Miners since the final game of the 2016 led the way with 627 yards and seven rush- 2011-17 (61), and was a part of eight straight season. The Miners scored 32 points the next ing scores. Transfer quarterback Kai Locksley bowl appearances including in 2017. The 2016 week against Middle Tennessee, making it gained 340 yards and six touchdowns, while Wildcats defeated Texas, Texas A&M, Texas the first time since 2016 that UTEP scored 30 Treyvon Hughes rushed for 320 yards and a Tech, Baylor and TCU. With Dimel calling the HONORS or more points in back-to-back contests. score. Three Miners rushed for more than 300 plays over seven seasons, the Wildcats aver- yards for the first time since the 2014 season. aged 33.4 points per game and 6.2 yards per Under Dimel in 2018, transfer linebacker A.J. play. They ranked third nationally in fewest Hotchkins tied for the Conference USA lead Locksley was the first UTEP quarterback to turnovers per game behind LSU and Alabama with 126 tackles and finished 17th nationally hit the century mark in rushing twice (119 from 2011-17. in tackles per game (10.5). He added a team- yards at UNLV, 106 yards at UTSA) since the high 7.0 sacks to earn an All-C-USA second 1983 campaign, and was also the first UTEP During Dimel’s tenure as offensive coordi- team honor. quarterback since 1994 to rush and pass for nator, Kansas State routinely ranked among PROS 100 yards in the same contest (106 rush yards, the nation’s best teams in red zone and third Seven other Miners earned postseason ac- 117 pass yards at UTSA). down efficiency. In 2016, Kansas State rat- colades as fullback Winston Dimel, offensive ed 10th in the country in red zone offense lineman Bobby DeHaro, tight end David Lu- Locksley also led the Miners in completions and 22nd in third down conversions behind cero, defensive lineman Chris Richardson, (83) and passing yards (937), while fellow a rushing attack that rated third-best in the linebacker Jamar Smith, defensive back Nik transfer field general Brandon Jones passed Wildcat record book (3,013 yards). RECORDS Needham and punter Mitchell Crawford for 673 yards and four touchdowns. Jones’s earned honorable mention All-C-USA. 340 yards at WKU on Nov. 17 were the most In 2014, Kansas State led the nation in scor- passing yards by a UTEP quarterback since ing efficiency (scoring drives/total drives), Needham finished his career as UTEP’s all- the 2013 season. Ryan Metz threw for 313 while the Wildcats ranked 11th in the country time leader in pass breakups (33) and signed yards against North Texas on Oct. 6. in team passing efficiency, 14th in red zone a free-agent deal with the Miami Dolphins. offense, 16th in passing offense and 24th in Winston received an invitation to the Seat- Dimel was previously the head coach at the scoring offense. K-State was also 25th in third tle Seahawks rookie minicamp, while Lucero University of Wyoming and the University down conversions and 12th in fourth down UNIVERSITY (Oakland Raiders and New Orleans Saints), of Houston. He most recently served as the conversions while shattering the school re- defensive back Kahani Smith (Seattle Sea- offensive coordinator, running backs coach cord for passing yards (3,736) and completion hawks) and offensive lineman Jerrod Brooks and tight ends coach at his alma mater, Kan- percentage (65.3). The Wildcats tallied 5,481 (Kansas City Chiefs) received invites to rook- sas State University, where he worked from yards of offense (fourth in the school record ie minicamps. 2009-17. He also spent three seasons on the book) and 465 points (sixth). staff at the University of Arizona. UTEP’s pass defense (198.9 yards per game) Dimel’s play calling helped wide receiver Ty-

ranked ﬁfth in Conference USA. The Miners Dimel completed his third tour of duty with ler Lockett leave K-State with the school’s ca- also allowed the second-fewest completions the Wildcats, including a year (2005) continu- reer receptions, receiving yards and receiving (203) and pass yards (2,387) in C-USA. UTEP ing work on his graduate degree. Working un- touchdown records, while quarterback Jake

opponents averaged 26.8 attempts per game, der legendary coach Bill Snyder, he was a part Waters broke the school marks for single-sea- MEDIA which ranked no. 1 in the league. of 12 bowl teams during 19 seasons in Man- son passing yards (3,501) and total offensive hattan. The Wildcats posted an 11-win season yards (3,985). @UTEPFB 53 #ELPASOSTRONG 2019 MINER FOOTBALL 11 GAME 12: UTEP vs. RICE

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Dimel’s units found success again in 2013 as In 2009 and 2010, Dimel had the charge of

PREVIEW DIMEL FILE K-State rated eighth nationally in yards per molding a former community college quar- completion and 13th in passing efficiency, terback into a physical running back in the while the Wildcats ranked ﬁfth and third in Big 12 Conference. That player was Daniel PERSONAL school history in those respective categories. Thomas, and 2,850 yards and 30 touchdowns Hometown: Columbus, Ohio One of the best offenses in the nation on third later, Thomas left Kansas State as a two-time downs (No. 13) and inside the red zone (No. Big 12 rushing champion, an All-American EDUCATION 27), K-State ranked in the top-10 in school and the school’s no. 3 all-time rusher. College: Kansas State history in yards per play (second), total yards

MINERS (ﬁfth), passing yards (ﬁfth) and points (eighth). Dimel started his career at K-State as a grad- PLAYING EXPERIENCE John Hubert concluded his career as the uate assistant from 1987-88 prior to being ele- 1983-84: Hutchinson CC Wildcats’ no. 2 all-time leading rusher with vated to offensive line coach in 1989. He took 1985-86: Kansas State 2,993 yards. over as offensive coordinator in 1995. Overall Dimel spent 10 seasons in Manhattan (1987- COACHING EXPERIENCE The 2012 season was another banner year on 96) prior to accepting the head coaching po- 2018-Pres.: UTEP

STAFF offense as Dimel co-coordinated an offense sition at Wyoming. At the time of his hire, he (Head Coach) that ﬁnished in the top-25 nationally in near- was the youngest Division I-A head coach in 2011-17: Kansas-State ly 10 categories, including a ninth-place rank- the nation at the age of 34.

(Co-Offensive Coordinator) ing in yards per attempt, 11th in scoring of- 2009-2010: Kansas State fense and 13th in yards per completion. That Wyoming’s three seasons at Wyoming (1997- (Co-Offensive Coordinator) year Dimel coached Heisman Trophy ﬁnalist 99) produced a record of 22-13, with one 2007-08: Arizona Collin Klein, who passed for 2,641 yards and eight-win season (1998, 8-3) and two sev- (Associate Head Coach) 16 touchdowns while rushing for 920 yards en-win campaigns (1997, 7-6 and 1999, 7-4). 2006: Arizona and 23 scores. The Cowboys posted a combined conference (Assistant Coach) mark of 14-9 while splitting time in the West-

IN REVIEW 2000-02: Houston In 2011, Dimel led a rushing offense that saw ern Athletic Conference (1997-98) and the (Head Coach) Klein set a new Big 12 record and NCAA re- Mountain West Conference (1999). In 1998, 1997-99: Wyoming cord by a quarterback with 27 rushing touch- Wyoming was 6-2 in the WAC’s Mountain (Head Coach) downs while surpassing the 1,000-yard rush- Division, good for a second-place ﬁnish. Di- 1995-96: Kansas State ing mark on the season. mel coached three Academic All-Americans (Offensive Coordinator) at Wyoming. 1993-94: Kansas State In 2010, the Wildcat offense ranked third in (Run Game Coordinator) the Big 12 and in the top-25 nationally at 33.6 Dimel spent 2000-02 as the head coach at

HONORS 1989-92: Kansas State points per game. K-State was also ranked Houston. Spearheading a major rebuilding (Assistant Coach) among the top-10 teams in the country in effort, he led the Cougars to ﬁve wins in 2002 1987-88: Kansas State total red zone efficiency and No. 1 in touch- following a 0-11 campaign in 2001. In Dimel’s (Graduate Assistant) down percentage in the red zone. ﬁnal game with the Cougars, Houston upset PROS RECORDS

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conference champion Louisville. Dimel brought in the top-ranked re- All-Americans Barrett Brooks, Jim Hmielewski and Quentin Neujahr. cruiting class in Conference USA in both 2001 and 2002 and coached Joffrey Reynolds, who broke the C-USA season rushing record with During his career as a head or assistant coach, Dimel has coached 37 1,545 yards. players who have gone on to play in the NFL. MINERS He continued work on his graduate degree at Kansas State in 2005 Dimel was a two-year letterman as an offensive lineman at Kansas prior to taking over as Arizona’s tight ends coach and, eventually, run State. He was a member of the Wildcats’ All-Decade Team for the game coordinator from 2006-08. In 2008, he added running backs to 1980’s. He signed a free agent contract with the Minnesota Vikings and his list of responsibilities as he was promoted to Associate Head Coach attended training camp in 1987. with the Wildcats. The 2008 Arizona squad ﬁnished 8-5 while posting a bowl victory (Las Vegas Bowl) for the ﬁrst time in 10 years. Among He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Marketing from Kansas State Dimel’s protégés at Arizona was Rob Gronkowski, who has emerged as in 1986. STAFF one of the top tight ends in NFL history with the New England Patriots. Dimel and his wife, Julie, have a son, Winston and a daughter, Josey. During his initial tenure at K-State, Dimel coordinated an offense that His son was a graduate transfer fullback on the UTEP football team in established school records for touchdowns, points and yards in 1995. 2018. He previously played at Kansas State and scored 25 touchdowns He mentored 11 offensive linemen who went on to sign NFL contracts over the three seasons. He was a three-time All-Big 12 player, garnering

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DANA DIMEL MIKE CANALES MIKE COX JOE ROBINSON Head Coach Off. Coord./QBs Def. Coord./LBs Special Teams Coord.

MATT WALLERSTEDT KEITH BURNS REMINGTON REBSTOCK REGGIE MITCHELL Defensive Line Secondary/Safeties Cornerbacks Running Backs

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2019 GAME RECAPS UTEP - 36 | HOUSTON BAPTIST - 34 TEXAS TECH - 38 | UTEP - 3 AUG. 31 • EL PASO, TEXAS SEPT. 7 • LUBBOCK, TEXAS EL PASO, Texas - Treyvon Hughes rushed 23 times for a career-high 144 yards and two touch- LUBBOCK, Texas - Alan Bowman completed 30-of-45 passes for 260 yards and three touchdowns, and UTEP pounded out 240 yards on the ground in a 36-34, season-opening win over downs, including two to T.J. Vasher, leading Texas Tech to a 38-3 win over UTEP on Saturday Houston Baptist in the Sun Bowl. night at Jones AT&T Stadium. The Miners (1-0) rallied from a 28-20 third-quarter deficit, scoring 16 of the game’s final Vasher had six receptions for 78 yards for the Red Raiders (2-0), who compiled 424 yards of 22 points before a crowd of 34,646, the largest for a home opener in five years. UTEP scored offense while holding the Miners (1-1) to 131 yards and 11 first downs. an emotional win while playing for the city of El Paso and fallen teammate Luke Laufenberg. Bowman completed four of his first five passes to get Texas Tech inside the red zone, before Gavin Baechle converted three field goals for UTEP, including a 35-yarder with 8:15 to go for handing off to Ta’Zhawn Henry on three consecutive plays. Henry closed out the drive with the game winner. runs of eight, four and five yards, the last giving Texas Tech its first touchdown of the night. Jones, making his second start for UTEP under center, completed 10-of-20 passes for 268 The Miners were held to 11 yards in the first quarter. Early in the second quarter, Texas Tech yards. His ten completions went to eight different receivers, as Wolf led the way with 96 yards increased its lead to 14-0 as Bowman capped a 10-play, 77-yard drive with a 13-yard scoring on two catches. El Paso’s own Josh Fields supplemented Hughes in the ground game, as he toss to Vasher. racked up 61 yards on only seven carries (8.7 ypc). With the Red Raiders driving for another score late in the second quarter, USC transfer Ykili The Miners outgained HBU (0-1) 508-413 in total yards. With UTEP clinging to a 36-34 lead Ross stepped up with a big interception at the UTEP 17-yard line, keeping it a two-possession midway through the fourth quarter and the Huskies driving for another score, the defense game momentarily. The Miners gained 77 of their yards on the ground with three players – Josh needed to make a big play and it did. Chris Richardson sacked HBU quarterback Zappe inside Fields (27), Treyvon Hughes (27) and Locksley (21) – responsible for 75 of those yards. the red zone and teammate Justin Rogers recovered the fumble to give the ball back to the Or- Jones completed 4-of-12 passes for 21 yards, and Locksley finished 3-of-7 for 33 yards. ange and Blue. The Miners were able to run out the final 5:57 on the clock. The Miners played a turnover free game. Justin Prince led the Miners in tackles for the sec- A UTEP defense with a lot of new pieces was led by returning safety Rogers, who tallied 10 ond time in as many games with 10 stops, including nine of the solo variety. tackles. SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 SCORE SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 SCORE UTEP 0 0 0 3 3 Record: (1-1) Houston Baptist 0 17 11 6 34 Record: (0-1) Texas Tech 7 14 10 7 38 Record: (2-0) UTEP 3 17 13 3 36 Record: (1-0) SCORING SUMMARY: SCORING SUMMARY: 1st 11:14 TTU Henry 5 yd run (Wolff kick), 9-50 2:17, UTEP 0 - TTU 7 1st 08:26 UTEP Gavin Baechle 30 yd field goal, 9-40 4:31, HBU 0 - UTEP 3 2nd 10:41 TTU Vasher 13 yd pass from Bowman (Wolff kick), 10-77 3:30, UTEP 0 - TTU 14 2nd 12:57 UTEP Wolf 80 yd pass from Jones (Baechle kick), 1-80 0:10, HBU 0 - UTEP 10 01:35 TTU Rigdon 49 yd pass from Bowman (Wolff kick), 2-56 0:30, UTEP 0 - TTU 21 08:18 HBU Larkin 4 yd pass from Zappe (Garcia kick), 13-75 4:39, HBU 7 - UTEP 10 3rd 11:26 TTU Wolff, Trey 45 yd field goal, 12-44 3:34, UTEP 0 - TTU 24 06:46 HBU Johnson 26 yd interception return (Garcia kick), , HBU 14 - UTEP 10 02:45 TTU Vasher 30 yd pass from Bowman (Wolff kick), 6-60 1:37, UTEP 0 - TTU 31 02:52 UTEP Hughes 3 yd run (Baechle kick), 7-75 3:54, HBU 14 - UTEP 17 4th 12:51 TTU Shyne 7 yd run (Wolff kick), 6-59 2:33, UTEP 0 - TTU 38 01:14 HBU Garcia 47 yd field goal, 9-45 1:38, HBU 17 - UTEP 17 05:32 UTEP Gavin Baechle 45 yd field goal, 12-48 7:19, UTEP 3 - TTU 38 00:00 UTEP Gavin Baechle 21 yd field goal, 8-72 1:14, HBU 17 - UTEP 20 3rd 13:00 HBU Ratzlaff 16 yd pass from Zappe (No PAT), 3-57 1:08, HBU 23 - UTEP 20 TEAM STATISTICS UTEP TTU 12:18 HBU TEAM safety, HBU 25 - UTEP 20 09:17 HBU Garcia, Gino 23 yd field goal, 4-5 1:00, HBU 28 - UTEP 20 FIRST DOWNS 11 27 05:19 UTEP Jones 3 yd run (Jones pass intcpt), 8-75 3:58, HBU 28 - UTEP 26 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 38-77 31-160 00:00 UTEP Hughes 19 yd run (Baechle kick), 5-74 2:44, HBU 28 - UTEP 33 PASSING YDS (NET) 54 264 4th 12:59 HBU Beek 3 yd run (Zappe pass failed), 6-75 2:01, HBU 34 - UTEP 33 Passes Att-Comp-Int 19-7-0 47-31-1 08:15 UTEP Gavin Baechle 35 yd field goal, 7-58 4:44, HBU 34 - UTEP 36 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 57-131 78-424 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 TEAM STATISTICS HBU UTEP Punt Returns-Yards 1-5 1-0 FIRST DOWNS 23 20 Kickoff Returns-Yards 2-40 1-28 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 34-113 46-240 Interception Returns-Yards 1-0 0-0 PASSING YDS (NET) 300 268 Punts (Number-Avg) 10-39.8 4-47.0 Passes Att-Comp-Int 37-27-0 20-10-1 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-0 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 71-413 66-508 Penalties-Yards 9-76 4-50 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Possession Time 33:09 26:51 Punt Returns-Yards 1-3 2-3 Third-Down Conversions 2 of 15 8 of 14 Kickoff Returns-Yards 2-36 0-0 Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 1 1 of 1 Interception Returns-Yards 1-26 0-0 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-1 3-3 Punts (Number-Avg) 4-41.8 2-43.0 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-1 Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-5 3-25 Penalties-Yards 5-35 6-75 Possession Time 26:00 34:00 RUSHING: UTEP-Josh Fields 14-27; Treyvon Hughes 10-27; Kai Locksley 9-21; Tre’Shon Wolf Third-Down Conversions 6 of 14 5 of 11 1-2; Reynaldo Flores 1-1; Brandon Jones 3-minus 1. Texas Tech-Shyne, Armand 8-45; Thomp- Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 1 0 of 0 son, S. 8-45; Henry, Ta’Zhawn 7-28; Rigdon, Dalton 1-17; Welch, Jax 2-11; Bowman, Alan 3-7; Red-Zone Scores-Chances 4-6 6-6 Tyner, Jackson 1-6; Nwabuko, Chux 1-1. Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-24 2-17 PASSING: UTEP-Brandon Jones 4-12-0-21; Kai Locksley 3-7-0-33. Texas Tech-Bowman, Alan 30-45-1-260; Tyner, Jackson 0-1-0-0; Duffey, Jett 1-1-0-4. RUSHING: Houston Baptist-Minnieweather,D 15-67; Beek, Ean 9-53; Dickens, LaDarius 1-5; RECEIVING: UTEP-Tre’Shon Wolf 3-8; Devaughn Cooper 2-26; Jess Trussell 1-13; Kavika Ratzlaff, Ben 1-4; Sterns, Jerreth 1-minus 1; Zappe, Bailey 7-minus 15. UTEP-Treyvon Hughes Johnson 1-7. Texas Tech-Vasher, T.J. 6-78; Henry, Ta’Zhawn 5-32; Rigdon, Dalton 4-66; Turner, 23-144; Josh Fields 7-61; Brandon Jones 13-33; Tre’Shon Wolf 1-18; Forest McKee 1-2; TEAM RJ 4-30; Thompson, Donta 3-20; Mannix, McLane 2-18; Thompson, S. 2-3; White, Xavier 1-7; 1-minus 18. Royals, Myller 1-5; Carter, KeSean 1-5; Leggett, Caden 1-4; Shyne, Armand 1-minus 4. PASSING: Houston Baptist-Zappe, Bailey 27-37-0-300. UTEP-Brandon Jones 10-20-1-268. RECEIVING: Houston Baptist-Ratzlaff, Ben 8-88; Sterns, Jerreth 8-62; Brito, Gamar Girdy INTERCEPTIONS: UTEP-Justin Garrett 1-0. Texas Tech-None. 3-84; Beek, Ean 2-25; Tillmon, Terry 2-19; Smith, Jeremy 2-13; Robinson, Coleman 1-5; Larkin, FUMBLES: UTEP-None. Texas Tech-Frye, Adrian 1-0; Bowman, Alan 1-0. Trevor 1-4. UTEP-Tre’Shon Wolf 2-96; Alan Busey 2-57; Forest McKee 1-40; Devaughn Cooper 1-35; Jess Trussell 1-13; Jacob Cowing 1-13; Walter Dawn Jr. 1-8; Josh Fields 1-6. SACKS (UA-A): UTEP-Denzel Chukwukelu 1-0. Texas Tech-Stringer, B. 0-1; Leggett, Thomas 1-0; Bradford, Tony 0-1; Washington, B. 1-0. INTERCEPTIONS: Houston Baptist-Johnson, Caleb 1-26. UTEP-None. TACKLES (UA-A): UTEP-Justin Prince 9-1; Josh Caldwell 6-1; Sione Tupou 4-2; Justin Rogers FUMBLES: Houston Baptist-Zappe, Bailey 1-1. UTEP-Walter Dawn Jr. 1-1; TEAM 1-0. 4-1; Michael Lewis 2-3; Denzel Chukwukelu 3-0; Duron Lowe 3-0; Joe Jay Smith 2-1; Tre’Shon SACKS (UA-A): Houston Baptist-Walker, Andre 1-0; Young, Brennan 1-0; Johnson, Caleb 1-0. Wolf 1-2; Praise Amaewhule 1-2; Jayson VanHook 2-0; Ykili Ross 0-2; Dakari Bickham 1-0; DJ UTEP-Chris Richardson 1-0; Josh Ortega 1-0; Praise Amaewhule 1-0. Turner 1-0; Deaumonjae Banks 1-0; Dy’vonne Inyang 1-0; Sani Buckingham 1-0; Adrian Hyn- TACKLES (UA-A): Houston Baptist-Young, Brennan 7-6; Johnson, Caleb 4-8; Mann, Emman- son 1-0; Christian Johnson 0-1; Josh Ortega 0-1; Dedrick Simpson 0-1. Texas Tech-Brooks, Jor- uel 0-9; Holmes, Taylor 2-6; Wofe, Patrick 1-7; Manning, Colton 1-5; Fluellen Tra 2-3; Walker, dyn 6-5; Jeffers, Riko 3-1; Rambo, Evan 3-1; Benson, Xavier 2-2; Leggett, Thomas 2-1; Howard, Andre 1-2; Miller, Coi 2-0; Willie, KJ 1-1; Couch, Carter 0-2; Smith, Delon 1-0; Dickey, Keaton Eli 2-1; Ingram, J. 1-2; Washington, B. 1-2; Mbanasor, N. 2-0; Frye, Adrian 2-0; McPhearson, Z. 1-0; Quarles, Elijah 1-0; Beek, Ethan 0-1; Stokes, Chase 0-1; Ardoin, Jeremy 0-1. UTEP-Justin 1-1; Matthews, T. 1-1; Hutchings, J. 1-1; Smith, Desmon 1-1; Coleman, D. 1-1; Bradford, Tony 1-1; Rogers 5-5; Justin Prince 4-3; Jayson VanHook 6-0; Josh Caldwell 2-3; Michael Lewis 4-0; Joe Stringer, B. 1-1; Beck, Adam 1-0; Eldridge, Kosi 0-1; Leggett, Caden 0-1. Jay Smith 2-2; Dylan Parsee 2-2; Chris Richardson 1-3; Praise Amaewhule 2-1; Elijah Ruiz 2-1; Denzel Chukwukelu 1-2; Kalaii Griffin 1-1; Josh Ortega 1-1; Dy’vonne Inyang 1-1; Nathan Logo- Stadium: Jones AT&T Stadium Attendance:56,957 leo 0-2; Duron Lowe 1-0; James Tupou 1-0; Ykili Ross 1-0; Adrian Hynson 0-1; Stephen Forester Kickoff time: 7:07 p.m. End of Game: 10:20 p.m. Total elapsed time: 3:13 0-1; Deaumonjae Banks 0-1. Officials:Referee: Jon Noli; Umpire: Chad Craig; Linesman: Bryan Baker; Stadium: Sun Bowl Stadium Attendance:34,646 Line judge: Josiah Ford; Back judge: Larry Neal; Field judge: Chris Cockrell; Kickoff time: 6:05 p.m. End of Game: 9:14 p.m. Total elapsed time: 3:09 Side judge: Tony Meyer; Center judge: Chris Burnette Officials:Referee: Justin Elliott; Umpire: Dongray Johnson; Linesman: Jerry Harris; Temperature: 92 Wind: S, 12mph Weather: Clear Line judge: Joe Stahmer; Back judge: Michael Bailey; Field judge: Carlos Guzman; Side judge: A. Lombardo; Center judge: Eric Steen Temperature: 93 Wind: SSE, 6mph Weather: Sunny

#ELPASOSTRONG 2019 MINER FOOTBALL 15 GAME 12: UTEP vs. RICE

2019 GAME RECAPS NEVADA - 37 | UTEP - 21 SOUTHERN MISS - 31 | UTEP - 13 SEPT. 21 • EL PASO, TEXAS SEPT. 28 • HATTIESBURG, MISSISSIPPI EL PASO, Texas - UTEP battled Mountain West power Nevada on virtually even terms for HATTIESBURG, Miss. - Kai Locksley gave the Miner offense a spark with 109 yards passing three quarters, but the Wolf Pack took control in the final frame and escaped El Paso with a and 114 yards rushing, including a 63-yard touchdown, but UTEP wasn’t able to overcome a 37-21 victory on Saturday night. slow start and dropped a 31-13 decision at Southern Miss on Saturday night. The Miners (1-2) trailed 24-21 heading into the final period before Nevada (3-1), an eight-game Jack Abraham threw for 351 yards for the Golden Eagles (3-2), who won their Conference USA winner and Arizona Bowl champion in 2018, pulled away down the stretch. opener over the Miners (1-3). The Wolf Pack took advantage of a Kai Locksley interception deep in Miner territory late in Southern Miss jumped out to a 14-0 lead in the opening minutes. Abraham completed a 74- the third quarter. Kelton Moore’s five-yard rushing touchdown extended Nevada’s lead to 30- yard touchdown pass to De’Michael Harris on the third play from scrimmage. Then, after the 21. UTEP’s next drive stalled, and the Wolf Pack put the game away with an eight-play, 70-yard Miners had a punt blocked, Southern Miss set up shop at the UTEP two-yard line and Harris scoring drive, as Moore found the end zone once again on a one-yard scamper. ran for another score. The UTEP offense gained 253 yards on 50 plays (5.1 avg.) in the first three quarters, but was After that, the Miners hung in with the Golden Eagles, who are picked to finish second in held to 25 yards on 14 plays (1.8 avg.) in the final period. C-USA’s West Division, for the final 55 minutes. Locksley and Brandon Jones split time at quarterback for the Miners, combining to complete Locksley, who didn’t play in the fourth quarter, tallied his third 100-yard rushing game as a 10-of-17 passes for 116 yards. Jones was 8-for-11 for 106 yards with an interception, and Locksley Miner. He accounted for 114 of the team’s 126 rushing yards. Brandon Jones also saw extensive was 2-for-6 for 10 yards with two picks. action for UTEP at quarterback and completed 6-of-13 passes for 59 yards. The Miners enjoyed more success running the ball, gaining 162 yards on 47 carries with Southern Miss outgained the Miners in total yards, 519-294. Kevin Perkins (65 yards) and Treyvon Hughes (17 carries-80 yards) and Josh Fields (10 carries-44 yards) carrying the load. Harris (62) combined for 127 of the Golden Eagles’ 168 rushing yards. The Wolf Pack scored two touchdowns off the Miners’ three interceptions. Justin Prince was UTEP’s leading tackler for the second straight game with 10 stops. The Miner defense forced two turnovers, leading to seven points, and yielded 403 yards. SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 SCORE UTEP 0 6 7 0 13 Record: (1-3,0-1) SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 SCORE Southern Miss 14 10 7 0 31 Record: (3-2,1-0) Nevada 0 21 3 13 37 Record: (3-1) UTEP 7 7 7 0 21 Record: (1-2) SCORING SUMMARY: 1st 11:35 USM HARRIS 74 yd pass from ABRAHAM (STEIN kick), 3-70 1:40, UTEP 0 - USM 7 SCORING SUMMARY: 09:31 USM HARRIS 2 yd run (STEIN kick), 2-2 0:41, UTEP 0 - USM 14 1st 08:10 UTEP Treyvon Hughes 4 yd run (Baechle kick), 10-70 6:03, NEV 0 - UTEP 7 2nd 14:02 UTEP BAECHLE, Gavin 28 yd field goal, 11-66 4:45, UTEP 3 - USM 14 2nd 14:56 NEV TAUA, Toa 5 yd run (TALTON kick), 9-73 3:59, NEV 7 - UTEP 7 03:07 USM MITCHELL 22 yd pass from ABRAHAM (STEIN kick), 12-78 5:27, UTEP 3 - USM 21 06:49 UTEP Treyvon Hughes 6 yd run (Baechle kick), 10-86 6:05, NEV 7 - UTEP 14 00:16 UTEP BAECHLE, Gavin 46 yd field goal, 8-36 2:51, UTEP 6 - USM 21 03:02 NEV COOKS 28 yd pass from SOLANO (TALTON kick), 9-75 3:47, NEV 14 - UTEP 14 00:00 USM STEIN, Andrew 38 yd field goal, 2-29 0:16, UTEP 6 - USM 24 02:23 NEV COOKS 20 yd pass from SOLANO (TALTON kick), 3-22 0:27, NEV 21 - UTEP 14 3rd 13:55 UTEP LOCKSLEY 63 yd run (BAECHLE kick), 1-63 0:11, UTEP 13 - USM 24 3rd 05:01 UTEP Kai Locksley 1 yd run (Baechle kick), 17-75 9:59, NEV 21 - UTEP 21 08:35 USM ADAMS 6 yd pass from ABRAHAM (STEIN kick), 10-82 4:30, UTEP 13 - USM 31 01:49 NEV TALTON, Brandon 27 yd field goal, 8-65 3:12, NEV 24 - UTEP 21 4th 13:22 NEV MOORE, K. 5 yd run (TALTON kick blocked), 4-15 1:38, NEV 30 - UTEP 21 TEAM STATISTICS UTEP USM 04:08 NEV MOORE, K. 1 yd run (TALTON kick), 8-70 4:44, NEV 37 - UTEP 21 FIRST DOWNS 14 21 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 25-126 37-168 TEAM STATISTICS NEVADA UTEP PASSING YDS (NET) 168 351 FIRST DOWNS 19 17 Passes Att-Comp-Int 28-14-0 28-19-0 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 38-200 47-162 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 53-294 65-519 PASSING YDS (NET) 203 116 Fumble Returns-Yards 1-19 0-0 Passes Att-Comp-Int 21-15-1 17-10-3 Punt Returns-Yards 3-8 3-26 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 59-403 64-278 Kickoff Returns-Yards 4-91 2-49 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards 1-1 2-3 Punts (Number-Avg) 7-32.6 3-40.0 Kickoff Returns-Yards 0-0 1-14 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 3-1 Interception Returns-Yards 3-16 1-0\ Penalties-Yards 7-60 8-70 Punts (Number-Avg) 2-44.5 3-38.0 Possession Time 26:27 33:33 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0 Third-Down Conversions 4 of 14 9 of 14 Penalties-Yards 4-28 7-82 Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 1 0 of 0 Possession Time 25:05 34:55 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-2 3-3 Third-Down Conversions 6 of 10 3 of 11 Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-6 4-25 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 3 of 4 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 5-6 3-3 RUSHING: UTEP-LOCKSLEY, Kai 12-114; JOHNSON, Kavika 1-8; FIELDS, Josh 3-6; HUGHES, Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-21 0-0 Treyvon 4-1; JONES, Brandon 5-minus 3. Southern Miss-PERKINS, Kevin 11-65; HARRIS, D. 11-62; MABERRY, Darius 4-19; ANDERSON, S. 4-9; ROGERS, Chandle 2-6; ABRAHAM, Jack RUSHING: Nevada-SOLANO, Cristian 10-100; TAUA, Toa 10-43; MOORE, Kelton 8-34; KIN- 3-4; ADAMS, Jaylond 1-4; TEAM 1-minus 1. CAIDE, Jaxson 6-16; HUMPHREY, John 1-7; NEAL, Roger 2-1; TEAM 1-minus 1. UTEP-Treyvon PASSING: UTEP-LOCKSLEY, Kai 8-15-0-109; JONES, Brandon 6-13-0-59. Southern Hughes 17-80; Josh Fields 10-44; Brandon Jones 8-23; Kai Locksley 11-17; TEAM 1-minus 2. Miss-ABRAHAM, Jack 19-28-0-351. PASSING: Nevada-SOLANO, Cristian 13-19-1-182; HENRY, Malik 2-2-0-21. UTEP-Brandon RECEIVING: UTEP-COOPER,Devaughn 4-51; BUSEY, Alan 3-51; TRUSSELL, Jess 3-33; Jones 8-11-1-106; Kai Locksley 2-6-2-10. FIELDS, Josh 2-minus 3; COWING, Jacob 1-23; WOLF, Tre’shon 1-13. Southern Miss-ADAMS, RECEIVING: Nevada-COOKS, Elijah 4-82; FOSSUM, Kaleb 4-46; CHRISTIAN, Dominic Jaylond 5-58; MITCHELL, J. 4-47; WATKINS, Quez 2-97; HARRIS, D. 2-80; JONES, Tim 2-32; 2-11; TAUA, Toa 1-41; TURNER, Cole 1-14; KINCAIDE, Jaxson 1-9; STOVALL, Melquan 1-2; McLAURIN, Neil 2-17; CAVALLO, Cole 1-17; PERKINS, Kevin 1-3. DOUBS, Romeo 1-minus 2. UTEP-Jess Trussell 3-53; Devaughn Cooper 3-35; Jacob Cowing 1-23; Tre’Shon Wolf 1-10; James Tupou 1-0; Josh Fields 1-minus 5. INTERCEPTIONS: UTEP-None. Southern Miss-None. FUMBLES: UTEP-None. Southern Miss-ADAMS, Jaylond 2-0; HARRIS, D. 1-1. INTERCEPTIONS: Nevada-WILLIAMS, Tyson 1-14; HALL, Lawson 1-2; LEE, Jordan 1-0. SACKS (UA-A): UTEP-AMAEWHULE, P. 1-0. Southern Miss-KENNEDY, Darius 1-1; EVANS, UTEP-Ykili Ross 1-0. Ty’Ree 1-0; TURNER, Jacques 0-1; KITCHEN, Eriq 1-0. FUMBLES: Nevada-FOSSUM, Kaleb 1-1. UTEP-None. TACKLES (UA-A): UTEP-LEWIS, Michael 8-3; RICHARDSON, C. 4-3; ROGERS, Justin SACKS (UA-A): Nevada-NICHOLS, Tristan 2-0; PETERSON, Dom 1-0. UTEP-None. 3-3; HYNSON, Adrian 5-0; CALDWELL, Josh 5-0; TUPOU, Sione 2-3; AMAEWHULE, P. TACKLES (UA-A): Nevada-WILLIAMS, Tyson 3-8; PETERSON, Dom 2-7; HALL, Lawson 2-6; 4-0; SMITH, Joe Jay 3-1; LOWE, Duron 3-0; VANHOOK, Jayson 2-1; HANKINS, Deion 1-1; TOOMER, Kameron 4-3; MUHAMMAD, EJ 2-4; JACKSON, Mar’Quette 1-4; ADAMS, Kyle 1-4; TEAM 0-2; INYANG,Dy’vonne 1-0; ORTEGA, Josh 1-0; CHUKWUKELU, D. 1-0; FLYNN, Gabe TOURAY, Lamin 1-4; MEDER, Kaleb 2-2; BROWN, Daniel 1-3; SEWELL, Gabe 2-1; WEBER, 0-1; PARSEE, Dylan 0-1; CORNER III, R. 0-1. Southern Miss-HEMBY, Ky’el 5-4; THOMAS, Lucas 0-3; LEE, Jordan 2-0; NICHOLS, Tristan 2-0; ARNOLD, Austin 1-1; GODLEY, Jayce 0-2; DQ 4-2; KENNEDY, Darius 2-2; MITCHELL, R. 2-2; TURNER, Jacques 1-3; WILLIAMS, Ty BROADY, Maliek 1-0; SEKONA, Hausia 0-1; WILMER, Maurice 0-1; JOHNSON, Emany 0-1; 3-0; LATHAM, S. 2-1; LANDRY, Delmond 1-2; BARNES, Tyler 2-0; BOZEMAN, Swayze 2-0; ROBINS, Berdale 0-1. UTEP-Justin Prince 5-5; Sione Tupou 3-6; Michael Lewis 3-5; Justin GUNN, Ernest 0-2; SMITH, Demarrio 0-2; BROWN, Torrence 0-2; THOMAS, Devin 1-0; Rogers 4-3; Dedrick Simpson 4-3; Ykili Ross 2-2; Jayson VanHook 1-3; Praise Amaewhule 0-3; WHITTINGTON, T. 1-0; KITCHEN, Eriq 1-0; EVANS, Ty’Ree 1-0; REED, Kris 1-0; HARVEY, Josh Ortega 0-2; Joe Jay Smith 0-2; Justin Rone 1-0; Miles Banks 1-0; Bobby DeHaro 1-0; Chris T.J. 0-1; SHORTS, Malik 0-1; EDMONDSON, E. 0-1; ABRAHAM, Jack 0-1. Richardson 0-1; Denzel Chukwukelu 0-1; Gabe Flynn 0-1; Dy’vonne Inyang 0-1. Stadium: M.M. Roberts Stadium Attendance: 23,337 Stadium: Sun Bowl Stadium Attendance: 10,493 Kickoff time: 6:05 p.m. End of Game: 9:15 p.m. Total elapsed time: 3:10 Kickoff time: 6:05 p.m. End of Game: 9:00 p.m. Total elapsed time: 2:55 Officials: Referee: Jon Noli; Umpire: Sheldon Davis; Linesman: Max Causey; Officials:Referee: Rodney Burnette; Umpire: S. Marshall; Linesman: Lea Bailey; Line judge: Joe Stahmer; Back judge: Tom Healey; Field judge: Victor Sanchez; Line judge: Joshua Fath; Back judge: R. Tate III; Field judge: Brandon Spencer; Side judge: Maurice Pierre; Center judge: Jeff Guadagno Side judge: Joe Pester; Center judge: Nathan Jastram Temperature: 87 Wind: SE, 7 mph Weather: Clear, 36% humidity Temperature: 70 Wind: SSE, 7mph Weather: Cloudy

16 2019 MINER FOOTBALL #ELPASOSTRONG GAME 12: UTEP vs. RICE

2019 GAME RECAPS UTSA - 26 | UTEP - 16 FIU - 32 | UTEP - 17 OCT. 5 • EL PASO, TEXAS OCT. 19 • MIAMI, FLORIDA EL PASO, Texas - Sincere McCormick and Lowell Narcisse both went over the century mark in MIAMI - Anthony Jones had a 65-yard run and a 61-yard catch, both late in the game, keying rushing, leading UTSA to a 26-16 victory at UTEP on Saturday night. FIU’s 32-17 win over UTEP on Saturday night at Riccardo Silva Stadium. McCormick gained 189 yards on 22 carries, and Narcisse added 115 yards on 19 attempts as the The Miners (1-5, 0-3 C-USA) trailed 18-7 before FIU quarterback James Morgan connected Roadrunners (2-3, 1-1 C-USA) compiled 320 yards on the ground and spoiled the Miners’ (1-4, with Jones on the 61-yard pass play. It was the final play of the third quarter. Two plays later, 0-2 C-USA) 88th Homecoming game. Jones ran for a three-yard TD, putting the Panthers ahead 25-7. Kai Locksley made his first start of the season at quarterback for the Miners. He completed After UTEP made it a two-possession game (25-10) on a 23-yard field goal by Gavin Baechle, 2-of-8 passes for 41 yards and rushed 13 times for 17 yards. Brandon Jones came on late in the Jones broke loose for the 65-yard run, setting up Napoleon Maxwell’s 10-yard rushing score third quarter with the Miners trailing 16-3. The Miners started the drive at their own 45-yard and a 32-10 cushion. line after UTSA failed to convert a fourth down conversion. Jones led the Miners to their first The two big plays were back breakers for a UTEP defense that allowed only 209 yards the touchdown of the night. He went 2-for-2 passing on the drive, rushed once for four yards, and rest of the night. FIU (4-3, 2-2 C-USA) entered the game coming off consecutive 40-point handed off to Treyvon Hughes for an eight-yard rushing TD that made the score 16-10. performances against UMass and Charlotte. The Panthers had averaged 539 yards in their UTSA put the game away with a 51-yard rushing touchdown and a 26-10 lead with 4:02 to go. previous three contests. The Miners continued to move the ball with Jones under center, as they put together a 15- Against UTEP, FIU finished with 335 yards. The Miners were held to 283 yards. play, 50-yard touchdown drive. Tre’shon Wolf’s two-yard touchdown reception from Jones Brandon Jones quarterbacked the Miners in the first half. He completed 5-of-9 passes for 34 sliced the deficit to 10 (26-16) with 44 seconds remaining. But UTEP was unable to convert the yards with an interception. two-point conversion to make it a one-possession game. Locksley came on for the second half and completed 7-of-12 passes for 117 yards. He also Wolf had a big night for the Miners with nine catches for 91 yards. Jones finished 14-of-22 rushed 12 times for 63 yards. UTEP scored a late touchdown off a 34-yard pass from Locksley passing for 140 yards. Treyvon Hughes rushed 10 times for 62 yards and a score. to Jacob Cowing. UTSA finished with 366 yards of offense while holding UTEP to 280. The Roadrunner -de The Miners gained 219 of their 283 yards on the three scoring drives. UTEP dominated the fense tallied nine tackles for losses, four sacks and seven pass breakups. The defensive stand- time of possession line (37:08 to 22:52), but was whistled for 10 penalties totaling 106 yards. outs for UTSA were Trevor Harmanson (three tackles for losses), Cassius Grady and SaVion Hughes added 51 yards rushing on 19 carries for the Miners. The freshman Cowing scored his Harris (two passes deflected apiece), and Jarrod Carter-McLin (two sacks). first touchdown in the Orange and Blue. Jones rushed 15 times for 102 yards for the Panthers, Adrian Hynson and Michael Lewis both had 10 tackles for the Miners. The tally for Hynson who ran for 185 yards as a team. Morgan completed 9-of-17 passes for 150 yards. was a career high. Josh Caldwell was UTEP’s top defender with a career-high tying seven tackles.

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 SCORE SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 SCORE UTSA 7 3 6 10 26 Record: (2-3,1-1) UTEP 7 0 0 10 17 Record: (1-5,1-3) UTEP 0 3 7 6 16 Record: (1-4,0-2) FIU 3 15 0 14 32 Record: (4-3,1-2)

SCORING SUMMARY: SCORING SUMMARY: 1st 10:17 UTSA NARCISSE 9 yd run (DUPLESSIS kick), 7-63 2:40, UTSA 7 - UTEP 0 1st 12:24 FIU BORREGALES 32 yd field goal, 5-24 1:16, UTEP 0 - FIU 3 2nd 09:44 UTSA DUPLESSIS 23 yd field goal, 16-59 7:55, UTSA 10 - UTEP 0 05:06 UTEP Treyvon Hughes 1 yd run (Baechle kick), 13-75 7:18, UTEP 7 - FIU 3 00:00 UTEP BAECHLE, Gavin 37 yd field goal, 4-43 0:36, UTSA 10 - UTEP 3 2nd 14:27 FIU THORNTON 9 yd pass from MORGAN (BORREGALES kick), 11-70 5:39, UTEP 7 - FIU 10 3rd 11:22 UTSA MOORHEAD 18 yd pass from NARCISSE (Miss PAT), 9-75 3:38, UTSA 16 - UTEP 3 14:09 FIU TEAM safety, , UTEP 7 - FIU 12 01:26 UTEP HUGHES 8 yd run (BAECHLE kick), 5-55 3:06, UTSA 16 - UTEP 10 10:19 FIU BORREGALES 34 yd field goal, 8-45 3:56, UTEP 7 - FIU 15 4th 11:38 UTSA DUPLESSIS 43 yd field goal, 6-30 2:30, UTSA 19 - UTEP 10 04:48 FIU BORREGALES 46 yd field goal, 6-21 1:55, UTEP 7 - FIU 18 04:02 UTSA McCORMICK 51 yd run (DUPLESSIS kick), 6-78 3:03, UTSA 26 - UTEP 10 4th 14:21 FIU JONES, A. 3 yd run (BORREGALES kick), 4-70 1:24, UTEP 7 - FIU 25 00:44 UTEP WOLF 2 yd pass from JONES (2-pt failed), 15-50 3:18, UTSA 26 - UTEP 16 06:57 UTEP Gavin Baechle 23 yd field goal, 14-69 7:24, UTEP 10 - FIU 25 03:43 FIU MAXWELL 10 yd run (BORREGALES kick), 6-86 3:14, UTEP 10 - FIU 32 TEAM STATISTICS UTSA UTEP 02:06 UTEP Cowing 34 yd pass from Locksley (Baechle kick), 7-75 1:37, UTEP 17 - FIU 32 FIRST DOWNS 19 20 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 48-320 30-99 TEAM STATISTICS UTEP FIU PASSING YDS (NET) 46 181 FIRST DOWNS 17 15 Passes Att-Comp-Int 14-6-0 31-16-0 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 45-132 32-185 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 62-366 61-280 PASSING YDS (NET) 151 150 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Passes Att-Comp-Int 21-12-1 17-9-0 Punt Returns-Yards 2-10 1-8 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 66-283 49-335 Kickoff Returns-Yards 0-0 2-20 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Punts (Number-Avg) 4-39.8 8-37.1 Kickoff Returns-Yards 2-41 4-91 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 1-0 Penalties-Yards 9-77 8-75 Punts (Number-Avg) 4-46.2 2-45.5 Possession Time 28:46 31:14 Fumbles-Lost 2-0 0-0 Third-Down Conversions 4 of 12 2 of 12 Penalties-Yards 10-106 4-39 Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 2 2 of 2 Possession Time 37:08 22:52 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-3 3-4 Third-Down Conversions 6 of 15 6 of 11 Sacks By: Number-Yards 4-28 1-6 Fourth-Down Conversions 3 of 3 0 of 0 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-2 5-5 RUSHING: UTSA-McCORMICK, S. 22-189; NARCISSE, L. 19-115; DANIELS, B.J. 4-15; BRADY, Sacks By: Number-Yards 0-0 3-20 Brenden 2-4; TEAM 1-minus 3. UTEP-HUGHES, Treyvon 10-62; FIELDS, Josh 4-25; LOCKS- LEY, Kai 13-17; JONES, Brandon 3-minus 5. RUSHING: UTEP-Kai Locksley 11-66; Treyvon Hughes 20-48; Kavika Johnson 2-24; Reynaldo PASSING: UTSA-NARCISSE, L. 6-14-0-46. UTEP-JONES, Brandon 14-22-0-140; Flores 3-20; Brandon Jones 6-6; Tre’Shon Wolf 1-1; TEAM 2-minus 33. FIU-JONES,A 15-102; LOCKSLEY, Kai 2-8-0-41; TEAM 0-1-0-0. MAXWELL,N 9-37; ALEXANDER,M 2-23; WIGGINS,K 2-13; MORGAN,J 1-7; PRICE,D 3-3. RECEIVING: UTSA-WOOLEN, Tariq 2-16; MOORHEAD, Blaze 1-18; McCORMICK, S. 1-7; PASSING: UTEP-Kai Locksley 7-12-0-117; Brandon Jones 5-9-1-34. FIU-MORGAN,J 9-17-0- STRICKLAND, C. 1-3; GRIFFIN, Dywan 1-2. UTEP-WOLF, Tre’shon 9-91; GARRETT, Justin 150. 3-44; FLORES, R. 2-34; TRUSSELL, Jess 1-9; COWING, Jacob 1-3. RECEIVING: UTEP-Tre’Shon Wolf 4-44; Justin Garrett 3-32; Jacob Cowing 2-47; Alan Busey 2-11; Kavika Johnson 1-17. FIU-THORNTON,S 4-50; JONES,A 1-61; MAXWELL,N 1-23; MALO- INTERCEPTIONS: UTSA-None. UTEP-None. NEY,A 1-11; ALEXANDER,M 1-7; GAITER,T 1-minus 2. FUMBLES: UTSA-None. UTEP-None. SACKS (UA-A): UTSA-CARTER-McLIN, J 2-0; HENRY, D. 1-0; WISE, Solomon 1-0. INTERCEPTIONS: UTEP-None. FIU-DAMES,RISHARD 1-0. UTEP-CHUKWUKELU, D. 1-0. FUMBLES: UTEP-TEAM 2-0. FIU-None. TACKLES (UA-A): UTSA-AUSTIN III 7-2; HARMANSON, T. 5-2; MARTEL, Andrew 4-3; SACKS (UA-A): UTEP-None. FIU-JEAN, A 1-1; TART,T 0-1; CURTIS,N 1-0. WISDOM, Rashad 3-1; HENRY, D. 3-0; MAYFIELD, Corey 3-0; HARRIS, SaVion 2-1; CAR- TACKLES (UA-A): UTEP-Josh Caldwell 5-2; Sione Tupou 0-6; Adrian Hynson 4-1; Chris Rich- TER-McLIN, J 2-0; BANKS, Eric 2-0; HAYNES, Jaylon 1-1; DANTZLER, L. 1-0; HICKS, Clar- ardson 3-1; Dylan Parsee 1-3; Justin Rogers 2-1; Nathan Logoleo 2-1; Ykili Ross 1-2; Michael Lew- ence 1-0; WISE, Solomon 1-0; SAM, Jahmal 1-0; TAYLOR, Dadrian 0-1; NWACHUKU, K. 0-1; is 0-3; Praise Amaewhule 2-0; Gabe Flynn 1-1; Josh Ortega 1-1; Jayson VanHook 0-2; Stephen McFARLAND, L. 0-1; PRESTON, J. 0-1. UTEP-HYNSON, Adrian 6-4; LEWIS, Michael 5-5; Forester 1-0; Dy’vonne Inyang 1-0; Kavika Johnson 1-0; Denzel Chukwukelu 1-0; Ray Walters TUPOU, Sione 3-4; VANHOOK, Jayson 5-1; CALDWELL, Josh 5-1; CHUKWUKELU, D. 2-2; 0-1; Dedrick Simpson 0-1. FIU-JONES,T 3-6; DAMES,RICHARD 7-0; HALL,D 2-5; GATES,J AMAEWHULE, P. 3-0; SIMPSON,Dedrick 1-2; LOWE, Duron 2-0; LOGOLEO, Nathan 1-1; 3-3; JACKSON,D 2-3; JEAN, A 3-1; TARVER,A 1-3; OLIVER,K 0-4; CURTIS,N 2-1; TART,T 1-2; PARSEE, Dylan 0-2; ROGERS, Justin 0-2; FLYNN, Gabe 1-0; RICHARDSON, C. 1-0; FOREST- POWELL,J 2-0; BROWN,I 2-0; DAMES,RISHARD 2-0; WOODS,J 1-1; THOMAS-OLIVER,S 1-1; ER,S. 1-0; INYANG,Dy’vonne 0-1; ORTEGA, Josh 0-1. WHITTAKER,C 1-0; COLSON,R 1-0; TURNER,J 1-0; MCCRAY,B 1-0.

Stadium: Sun Bowl Stadium Attendance: 13,876 Stadium: Riccardo Silva Stadium Attendance:13,951 Kickoff time: 6:05 p.m. End of Game: 9:11 p.m. Total elapsed time: 3:06 Kickoff time: 7:00 p.m. End of Game: 10:01 p.m. Total elapsed time: 3:01 Officials:Referee: Justin Elliott; Umpire: Dongray Johnson; Linesman: Jerry Harris; Officials:Referee: Jonathan Noli; Umpire: John Mitchell; Linesman: Gary Calip; Line judge: Joe Stahmer; Back judge: Michael Bailey; Field judge: Carlos Guzman; Line judge: Maia Chaka; Back judge: Tom Healey; Field judge: Victor Sanchez; Side judge: A. Lombardo; Center judge: Eric Steen Side judge: Maurice Pierre; Center judge: Jeffrey Guadagn Temperature: 85 Wind: WSW, 10mph Weather: Sunny Temperature: 83 Wind: S, 12mph Weather: Mostly Cloudy

#ELPASOSTRONG 2019 MINER FOOTBALL 17 GAME 12: UTEP vs. RICE

2019 GAME RECAPS LA TECH - 42 | UTEP - 21 NORTH TEXAS - 52 | UTEP - 26 OCT. 26 • EL PASO, TEXAS NOV. 2 • DENTON, TEXAS EL PASO, Texas - J’Mar Smith completed 29-of-35 passes for 338 yards and three touchdowns, DENTON, Texas - JThe first 29 seconds of the game spelled doom for UTEP as the Miners fell as LA Tech maintained its first-place standing in Conference USA’s West Division with a 42-21 to North Texas, 52-26, on Saturday in front of an announced attendance of 22,548 at Apogee win over UTEP on Saturday in the Sun Bowl. Stadium in Denton, Texas. The Bulldogs (7-1, 4-0 C-USA) scored half of their points off three fumbles by the Miners (1- North Texas improved to 4-5 on the season, including a 3-2 mark in league play, while the 6, 0-4 C-USA) in building a 42-7 lead. The UTEP offense came alive in the fourth quarter as Miners dropped to 1-7 overall. starting quarterback Kai Locksley rushed for a one-yard TD, and connected with Jacob Cowing The Mean Green found themselves up by a pair of touchdowns just 29 seconds into the game on a 54-yard pass for another score. after a 63-yard kick return led to a UNT score, followed by a UTEP fumble on the ensuing Locksley set UTEP highs with 17 completions, 30 pass attempts and 227 passing yards. kickoff resulted in another touchdown for the home team. Smith completed 20 of 23 passes for 220 yards in leading the Bulldogs to a 28-7 halftime Treyvon Hughes was a bright spot for the Miners with three rushing touchdowns and 97 lead. At one point, he connected on 13 straight attempts. UTEP’s Locksley, meanwhile, got yards on the ground. His three touchdowns give him 10 on the season, making him the first off to a hot start of his own. He went 6-for-6 on UTEP’s second drive of the game, leading to UTEP player to rushing for 10 or more touchdowns in a season since Aaron Jones had 17 in a five-yard TD run by Treyvon Hughes. Locksley was 8-for-9 passing for 92 yards in the first 2016. half but had a crucial fumble inside the Bulldog 10-yard line with the Miners down 14. LA Tech UTEP totaled 285 yards of offense on Saturday with 166 of those coming on the ground, while converted two first-half turnovers by the Miners into 14 points. North Texas racked up 479 yards of total offense with 332 of those coming through the air. Michael Lewis paced the UTEP defense with a career-high 14 tackles. The Miners were able In addition to Hughes’ big day on the ground, the Miners were led by Justin Garrett, who had to get to Smith in the second half as Denzel Chukwukelu and Adrian Hynson both registered a career-high 11 catches for 77 yards. His 11 catches tied him for ninth in program history for sacks. most catches in a single game by a Miner. While the Miners were hurt by turnovers, they weren’t victimized by penalties. Their three Duron Lowe’s 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown was just one of many impressive re- penalties for 30 yards were both season lows. turns by him on the day. Lowe had five kick returns for 204 yards, which gives him the second-most return yards in UTEP history. Kai Locksley was 17-for-29 passing for 119 yards, while he also rushed for 37 yards on 14 SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 SCORE carries. For North Texas. Louisiana Tech 7 21 14 0 42 Record: (7-1,4-0) UTEP 7 0 0 14 21 Record: (1-6,0-4) SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 SCORE SCORING SUMMARY: UTEP 7 7 6 6 26 Record: (1-7,0-5) 1st 07:41 LATECH TUCKER 1 yd run (HALE kick), 8-73 3:17, LATECH 7 - UTEP 0 North Texas 21 17 7 7 52 Record: (4-5,3-2) 01:35 UTEP Hughes 5 yd run (Baechle kick), 12-84 6:02, LATECH 7 - UTEP 7 2nd 09:45 LATECH STANLEY 9 yd pass from SMITH, J. (HALE kick), 14-81 6:45, LATECH 14 - UTEP 7 SCORING SUMMARY: 06:27 LATECH HEBERT 23 yd pass from SMITH, J. (HALE kick), 6-41 1:54, LATECH 21 - UTEP 7 1st 14:43 UNT SIMPSON 33 yd pass from FINE (MOONEY kick), 1-33 0:24, UTEP 0 - UNT 7 00:27 LATECH HENDERSON 3 yd run (HALE kick), 8-91 2:27, LATECH 28 - UTEP 7 14:31 UNT PIRTLE 17 yd pass from FINE (MOONEY kick), 1-17 0:05, UTEP 0 - UNT 14 3rd 05:58 LATECH HOLLY 5 yd pass from SMITH, J. (HALE kick), 6-51 2:45, LATECH 35 - UTEP 7 08:45 UTEP Hughes 1 yd run (Baechle kick), 12-63 5:46, UTEP 7 - UNT 14 02:07 LATECH HENDERSON 1 yd run (HALE kick), 6-26 2:51, LATECH 42 - UTEP 7 04:17 UNT SHORTER 48 yd pass from FINE (MOONEY kick), 2-58 0:29, UTEP 7 - UNT 21 4th 09:49 UTEP Locksley 1 yd run (Baechle kick), 15-81 7:11, LATECH 42 - UTEP 14 2nd 14:44 UNT MOONEY 44 yd field goal, 9-31 2:55, UTEP 7 - UNT 24 02:51 UTEP Cowing 54 yd pass from Locksley (Baechle kick), 4-73 1:32, LATECH 42 - UTEP 21 14:33 UTEP Lowe 100 yd kickoff return (Baechle kick), , UTEP 14 - UNT 24 11:28 UNT DARDEN 6 yd pass from FINE (MOONEY kick), 11-72 3:05, UTEP 14 - UNT 31 TEAM STATISTICS LA TECH UTEP 04:28 UNT DARDEN 6 yd pass from FINE (MOONEY kick), 13-47 4:07, UTEP 14 - UNT 38 FIRST DOWNS 29 20 3rd 01:26 UTEP Hughes 42 yd run (Locksley pass failed), 6-87 3:04, UTEP 20 - UNT 38 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 34-152 34-98 00:46 UNT DARDEN 14 yd pass from FINE (MOONEY kick), 2-17 0:40, UTEP 20 - UNT 45 PASSING YDS (NET) 338 227 4th 09:17 UNT SIMPSON 20 yd pass from FINE (MOONEY kick), 10-72 4:22, UTEP 20 - UNT 52 Passes Att-Comp-Int 36-29-1 30-17-0 03:16 UTEP Hughes 3 yd run (Locksley pass failed), 11-51 6:01, UTEP 26 - UNT 52 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 70-490 64-325 Fumble Returns-Yards 1-4 0-0 TEAM STATISTICS UTEP UNT Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 1-11 FIRST DOWNS 14 25 Kickoff Returns-Yards 1-16 6-111 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 35-156 35-144 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 1-0 PASSING YDS (NET) 119 332 Punts (Number-Avg) 3-36.3 4-30.2 Passes Att-Comp-Int 29-17-0 39-24-0 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 4-3 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 64-275 74-476 Penalties-Yards 6-72 3-30 Fumble Returns-Yards 1-7 0-0 Possession Time 32:03 27:57 Punt Returns-Yards 1-18 1-1 Third-Down Conversions 6 of 10 6 of 13 Kickoff Returns-Yards 8-246 4-157 Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 1 3 of 3 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 5-5 2-3 Punts (Number-Avg) 7-38.4 3-39.0 Sacks By: Number-Yards 4-15 2-13 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-1 Penalties-Yards 4-24 1-5 Possession Time 32:46 27:14 RUSHING: Louisiana Tech-HENDERSON, J. 17-65; TUCKER, Israel 8-56; MARCUS, DeAndre Third-Down Conversions 7 of 16 10 of 16 5-31; SMITH, J’Mar 4-0. UTEP-Treyvon Hughes 13-60; Josh Fields 7-52; Kai Locksley 10-17; Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 2 2 of 2 Reynaldo Flores 2-minus 1; TEAM 2-minus 30. Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-2 5-6 PASSING: Louisiana Tech-SMITH, J’Mar 29-35-0-338; ALLEN, Aaron 0-1-1-0. Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-3 4-43 UTEP-Kai Locksley 17-30-0-227. RECEIVING: Louisiana Tech-POWELL, Cee Jay 6-85; HENDERSON, J. 6-73; HARRIS, Smoke RUSHING: UTEP-Treyvon Hughes 17-97; Josh Fields 2-28; Kai Locksley 14-27; Reynaldo 5-37; STANLEY, Malik 4-39; HARDY, Adrian 4-29; HEBERT, Griffin 2-39; GRAHAM, Isaiah Flores 2-4. North Texas-SIGGERS, Tre 22-82; ADAWAY, Oscar 4-42; SMITH, Nic 5-12; BEAN, 1-31; HOLLY, Bobby 1-5. UTEP-Justin Garrett 5-60; Tre’Shon Wolf 4-44; Alan Busey 3-35; Jacob Jason 1-11; DARDEN, Jaelon 1-5; FINE, Mason 1-minus 3; TEAM 1-minus 5. Cowing 2-70; Jess Trussell 1-10; Kavika Johnson 1-4; Reynaldo Flores 1-4. PASSING: UTEP-Kai Locksley 17-29-0-119. North Texas-FINE, Mason 24-39-0-332. RECEIVING: UTEP-Justin Garrett 11-77; Alan Busey 2-20; Kavika Johnson 2-4; Jacob Cowing INTERCEPTIONS: Louisiana Tech-None. UTEP-Justin Rogers 1-0. 1-16; Trent Thompson 1-2. North Texas-LAWRENCE, M. 6-87; DARDEN, Jaelon 6-60; PIRTLE, FUMBLES: Louisiana Tech-HALL, Deshon 1-0. UTEP-Kai Locksley 3-2; TEAM 1-1. Jason 3-36; SHORTER, Jyaire 2-59; SIMPSON, Deonte 2-53; WHITE, Greg 2-24; OGUNMA- SACKS (UA-A): Louisiana Tech-ALLEN, Tristan 1-0; WILLIAMS, M. 1-0; ROBERTSON, Amik KIN, A. 1-12; SMITH, Nic 1-1; SIGGERS, Tre 1-0. 1-0; BAKER, Willie 1-0. UTEP-Denzel Chukwukelu 1-0; Adrian Hynson 1-0. TACKLES (UA-A): Louisiana Tech-SNEED, L’Jarius 7-2; BARNETT, E. 4-2; SCOTT, Collin 2-4; INTERCEPTIONS: UTEP-None. North Texas-None. BALDWIN, Trey 4-1; SAM, Michael 4-0; ROBERTSON, Amik 4-0; WALLACE, C. 2-2; ALLEN, FUMBLES: UTEP-Walter Dawn Jr. 1-1; Josh Fields 1-0. North Texas-SIGGERS, Tre 1-1. Tristan 2-0; BAKER, Willie 2-0; MURPHY, Kevin 2-0; TAYLOR, Connor 1-1; OKORIE, Praise SACKS (UA-A): UTEP-Praise Amaewhule 1-0. North Texas-HAMILTON, L. 2-0; NOVIL, Dion 1-1; COLE, Jaiden 1-1; WILLIAMSON, B. 1-1; ROBERSON, Aaron 0-2; FARLOW, Brady 1-0; 1-0; FROW, Asher 1-0. WHITE, Noah 1-0; WILLIAMS, M. 1-0; LEWIS, Darryl 1-0; JACKSON, D.J. 1-0; MASON, K. 0-1; TACKLES (UA-A): UTEP-Michael Lewis 6-4; Justin Rogers 9-0; Adrian Hynson 8-1; Jayson TURNER, M. 0-1; HALE, Bailey 0-1. UTEP-Michael Lewis 10-4; Justin Rogers 6-2; Josh Cald- VanHook 2-3; Dylan Parsee 2-2; Ykili Ross 2-2; Josh Ortega 2-1; Dy’vonne Inyang 2-1; Denzel well 5-2; Josh Ortega 2-4; Adrian Hynson 4-1; Chris Richardson 2-3; Sione Tupou 3-1; Nathan Chukwukelu 2-1; Sione Tupou 2-1; Praise Amaewhule 1-1; Duron Lowe 1-1; Gabe Flynn 1-1; Sani Logoleo 2-1; Jayson VanHook 2-1; Duron Lowe 1-2; Dy’vonne Inyang 2-0; Stephen Forester 2-0; Buckingham 1-0; Barron Wortham Jr. 1-0; Dedrick Simpson 1-0; Deion Hankins 1-0; Tiano Ti- Denzel Chukwukelu 1-1; Praise Amaewhule 1-0; Christian Johnson 1-0; Dylan Parsee 0-1; Ykili alavea 0-1. North Texas-DAVIS, Tyreke 3-5; NOVIL, Dion 2-5; MOORE, Jameel 5-0; MORRIS, Ross 0-1; Justin Garrett 0-1; DJ Turner 0-1. Alex 3-2; LEBLANC, Dayton 3-1; HAMILTON, L. 3-1; MUHAMMAD, K. 1-3; JOHNSON, Cam 3-0; HARVEY, Nick 1-2; NIXON III, L. 1-2; KING, Jamie 1-2; ROBINSON, T. 0-3; DAVIS, Le- Stadium: Sun Bowl Stadium Attendance:16,084 andre 2-0; HARRISON, H. 2-0; THORNTON, Chris 1-1; GIBBS, Jaxon 1-1; CROSBY, Keelan 1-1; Kickoff time: 6 p.m. End of Game: 9:14p.m. Total elapsed time: 3:14 KENWORTHY, A. 1-0; PARISH, Brian 1-0; FROW, Asher 1-0; DAVIS, KD 1-0; ENGLISH, Bryce Officials:Referee: Chris Bynum; Umpire: Joe Nanus; Linesman: Jerry Harris; 1-0; JOHNSON, Evan 0-1. Line judge: N. Theriot; Back judge: Sean Woodson; Field judge: Lark Jones; Side judge: Dustin Drawhorn; Center judge: Karina Tovar Stadium: Apogee Stadium Attendance: 22,548 Temperature: 59 Wind: SSW, 8mph Weather: Clear Kickoff time: 2:33 pm End of Game: 5:58 pm Total elapsed time: 3:25 Officials: Referee: Joe Lehring; Umpire: Sheldon Davis; Linesman: Gerald Austin; Line judge: Matthew Burks; Back judge: Ivan Daniels; Field judge: David Sherwood; Side judge: Lark Jones; Center judge: Kevin Randall Temperature: 61 Wind: NE, 11mph Weather: Clear

18 2019 MINER FOOTBALL #ELPASOSTRONG GAME 12: UTEP vs. RICE

2019 GAME RECAPS CHARLOTTE - 28 | UTEP - 21 UAB - 37 | UTEP - 10 NOV. 9 • EL PASO, TEXAS NOV. 16 • BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA EL PASO, Texas - Charlotte erased a 21-7 halftime deficit by scoring 21 unanswered points over BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Sophomore quarterback Gavin Hardison gave UTEP a lift against the final two quarters, escaping El Paso with a 28-21 win over UTEP on Saturday afternoon in the nation’s sixth-ranked defense, but the Miners were unable to overcome a rough start and the Sun Bowl. dropped a 37-10 decision at UAB on Saturday afternoon. The red-hot 49ers (5-5, 3-3 C-USA) won their third consecutive game behind quarterback After Kai Locksley opened the game with four incompletions and an interception on the Chris Reynolds, who completed 24-of-35 passes for 354 yards and two touchdowns. Reynolds Miners’ first three drives he was replaced by Hardison, who saw his first action of the season. was 14-of-21 for 213 yards in the second half in leading the 49ers to their first road win of the Hardison came on for the final series of the first quarter with the Miners behind 17-0. season. Two field goals later, UTEP trailed 23-0 and Hardison went to work. He completed 3-of-5 Over the last 30 minutes, Charlotte posted 297 yards to UTEP’s 127. The Miners (1-8, 0-6 passes for 60 yards on the next drive and led the Miners to their first touchdown. He hooked C-USA) were limited to five first downs in the second half while being kept off the scoreboard, up with Alan Busey for an eight-yard score with seven seconds remaining in the first half. It but the game’s outcome was undecided until the final minute. was Hardison’s first TD pass as a Miner and Busey’s first TD reception. With the Miners trailing 28-21, quarterback Kai Locksley led the offense to the Charlotte 20- Hopkins rushed 14 times for 163 yards for UAB (7-3, 4-2 C-USA), and Brown added 116 yards yard line. But on second and nine, his pass was intercepted by 49er linebacker Henry Segura on 22 carries. and Charlotte ran out the final 1:03 on the clock. Hardison, the transfer from New Mexico Military Institute, finished 16-for-37 passing for 222 Reynolds also burned the Miners with his legs, rushing 18 times for 91 yards. Cameron Dollar yards. Five of his completions went to Jacob Cowing, who had 85 receiving yards. had nine catches for 157 yards for Charlotte. With Denzel Chukwukelu serving a half-game suspension, senior Stephen Forester made his Locksley completed 15-of-20 passes for 215 for UTEP, and Jacob Cowing set a UTEP freshman first career start at linebacker and was a star on defense for the Miners. He posted career-highs record with 145 yards on six receptions. The Miners enjoyed success running the football with across the board with 11 tackles (11 solo), two tackles for losses, a sack and a quarterback hurry. 37 carries for 174 yards, as Locksley picked up 84 yards on 15 rushing attempts. The Miners got the fast start that they needed, building a 14-0 lead in the first quarter. Locks- ley was 6-for-6 passing on UTEP’s first two drives as he rushed for one touchdown and passed SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 SCORE for another. UTEP 0 7 0 3 10 Record: (1-9,0-7) UAB 17 6 7 7 37 Record: (7-3,4-2)

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 SCORE SCORING SUMMARY: Charlotte 0 7 14 7 28 Record: (5-5,3-3) 1st 05:42 UAB HOPKINS 2 yd run (VOGEL kick), 14-80 6:54, UTEP 0 - UAB 7 UTEP 14 7 0 0 21 Record: (1-8,0-6) 01:54 UAB VOGEL, Nick 35 yd field goal, 5-50 2:22, UTEP 0 - UAB 10 01:10 UAB BROWN 4 yd run (VOGEL kick), 2-9 0:40, UTEP 0 - UAB 17 SCORING SUMMARY: 2nd 03:38 UAB VOGEL, Nick 36 yd field goal, 11-56 5:43, UTEP 0 - UAB 20 1st 09:21 UTEP Locksley 19 yd run (Baechle kick), 10-70 5:39, CLT 0 - UTEP 7 00:44 UAB VOGEL, Nick 27 yd field goal, 7-59 1:44, UTEP 0 - UAB 23 01:52 UTEP Garrett 15 yd pass from Locksley (Baechle kick), 6-75 3:03, CLT 0 - UTEP 14 00:07 UTEP Busey 8 yd pass from Hardison (Baechle kick), 4-75 0:37, UTEP 7 - UAB 23 2nd 10:57 CLT RINGWOOD 16 yd pass from REYNOLDS (CRUZ kick), 13-75 5:55, CLT 7 - UTEP 14 3rd 03:43 UAB BROWN JR., J. 6 yd run (VOGEL kick), 5-95 2:27, UTEP 7 - UAB 30 00:42 UTEP Hughes 3 yd run (Baechle kick), 10-81 4:54, CLT 7 - UTEP 21 4th 14:10 UTEP Gavin Baechle 41 yd field goal, 13-67 4:26, UTEP 10 - UAB 30 3rd 11:50 CLT CRUZ 45 yd field goal, 9-47 3:10, CLT 10 - UTEP 21 05:47 UAB MITCHELL 40 yd pass from HOPKINS (VOGEL kick), 6-62 3:33, UTEP 10 - UAB 37 04:48 CLT FINGER 3 yd run (ROBERSON pass from REYNOLDS), 12-69 4:50, CLT 18 - UTEP 21 00:44 CLT CRUZ 34 yd field goal, 6-66 2:07, CLT 21 - UTEP 21 TEAM STATISTICS UTEP UAB 4th 07:06 CLT HUNT 19 yd pass from REYNOLDS (CRUZ kick), 10-95 4:33, CLT 28 - UTEP 21 FIRST DOWNS 19 17 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 29-90 49-353 TEAM STATISTICS CLT UTEP PASSING YDS (NET) 222 96 FIRST DOWNS 22 17 Passes Att-Comp-Int 41-16-1 10-5-0 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 35-129 37-174 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 70-312 59-449 PASSING YDS (NET) 354 215 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Passes Att-Comp-Int 35-24-1 20-15-1 Punt Returns-Yards 1-2 0-0 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 70-483 57-389 Kickoff Returns-Yards 2-27 0-0 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 1-11 Punt Returns-Yards 1-2 1-7 Punts (Number-Avg) 5-43.6 3-44.0 Kickoff Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 Interception Returns-Yards 1-1 1-0 Penalties-Yards 5-25 9-83 Punts (Number-Avg) 2-23.5 4-43.5 Possession Time 29:44 30:16 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-0 Third-Down Conversions 2 of 13 6 of 12 Penalties-Yards 7-53 8-70 Fourth-Down Conversions 2 of 5 0 of 0 Possession Time 31:41 28:19 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-4 6-6 Third-Down Conversions 8 of 14 7 of 12 Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-4 2-17 Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 1 0 of 1 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 4-4 3-5 RUSHING: UTEP-Mitchell Crawford 1-26; Treyvon Hughes 10-26; Deion Hankins 3-19; Josh Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-6 1-2 Fields 3-9; Kai Locksley 1-6; Reynaldo Flores 1-3; Gavin Hardison 10-1. UAB-HOPKINS, Dylan 14-163; BROWN JR., J. 22-116; BROWN, Spencer 8-66; HADEN, Jonathan 1-6; WOODEN, Larry RUSHING: Charlotte-REYNOLDS, Chris 18-91; MCALLISTER, A. 11-31; FINGER, Ishod 3-10; 2-4; TEAM 2-minus 2. TUCKER, Victor 1-1; TEAM 2-minus 4. UTEP-Kai Locksley 15-84; Treyvon Hughes 13-48; De- PASSING: UTEP-Gavin Hardison 16-37-0-222; Kai Locksley 0-4-1-0. UAB-HOPKINS, Dylan ion Hankins 6-22; Josh Fields 3-20. 5-10-0-96. PASSING: Charlotte-REYNOLDS, Chris 24-35-1-354. UTEP-Kai Locksley 15-20-1-215. RECEIVING: UTEP-Jacob Cowing 5-85; Alan Busey 2-31; Reynaldo Flores 2-25; Justin Garrett RECEIVING: Charlotte-DOLLAR, Cameron 9-157; TUCKER, Victor 5-60; RINGWOOD, Tyler 2-23; Tre’Shon Wolf 1-25; Kavika Johnson 1-12; Josh Fields 1-9; Walter Dawn Jr. 1-8; Jess Trussell 3-64; ROBERSON, C. 2-21; HUNT, Jacob 1-19; ELDER, M. 1-15; JEFFERY, Justin 1-7; MCALLIS- 1-4. UAB-MITCHELL, Myron 2-47; WATKINS, Austin 1-45; BLAKES, Thair 1-8; PITTMAN, TER, A. 1-6; HENDERSON, Noah 1-5. UTEP-Jacob Cowing 6-145; Justin Garrett6-40; Tre’Shon Hayden 1-minus 4. Wolf 2-16; Alan Busey 1-14. INTERCEPTIONS: UTEP-None. UAB-MOLL, K. 1-11. INTERCEPTIONS: Charlotte-SEGURA, Henry 1-1. UTEP-Michael Lewis 1-0. FUMBLES: UTEP-None. UAB-None. FUMBLES: Charlotte-None. UTEP-Kai Locksley 2-0. SACKS (UA-A): UTEP-Stephen Forester 1-0. UAB-WRIGHT, Alex 1-0; MOLL, K. 0-1; SMITH, SACKS (UA-A): Charlotte-HIGHSMITH, Alex 1-0. UTEP-Jayson VanHook 1-0. Jordan 0-1. TACKLES (UA-A): Charlotte-GEMMELL, Jeff 4-6; GIBBS,Marquavis 3-5; HORNE, Timmy TACKLES (UA-A): UTEP-Stephen Forester 10-1; Michael Lewis 6-2; Adrian Hynson 5-0; 5-1; SEGURA, Henry 4-2; PITMAN, Jonnie 2-3; LYON, Nafees 3-1; HIGHSMITH, Alex 3-1; Jayson VanHook 5-0; Duron Lowe 4-0; Josh Caldwell 4-0; Justin Rogers 3-0; Kalaii Griffin 2-1; WALLACE, Bryan 2-2; OSBORNE, M. 2-1; FUGATE, Jacione 0-2; MARTIN, Luke 1-0; MC- Chris Richardson 2-0; Sani Buckingham 1-0; Denzel Chukwukelu 1-0; Nathan Logoleo 1-0; Kai MILLAN,Lance 1-0; TURNER, B.J. 1-0; WATTS, Markees 1-0; STEWART, Demond 0-1; KEAN, Locksley 1-0; Dylan Parsee 1-0; Josh Ortega 0-1; Praise Amaewhule 0-1. UAB-MOLL, K. 4-2; Brett 0-1. UTEP-Justin Rogers 7-3; Dylan Parsee 5-4; Michael Lewis 3-5; Sione Tupou 4-3; Josh BOLER, Will 5-0; CASH, Grayson 5-0; MOULTRIE, A. 3-1; MARSHALL, TD 2-1; SMITH, Jor- Caldwell 2-5; Adrian Hynson 1-4; Duron Lowe 2-2; Kalaii Griffin 1-3; Josh Ortega 2-1; Jayson dan 1-2; WILDER, Noah 1-2; WRIGHT, Alex 2-0; TURNER, Dy’jonn 2-0; MARINO, Garrett 1-1; VanHook 2-1; Dakari Bickham 2-0; Dy’vonne Inyang 1-1; Denzel Chukwukelu 1-0; Praise McWILLIAMS, F. 1-1; GRIFFIN, Kobe 1-0; SWOOPES, K. 1-0; BRASHER, Luke 1-0; MOFOR, Amaewhule 0-1; Chris Richardson 0-1. Fitz 1-0; MILLER, Damien 1-0; BROOKS, A.J. 1-0; STINSON III, R. 1-0; MITCHELL, Myron 1-0; EASON JR., N. 1-0; WRIGHT, Michael 0-1; DAWKINS, Will 0-1; THOMAS V, S. 0-1; FAIR, Tony Stadium: Sun Bowl Stadium Attendance: 15,683 0-1; McDONALD, T. 0-1. Kickoff time: 1 p.m. End of Game: 4:15 p.m. Total elapsed time: 3:15 Officials: Referee: Billy Williams; Umpire: S. Marshall; Linesman: Hugo Cruz; Stadium: Legion Field Attendance: 19,875 Line judge: Jeremiah Harris; Back judge: Brett Toney; Field judge: Chris Scott; Kickoff time: 12:00 PM End of Game: 3:22 PM Total elapsed time: 3:22 Side judge: LaShell Nelson; Center judge: Derrick Ralser Officials: Referee: Joe Lehring; Umpire: Sheldon Davis; Linesman: Gerlad Austin; Temperature: 70 Wind: None Weather: Mostly Sunny Line judge: Matthew Brooks; Back judge: Ivan Davis; Field judge: David Sherwood; Side judge: Adrian Carson; Center judge: Kevin Randall Temperature: 54 Wind: NW, 7mph Weather: Sunny

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2019 GAME RECAPS NM STATE - 44 | UTEP - 35 NOV. 30 • LAS CRUCES, N.M. LAS CRUCES, N.M. - NM State erupted for 23 fourth-quarter points, capitalizing on some late UTEP turnovers, and beat the Miners 44-35 on Saturday afternoon at Aggie Memorial Stadium. The Aggies (2-9) won their second consecutive game while topping UTEP (1-10) in the Battle of I-10. The teams combined for 42 points in the wild final period. But after the Miners went ahead 22-21 on a 23-yard touchdown pass from Kai Locksley to Jacob Cowing with 14:55 remaining, the Aggies scored 16 unanswered points to pull in front 37-22. Locksley had a career game with 358 yards passing and 103 yards rushing. But his interception and fumble in the fourth quarter led to 10 critical points for the Aggies. The first half was a showcase for NMSU’s Jason Huntley, who rushed six times for 167 yards including runs of 39, 53 and 57 yards. NM State took a 7-0 lead early in the first quarter on Huntley’s 39-yard touchdown run. The Miners tied it up early in the second quarter on Treyvon Hughes’ 12th rushing touchdown of the season, an 11-yard dash into the end zone. The Miners tacked on a couple of late touchdowns but weren’t able to get closer than eight points. UTEP racked up a season-high 557 yards of offense to NMSU’s 441. Adkins threw for 175 yards for the Aggies, and Huntley rushed for 191 yards. Justin Garrett had 119 receiving yards for UTEP and Hughes went over 1,000 yards rushing for his career, finishing with 60 yards on the ground.

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 SCORE UTEP 0 13 3 19 35 Record: (1-10) New Mexico State 7 7 7 23 44 Record: (2-9)

SCORING SUMMARY: 1st 09:00 NMSU Huntley 39 yd run (Brown kick), 4-76 1:26, UTEP 0 - NMSU 7 2nd 12:36 UTEP Hughes 11 yd run (Baechle kick), 7-71 4:21, UTEP 7 - NMSU 7 04:36 UTEP Baechle 34 yd field goal, 10-65 4:59, UTEP 10 - NMSU 7 01:29 UTEP Baechle 21 yd field goal, 6-58 2:31, UTEP 13 - NMSU 7 00:55 NMSU Huntley 53 yd run (Brown kick), 2-63 0:29, UTEP 13 - NMSU 14 3rd 04:01 UTEP Baechle 42 yd field goal, 11-46 5:52, UTEP 16 - NMSU 14 02:00 NMSU Huntley 7 yd run (Brown kick), 7-75 2:01, UTEP 16 - NMSU 21 4th 14:55 UTEP Cowing 23 yd pass from Locksley (2-pt failed), 6-75 2:05, UTEP 22 - NMSU 21 11:57 NMSU Adkins 7 yd pass from Nicholson (2-pt failed), 9-69 2:52, UTEP 22 - NMSU 27 06:20 NMSU Brown 53 yd field goal, 8-15 3:33, UTEP 22 - NMSU 30 05:30 NMSU Young 19 yd fumble recovery (Brown kick), , UTEP 22 - NMSU 37 04:27 UTEP Locksley 1 yd run (Baechle kick), 5-75 1:03, UTEP 29 - NMSU 37 02:39 NMSU Gibson 53 yd run (Brown kick), 4-65 1:40, UTEP 29 - NMSU 44 00:00 UTEP Garrett 10 yd pass from Locksley, 10-74 2:34, UTEP 35 - NMSU 44

TEAM STATISTICS UTEP NM STATE FIRST DOWNS 27 17 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 40-199 25-259 PASSING YDS (NET) 358 182 Passes Att-Comp-Int 38-24-1 31-19-0 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 78-557 56-441 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 1-19 Punt Returns-Yards 3-18 1-2 Kickoff Returns-Yards 2-30 5-8 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 1--8 Punts (Number-Avg) 3-46.0 5-45.4 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0 Penalties-Yards 5-45 3-39 Possession Time 37:14 22:46 Third-Down Conversions 6 of 14 4 of 13 Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 1 2 of 2 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 5-5 2-3 Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-5 3-27

RUSHING: UTEP-Kai Locksley 18-103; Treyvon Hughes 17-60; Josh Fields 4-33; Reynaldo Flores 1-3. NM State-Huntley, Jason 14-191; Gibson, C. 7-61; Adkins, Josh 4-7. PASSING: UTEP-Kai Locksley 24-38-1-358. NM State-Adkins, Josh 18-30-0-175; Nicholson, Tony 1-1-0-7. RECEIVING: UTEP-Justin Garrett 5-119; Tre’Shon Wolf 5-50; Jacob Cowing 4-69; Walter Dawn Jr. 3-42; Kavika Johnson 3-16; Jess Trussell 2-42; Alan Busey 2-20. NM State-Clark, OJ 9-72; Bodison, Andre 2-23; Huntley, Jason 2-9; Nicholson, Tony 2-7; Adkins, Josh 2-6; Wyatt, Jared 1-33; Mills, Caleb 1-32.

INTERCEPTIONS: UTEP-None. NM State-Hodge Jr, R. 1-minus 8. FUMBLES: UTEP-Kai Locksley 1-1. NM State-None. SACKS (UA-A): UTEP-Josh Ortega 1-0. NM State-Yarberough, X. 1-0; Lopez, Roy 1-0; Vigne, Myles 1-0. TACKLES (UA-A): UTEP-Michael Lewis 4-8; Adrian Hynson 4-4; Stephen Forester 3-4; Jayson VanHook 1-5; Josh Ortega 2-3; Justin Rogers 3-1; Gabe Flynn 1-3; Kalaii Griffin 1-3; Dylan Parsee 0-4; Josh Caldwell 1-1; Praise Amaewhule 0-2; Jerome Wilson Jr. 0-2; Chris Richardson 0-2; Nathan Logoleo 1-0; Ray Walters 1-0; Duron Lowe 1-0; Denzel Chukwukelu 0-1; Joe Jay Smith 0-1. NM State-Phipps, Jared 10-4; Davis, Brennon 3-8; Fergurson, J. 2-9; Young, Matthew 1-9; Hodge Jr, R. 2-7; Cook, Chance 3-5; Vigne, Myles 1-4; McGraw II, R. 1-4; Lomax, Shamad 1-3; Wilcots II, C. 0-4; Lopez, Roy 1-2; Simmons Jr, J. 0-3; Yarberough, X. 2-0; Perkins, Austin 1-1; Gibson, C. 1-0; Downs III, R. 1-0; Price, Juwuan 1-0; Graves III, J. 0-1.

Stadium: Aggie Memorial Attendance: 21,584 Kickoff time: 2:07 pm End of Game: 5:30 pm Total elapsed time: 2:23 Officials: Referee: Ken Antee; Umpire: Chad Craig; Linesman: Bryan Baker; Line judge: Josiah Ford; Back judge: Larry Neal; Field judge: Chris Cockrell; Side judge: Tony Meyer; Center judge: Chris Burnette Temperature: 57 Wind: NNW, 4mph Weather: Clear Skies

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2019 UTEP Football 2019UTEP Overall TeamSTATISTICS Statistics (as of Nov 23, 2019) All games

Team Statistics UTEP OPP SCORING 219 401 Points Per Game 19.9 36.5 Points Off Turnovers 21 71 FIRST DOWNS 197 234 R u s h in g 89 95 P a s s in g 93 124 P e n a lt y 15 15 RUSHING YARDAGE 1559 2159 Yards gained rushing 1961 2294 Yards lost rushing 402 135 Rushing Attempts 406 396 Average Per Rush 3.8 5.5 Average Per Game 141.7 196.3 TDs Rushing 18 22 PASSING YARDAGE 2079 2640 C o m p - A t t - I n t 158-294-8 210-317-4 Average Per Pass 7.1 8.3 Average Per Catch 13.2 12.6 Average Per Game 189.0 240.0 TDs Passing 8 26 TOTAL OFFENSE 3638 4799 Total Plays 700 713 Average Per Play 5.2 6.7 Average Per Game 330.7 436.3 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 29-620 19-385 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 16-83 11-45 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 4-0 8-46 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 21.4 20.3 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 5.2 4.1 INT RETURN AVERAGE 0.0 5.8 FUMBLES-LOST 13-6 9-4 PENALTIES-Yards 72-668 60-545 Average Per Game 60.7 49.5 PUNTS-Yards 57-2228 35-1446 Average Per Punt 39.1 41.3 Net punt average 37.6 38.4 KICKOFFS-Yards 47-2708 77-4702 Average Per Kick 57.6 61.1 Net kick average 36.7 40.0 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3 2 : 0 5 2 7 : 5 5 3RD-DOWN Conversions 50/146 73/140 3rd-Down Pct 34% 52% 4TH-DOWN Conversions 17/23 9/10 4th-Down Pct 74% 90% SACKS BY-Yards 11-61 34-251 MISC YARDS 0 0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 27 50 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 12-14 17-20 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-2 0-0 RED-ZONE SCORES (31-37) 84% (45-50) 90% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (20-37) 54% (35-50) 70% PAT-ATTEMPTS (21-21) 100% (44-46) 96% ATTENDANCE 90782 158252 Games/Avg Per Game 5/18156 6/26375 Neutral Site Games 0/0

Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total UTEP 45 67 43 64 0 219 Opponents 83 138 86 94 0 401

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2019 UTEP Football 2019UTEP Overall STATISTICSIndividual Statistics (as of Nov 23, 2019) All games

Rushing gp-gs att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg Treyvon Hughes 11-10 154 684 31 653 4.2 12 42 59.4 Justin Garrett 13 78 6.0 0 18 Kai Locksley 10-6 114 657 185 472 4.1 5 63 47.2 Walter Dawn Jr. 2 0 0.0 0 0 Josh Fields 11-0 57 317 12 305 5.4 0 30 27.7 Ykili Ross 1 5 5.0 0 5 Brandon Jones 6 - 5 38 121 68 53 1.4 1 23 8.8 Total 16 83 5.2 0 18 Deion Hankins 2 - 0 9 43 2 41 4.6 0 21 20.5 Opponents 11 45 4.1 0 12 Reynaldo Flores 10-0 10 37 1 36 3.6 0 11 3.6 Kavika Johnson 9 - 0 3 32 0 32 10.7 0 17 3.6 Interceptions no. yds avg td lg Mitchell Crawford 11-0 1 26 0 26 26.0 0 26 2.4 Ykili Ross 2 0 0.0 0 0 Tre'Shon Wolf 11-11 3 21 0 21 7.0 0 18 1.9 Justin Rogers 1 0 0.0 0 0 Forest McKee 11-1 1 2 0 2 2.0 0 2 0.2 Michael Lewis 1 0 0.0 0 0 Gavin Hardison 1 - 0 10 21 20 1 0.1 0 9 1.0 Total 4 0 0.0 0 0 TEAM 8 - 0 6 0 83 -83 -13.8 0 0 -10.4 Opponents 8 46 5.8 1 26 Total 11 406 1961 402 1559 3.8 18 63 141.7 Opponents 11 396 2294 135 2159 5.5 22 78 196.3 Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg Walter Dawn Jr. 13 286 22.0 0 33 Passing gp-gs effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g Duron Lowe 11 281 25.5 1 100 Kai Locksley 10-6 121.15 95-169-5 56.2 1229 5 54 122.9 Josh Fields 4 54 13.5 0 24 Brandon Jones 6 - 5 115.35 47-87-3 54.0 628 2 80 104.7 James Tupou 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 Gavin Hardison 1 - 0 102.56 16-37-0 43.2 222 1 36 222.0 Total 29 620 21.4 1 100 TEAM 8 - 0 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Opponents 19 385 20.3 0 71 Total 11 116.68 158-294-8 53.7 2079 8 80 189.0 Opponents 11 160.74 210-317-4 66.2 2640 26 74 240.0 Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lg Justin Rogers 2 26 13.0 0 19 Receiving gp-gs no. yds avg td lg avg/g Total 2 26 13.0 0 19 Justin Garrett 11-3 34 377 11.1 2 35 34.3 Opponents 2 23 11.5 1 19 Tre'Shon Wolf 11-11 32 397 12.4 2 80 36.1 Jacob Cowing 11-7 24 494 20.6 3 54 44.9 Alan Busey 11-9 17 239 14.1 1 32 21.7 Jess Trussell 11-8 13 177 13.6 0 37 16.1 Devaughn Cooper 4 - 1 10 147 14.7 0 35 36.8 Kavika Johnson 9 - 0 10 78 7.8 0 18 8.7 Reynaldo Flores 10-0 5 63 12.6 0 29 6.3 Walter Dawn Jr. 11-1 5 58 11.6 0 19 5.3 Josh Fields 11-0 5 7 1.4 0 9 0.6 Forest McKee 11-1 1 40 40.0 0 40 3.6 Trent Thompson 11-1 1 2 2.0 0 2 0.2 James Tupou 11-2 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 Total 11 158 2079 13.2 8 80 189.0 Opponents 11 210 2640 12.6 26 74 240.0

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2019 UTEP Football 2019UTEP Overall IndividualSTATISTICS Statistics (as of Nov 23, 2019) All games

PAT Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g Treyvon Hughes 12 ------72 Kai Locksley 10 283 472 1229 1701 170.1 Gavin Baechle - 12-14 21-21 - - - - - 57 Brandon Jones 6 125 53 628 681 113.5 Kai Locksley 5 - - - - 0-3 - - 30 Treyvon Hughes 11 154 653 0 653 59.4 Jacob Cowing 3 ------18 Josh Fields 11 57 305 0 305 27.7 Justin Garrett 2 ------12 Gavin Hardison 1 47 1 222 223 223.0 Tre'Shon Wolf 2 ------12 Deion Hankins 2 9 41 0 41 20.5 Duron Lowe 1 ------6 Reynaldo Flores 10 10 36 0 36 3.6 Alan Busey 1 ------6 Kavika Johnson 9 3 32 0 32 3.6 Brandon Jones 1 - - - - 0-2 - - 6 Mitchell Crawford 11 1 26 0 26 2.4 Total 27 12-14 21-21 - - 0-5 - - 219 Tre'Shon Wolf 11 3 21 0 21 1.9 Opponents 50 17-20 44-46 - 1 1-4 - 2 401 Forest McKee 11 1 2 0 2 0.2 TEAM 8 7 -83 0 -83 -10.4 Total 11 700 1559 2079 3638 330.7 Opponents 11 713 2159 2640 4799 436.3

Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk Gavin Baechle 12-14 85.7 0-0 4-4 4-4 4-6 0-0 46 0 Mitchell Crawford 55 2195 39.9 61 2 11 11 8 1 TEAM 2 33 16.5 33 0 0 0 0 1 FG Sequence UTEP Opponents Total 57 2228 39.1 61 2 11 11 8 2 Houston Baptist (30),(21),(35) 23,(47),(23) Opponents 35 1446 41.3 55 1 4 7 4 0 Texas Tech 47,(45) (45) Nevada - (27) Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob retn net ydln Southern Miss (28),(46) (38),42 Gavin Baechle 39 2245 57.6 21 0 UTSA (37) (23),(43) Brady Viles 8 463 57.9 3 0 FIU (23) (32),(34),(46) Total 47 2708 57.6 24 0 20.3 36.7 28 Louisiana Tech - - Opponents 77 4702 61.1 40 3 21.4 40.0 24 North Texas - (44) Charlotte - (45),(34) UAB (41) (35),(36),(27) New Mexico State (34),(21),47,(42) 32,(53)

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#ELPASOSTRONG 2019 MINER FOOTBALL 23 GAME 12: UTEP vs. RICE

2019 UTEP Football 2019UTEP OverallSTATISTICS Defensive Statistics (as of Nov 23, 2019) All games

Tackles Sacks Pass defense Fumbles blkd ## Defensive Leaders gp-gs ua a tot tfl/yds no-yds int-yds brup qbh rcv-yds ff kick saf 2 Michael Lewis 11-11 51 42 93 2.0-7 . 1-0 1 . 1-0 1 . . 13 Justin Rogers 11-11 46 22 68 . . 1-0 2 . 3-26 1 . . 12 Adrian Hynson 11-6 38 16 54 2.0-11 1.0-9 . 2 . . . . . 22 Josh Caldwell 10-10 35 15 50 . . . 11 . . . . . 5 Sione Tupou 9-8 22 26 48 . . . . 2 . . . . 9 Jayson VanHook 11-11 28 17 45 4.0-13 1.0-2 . . 2 . . . . 6P Dylan Parsee 9-6 11 19 30 0.5-1 . . 1 . . . . . 21 Justin Prince 4-4 18 9 27 2.5-2 . . 1 . . . . . 97 Josh Ortega 11-5 11 16 27 3.0-11 2.0-5 . 1 3 . . . . 99 Chris Richardson 10-10 12 14 26 0.5-2 . . 1 1 . . . . 23 Praise Amaewhule 11-7 14 11 25 5.0-24 3.0-20 . 3 3 . . . . 29 Duron Lowe 11-11 19 5 24 . . . 6 . . 1 . . 47 Stephen Forester 11-2 17 6 23 3.0-6 1.0-4 . . 1 . . . . 1C Denzel Chukwukelu 11-9 13 8 21 5.0-17 3.0-15 . 2 1 . 1 . . 43 Ykili Ross 8-1 6 9 15 . . 2-0 ...... 3L Nathan Logoleo 8-2 9 6 15 2.5-5 . . . 2 . . . . 1 Joe Jay Smith 10-3 7 7 14 1.0-3 . . 1 . . . . . 10 Dy'vonne Inyang 11-0 9 5 14 ...... 59 Dedrick Simpson 11-2 7 7 14 2.0-8 1.0-6 . . 1 . 1 1 . 7G Kalaii Griffin 4-1 5 8 13 1.5-2 . . . 1 . . . . 16 Gabe Flynn 11-0 4 7 11 ...... 85 Sani Buckingham 6-0 3 . 3 . . . . 1 . . . . 90 Dakari Bickham 3-0 3 . 3 ...... 27 Elijah Ruiz 5-0 2 1 3 ...... 11 Tre'Shon Wolf 11-11 1 2 3 ...... 4 Jerome Wilson Jr. 3-0 . 2 2 ...... 32 Christian Johnson 5-0 1 1 2 1.0-4 . . . 1 . . . . 20 Ray Walters 7-0 1 1 2 ...... 1T DJ Turner 7-0 1 1 2 0.5-2 ...... 30 Deaumonjae Banks 4-0 1 1 2 ...... TM TEAM 8-0 . 2 2 ...... 15 Tiano Tialavea 7-0 . 1 1 ...... 31 James Tupou 11-2 1 . 1 ...... 57 Barron Wortham Jr. 4-0 1 . 1 ...... 7 Kavika Johnson 9-0 1 . 1 ...... 73 Bobby DeHaro 11-11 1 . 1 ...... 1L Kai Locksley 10-6 1 . 1 ...... 17 Justin Garrett 11-3 . 1 1 ...... Total 11 400 288 688 36-118 11-61 4-0 32 19 4-26 5 1 . Opponents 11 363 357 720 69-331 34-251 8-46 41 27 6-23 6 2 2

24 2019 MINER FOOTBALL #ELPASOSTRONG GAME 12: UTEP vs. RICE 2019 STATISTICS 2019 UTEP Football 2019 UTEP Football UTEP Game Superlatives (as of Nov 23, 2019) UTEP Game Superlatives (as of Nov 23, 2019) All games All games INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS TEAM GAME HIGHS INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS TEAM GAME HIGHS

Rushes 23 Treyvon Hughes vs Houston Baptist (Aug 31, 2019) Rushes 47 vs Nevada (Sep 21, 2019) Yards Rushing 144 Treyvon Hughes vs Houston Baptist (Aug 31, 2019) Yards Rushing 240 vs Houston Baptist (Aug 31, 2019) TD Rushes 3 Treyvon Hughes at North Texas (Nov 02, 2019) Yards Per Rush 5.2 vs Houston Baptist (Aug 31, 2019) Long Rush 63 Kai Locksley at Southern Miss (Sep 28, 2019) TD Rushes 3 vs Houston Baptist (Aug 31, 2019) Pass attempts 38 Kai Locksley at New Mexico State (Nov 23, 2019) 3 vs Nevada (Sep 21, 2019) Pass completions 24 Kai Locksley at New Mexico State (Nov 23, 2019) 3 at North Texas (Nov 02, 2019) Yards Passing 358 Kai Locksley at New Mexico State (Nov 23, 2019) TD Passes 2 Kai Locksley at New Mexico State (Nov 23, 2019) Pass attempts 41 at UAB (Nov 16, 2019) Long Pass 80 Brandon Jones vs Houston Baptist (Aug 31, 2019) Pass completions 24 at New Mexico State (Nov 23, 2019) Receptions 11 Justin Garrett at North Texas (Nov 02, 2019) Yards Passing 358 at New Mexico State (Nov 23, 2019) Yards Receiving 145 Jacob Cowing vs Charlotte (Nov 09, 2019) Yards Per Pass 13.4 vs Houston Baptist (Aug 31, 2019) TD Receptions 1 Tre'Shon Wolf vs Houston Baptist (Aug 31, 2019) TD Passes 2 at New Mexico State (Nov 23, 2019) 1 Tre'Shon Wolf vs UTSA (Oct 05, 2019) Total Plays 78 at New Mexico State (Nov 23, 2019) 1 Jacob Cowing at FIU (Oct 19, 2019) Total Offense 557 at New Mexico State (Nov 23, 2019) 1 Jacob Cowing vs Louisiana Tech (Oct 26, 2019) Yards Per Play 7.7 vs Houston Baptist (Aug 31, 2019) 1 Justin Garrett vs Charlotte (Nov 09, 2019) Points 36 vs Houston Baptist (Aug 31, 2019) 1 Alan Busey at UAB (Nov 16, 2019) 1 Jacob Cowing at New Mexico State (Nov 23, 2019) Sacks By 2 vs Houston Baptist (Aug 31, 2019) 1 Justin Garrett at New Mexico State (Nov 23, 2019) 2 vs Louisiana Tech (Oct 26, 2019) Long Reception 80 Tre'Shon Wolf vs Houston Baptist (Aug 31, 2019) First Downs 27 at New Mexico State (Nov 23, 2019) Field Goals 3 Gavin Baechle vs Houston Baptist (Aug 31, 2019) Penalties 10 at FIU (Oct 19, 2019) 3 Gavin Baechle at New Mexico State (Nov 23, 2019) Penalty Yards 106 at FIU (Oct 19, 2019) Long Field Goal 46 Gavin Baechle at Southern Miss (Sep 28, 2019) Turnovers 3 vs Nevada (Sep 21, 2019) Punts 10 Mitchell Crawford at Texas Tech (Sep 07, 2019) 3 vs Louisiana Tech (Oct 26, 2019) Punting Avg 46.2 Mitchell Crawford at FIU (Oct 19, 2019) Interceptions By 1 at Texas Tech (Sep 07, 2019) Long Punt 61 Mitchell Crawford at FIU (Oct 19, 2019) 1 vs Nevada (Sep 21, 2019) Punts inside 20 3 Mitchell Crawford at Southern Miss (Sep 28, 2019) 1 vs Louisiana Tech (Oct 26, 2019) Long Punt Return 18 Justin Garrett at North Texas (Nov 02, 2019) Long Kickoff Return 100 Duron Lowe at North Texas (Nov 02, 2019) 1 vs Charlotte (Nov 09, 2019) Tackles 14 Michael Lewis vs Louisiana Tech (Oct 26, 2019) Punts 10 at Texas Tech (Sep 07, 2019) Sacks 1.0 Praise Amaewhule vs Houston Baptist (Aug 31, 2019) Punting Avg 46.2 at FIU (Oct 19, 2019) 1.0 Dedrick Simpson vs Houston Baptist (Aug 31, 2019) Long Punt 61 at FIU (Oct 19, 2019) 1.0 Josh Ortega vs Houston Baptist (Aug 31, 2019) Punts inside 20 3 at Southern Miss (Sep 28, 2019) 1.0 Denzel Chukwukelu at Texas Tech (Sep 07, 2019) Long Punt Return 18 at North Texas (Nov 02, 2019) 1.0 Praise Amaewhule at Southern Miss (Sep 28, 2019) 1.0 Denzel Chukwukelu vs UTSA (Oct 05, 2019) 1.0 Denzel Chukwukelu vs Louisiana Tech (Oct 26, 2019) 1.0 Adrian Hynson vs Louisiana Tech (Oct 26, 2019) 1.0 Praise Amaewhule at North Texas (Nov 02, 2019) 1.0 Jayson VanHook vs Charlotte (Nov 09, 2019) 1.0 Stephen Forester at UAB (Nov 16, 2019) 1.0 Josh Ortega at New Mexico State (Nov 23, 2019) Tackles For Loss 2.0 Praise Amaewhule at Southern Miss (Sep 28, 2019) 2.0 Denzel Chukwukelu vs UTSA (Oct 05, 2019) 2.0 Stephen Forester at UAB (Nov 16, 2019) 2.0 Josh Ortega at New Mexico State (Nov 23, 2019) Interceptions 1 Ykili Ross at Texas Tech (Sep 07, 2019) 1 Ykili Ross vs Nevada (Sep 21, 2019) 1 Justin Rogers vs Louisiana Tech (Oct 26, 2019) 1 Michael Lewis vs Charlotte (Nov 09, 2019)

#ELPASOSTRONG 2019 MINER FOOTBALL 25 GAME 12: UTEP vs. RICE 2019 PARTICIPATION

Name GP/GS HBU TT NEV USM UTSA FIU LA TECH UNT CHA UAB NMSU RICE 23 AMAEWHULE, P. 11/7 START XXX START XXX START START START START XXX START XXX 40 BAECHLE, Gavin 11/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX 30 BANKS, D. 4/- XXX XXX XXX XXX ...... 90 BICKHAM, Dakari 3/- ... XXX XXX ...... XXX ...... 44 BOSTON, Tanner 11/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX 1B BROWNHOLTZ, C. 8/- ... XXX ... XXX XXX XXX ... XXX XXX XXX XXX 87 BUCKINGHAM, C. 5/- ...... XXX XXX XXX ...... XXX XXX 85 BUCKINGHAM,Sani 6/- ... XXX XXX ...... XXX XXX XXX XXX ... 9B BUSEY, Alan 11/9 START XXX START XXX START START START START START START START 63 BYERS, Jeremiah 1/1 ...... START ... 22 CALDWELL, Josh 10/10 START START ... START START START START START START START START 1C CHUKWUKELU, D. 11/9 START START START XXX START START START START START XXX START 2C COOPER,Devaughn 4/1 XXX XXX XXX START ...... 6 COWING, Jacob 11/7 START XXX START START START START XXX START XXX START XXX 46 CRAWFORD, M. 11/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX 26 DAWN JR, Walter 11/1 XXX START XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX 73 DEHARO, Bobby 11/11 START START START START START START START START START START START 2F FIELDS, Josh 11/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX 24 FLORES, R. 10/- XXX XXX ... XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX 16 FLYNN, Gabe 11/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX 47 FORESTER,S. 11/2 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX START START 17 GARRETT, Justin 11/3 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX START START START 65 GATEWOOD,Derron 11/11 START START START START START START START START START START START 7G GRIFFIN, Kalaii 4/1 START ...... XXX XXX XXX 61 GUERRA, Ruben 6/5 START START START START XXX START ...... 33 HANKINS, Deion 2/- ...... XXX XXX ... 1H HARDISON, Gavin 1/- ...... XXX ... 68 HENRY, Zuri 11/9 START START START START START START XXX XXX START START START 74 HOSSEINI, Bijan 6/- XXX XXX XXX ...... XXX XXX XXX 19 HUGHES, Treyvon 11/10 START START START XXX START START START START START START START 12 HYNSON, Adrian 11/6 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX START START START START START START 10 INYANG,Dy’vonne 11/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX 3 JAMES, Ty’reke 2/- XXX XXX ...... 3S JENKINS, Savien 2/- ...... XXX XXX ...... 32 JOHNSON, C. 5/- ... XXX ... XXX ...... XXX XXX XXX ...... 7 JOHNSON, Kavika 9/- XXX XXX ... XXX ... XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX 8 JONES, Brandon 6/5 START START START START XXX START ...... 3J JOSEPH, Jalen 3/- ...... XXX XXX XXX 79 KLEIN, Elijah 7/5 ...... XXX XXX START ...... START START START START 70 LAZARIN, Robert 8/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX ... XXX ...... XXX XXX 76 LEE, Darta 8/4 XXX XXX ...... XXX XXX START START START ... START 2 LEWIS, Michael 11/11 START START START START START START START START START START START 1L LOCKSLEY, Kai 10/6 ... XXX XXX XXX START XXX START START START START START 3L LOGOLEO, Nathan 8/2 XXX ...... XXX START XXX START XXX ... XXX XXX 77 LONG, Greg 8/8 START START START START START START START START ...... 29 LOWE, Duron 11/11 START START START START START START START START START START START 69 LUJAN, Markos 3/1 ...... XXX START XXX ...... 35 MCKEE, Forest 11/1 XXX START XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX 75 MEYER, Andrew 10/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX ... XXX XXX 3M MITCHELL, C. 3/- ...... XXX XXX XXX 97 ORTEGA, Josh 11/5 XXX START XXX START XXX XXX XXX XXX START START START 6P PARSEE, Dylan 9/6 XXX ...... XXX START START XXX START START START START 78 PERALES, Jaime 8/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX ... XXX ...... XXX XXX 21 PRINCE, Justin 4/4 START START START START ...... 99 RICHARDSON, C. 10/10 START START START START START START START ... START START START 13 ROGERS, Justin 11/11 START START START START START START START START START START START 43 ROSS, Ykili 8/1 XXX XXX START ... XXX XXX XXX XXX ...... XXX 27 RUIZ, Elijah 5/- XXX XXX ...... XXX ... XXX XXX ...... 59 SIMPSON,Dedrick 11/2 XXX XXX START XXX XXX XXX XXX START XXX XXX XXX 1 SMITH, Joe Jay 10/3 START START XXX START ... XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX 45 THOMPSON, Trent 11/1 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX START XXX XXX XXX XXX 15 TIALAVEA, Tiano 7/- XXX XXX XXX XXX ...... XXX ... XXX XXX 84 TRUSSELL, Jess 11/8 START START START START START XXX START XXX START XXX START 31 TUPOU, James 11/2 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX START XXX START XXX XXX XXX 5 TUPOU, Sione 9/8 XXX START START START START START START START START ...... 1T TURNER, DJ 7/- ... XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX ...... 9 VANHOOK, Jayson 11/11 START START START START START START START START START START START 8V VILES, Brady 2/- ...... XXX XXX ...... 51 WALLERSTEDT, C. 1/- ...... XXX ...... 20 WALTERS, Ray 7/- XXX ... XXX XXX ... XXX ...... XXX XXX XXX 1J WILSON JR, J. 3/- ...... XXX XXX XXX 14 WILSON, Tyson 11/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX 11 WOLF, Tre’shon 11/11 START START START START START START START START START START START 57 WORTHAM JR, B. 4/- XXX XXX ...... XXX XXX ......

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OPPONENT LT LG C RG RT WR WR WR TE RB QB HOUSTON BAPTIST Henry DeHaro Gatewood Guerra Long Wolf Cowing Busey Trussell Hughes Jones at Texas Tech Henry DeHaro Gatewood Guerra Long Wolf Dawn McKee (FB) Trussell Hughes Jones NEVADA Henry DeHaro Gatewood Guerra Long Wolf Cowing Busey Trussell Hughes Jones at Southern Miss Henry DeHaro Gatewood Guerra Long Wolf Cowing Cooper Trussell Fields Jones UTSA Henry DeHaro Gatewood Klein Long Wolf Cowing Busey Trussell Hughes Locksley at FIU Henry DeHaro Gatewood Guerra Long Wolf Cowing Busey J. Tupou (FB) Hughes Jones LOUISIANA TECH Lee DeHaro Gatewood Lujan Long Wolf Busey Thompson (FB) Trussell Hughes Locksley at North Texas Lee DeHaro Gatewood Klein Long Wolf Busey Cowing J. Tupou (FB) Hughes Locksley CHARLOTTE Lee DeHaro Gatewood Klein Henry Wolf Busey Garrett Trussell Hughes Locksley at UAB Henry DeHaro Gatewood Klein Byers Wolf Busey Cowing Garrett (WR) Hughes Locksley at NM State Lee DeHaro Gatewood Klein Henry Wolf Busey Garrett Trussell Hughes Locksley RICE

DEFENSE

OPPONENT DE NT DE LB LB LB CB S S S CB HOUSTON BAPTIST Chukwukelu Richardson Amaewhule Smith VanHook Griffin Caldwell Lewis Rogers Prince Lowe at Texas Tech Chukwukelu Richardson Ortega Smith VanHook S. Tupou Caldwell Lewis Rogers Prince Lowe NEVADA Chukwukelu Richardson Simpson (DT) Amaewhule VanHook S. Tupou Ross Lewis Rogers Prince Lowe at Southern Miss Chukwukelu Richardson Ortega Smith VanHook S. Tupou Caldwell Lewis Rogers Prince Lowe UTSA Chukwukelu Richardson Amaewhule Logoleo VanHook S. Tupou Caldwell Lewis Rogers Parsee Lowe at FIU Chukwukelu Richardson Amaewhule Parsee VanHook S. Tupou Caldwell Lewis Rogers Hynson Lowe LOUISIANA TECH Chukwukelu Richardson Amaewhule Logoleo VanHook S. Tupou Caldwell Lewis Rogers Hynson Lowe at North Texas Chukwukelu Simpson Amaewhule Parsee VanHook S. Tupou Caldwell Lewis Rogers Hynson Lowe CHARLOTTE Chukwukelu Richardson Ortega Parsee VanHook S. Tupou Caldwell Lewis Rogers Hynson Lowe at UAB Amaewhule Richardson Ortega Parsee VanHook S. Forester Caldwell Lewis Rogers Hynson Lowe at NM State Chukwukelu Richardson Ortega Parsee VanHook S. Forester Caldwell Lewis Rogers Hynson Lowe RICE

#ELPASOSTRONG 2019 MINER FOOTBALL 27 GAME 12: UTEP vs. RICE UTEP INDIVIDUAL CAREER HIGHS

PRAISE AMAEWHULE (DL) Receiving yards �� 145, vs. Charlotte (11/9/19) STEPHEN FORESTER (LB) Tackles ��4, at Southern Miss (9/28/19) Long reception ��54, vs. LA Tech (10/26/19) Tackles �� 11, at UAB (11/16/19) Sacks �� 1.0, 3x, Last at North Texas (11/2/19) Receiving TDs �� 1, 2x, Last vs. LA Tech (10/26/19) Sacks �� 1.0, at UAB (11/16/19) Tackles for loss �� 2.0, at Southern Miss (9/28/19) All-purpose yards �� 145, vs. Charlotte (11/9/19) Tackles for loss �� 2.0, at UAB (11/16/19) Pass Breakups ��1, 3x, Last vs. Charlotte (11/9/19) QB Hurries �� 1, at UAB (11/16/19) QB Hurries �� 1, 2x, Last at North Texas (11/2/19) MITCHELL CRAWFORD (P) Punt Attempts ��12, at Tennessee (9/15/18) JUSTIN GARRETT (WR) RONALD AWATT (RB) Punt Yards �� 471, at Tennessee (9/15/18) Receptions �� 11, at North Texas (11/2/19) Rush Attempts �� 3, at Southern Miss (10/14/17) Longest Punt �� 66, vs. USM (11/24/18) Receiving Yards �� 77, at North Texas (11/2/19) Rushing Yards �� 8, at Oklahoma (9/2/17) Rush Attempts ��1, at UAB (11/16/19) Long Reception �� 28, vs. UTSA (10/5/19) Long Rush �� 6, at Oklahoma (9/2/17) Rushing Yards ��26, at UAB (11/16/19) All-purpose yards ��95, at North Texas (11/2/19) Total Offense Att. �� 3, at Southern Miss (10/14/17) Long Rush ��26, at UAB (11/16/19) Punt returns �� 2, at Southern Miss (9/28/19) Total Offense Yds. �� 8, at Oklahoma (9/2/17) Punt return yards �� 18, at North Texas (11/2/19) All-Purpose Yards �� 8, at Oklahoma (9/2/17) WALTER DAWN JR. (WR) Long punt return �� 18, at North Texas (11/2/19) Tackles �� 2, at LA Tech (10/20/18) Points Scored �� 18, at UTSA (10/22/16) Touchdowns �� 3, at UTSA (10/22/16) KALAII GRIFFIN (LB) GAVIN BAECHLE (K/P) Rush Attempts �� 7, at Oklahoma (9/2/17) Tackles �� 5, 2x, Last vs. MT (11/10/18) Points scored �� 12, HBU (8/31/19) Rushing Yards �� 56, at Oklahoma (9/2/17) Tackles for Loss ��1.0, vs. Charlotte (11/9/19) Kick PATs �� 3, 2x, Last vs. Nevada (9/21/19) Rushing TDs �� 2, at UTSA (10/22/16) Sacks �� 1.0, vs. LA Tech (11/18/17) Points by kicking �� 12, HBU (8/31/19) Long Rush �� 29, at Oklahoma (9/2/17) QB Hurries �� 1, vs. Charlotte (11/9/19) Field goals made ��3, HBU (8/31/19) Receptions ��4, vs. Arizona (9/15/17) Field goal attempts ��3, HBU (8/31/19) Receiving Yards �� 74, at UTSA (10/22/16) DEION HANKINS (RB) Longest field goal ��46, at Southern Miss (9/28/19) Receiving TDs �� 1, at UTSA (10/22/16) Rush attempts �� 6, vs. Charlotte (11/9/19) Long Reception �� 74, at UTSA (10/22/16) Rush yards �� 22, vs. Charlotte (11/9/19) DEAUMONJAE BANKS (DB) Total Offense Att. �� 7, at Oklahoma (9/2/17) Long rush �� 21, at UAB (11/16/19) Tackles �� 1, 2x, Last at Texas Tech (9/7/19) Total Offensive Yds. �� 56, at Oklahoma (9/2/17) Total offense attempts �� 6, vs. Charlotte (11/9/19) All-Purpose Yards ��112, at UTSA (10/22/16) Total offense yards �� 22, vs. Charlotte (11/9/19) DAKARI BICKHAM (DE) Kick Returns �� 4, 2x, Last at Southern Miss (9/28/19) All-purpose yards �� 22, vs. Charlotte (11/9/19) Tackles �� 2, vs. Charlotte (11/9/19) Kick Return Yds. �� 91, at Southern Miss (9/28/19) Long Kick Return ��33, vs. LA Tech (10/26/19) GAVIN HARDISON (QB) Receiving Yards �� 7, 2x, Last vs. WKU (10/7/17) CHRISTIAN BUCKINGHAM (DL) Rush attempts ��10, at UAB (11/16/19) Long Reception �� 7, vs. WKU (10/7/17) Tackles �� 3, at Army (9/30/17) Rush yards ��1, at UAB (11/16/19) Total Offense Attempts �� 15, vs. WKU (10/7/17) Long rush �� 9, at UAB (11/16/19) Total Offense Yards ��69, vs. WKU (10/7/17) SANI BUCKINGHAM (DL) Pass attempts ��37, at UAB (11/16/19) Punt Returns �� 1, 2x, Last at Southern Miss (9/28/19) Tackles �� 4, vs. Arizona (9/15/17) Pass completions ��16, at UAB (11/16/19) All-Purpose Yards �� 91, at Southern Miss (9/28/19) QB Hurries �� 1, vs. Charlotte (11/9/19) Pass yards ��222, at UAB (11/16/19) Pass TDs ��1, at UAB (11/16/19) ALAN BUSEY (WR) JOSH FIELDS (RB) Long pass �� 36, at UAB (11/16/19) Points Scored �� 6, 2x, Last vs. LA Tech (11/18/17) Receptions �� 3, 2x, Last vs. LA Tech (10/26/19) Total offense attempts ��47, at UAB (11/16/19) Touchdowns �� 1, 2x, Last vs. LA Tech (11/18/17) Receiving Yards �� 57, HBU (8/31/19) Total offense yards ��223, at UAB (11/16/19) Rush Attempts �� 23, vs. LA Tech (11/18/17) Long Reception ��32, HBU (8/31/19) All-purpose yards ��1, at UAB (11/16/19) Rushing Yards ��137, vs. LA Tech (11/18/17) All-Purpose Yards ��57, HBU (8/31/19) Rushing TDs �� 1, 2x, Last vs. LA Tech (11/18/17) Tackles �� 1, at UTSA (9/29/18) BRODERICK HARRELL (LB) Long Rush �� 30, vs. LA Tech (10/26/19) Tackles �� 5, 2x, last vs. USM (11/24/18) Receptions �� 2, 3x, Last at UAB (11/16/19) JOSH CALDWELL (DB) Receiving Yards ��25, at UAB (11/16/19) Tackles �� 7, 4x, Last vs. Charlotte (11/9/19) Long Reception �� 22, at LA Tech (10/20/18) TREYVON HUGHES (RB) Pass Breakups ��2, 3x, Last at North Texas (11/2/19) Points scored ��18, at North Texas (11/2/19) Total Offense Attempts �� 23, vs. LA Tech (11/18/17) Touchdowns �� 3, at North Texas (11/2/19) Total Offense Yards ��137, vs. LA Tech (11/18/17) Rush attempts ��23, HBU (8/31/19) DENZEL CHUKWUKELU (DL) All-Purpose Yards ��137, vs. LA Tech (11/18/17) Rush yards �� 144, HBU (8/31/19) Tackles �� 8, vs. UAB (10/27/18) Kick Returns �� 2, vs. UTSA (10/5/19) Rush TDs �� 3, at North Texas (11/2/19) Sacks ��2.0, at LA Tech (10/20/18) Kick Return Yards ��24, vs. LA Tech (10/26/19) Long rush �� 42, at North Texas (11/2/19) Tackles for Loss �� 2.0, 2x, Last vs. UTSA (10/5/19) Long Kick Return ��24, vs. LA Tech (10/26/19) Fumbles Forced �� 1, 2x, Last at Texas Tech (9/7/19) Receptions �� 3, at LA Tech (10/20/18) Receiving yards �� 18, at LA Tech (10/20/18) Pass Breakups ��1, 3x, Last vs. Charlotte (11/9/19) REYNALDO FLORES (RB) Blocked Kicks �� 1, 3x, Last vs. USM (11/24/18) Long reception ��14, at UNLV (9/8/18) Rush attempts �� 3, at FIU (10/19/19) Fumbles Recovered �� 1, at Tenn. (9/15/18) Total offense attempts ��23, HBU (8/31/19) Rush yards �� 20, at FIU (10/19/19) QB Hurries �� 1, vs. Charlotte (11/9/19) Total offense yards �� 144, HBU (8/31/19) Long rush ��11, at FIU (10/19/19) All-purpose yards �� 144, HBU (8/31/19) Receptions �� 2, vs. UTSA (10/5/19) Tackles ��11, RICE (9/9/17) DEVAUGHN COOPER (WR) Receiving Yards �� 34, vs. UTSA (10/5/19) Tackles for loss: ��0.5, UTSA (10/28/17) Receptions ��4, at Southern Miss (9/28/19) Long Reception �� 29, vs. UTSA (10/5/19) Receiving yards �� 51, at Southern Miss (9/28/19) Total offense attempts �� 3, at FIU (10/19/19) Long reception ��35, HBU (8/31/19) Total offense yards �� 20, at FIU (10/19/19) ADRIAN HYNSON (DB) Tackles �� 10, vs. UTSA (10/5/19) All-purpose yards �� 51, at Southern Miss (9/28/19) All-purpose yards �� 20, at FIU (10/19/19) Sacks �� 1.0, 2x, Last vs. LA Tech (10/26/19) JACOB COWING (WR) Tackles for loss �� 1.0, 3x, Last at North Texas (11/2/19) GABE FLYNN (LB) All-purpose yards �� 3, at Southern Miss (10/14/17) Points Scored �� 6, 2x, Last vs. LA Tech (10/26/19) Tackles ��2, 2x, Last at North Texas (11/2/19) Touchdowns �� 1, 2x, Last vs. LA Tech (10/26/19) Punt returns ��1, at Southern Miss (10/14/17) Receptions �� 6, vs. Charlotte (11/9/19) Punt return yards �� 3, at Southern Miss (10/14/17)

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