UTSA (2-3, 1-1 C-USA) rushed for 320 yards as a team and contained the Miners (1-4, 0-2 C-USA) offense to 280 yards of total offense on the night, as the Roadrunners sped off to a 26-16 win over UTEP on homecoming night.
UTEP (1-3) is back in the Sun City for conference play in a homecoming game against UTSA (1-3). See who is picking who to win and why on First and Ten.
A handful of weeks in the books and Conference USA football is still as wide open as it can be. Week five brings a couple of league games and three games against American Athletic Conference programs.
After their loss to UTSA on Thursday, UTEP will have a quick turnaround on Saturday as they take on the Roadrunners in hopes to snap their four-game losing streak to UTSA.
After a slow start, players getting foul trouble early on, hitting 18 turnovers and shooting just 11.8 percent from 3-point range, their 75-60 loss to UTSA seemed unavoidable on Thursday night.
This year for Rodney Terry and his staff features a long journey of firsts. And tonight will be the first opportunity to see how the Miners stack up in C-USA for the new regimes' inaugural game in the league.