Treyvon Hughes shined for the UTEP football team, but other than the senior running back, there were few offensive standouts in their 52-26 loss to North Texas.
Once again, UTEP's offensive performance was a mixed bag doomed by penalties in their 32-17 road loss to Florida International University Saturday night.
The Nevada Wolfpack capitalized on three UTEP interceptions and scored twice in the fourth quarter to outlast the Miners 37-21 in front of 10,493 fans at the Sun Bowl.
From the Miners' run game to the Red Raiders vigorous' air-raid attack, see who the guys at 600 ESPN El Paso have coming out on top in the week two matchup.
Texas Tech hosts UTEP Saturday night and the Miners will try and slow down the Red Raiders offense after posting 691 yards and 49 points against Montana State.
The undefeated Miners (1-0)—been a while since you could call the Miners “undefeated”—will hit the road this week to face Texas Tech (1-0) on Saturday, Sept. 7, at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock.
Some will argue that UTEP narrowly defeated one of the worst teams in FCS by a score of 36-34 as a 17-point favorite, but when you haven't won a game at home in 3 years, then any win is a damn nice way to start the season. With the victory also came a stunning performance by converted senior running back Treyvon Hughes, who torched HBU for 144 yards on 23 carries and two touchdowns on the night..