Dakota Warren missed a 45-yard field goal at the end of that drive, but Oklahoma's first offensive possession resulted in a touchdown for the Miners when Richard Spencer blocked Tress Way's punt and Jeffrey ran it in 24 yards to give UTEP a surprising 7-0 lead after Oklahoma had scored 89 straight p
not able to sustain a drive all night. They were 3-for-15 converting third downs and 0-for-2 on fourth down. They also shot themselves in the foot. Dakota Warren missed a pair of field goals, and Steven Valadez missed another. All three misses came at times when the Miners could have taken the lead.
Leilyon Myers scored on a 4-yard run, Meger threw a 24-yard TD pass to Anthony McGhee to finish a nine-play, 88-yard march and Dakota Warren capped a 15,play, six-minute drive with a 24-yard field goal for UTEP, which gained 234 yards in the opening half and finished with 339.