EL PASO, Texas — UTEP lost 27-15 to Wyoming on Saturday night at the Sun Bowl in El Paso, as the Cowboys piled up 443 yards and scored 14 points off two Miner turnovers.
The defeat dropped UTEP to 1-9 on the season and 0-6 in Mountain West play. Wyoming improved to 7-3 and 6-1 to move into first place in the league, extending its winning streak to five games.
The Miners struck first. Quarterback Raymond Moore III broke free for an 80-yard touchdown run with 8:11 left in the opening quarter, but a bad snap on the extra point left UTEP ahead 6-0. Moore finished with 164 rushing yards.
Wyoming took control from there. A 93-yard drive finished when running back Markell Holman threw a 4-yard scoring pass to Landon Pace on a trick play. After UTEP fumbled a snap on a punt and gave the ball up on downs at its own 21, the Cowboys scored on the next snap. Samuel Harris added a 33-yard touchdown run on fourth-and-1, and a field goal sent Wyoming to the locker room up 18 points.
UTEP pulled within 24-15 in the second half. Carlos Arreola made a 55-yard field goal late in the third quarter, and Elijah McCoy scored on a 1-yard run after a Wyoming fumble, though the two-point try failed. UTEP later missed a 37-yard field goal, and Wyoming answered with a 42-yard kick by Erik Sandvik to close the scoring.
Backup Wyoming quarterback Landon Sims, starting for an injured Tyler Hughes, went 19-of-25 for 289 yards. Harris totaled 66 rushing yards and 82 receiving yards with two scores, and tight end Kyle Frendt had 113 receiving yards on four grabs.
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