NCAAF Game Recap - Abilene Christian at UTEP
Sat Sep 19, 2020 9:00 PM EDT

Cit
0
Clem
49
F
SoFL
0
ND
52
F
Tuls
7
OkSt
16
F
APSU
20
Cin
55
F
UCF
49
GATec
21
F
MiaFL
47
Lou
34
F
ULLaf
34
GASt
31
F OT
App
7
Marsh
17
F
Syr
10
Pitt
21
F
Camp
21
CoCar
43
F
BC
26
Duke
6
F
Lib
30
W Ky
24
F
Navy
27
Tul
24
F
SFA
10
UTSA
24
F
Troy
47
MidTN
14
F
SMU
65
NorTx
35
F
TxSt
38
ULMon
17
F
LT
31
SMiss
30
F
Wake
42
NCSt
45
F
Abil
13
UTEP
17
F

UTEP 17, Abilene Christian 13

Sep 19, 2020, 9:00 PM EDT

Final

1

2

3

4

T

Abilene Christian (0-1)

7

0

3

3

13

UTEP (2-1)

0

10

0

7

17

Fields, Awatt run for TDs; UTEP beats Abilene Christian
Sun Sep 20, 2020 12:47 AM

EL PASO, Texas (AP) Josh Fields and Ronald Awatt each had a rushing touchdown to help UTEP beat Abilene Christian 17-13 on Saturday night.

Fields finished with 75 yards rushing on 17 carries. Jacob Cowing added eight receptions for 110 yards for UTEP (2-1).

Awatt's 4-yard touchdown gave the Miners the lead for good early in the fourth quarter.

Gavin Baechle made a 27-yard field goal midway through the second quarter and, after an Abilene Christian fumble, Cowing had a 51-yard reception to set up a 5-yard scoring run by Fields to make it 10-7 with 6:18 left in the first half.

Jermiah Dobbins scored on a 9-yard run in the first quarter and Blair Zepeda made field goals of 29 and 39 yards for Abilene Christian (1-0).

Passing

Abil Att Cmp % TD-Pa Yds-Pa LgPa Int Rat
P. Mansell 20 13 65.0 0 197 49 0 97.3
S. Davis 2 1 50.0 0 7 7 0 58.3
UTEP Att Cmp % TD-Pa Yds-Pa LgPa Int Rat
G. Hardison 25 15 60.0 0 195 51 0 84.6

Rushing

Abil Att Yds-Ru Avg LgRu TDRu
T. White 11 41 3.7 10 0
J. Dobbins 9 36 4.0 11 1
UTEP Att Yds-Ru Avg LgRu TDRu
J. Fields 17 75 4.4 15 1
R. Awatt 5 19 3.8 5 1

Receiving

Abil Rec Yds-Rc Avg LgRc TD-Rc
T. Williams 2 77 38.5 49 0
L. McConnell 3 44 14.7 43 0
UTEP Rec Yds-Rc Avg LgRc TD-Rc
J. Cowing 8 110 13.8 51 0
J. Garrett 3 57 19.0 36 0

Fumbles

Abil F FL
T. White 1 1
P. Mansell 1 1
UTEP F FL
G. Hardison 1 0

Returning

Abil KR Avg KRTD LgKR PR Avg TD LgPR
D. Johnson 2 16.5 0 27 0 0 0
J. Brooks-Wess 0 0 0 1 27.0 0 0
UTEP KR Avg KRTD LgKR PR Avg TD LgPR
J. Garrett 1 25.0 0 25 1 -1.0 0 0

Punting

Abil Punt Yds Avg LgPu
L. Burke 4 143 35.8 43
UTEP Punt Yds Avg LgPu
J. Sloan 5 193 38.6 47

Takeaways

Team Stats Comparison

Abil UTEP
Points For 13 17
Total Yards 308 293
Rushing Yards 104 98
Passing Yards 204 195
Passing Completions / Attempts 14/22 15/25
Turnovers 2 0
Interceptions Thrown 0 0
Fumbles - Lost 3/2 1/0
First Downs 15 17
Penalties - Yards 6/56 4/58
Time Of Possession 02:02 58:58
Third Down Conversions/Attempts 2/12 4/12
Fourth Down Conversions/Attempts 2/3 1/2
Punts - Average Yards 0/0 0/0

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter Abil UTEP
Abil 05:57 TD Jermiah Dobbins 2 yd run (Blair Zepeda kick) 7 0
2nd Quarter Abil UTEP
UTEP 06:29 FG Gavin Baechle 27 yd FG 7 3
UTEP 08:42 TD Joshua Fields 5 yd run (Gavin Baechle kick) 7 10
3rd Quarter Abil UTEP
Abil 08:02 FG Blair Zepeda 29 yd FG 10 10
4th Quarter Abil UTEP
UTEP 00:48 TD Ronald Awatt 4 yd run (Gavin Baechle kick) 10 17
Abil 09:41 FG Blair Zepeda 39 yd FG 13 17

Game Information

Stadium: Sun Bowl, El Paso, Texas
Attendance: 6,056
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