Final
Buckram scores 2 TDS as UTEP beats Tulsa 28-24
Oct 22, 2009 - 4:42 AM EL PASO, Texas(AP) -- Donald Buckram ran for 165 yards and two touchdowns, including the go-ahead score with 29 seconds left in the game, to help UTEP beat Conference USA rival Tulsa 28-24 on Wednesday night.Buckram's two touchdowns were the final scores of the game, one coming with 6:25 left to play and the other a 3-yard run with less than 30 seconds left. Junior quarterback Trevor Vittatoe threw for 271 yards, including one TD - an 80-yard pass to Donovan Kemp in the first quarter.
UTEP went into the game ranked 119th nationally in total defense (493 yards per game), 115th in pass defense (277.3 ypg) and 109th in scoring defense (34.9 points per game).
But the Miners managed to hold Tulsa quarterback G.J. Kinne to just 192 yards passing and sacked him five times. Kinne scored one TD on a one-yard run early in the fourth quarter. Charles Clay and A.J. Whitmore also each scored touchdowns for the Golden Hurricane (4-3, 2-1 C-USA).
UTEP (3-4, 2-1) came out strong, leading 13-0 after the first quarter, thanks to Vittatoe's touchdown and field goals from Logan Barrett. But the Miners didn't score again until Buckram's TDs in the fourth quarter, watching as Tulsa scored 24 straight points.
Whitmore had a 19-yard TD run early in the second quarter, leaving the Miners with a 13-7 lead at halftime. The Golden Hurricane also had one-yard TD runs from Clay and Kinne and a 24-yard field goal from Kevin Fitzpatrick, and took a 24-13 lead with 12:37 remaining.
Buckram then scored on a 3-yard run, and UTEP scored a two-point conversion to make it 24-21.
Tulsa was coming off a close loss at home to No. 5 Boise State and piled up 791 yards of offense in last year's meeting with the Miners.
- NCAAF FINAL
1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
TULSA 0 7 10 7 24
UTEP 13 0 0 15 28 FINAL
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: UTEP - FG, LOGAN BARRETT 32 YD, 2:43.
UTEP 3-0
UTEP - FG, LOGAN BARRETT 40 YD, 6:20.
UTEP 6-0
UTEP - TD, DONAVON KEMP 80 YD PASS FROM
TREVOR VITTATOE (LOGAN
BARRETT KICK),
Oct 21 11:20 PM - NCAAF
TULSA 24
UTEP 28 0:00 LEFT, 4TH QTR
Oct 21 11:20 PM
TD UTEP DONALD BUCKRAM 3 YD RUN (LOGAN BARRETT KICK)
Tulsa 24, Texas-El Paso 28 4th - 0:28Oct 21 11:15 PM
TD UTEP DONALD BUCKRAM 3 YD RUN (LOGAN BARRETT KICK)
Tulsa 24, Texas-El Paso 28 4th - 0:28Oct 21 11:15 PM
TD UTEP DONALD BUCKRAM 8 YD RUN (TREVOR VITTATOE PASS TO TUFICK SHADRAWY FOR TWO-POINT CONVERSION)
Tulsa 24, Texas-El Paso 21 4th - 6:25Oct 21 11:03 PM
TD UTEP DONALD BUCKRAM 8 YD RUN (TREVOR VITTATOE PASS TO TUFICK SHADRAWY FOR TWO-POINT CONVERSION)
Tulsa 24, Texas-El Paso 21 4th - 6:25Oct 21 11:03 PM
TD UTEP DONALD BUCKRAM 8 YD RUN (TREVOR VITTATOE PASS TO TUFICK SHADRAWY FOR TWO-POINT CONVERSION)
Tulsa 24, Texas-El Paso 21 4th - 6:25Oct 21 11:03 PM
TD TULSA G.J. KINNE 1 YD RUN (KEVIN FITZPATRICK KICK)
Tulsa 24, Texas-El Paso 13 4th - 12:37Oct 21 10:40 PM
TD TULSA G.J. KINNE 1 YD RUN (KEVIN FITZPATRICK KICK)
Tulsa 24, Texas-El Paso 13 4th - 12:37Oct 21 10:40 PM- NCAAF
TULSA 17
UTEP 13 0:00 LEFT, 3RD QTR
Oct 21 10:33 PM
TD TULSA CHARLES CLAY 1 YD RUN (KEVIN FITZPATRICK KICK)
Tulsa 14, Texas-El Paso 13 3rd - 5:44Oct 21 10:09 PM
TD TULSA CHARLES CLAY 1 YD RUN (KEVIN FITZPATRICK KICK)
Tulsa 14, Texas-El Paso 13 3rd - 5:44Oct 21 10:09 PM- NCAAF
TULSA 7
UTEP 13 0:00 LEFT, 2ND QTR
Oct 21 9:28 PM
TD TULSA A.J. WHITMORE 19 YD RUN (KEVIN FITZPATRICK KICK)
Tulsa 7, Texas-El Paso 13 2nd - 13:33Oct 21 8:50 PM
TD TULSA A.J. WHITMORE 19 YD RUN (KEVIN FITZPATRICK KICK)
Tulsa 7, Texas-El Paso 13 2nd - 13:33Oct 21 8:50 PM- NCAAF
TULSA 0
UTEP 13 0:00 LEFT, 1ST QTR
Oct 21 8:44 PM
TD UTEP DONAVON KEMP 80 YD PASS FROM TREVOR VITTATOE (LOGAN BARRETT KICK)
Tulsa 0, Texas-El Paso 13 1st - 4:28Oct 21 8:35 PM
TD UTEP DONAVON KEMP 80 YD PASS FROM TREVOR VITTATOE (LOGAN BARRETT KICK)
Tulsa 0, Texas-El Paso 13 1st - 4:28Oct 21 8:35 PM
TD UTEP DONAVON KEMP 80 YD PASS FROM TREVOR VITTATOE (LOGAN BARRETT KICK)
Tulsa 0, Texas-El Paso 13 1st - 4:28Oct 21 8:35 PM
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