EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Landon Sims threw for 289 yards and a landing in his first profession begin, Samuel Harris added two touchdowns and Wyoming beat UTEP 27-15 on Saturday evening for its fifth consecutive win.
Wyoming (7-3, 6-1 Mountain West Convention) is tied with No. 23 New Mexico, which misplaced 7 at residence to UNLV earlier Saturday, atop the convention.
Harris had 66 yards dashing, together with a 33-yard landing, to go along with 4 receptions for 82 yards and a rating. Kyle Frendt added 4 receptions for 113 yards.
UTEP (1-9, 0-6) has misplaced eight straight.
After Raymond Moore III's 80-yard landing run opened the scoring nearly 7 minutes into the sport, operating again Markell Holman threw a 3-yard landing move to Landon Tempo that capped a 93-yard drive and gave Wyoming a 7-6 lead. It was the primary landing move by a non-quarterback for Wyoming since extensive receiver Austin Conway threw a 4-yard landing move to Josh Allen, the present quarterback for the NFL’s Buffalo Payments, on October 22, 2016.
The Miners went three-and-out, punter Brady Braun muffed the snap on the subsequent play Sims threw a 21-yard landing move to Harris with 1:26 left within the first quarter and it was no less than a two-score recreation the remainder of the way in which.
Moore was 11-of-19 passing for 89 yards and added 164 yards dashing on 20 carries.
Sims began rather than Tyler Hughes, who suffered an arm damage in Wyoming's 5 win at UNLV final Saturday.
Up subsequent
Wyoming: Hosts New Mexico on Friday.
UTEP: Performs Friday at Air Power.
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