UTEP routs Texas Southern 51-10
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UTEP routed Texas Southern 51-10. Share this game
We had Texas Southern favored. UTEP won.
How it swung
Before kickoff, our ratings gave UTEP a 56% chance, and the closing betting line (UTEP was a 27.5-point favorite) put it at 99%.
UTEP · Q3 12:0479-yard TD runUTEP · Q4 0:48UTEP 51-10 Texas Southern
UTEP wonMove across the chart, or tap a numbered swing, to see any play.Texas Southern 10-51 UTEPTexas Southern lostMove across the chart, or tap a numbered swing, to see any play.No single play moved the chance by 20 points.
No single play moved the chance by 20 points.
How to read this chart
Starts from the pregame line (UTEP -27.5), at 97% for UTEP (the play-by-play feed's kickoff number, moved to match the line; our model's and the betting line's own numbers are in “The betting line, and the fans”). Dots are the biggest swings; ticks under the chart are scores. Outlined diamonds mark rare plays.Every drive
UTEP scored on 7 of its 12 drives; Texas Southern on 2 of its 13.
UTEP’s drives are teal, Texas Southern’s amber. A line runs from where a drive started to where it ended; a filled dot means it scored.
Box score
UTEP 51, Texas Southern 10
UTEP covered −27.5 by 13.5. The total, 61, went over 53.5.
| Team totals | Texas Southern | UTEP |
|---|---|---|
| Total yards | 211 | 491 |
| Passing | 13 of 22, 99 yds | 14 of 21, 239 yds |
| Rushing | 40 for 112 yds | 33 for 252 yds |
| First downs | 13 | 21 |
| Third down | 6 of 17 | 5 of 10 |
| Fourth down | 1 of 1 | 1 of 1 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 1 |
| Penalties | 14 for 112 yds | 4 for 46 yds |
| Time of possession | 36:36 | 23:24 |
Texas Southern leaders
- Passing Cam'Ron McCoy 11 of 17, 85 yds, 1 INT
- Rushing Athean Renfro 13 for 45 yds, 1 TD; Jacob Washington 5 for 22 yds
- Receiving Xavier Phipps 3 for 31 yds; Jaquan Mcgee 2 for 26 yds
UTEP leaders
- Passing EJ Colson 14 of 21, 239 yds, 4 TD
- Rushing Tavorus Jones 16 for 104 yds, 1 TD; Raymond Moore III 3 for 93 yds, 1 TD
- Receiving Kam Thomas 2 for 92 yds, 1 TD; Carver Cheeks 3 for 39 yds, 1 TD
No rain and calm
95° at kickoff · no rain recorded · wind 8 mph from the west-southwest, gusts to 21
Warmer than every one of the 65 other games played at Sun Bowl since 2016 (airport temperature during the game window). The usual here around this date is 79°, with about 7 in 10 games between 71° and 85°.
September game-day temperatures at Sun Bowl
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Where this weather comes from
Measured at El Paso International Airport, 8.2 miles away. Rain is NOAA's radar-and-gauge estimate at the stadium and wind is an airport reading; neither is measured on the field. Game times come from the play-by-play, good to a minute or two. Source: National Weather Service, through the Iowa Environmental Mesonet; rain radar from NOAA MRMS, through Iowa State University. Field direction from OpenStreetMap contributors.Before kickoff
Recent games, the series and the betting line below are as they stood going in; the season profile is the season so far.
Recent games
Last two games
Texas Southern · 1-1
Rated 209th in our preseason ratings, 205th now.
1-1 in its last two, including a 12-point win over North Carolina Central as a 10.5-point underdog.
L 14-52 @ Prairie View A&M #109 of 668
lost by 38 as a 10.5-point underdog
W 42-30 vs North Carolina Central #167 of 668
won by 12 as a 10.5-point underdog
Last three games · 2025 season
UTEP · 2-10
Rated 212th in our preseason ratings, 196th now, up 16 spots.
Three straight losses.
L 31-61 @ Delaware #150 of 667
lost by 30 as a 4.5-point underdog
L 31-34 vs New Mexico State #177 of 667
lost by 3 as a 4.5-point favorite
L 24-38 @ Missouri State #124 of 667
lost by 14 as a 7.5-point underdog
L 27-30 vs Jacksonville State #117 of 667
lost by 3 as a 1.5-point underdog
L 20-33 @ Kennesaw State #103 of 667
lost by 13 as a 12.5-point underdog
W 35-17 @ Sam Houston #199 of 667
won by 18 as a 3.5-point favorite
L 8-19 vs Liberty #96 of 667
lost by 11 as a 1.5-point underdog
L 11-30 vs Louisiana Tech #93 of 667
lost by 19 as a 3.5-point underdog
L 25-31 vs UL Monroe #131 of 667
lost by 6 as a 5.5-point favorite
L 10-27 @ TexasTop 25 #6 of 667
lost by 17 as a 40.5-point underdog
W 42-17 vs UT Martin #122 of 667
won by 25 as a 7.5-point favorite
L 16-28 @ Utah State #135 of 667
lost by 12 as a 4.5-point underdog
Week by week
UTEP
- Wk 1Lat Oklahoma0-51
Texas Southern
- Wk 1Wvs North Carolina Central42-30
- Wk 1Lat Prairie View A&M14-52
The series
UTEP leads the series 3-0
3 meetings since 2001 · UTEP has won the last 3
- 2007UTEP 52-12
- 2005UTEP 45-0
- 2001UTEP 52-6
Line, fans and home field
The betting line, and the fans
Our model and the betting line don’t fully agree on UTEP’s chances here.
UTEP favored by 27.5 · Total 53.5
How games like this usually go
UTEP by 27.5, and it went to form
Half of games8 in 10 gamesThis game
The band is where a favorite’s chance ran in the 411 games since 2025 with a favorite of 21.5 points or more.
The market
The spread moved 2 points toward UTEP.
The total rose 1 point.
Spread: −25.5 → −27.5 · Total: 52.5 → 53.5
The books’ cut: 3.4%, the margin built into the odds
Weather at kickoff
Hot and dry. Feels like 92° at kickoff.
Texas Southern at UTEP · Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026 · Sun Bowl, El Paso
- 92°feels like at kickoff
- Dryno rain at kickoff
- 75weather score, Mixed
- 2ndbest of the day's 5 kickoff times
At kickoff, Sept. 12, 2026.
Weather score: 0 to 100, higher is better, for the first 3 hours and 20 minutes of the game. Ideal is 100, Comfortable 90 to 99, Mixed 75 to 89, Rough 50 to 74, Harsh under 50.
Later kickoff times scored higher that Saturday
Games in this time zone used 5 kickoff times that day, local time (kickoffs within 30 minutes of each other count as one). This game, ringed, was the second best of the day's five kickoff times. At Sun Bowl that day, a 8 pm kickoff would have scored 79, against 75 at 7 pm.
- 1:30 pm: 49, Harsh
- 4 pm: 51, Rough
- 5 pm: 58, Rough
- 7 pm: 75, Mixed (this game)
- 8 pm: 79, Mixed
Weather score at each kickoff time.
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At kickoff, Sept. 12, 2026. Wind is not drawn here; gusts are in each score.
Home field
UTEP is worth +4.3 points (±3.4) more at home than on the road since 2018 — middle of FBS, 55th percentile.
26% at home, 16% on the road against FBS opponents (10-29 home, 8-42 away).
Our model gives every stadium the same flat 2.3-point home edge (why); the books use about 3. Against the closing line this stadium reads -0.9 at home vs. away over 98 games — inside the ±5.0 noise, so the flat number is the honest one here.
Night kickoff — historically worth about half a point more to the home side against the number, and not much more than that. The visitors travel about 677 miles to get here.