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New Mexico State beat UTEP

New Mexico State4-734
UTEP2-931Final
Sat, Nov 22 · Sun Bowl, El Paso, Texas · Crowd 16,677 · 68°, cloudyESPN+

Records are after this game.

New Mexico State trailed UTEP by 21 points in the 1st quarter and won 34-31, November 22, 2025.

How the game turned

New Mexico State aheadUTEP aheadBiggest swingLow: 1%

Q4 0:56 New Mexico State 27, UTEP 31

New Mexico State 4% to win

Locklear 28-yd TD pass to Odom, UTEP goes ahead 31-27

Big moments

  1. 1Q1 9:58 · New Mexico State 0, UTEP 7New Mexico State's win chance fell from 24% to 15%.Locklear 1-yd TD run, UTEP goes ahead 7-0
  2. 2Q3 5:09 · New Mexico State 24, UTEP 21New Mexico State's win chance rose from 43% to 49%.Barker 46-yd field goal, New Mexico State goes ahead 24-21
  3. 3Q4 10:20 · New Mexico State 27, UTEP 24Barker 24-yd field goal, New Mexico State goes ahead 27-24
  4. 4Q4 0:56 · New Mexico State 27, UTEP 31New Mexico State's win chance fell from 87% to 4%.Locklear 28-yd TD pass to Odom, UTEP goes ahead 31-27
  5. 5Q4 0:21 · New Mexico State 34, UTEP 31New Mexico State's win chance rose from 29% to 92%.Damante 10-yd TD pass to King, New Mexico State goes ahead 34-31

New Mexico State's lowest chance to win was 1 percent. Win chance is our own calculation from the play-by-play, with each game's start set from the pregame expectation.

The biggest swing

With 0:56 left in the 4th quarter, UTEP's chance to win went from 13 percent to 96 percent when UTEP scored a touchdown.

The score went from New Mexico State 27, UTEP 24 to New Mexico State 27, UTEP 31.

The play: Locklear 28-yd TD pass to Odom, UTEP goes ahead 31-27.

What happened next

  1. New Mexico State's next game: L 24-31 vs Middle Tennessee, Nov 29

    7 days later
  2. UTEP's next game: L 31-61 at Delaware, Nov 29

    7 days later

Related pages

Scores, dates and the stage: ESPN. Win chance: our curve from play-by-play; the turn is its largest one-play change that moved with the score.

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