Texas Tech 69, UTEP 20 In Three Things

1. Patrick Mahomes threw four touchdown passes including a 60-yarder just over a minute into the game to Jakeem Grant, and finished out the first quarter with a 46-yard Justin Stockton scoring play for a 17-7 lead.

2. UTEP looked like it was going to make it a game with a 91-yard Aaron Jones scoring dash to pull within three, and then Mahomes cranked up two short second quarter touchdown runs and found Reginald Davis for a 35-yard touchdown on the way to a 38-point scoring run. DeAndre Washington finished it off with a 51-yard touchdown dash.

3. UTEP stopped madness for a second with a 42-yard Jay Mattox field goal, but Davis Webb came in and ran for two short scores for the Red Raiders.

Texas Tech

– It’s a different Texas Tech team this year. It’s playing with more confidence and, seemingly, more of an attitude. The offense was relentless on the way to 674 yards

– Patrick Mahomes completed 18-of-33 passes for 361 yards and four scores, and ran for 23 yards and two touchdowns. Jakeem Grant caught seven passes for 141 yards and a score.

– The running game rocked, too. DeAndre Washington ran 12 times for 138 yards and a score.

UTEP

– Mack Leftwich completed 14-of-22 passes for 164 yards and a score.

– Aaron Jones ran 17 times for 139 yards and a score

– UTEP held on to the ball for over 40 minutes, but Texas Tech was scoring so fast it didn’t matter. UTEP didn’t have the vertical attack to keep up.