Miners fall to Texas Tech and now sit 0-2 on season

Patrick Mahomes passed for four touchdowns and rushed for two others as Texas Tech took advantage of an injury-depleted UTEP squad and ran away to a 69-20 victory on Saturday afternoon in Lubbock.

Following a competitive first 25 minutes, the Red Raiders (2-0) scored 45 of the game’s final 48 points, primarily after the Miners’ Aaron Jones went down with a foot injury.Jones was in a boot for the second half.

“It was a devastating blow for us, but we’ve got to respond better than that,” UTEP coach Sean Kugler said.”Guys have got to step up and make plays.We can’t let the loss of one guy affect our team the way that it did.”