FINAL SCORE
Liberty Flames at UTEP Miners game details
Saturday, November 25, 2023 at 3:30 PM ET
Sun Bowl · Attendance 10,240
Put the final score in perspective.
Liberty finished 14 points ahead. The teams combined for 70 points. This is an unadjusted scoring comparison, with no allowance for possessions, opponent strength or overtime.
The reported halftime score was Liberty 28, UTEP 7. Across the 4 regulation quarters with line-score data for both teams, UTEP outscored its opponent in 1 and Liberty in 3. A quarter advantage counts scoring in that quarter only.
How these comparisons are calculated ↗QUARTER BY QUARTER
Line score
THE MATCHUP IN NUMBERS
Team statistics
| 1st Downs | 24 | 13 |
| 3rd down efficiency | 5-11 | 3-12 |
| 4th down efficiency | 2-4 | 1-3 |
| Total Yards | 469 | 271 |
| Passing | 28 | 221 |
| Comp/Att | 5/13 | 14/28 |
| Yards per pass | 2.2 | 7.9 |
| Rushing | 441 | 50 |
| Rushing Attempts | 62 | 28 |
| Yards per rush | 7.1 | 1.8 |
| Penalties | 8-56 | 6-40 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 1 |
| Fumbles lost | 3 | 0 |
| Interceptions thrown | 0 | 1 |
| Possession | 36:23 | 23:37 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Liberty Flames
passing
| Kaidon Salter | 4/11 | 22 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 71.9 |
| Johnathan Bennett | 1/1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 91.4 |
| Nate Hampton | 0/1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 23.2 |
rushing
| Quinton Cooley | 13 | 83 | 6.4 | 3 | 42 |
| Aaron Bedgood | 4 | 82 | 20.5 | 0 | 39 |
| Kaidon Salter | 13 | 76 | 5.8 | 0 | 28 |
| Billy Lucas | 13 | 69 | 5.3 | 1 | 20 |
| James Jointer | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 1 | 26 |
| Vaughn Blue | 5 | 38 | 7.6 | 0 | 12 |
| Malik Caper | 6 | 30 | 5.0 | 0 | 11 |
| Kylen Austin | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 16 |
| Nate Hampton | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 4 |
| Team | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
receiving
| CJ Daniels | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 1 | 6 |
| Billy Lucas | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 |
| Billy Durocher | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Elijah Smoot | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 |
fumbles
| Billy Lucas | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Nate Hampton | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Elijah Smoot | 1 | 1 | 0 |
interceptions
| Brandon Bishop | 1 | 18 | 0 |
| Errol Rogers | 1 | 18 | 0 |
puntReturns
| CJ Daniels | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Jay Hardy | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
kicking
| Nick Brown | 0/0 | 0.0 | 0 | 6/6 | 6 |
punting
| Max Morgan | 1 | 62 | 62.0 | 0 | 0 | 62 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
UTEP Miners
passing
| Cade McConnell | 12/25 | 164 | 6.6 | 0 | 1 | 16.2 |
| Kevin Hurley | 2/3 | 57 | 19.0 | 1 | 0 | 86.3 |
rushing
| Mike Franklin | 11 | 40 | 3.6 | 1 | 21 |
| Daryon Triche | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 0 | 9 |
| Deion Hankins | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 1 | 8 |
| Kevin Hurley | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 2 |
| Cade McConnell | 5 | -30 | -6.0 | 0 | 3 |
receiving
| Kelly Akharaiyi | 5 | 109 | 21.8 | 0 | 64 |
| Emari White | 1 | 54 | 54.0 | 0 | 54 |
| Javoni Gardere | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | 13 |
| Mike Franklin | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 |
| Daryon Triche | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 11 |
| Deion Hankins | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 |
| Marcus Vinson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 1 | 3 |
| Zach Fryar | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 |
fumbles
kickReturns
| Javoni Gardere | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
kicking
| Buzz Flabiano | 0/0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4/4 | 4 |
punting
| Joshua Sloan | 5 | 248 | 49.6 | 0 | 2 | 66 |
HOW IT HAPPENED
Scoring summary
| 1 | 11:37 | CJ Daniels 6 Yd pass from Kaidon Salter (Nick Brown Kick) | 7 – 0 |
| 1 | 10:17 | Deion Hankins 8 Yd Run (Buzz Flabiano Kick) | 7 – 7 |
| 1 | 4:56 | Billy Lucas 5 Yd Run (Nick Brown Kick) | 14 – 7 |
| 1 | 1:15 | Quinton Cooley 42 Yd Run (Nick Brown Kick) | 21 – 7 |
| 2 | 5:51 | Quinton Cooley 1 Yd Run (Nick Brown Kick) | 28 – 7 |
| 3 | 5:42 | Quinton Cooley 3 Yd Run (Nick Brown Kick) | 35 – 7 |
| 4 | 13:30 | Mike Franklin 2 Yd Run (Buzz Flabiano Kick) | 35 – 14 |
| 4 | 5:33 | James Jointer Jr. 26 Yd Run (Nick Brown Kick) | 42 – 14 |
| 4 | 3:32 | Kevin Hurley 2 Yd Run (Buzz Flabiano Kick) | 42 – 21 |
| 4 | 0:17 | Marcus Vinson 3 Yd pass from Kevin Hurley (Buzz Flabiano Kick) | 42 – 28 |
ESPN · Updated Oct 12, 11:30 AM UTCData methodology