East Carolina University
4-3 , 3-1
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UTEP
4-3 , 2-1
East Carolina Stuns UTEP in Wild Overtime Victory
October 14, 2007 | Football
Oct. 14, 2007
EL PASO, Texas (AP) -- Rob Kass plunged into the end zone on a quarterback sneak during the first overtime to give East Carolina a wild 45-42 win over Texas-El Paso on Saturday night.
Kass sent the game to OT with a 34-yard touchdown pass to Juwon Crowell as time ran out to tie the contest at 39-39.
UTEP's Trevor Vittatoe completed 38-of-55 passes for 409 yards and three touchdowns and just one interception. Marcus Thomas ran for 103 yards, including a 31-yard touchdown dash with just 34 seconds left in the game to give the Miners what appeared to be a winning 39-32 margin.
East Carolina's Dwayne Harris almost broke the game open single-handedly in the third quarter. First the East Carolina wide receiver took a handoff on a reverse and dashed 57 yards for a touchdown, giving the Pirates (4-3, 3-1 Conference USA) a 25-22 lead. Then Harris took a handoff on a double reverse and hit a wide open Jamar Bryant on an 80-yard touchdown pass, giving the Pirates a 32-22 lead 7:53 left in the third quarter.
The first half was a story of dueling field goals.
UTEP (4-3, 2-1) got a touchdown in the final minute of the first half on a nine-yard strike from Vittatoe to Joe West but Martinez' extra point try was blocked and East Carolina's Travis Williams returned it 90 yards for the two points and the Pirates led 18-16.
But Jose Martinez booted a 42-yard field goal, one that pinged off the top of the upright, on the final play of the half to give UTEP a 19-18 lead in a bizarre finish to the first 30 minutes.
Team Stats
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ECU 0, UTEP 7
UTEP - THOMAS, Marcus 42 yd pass from VITTATOE, Trevo (MARTINEZ, Jose kick) 4 plays, 78 yards, TOP 1:18
ECU 3, UTEP 7
ECU - HARTMAN, Ben 52 yd field goal 7 plays, 23 yards, TOP 4:16
ECU 10, UTEP 7
ECU - ESKRIDGE, Van 50 yd fumble recovery (HARTMAN, Ben kick)
ECU 10, UTEP 10
UTEP - MARTINEZ, Jose 41 yd field goal 12 plays, 52 yards, TOP 5:25
ECU 13, UTEP 10
ECU - HARTMAN, Ben 28 yd field goal 10 plays, 53 yards, TOP 3:32
ECU 16, UTEP 10
ECU - HARTMAN, Ben 24 yd field goal 9 plays, 67 yards, TOP 3:11
ECU 16, UTEP 16
UTEP - WEST, Joe 9 yd pass from VITTATOE, Trevo (MARTINEZ, Jose kickblocked) 8 plays, 61 yards, TOP 2:12
ECU 18, UTEP 16
ECU - WILLIAMS, Trvs 98 yd PAT return
ECU 18, UTEP 19
UTEP - MARTINEZ, Jose 42 yd field goal 4 plays, 41 yards, TOP 0:24
ECU 18, UTEP 22
UTEP - MARTINEZ, Jose 34 yd field goal 7 plays, 55 yards, TOP 1:57
ECU 25, UTEP 22
ECU - HARRIS, Dwayne 57 yd run (HARTMAN, Ben kick), 5 plays, 80 yards, TOP 1:31
ECU 32, UTEP 22
ECU - BRYANT, Jamar 80 yd pass from HARRIS, Dwayne (HARTMAN, Ben kick) 1 plays, 80 yards, TOP 0:14
ECU 32, UTEP 25
UTEP - MARTINEZ, Jose 43 yd field goal 10 plays, 50 yards, TOP 2:00
ECU 32, UTEP 32
UTEP - MOTURI, Jeff 17 yd pass from VITTATOE, Trevo (MARTINEZ, Jose kick) 9 plays, 70 yards, TOP 3:45
ECU 32, UTEP 39
UTEP - THOMAS, Marcus 31 yd run (MARTINEZ, Jose kick), 6 plays, 42 yards, TOP 2:47
ECU 39, UTEP 39
ECU - CROWELL, Juwon 34 yd pass from KASS, Rob (HARTMAN, Ben kick) 5 plays, 71 yards, TOP 0:34
ECU 39, UTEP 42
UTEP - MARTINEZ, Jose 45 yd field goal 4 plays, -3 yards, TOP 0:00
ECU 45, UTEP 42
ECU - KASS, Rob 1 yd run (), 4 plays, 25 yards, TOP 0:00
