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Early mistakes hurt UTEP against Southern Miss, fall to 1-3

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The list of things the UTEP football team does well is not extensive at this point in their development, and it doesn't include coming from 14 points down.

By that measure, their 31-13 Conference USA-opening loss to Southern Miss on Saturday night was decided in the first six minutes when a pair of blunders had them in a 14-0 hole that eventually dropped the Miners to 1-3.

UTEP will claim a moral victory that they were down 24-13 at the midpoint of the third quarter after Kai Locksley's 63-yard touchdown run, part of a good night for him until he got hurt a few plays later.