Longhorns stampede Miners 59-3

Courtesy of UTEP / Connor PutnamThe UTEP Miners were dominated in all facets of football, Saturday as the team traveled to Austin to play the Power Five opponent, Texas Longhorns 59-3 in a game that was a blowout from the very start.

It took the Longhorns exactly 19 seconds to put its first points on the board against the Miners with a 78-yard touchdown from senior quarterback Sam Ehlinger to sophomore Joshua Moore on the first offensive play of the game.

UTEP’s first offensive play was a false start that put itself in hole on its very first drive. The penalty would come back to haunt the Miners as the team would come up one yard short of a first down on a pass from sophomore quarterback…