UTEP Miners vs Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Match Player Stats On Nov 08, 2014

Doughty was 23-of-34 and threw a pair of second-half touchdowns as Western Kentucky (4-5, 2-4) scored 21 straight points over the last 17 minutes of the game. Joel German had three catches for 92 yards and a score, while Leon Allen had eight receptions for 88 yards and a touchdown.

Josh Bell had 18 carries for 68 yards and a touchdown for UTEP (5-4, 3-2), which outgained Western Kentucky 236-64 on the ground. Jameill Showers was 9-of-22 for 158 yards and an interception, while Ian Hamilton had a pair of catches for 91 yards.

UTEP came out quick, recovering from Doughty's 50-yard scoring hookup with German with a 92-yard kickoff return for a touchdown by Autrey Golden, then adding Bell's 1-yard touchdown to take a 17-7 lead after one quarter. The Miners upped the lead to 13 on Jay Mattox's 29-yard field goal midway through the second, but Allen scored from 2 yards out to cut the Hilltoppers' deficit to six by halftime.

Nathan Jeffery pushed the lead back to 13 with a 3-yard touchdown run late in the third, but Western Kentucky went 75 yards in seven plays in just 1:57, capped by Willie McNeal's 7-yard touchdown reception to make it 27-21 heading to the fourth. Wonderful Terry returned an interception 90 yards to put the Hilltoppers back on top early in the fourth, and Allen's 10-yard touchdown reception competed the scoring with 7:41 to play.