This is what the UTEP football team is supposed to look like.

The Miners forced a turnover on their first possession, turned it into a touchdown against Tennessee-Martin and turned that into a 42-17 victory in front of 31,122 fans Saturday night that was thorough in every phase.

The Miners hit an early touchdown bomb from Malachi Nelson , got a program-record 94-yard run from backup tailback Hahsean Wilson , secured the game by half and dealt superbly with a 43-minute weather delay in middle of the first quarter.

In a seven-minute stretch of the second quarter when they delivered a three-touchdown knockout flurry, they also had a goal-line stand when a Skyhawk first-and-goal from the 4 turned into Miner ball on the 4.

That set up Wilson, whose second-ever carry as a Miner went 94

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