UTEP 40, Tulsa 7 -- Final

UTEP (4-2) at Tulsa (3-3) Tulsa, Oklahoma-AP) -- Rocky Perez threw for 201 yards and three touchdowns as Texas-El Paso beat Tulsa 40-to-7 tonight in Oklahoma. U-TEP scored on its first

Friday, October 6th 2000, 12:00 am

By: News On 6

UTEP (4-2) at Tulsa (3-3)
Tulsa, Oklahoma-AP) -- Rocky Perez threw for 201 yards and three touchdowns as Texas-El Paso beat Tulsa 40-to-7 tonight in Oklahoma.

U-TEP scored on its first five possessions, with two of those drives set up by interceptions. The team's Sherman Austin ran for 131 yards and a TD

Tulsa didn't score until the fourth quarter. Tulsa, which beat UTEP 43-19 last year, never even got close enough to test the kicking game that had given it recent success and left it playing UTEP for first place in the Western Athletic Conference.

Tulsa's Josh Blankenship, who had averaged 213 yards passing, completed only 7 of 16 passes for 76 yards before being replaced by Michael Wall just before the half. After that, Tulsa escaped a shutout but could do little more than that.

With the victory, U-TEP expanded its winning streak to three games and ended Tulsa's streak at three.

The Miners have a winning record through six games for the first time since 1991.

Quarter	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Tulsa	0	0	0	7	7
UTEP	14	13	13	0	40
Final

Team	Score Time	Summary	Running Score
UTEP	10:02 1stQ	Lee Mays 10 yd rec from Rocky Perez(kick good)	UTEP 7-0
UTEP	7:47 1stQ	Joey Knapp 14 yd rec from Perez(kick good)	UTEP 14-0
UTEP	3:04 1stQ	Ricky Bishop 23 yd FG	UTEP 17-0
UTEP	12:33 2ndQ	Bishop 25 yd FG	UTEP 20-0
UTEP	5:26 2ndQ	Sherman Austin 69 yd run(kick good)	UTEP 27-0
UTEP	11:06 3rdQ	Perez 1 yd run(kick failed)	UTEP 33-0
UTEP	3:53 3rdQ	Knapp 15 yd rec from Perez(kick good)	UTEP 40-0
Tulsa	7:22 4thQ	Ken Bohanon 4 yd run(kick good)	UTEP 40-7