UTEP's best hope at Tennessee was that the Volunteers would be so hungover from last week's loss to Georgia that they would forget all about the Miners. If that was the plan, it worked perfectly for a first quarter that saw some sensational UTEP defense and an all-around inspired effort everywhere except for typically dismal special teams.

The UTEP football team held No. 10 Tennessee scoreless in the first quarter but that was as close as things would get as the Miners lost 56-0 Saturday, Nov. 23 to the