127 yards. Houston's James Cleveland had 14 catches for 147 yards and two touchdowns in a game that featured more than 1,200 yards of total offense and 99 total points. Memphis Curtis Steele rushed for 240 yards as Memphis spoiled UTEP’s bid for a fourth straight 2–0 start in Conference USA play with a 35–20 win over the Miners on Saturday in the Liberty Bowl. The Tigers (2–4, 1–2 C-USA) broke out of a season-long offensive funk with their tailback healthy for the first time in 2009. Memphis had scored 16 points or less in four of its first five games, the exception a 41–14 rout of UT-Martin. UTEP left at least three touchdowns on the field due to dropped balls and penalties. The Miners (2–4, 1–1 C-USA) took a 3–0 lead on a 38-yard field goal by Logan Barrett three minutes into the game. But Memphis put together two touchdown drives before the first quarter was over and UTEP was playing catch-up the rest of the way. Despite their struggles in the first half, the Miners trailed only 21–13 at the break. And they were still within a touchdown after Trevor Vittatoe hooked up with Kris Adams for a 21-yard score with 9:06 to play. But Memphis answered with a six-play, 53-yard drive over two minutes and 47 seconds, capped by a nine-yard scoring run by Steele. Vittatoe finished with 319 passing yards after completing 21-of-40 tries. Tulsa Donald Buckram ran for 165 yards and two touchdowns, including the go-ahead score with 29 seconds left in the game, to help UTEP beat Conference USA rival Tulsa 28–24 on Wednesday night. Buckram's two touchdowns were the final scores of the game, one coming with 6:25 left to play and the other a 3-yard run with less than 30 seconds left. Junior quarterback Trevor Vittatoe threw for 271 yards, including one touchdown—an 80-yard pass to Donovan Kemp in the first quarter. But the Miners managed to hold Tulsa quarterback G.J. Kinne to just 192 yards passing and sacked him five times. Kinne scored one touchdown on a one-yard run early in the fourth quarter. Charles Clay and A.J. Whitmore also each scored touchdowns for the Golden Hurricane (4–3, 2–1 C-USA). UTEP (3–4, 2–1) came out strong, leading 13–0 after the first quarter, thanks to Vittatoe's touchdown and field goals from Logan Barrett. But the Miners didn't score again until Buckram's TDs