EL PASO - Playing in its first game in 450 days, the NM State football team saw Juwuan Price put a charge into the squad with a 94-yard kickoff return touchdown earlier in the opening quarter, but visiting Tarleton State used some big plays and piled up 501 yards of total offense to down the Aggies 43-17 at the Sun Bowl Sunday afternoon.
HOW IT HAPPENED | FIRST HALF
• On the game's second play, Tarleton - who was playing in just its second game as a full-fledged NCAA Division I member - showed off the playmaking ability of its quarterback as Cameron Burston raced 70 yards up the near sideline to hand the Texans a lead they wouldn't relinquish.