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Tom Lea Immortalizes UTEP history, told by Billy Stevens

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One of UTEP’s last bowl game wins could have never happened if it wasn’t for a last second miracle which is known today as, “the game that changed it all.”

Billy Stevens, an all-American, two-time Sun Bowl MVP and NFL draftee, recently came back to his alma mater to retell the story of how one play etched the name of the 1965 Miners in history.

Billy Stevens shares photographs with the audience, offering a glimpse into the historic Texas Western Miners’ comeback victory over Utah. (

“We had gotten four games in a row.