CANYON The UTPB football team defeated West Texas A&M 21-7 Saturday in a Lone Star Conference game.
The Falcons improved to 5-4 overall, 4-3 in Lone Star Conference play.
West Texas A&M fell to 3-5, 3-3.
UTPB scored in the first quarter when Ben Patterson scored on a 54-yard touchdown pass from Issac Mooring.
West Texas A&M answered back with a touchdown pass of 33-yards from Kanon Gibson to Zorian Stanton.
UTPB’s Tyler Cleveland scored on a 17-yard touchdown run with 5:50 left in the first quarter and the Falcons stayed in front the rest of the way.
UTPB will next Eastern New Mexico at 1 p.m. Nov. 9.
