No. 20 Falcons suffer first conference loss

ODESSA, Texas (October 17, 2026) – The No. 20 University of Texas Permian Basin football team returned to its home field for the first time in five weeks but was met with a tough 38-19 defeat against Western Oregon University. It was the first loss in Lone Star Conference action for the Falcons under new Head Coach Chris Softley . Things were exciting early on as WOU’s Tony McAdoo, the reigning LSC Special Teams Player of the Week, returned the opening kickoff of the game 94 yards to the UTPB one-yard line before an important tackle by Miles Thompson .…