Heart of Dallas Bowl: Scoring and statistics
HOW THEY SCORED
NORTH TEXAS UNLV
36 14
UNLV 7 0 0 7 — 14
No. Texas 7 0 7 22 — 36
FIRST QUARTER
UNLV 7, NORTH TEXAS 0, 7:31 — Marcus Sullivan 9 pass from Caleb Herring (Nolan Kohorst kick). Drive: 8 plays, 95 yards, 3:00. Key play: Herring completes a 29-yard pass to Devante Davis to the Rebels’ 48-yard line.
UNLV 7, NORTH TEXAS 7, 1:47 — Antoinne Jimmerson 1 run (Zach Paul kick). Drive: 8 plays, 42 yards, 3:55. Key play: UNLV’s Keith Whitely muffs a punt return, and North Texas’ Zed Evans recovers at the Rebels’ 42.
SECOND QUARTER
No scoring.
THIRD QUARTER
NORTH TEXAS 14, UNLV 7, 6:07 — Drew Miller 7 pass from Derek Thompson (Paul kick). Drive: 12 plays, 60 yards, 5:11. Key plays: The Mean Green convert all four third-down plays.
FOURTH QUARTER
NORTH TEXAS 21, UNLV 7, 14:56 — Brelan Chancellor 3 run (Paul kick). Drive: 12 plays, 74 yards, 4:44. Key play: Thompson completes a 16-yard pass to Chancellor to UNLV’s 44.
NORTH TEXAS 28, UNLV 7, 6:59 — Darnell Smith 34 pass from Thompson (Paul kick). Drive: 10 plays, 75 yards, 5:31. Key play: Thompson goes deep to Smith, who makes a nice catch in the end zone.
NORTH TEXAS 28, UNLV 14, 4:56 — Jerry Rice Jr. 13 pass from Herring (Kohorst kick). Drive: 7 plays, 50 yards, 1:54. Key play: Herring rushes 22 yards to the 13.
NORTH TEXAS 36, UNLV 14, 2:24 — Chancellor 15 run (Miller return blocked kick). Drive: 3 plays, 16 yards, 1:39. Key play: Cornerback Kenny Buyers intercepts Herring’s pass to give North Texas the ball at the Rebels’ 16.
A — 38,380
TEAM STATISTICS
UNLV NT
First downs 19 21
Rushes-yards 27-66 45-141
Passing 196 256
Comp-Att-Int 22-41-1 21-30-0
Return Yards 1 27
Punts-Avg. 6-39.3 6-44.2
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 3-1
Penalties-Yards 2-20 6-60
Time of possession 24:44 35:16
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING—UNLV, Cornett 12-33, Herring 15-33. North Texas, Byrd 20-52, Chancellor 7-47, Jimmerson 7-18, Harris 2-17, Monroe 2-8, D.Thompson 6-2, Teegarden 1-(minus 3).
PASSING—UNLV, Herring 22-41-1-196. North Texas, D.Thompson 21-30-0-256.
RECEIVING—UNLV, Davis 10-96, Sullivan 4-36, Cornett 2-22, A.Williams 2-10, Rice Jr. 1-13, Smith 1-9, Mataele 1-8, Barnhill 1-2. North Texas, Chancellor 6-74, D.Smith 5-75, Harris 3-34, Terrell 2-17, Miller 2-16, M.Smith 1-27, Pleasant 1-8, Jimmerson 1-5.