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2016 Week 3: vs North Texas

Posted on November 24, 2018 at 08:24 PM.

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North Texas (1-1) @ Syracuse (1-1)

The North Texas Mean Green come to town this week and Kirk Herbstreit is predicting an upset. The Mean Green lost to #13 Washington by 31 last week but that does not mean that they are a pushover. However, being ranked in the bottom half of the nation on both offense and defense does make them a bit of a pushover. The Orange are going to play in front of their home crowd for the first time this season and that alone should be enough to get them a comfortable win in this one.

Prediction: 42-24 Syracuse

North Texas Mean Green at Syracuse Orange
Sep 13, 2016	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
North Texas Mean Green (1-2)	13	7	0	0	20
Syracuse Orange (2-1)	7	35	7	14	63

Team Stats Comparison
	UNT	SYR
Total Offense	192	571
Rushing Yards	-75	180
Passing Yards	267	391
First Downs	10	26
Punt Return Yards	6	43
Kick Return Yards	116	44
Total Yards	314	658
Turnovers	3	1
3rd Down Conversion	1/11	5/10
4th Down Conversion	0/0	1/1
2-Point Conversion	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	4-2-1	10-9-0
Penalties	0-0	1-10
Possession Time	12:56	19:03

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		UNT	SYR
6:19	(UNT) K. Avery, 45 yd FG	3	0
4:05	(UNT) K. Avery, 21 yd FG	6	0
1:28	(SYR) T. DeVito, 6 yd run	6	7
0:37	(UNT) N. Smith, 4 yd run	13	7
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		UNT	SYR
6:36	(SYR) M. Pierre, 2 yd run	13	14
4:40	(SYR) M. Pierre, 9 yd pass from T. DeVito	13	21
3:23	(SYR) M. Archie, 12 yd pass from T. DeVito	13	28
2:23	(UNT) N. Smith, 8 yd run	20	28
1:10	(SYR) M. Pierre, 4 yd run	20	35
0:22	(SYR) T. DeVito, 9 yd run	20	42
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		UNT	SYR
3:18	(SYR) M. Archie, 13 yd pass from T. DeVito	20	49
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		UNT	SYR
5:07	(SYR) J. Green, 12 yd run	20	56
1:04	(SYR) J. Green, 1 yd run	20	63

North Texas Mean Green
PASSING	C/A	YDS	TD	INT
R. Higdon	17/30	204	0	3
C. Pearson	5/6	63	0	0
RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
R. Higdon	10	-69	-6.9	0
N. Smith	6	7	1.1	2
C. Pearson	2	-13	-6.5	0
RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	TD
N. Smith	7	65	9.2	0
J. Singleton	3	25	8.3	0
A. Ray	3	37	12.3	0
J. Darden	2	52	26.0	0
E. Johnson	2	13	6.5	0
C. Chriss	2	48	24.0	0
J. Pirtle	2	4	2.0	0
C. Johnson	1	23	23.0	0
DEFENSE	TACK	SACK	INT	TD
T. Davis	10	0	0	0
C. Callahan	8	0	0	0
T. Swilling	6	0	0	0
M. Sanders	6	0	0	0
C. Mann	5	0	1	0
J. Mosley	2	1	0	0
J. Moore	1	1	0	0

Syracuse Orange
PASSING	C/A	YDS	TD	INT
T. DeVito	25/35	304	3	1
R. Culpepper	5/5	87	0	0
RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
M. Pierre	14	90	6.4	2
T. DeVito	11	69	6.2	2
J. Green	6	16	2.6	2
R. Culpepper	1	5	5.0	0
RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	TD
M. Pierre	7	47	6.7	1
A. Noel	6	75	12.5	0
A. Rawlins	5	72	14.4	0
B. Dennis	4	55	13.7	0
J. Workman	3	75	25.0	0
M. Archie	2	25	12.5	2
D. Brown	1	6	6.0	0
J. Green	1	6	6.0	0
A. Hackett	1	30	30.0	0
DEFENSE	TACK	SACK	INT	TD
K. Jonathan	5	5	0	0
J. Houston	5	4	0	0
N. Fagan	4	1	0	0
L. Williams	2	0	2	0
K. Coleman	2	1	0	0
R. Davis	1	0	1	0

This game started to look like a shootout before the Syracuse defense recognized the talent gap and tightened up. The defense was all over the Mean Green quarterbacks all day with SO DT Jason Houston tying the school's single-game sack record with 4 and SR DE Kingsley Jonathan breaking it with 5. The Mean Green opened the game by jumping out to a 13-7 lead in the first quarter that was fueled by two Syracuse turnovers. After that the Orange cleaned it up and found their groove. FR SS Lance Williams recorded his first career interception, and then recorded another. SR HB Markenzy Pierre had a hat trick of touchdowns to go along with over 100 yards on the ground and 50 through the air. SO HB John Green had a good game in relief, scoring two late touchdowns on the ground. Backup QB Rex Culpepper also impressed with a perfect day throwing the football in relief. Speaking of quarterbacks, JR QB Tommy DeVito had a great game as usual, accounting for 5 total touchdowns. Syracuse moves to 2-1 on the season heading into Week 4.

Final Score: 63-20 Syracuse