North Texas 37, Utah State 27

 

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	19	20
Total Yards	308	318
Passing	230	109
Rushing	78	209
Penalties	12-106	12-126
3rd Down Conversions	4-13	4-10
4th Down Conversions	1-1	0-0
Turnovers	2	2
Possession	29:49	30:11

Individual Leaders

Utah State Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Cox 26/38 230 3 1	North Texas Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Hall 8/12 109 2 0 Smith 0/2 0 0 0
Utah State Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Fiefia 13 83 0 25 Cox 12 -5 0 10	North Texas Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Cobbs 36 205 3 40 Hall 9 11 0 18 Smith 2 -2 0 3
Utah State Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Fiefia 9 37 0 19 Cooley 8 78 2 20 Hicks 3 59 1 43 Coleman 3 29 0 17	North Texas Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Claborn 4 37 2 15 Quinn 2 47 0 43 Branch 2 25 0 19

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				USU	UNT
	TD	13:58	PATRICK COBBS 1 YD RUN (NICK BAZALDUA KICK) Drive info: 1 plays, 1 yards.	0	7
	TD	8:44	JUSTIN CLABORN 11 YD PASS FROM SCOTT HALL (NICK BAZALDUA KICK) Drive info: 8 plays, 46 yards.	0	14
	TD	4:22	CHRIS COOLEY 20 YD PASS FROM TRAVIS COX (MISSED KICK) Drive info: 9 plays, 70 yards.	6	14
	TD	2:36	JOHN CHICK 37 YD DEFENSIVE FUMBLE RETURN (JOEL HIGGINSON 2PT PASS FROM TRAVIS COX)	14	14
	TD	0:15	PATRICK COBBS 3 YD RUN (NICK BAZALDUA KICK) Drive info: 5 plays, 35 yards.	14	21
SECOND QUARTER				USU	UNT
	TD	13:03	PATRICK COBBS 4 YD RUN (NICK BAZALDUA KICK) Drive info: 4 plays, 47 yards.	14	28
	TD	8:05	JUSTIN CLABORN 5 YD PASS FROM SCOTT HALL (MISSED KICK) Drive info: 2 plays, 9 yards.	14	34
	TD	0:55	RAYMOND HICKS 43 YD PASS FROM TRAVIS COX (BEN CHAET KICK) Drive info: 4 plays, 70 yards.	21	34
THIRD QUARTER				USU	UNT
	FG	11:48	NICK BAZALDUA 20 YD FG Drive info: 7 plays, 82 yards.	21	37
FOURTH QUARTER				USU	UNT
	TD	2:29	CHRIS COOLEY 2 YD PASS FROM TRAVIS COX (FAILED 2PT PASS) Drive info: 6 plays, 57 yards.	27	37

DENTON, Texas (AP) -- Patrick Cobbs rushed for 205 yards and three touchdowns as North Texas beat Utah State 37-27 for its 14th consecutive Sun Belt Conference win Saturday.

Cobbs, who rushed for 249 yards last week against Idaho, scored on runs of 1, 3 and 4 yards. His final score putting North Texas (4-3, 3-0 Sun Belt) ahead 28-14 about two minutes into the second quarter.

Travis Cox helped Utah State (1-6, 1-1) keep it close, going 26-of-38 for 230 yards and three touchdowns. He threw scores of 20 and 2 yards to Chris Cooley, the 2-yarder bringing Utah State within 37-27.

North Texas then ran out the clock with four straight runs by Cobbs.

Scott Hall connected with Justin Claiborn on touchdowns of 11 and 5 yards for the Mean Green. Hall went 8-of-12 for 109 yards, and Claiborn caught four passes for 37 yards.

The Mean Green jumped to a 14-0 lead on Cobbs' 1-yard touchdown just over a minute into the game and Claiborn's 5-yarder midway through the first quarter.

North Texas' Adrian Awasom and Evan Cardwell had two sacks apiece in the fourth. North Texas linebacker Chris Hurd had 11 tackles and a forced fumble for UNT.

North Texas' last conference loss was a 19-17 defeat against Louisiana-Monroe Oct. 6, 2001.