Fine passes for 320 yards, 2 TDs; UNT beats UTSA 24-21
Fine throws a 49-yard deep ball for TD
Mason Fine throws a 49-yard pass to a wide-open Michael Lawrence for a North Texas touchdown.
SAN ANTONIO -- Mason Fine passed for 320 yards and two touchdowns and DeAndre Torrey had 155 yards rushing and a score to help North Texas hold on for a 24-21 win over UTSA on Saturday night.
Fine completed passes to 11 different players and finished 26 of 36 with one interception.
UNT (9-3, 5-3 Conference USA) has won nine games in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 1977-78 seasons -- under College Football Hall of Fame coach Hayden Fry.
Torrey gave the Mean Green a 24-14 lead when he scored on a 3-yard run late in the third quarter. Bryce Rivers hit Tariq Woolen for an 8-yard TD with 8:01 left to pull the Roadrunners within three points. On its ensuing drive, UNT chewed more than 5 1/2 minutes off the clock but, on fourth-and-1 from the UTSA 32, Torrey was dropped by Kevin Strong Jr. for a 2-yard loss.
Rivers, on fourth-and-16, hit Greg Campbell Jr. for a 25-yard gain to the 17 with 30 seconds left, but a delay of game penalty and a sack by E.J. Ejiya pushed the Roadrunners back to the 31 and Jared Sackett's 48-yard field-goal attempts as time expired sailed wide left.
Campbell had 11 receptions for 186 yards UTSA (3-9, 2-6).
Game Information
2023 American Athletic Conference Standings
Team | CONF | OVR |
---|---|---|
SMU | 8-0 | 11-3 |
Tulane | 8-0 | 11-3 |
UTSA | 7-1 | 9-4 |
Memphis | 6-2 | 10-3 |
South Florida | 4-4 | 7-6 |
Rice | 4-4 | 6-7 |
Navy | 4-4 | 5-7 |
North Texas | 3-5 | 5-7 |
UAB | 3-5 | 4-8 |
Florida Atlantic | 3-5 | 4-8 |
Charlotte | 2-6 | 3-9 |
Tulsa | 2-6 | 4-8 |
Temple | 1-7 | 3-9 |
East Carolina | 1-7 | 2-10 |