{"id":1224,"date":"2017-09-26T21:49:16","date_gmt":"2017-09-27T02:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ntsportsstats.com\/site\/?p=1224"},"modified":"2017-09-26T21:49:16","modified_gmt":"2017-09-27T02:49:16","slug":"fb-improved-3rd-down-play-reduced-errors-allow-mean-green-to-overcome-late-uab-push","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ntsportsstats.com\/site\/2017\/09\/26\/fb-improved-3rd-down-play-reduced-errors-allow-mean-green-to-overcome-late-uab-push\/","title":{"rendered":"FB: Improved 3rd Down Play, Reduced Errors Allow Mean Green to Overcome Late UAB Push"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Views: 759<\/p><p>North Texas (2-2 1-0) squeaked out a nail-biter against the UAB Blazers (2-2 0-1) with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntsportsstats.com\/stats\/Fball\/Player\/?p=88\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trevor Moore<\/a> kicking a 22 yard field goal with just seven seconds left on the game clock to put the Mean Green up 46-43. North Texas also won its 500th game in program history.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">500 wins in North Texas football history!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GMG?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GMG<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NewDenton?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NewDenton<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/c7FRIPrVEn\">pic.twitter.com\/c7FRIPrVEn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; UNT Football (@MeanGreenFB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MeanGreenFB\/status\/911771841529892864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 24, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<h3>Offense Churns Out Yards But Needs More Touchdowns<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntsportsstats.com\/stats\/Fball\/Player\/?p=195\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeffery Wilson<\/a> continues to put up amazing yardage for his senior season with the Mean Green. Against the Blazers, thrashed the opposing defense for a season high 211 yards and a touchdown. His most important run came late in the game when he broke free and scrambled for 34 yards to set up the 22 yard winning field goal by Trevor Moore.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntsportsstats.com\/stats\/Fball\/Player\/?p=131\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mason Fine<\/a> managed the game with\u00a015 of 29 passing for three touchdowns and 261 yards with no interceptions and one sack for seven yards giving him a passer rating of 161.5. So far this season, Mason has looked a lot more composed in the pocket and has more touch when throwing the ball. He&#8217;s also making smarter decisions on throwing the ball away. Right now his touchdown to INT ratio sits at 9:3.<\/p>\n<p>The offense did a much better job converting third downs (6 of 13 &#8211; 46.2%) allowing drives to be extended and be converted into much needed points. The Mean Green attempted to convert a fourth down on its own side of the 50 but couldn&#8217;t get the push needed to convert the short yardage situation. Looking back, that should have been a punting situation.<\/p>\n<h3>Run Defense Good, Pass Defense Bad<\/h3>\n<p>The North Texas run defense has yet to allow a rusher to gain more than 100 yards this season. The defense did an excellent job containing Conference USA&#8217;s top running offense (254.7 YPG) by only allowing 74 net yards. The defensive line has shown to be a strength by applying a pass rush, clogging up rushing lanes, and forcing offensive lines to double team match-ups.<\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Opponent<\/th>\n<th>Player<\/th>\n<th>Net Yards<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Iowa<\/td>\n<td>Toren Young<\/td>\n<td>78<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SMU<\/td>\n<td>Xavier Jones<\/td>\n<td>74<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Iowa<\/td>\n<td>I. Kelly-Martin<\/td>\n<td>74<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Iowa<\/td>\n<td>James Butler<\/td>\n<td>74<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>UAB<\/td>\n<td>S. Brown<\/td>\n<td>50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Lamar<\/td>\n<td>Kendrick King<\/td>\n<td>37<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SMU<\/td>\n<td>Ke&#8217;Mon Freeman<\/td>\n<td>31<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Iowa<\/td>\n<td>Akrum Wadley<\/td>\n<td>24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>UAB<\/td>\n<td>L. Stanley<\/td>\n<td>23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The pass defense got torched last night against the &#8220;run-first&#8221; UAB that aired it out for 321 yards and four touchdowns. Unfortunately <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntsportsstats.com\/stats\/Fball\/Player\/?p=112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nate Brooks<\/a> bit hard on a double move not once but twice with each pass resulting in a touchdown.<\/p>\n<table width=\"50%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Receiving<\/th>\n<th>Nbr<\/th>\n<th>Yards<\/th>\n<th>TD<\/th>\n<th>Long<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"center\">\n<td align=\"left\">Wilson, A.<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>150<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>58<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"center\">\n<td align=\"left\">Lisa, C.<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>105<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>59<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"center\">\n<td align=\"left\">Stanley, L.<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>25<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"center\">\n<td align=\"left\">Copeland, S.<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>23<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"center\">\n<td align=\"left\">Turner Jr., R.<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>18<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"center\">\n<th align=\"left\">Totals<\/th>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>321<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>59<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Overall, there is some reason to be concerned with the overall defensive unit that has given up on average 35.5 points per game.<\/p>\n<h3>Special Team Makes Huge Improvements<\/h3>\n<p>Special teams did its job against the Blazers and didn&#8217;t put neither the offense or the defense in a tough situation. Trevor Moore was 4 of 4 with field goal kicks of 29, 40, 45, and 22 yards. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntsportsstats.com\/stats\/Fball\/Player\/?p=177\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Taylor Robinson<\/a> recorded the unit&#8217;s first blocked punt. Perhaps the biggest play by Special Teams came late in the game when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntsportsstats.com\/stats\/Fball\/Player\/?p=215\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Evan Johnson<\/a> fielded the final kick off of the game and returned the kick for 48 yards setting up the offense with a short field.<\/p>\n<h3>Media Coverage<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.meangreensports.com\/sports\/m-footbl\/recaps\/092317aab.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mean Green Sports Recap<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Denton Record Chronicle<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"art-title\" class=\"art-title \/ p-name\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dentonrc.com\/sports\/mean-green\/2017\/09\/23\/five-thought-unt-smu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Five thoughts on UNT-UAB<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dentonrc.com\/sports\/mean-green\/2017\/09\/23\/football-moore-unt-come-big-special-teams-beat-uab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Football: Moore, UNT come up big on special teams, beat UAB<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dentonrc.com\/sports\/mean-green\/2017\/09\/23\/football-wilson-keeps-rolling-mean-green\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Football: Wilson keeps rolling for Mean Green<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dentonrc.com\/sports\/mean-green\/2017\/09\/24\/notebookunt-improves-third\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Notebook: UNT improves on third down<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>North Texas Daily<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ntdaily.com\/trevor-moore-drills-game-winner-give-north-texas-46-43-win\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trevor Moore drills game-winner to lift North Texas over UAB<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ntdaily.com\/offense-special-teams-overcome-defensive-struggles-in-north-texas-win-over-uab\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mean Green use offense and special teams to stave off Blazers rally, win C-USA opener<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ntdaily.com\/five-observations-north-texas-vs-uab\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Five observations from North Texas vs. UAB: offense and special teams come up big for Mean Green<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Post Game Press Conference<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"North Texas FB: NT vsUAB Littrell Post Game Presser 09\/23\/17\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/831zlZPbK6s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"North Texas Football: NT vs UAB Player Post Game Presser 09\/23\/17\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nmzlLfHxUDE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Highlight Reel<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"North Texas Football: UAB vs North Texas-  NT Highlights 9\/23\/17\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KFbDi8w5Ddw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>2017 CUSA Standings<\/h3>\n<div class=\"content\">\n<table class=\"mod-data\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>EAST<\/th>\n<th class=\"right\">CONF<\/th>\n<th class=\"right\">OVR<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Florida Intl<\/td>\n<td class=\"right\">1-0<\/td>\n<td class=\"right\">2-1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Marshall<\/td>\n<td class=\"right\">0-0<\/td>\n<td class=\"right\">2-1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Middle Tennessee<\/td>\n<td class=\"right\">0-0<\/td>\n<td class=\"right\">2-2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Old Dominion<\/td>\n<td class=\"right\">0-0<\/td>\n<td class=\"right\">2-2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Florida Atlantic<\/td>\n<td class=\"right\">0-0<\/td>\n<td class=\"right\">1-3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Charlotte<\/td>\n<td class=\"right\">0-0<\/td>\n<td class=\"right\">0-4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Western Kentucky<\/td>\n<td class=\"right\">0-1<\/td>\n<td class=\"right\">2-2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<thead class=\"bordered\">\n<tr>\n<th>WEST<\/th>\n<th class=\"right\">CONF<\/th>\n<th class=\"right\">OVR<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Louisiana Tech<\/td>\n<td class=\"right\">1-0<\/td>\n<td class=\"right\">2-2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"highlight\">\n<td>North Texas<\/td>\n<td class=\"right\">1-0<\/td>\n<td class=\"right\">2-2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Rice<\/td>\n<td class=\"right\">1-1<\/td>\n<td class=\"right\">1-3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>UT San Antonio<\/td>\n<td class=\"right\">0-0<\/td>\n<td class=\"right\">3-0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Southern Mississippi<\/td>\n<td class=\"right\">0-0<\/td>\n<td class=\"right\">2-1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>UAB<\/td>\n<td class=\"right\">0-1<\/td>\n<td class=\"right\">2-2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>UTEP<\/td>\n<td class=\"right\">0-1<\/td>\n<td class=\"right\">0-4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Views: 759North Texas (2-2 1-0) squeaked out a nail-biter against the UAB Blazers (2-2 0-1) with Trevor Moore kicking a 22 yard field goal with just seven seconds left on the game clock to put the Mean Green up 46-43. 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