North Texas (2-2) at Tulsa (3-1), Oct. 1 at 8 p.m. CST.<\/p>\n
Opening Line: Tulsa by 2.5. Against the spread: Tulsa 2-2, North Texas 3-1.<\/p>\n
How to watch: ESPN<\/p>\n
Key stats<\/p>\n
Tulsa Offense<\/p>\n
Overall: 354.8 yards per game (102nd in FBS)<\/p>\n
Passing: 173.3 yards per game (115th)<\/p>\n
Rushing: 181.5 yards per game (45th)<\/p>\n
Scoring: 23.8 points per game (100th)<\/p>\n
Tulsa Defense<\/p>\n
Overall: 367.0 yards per game (86th in FBS)<\/p>\n
Passing: 257.3 yards per game (124th)<\/p>\n
Rushing: 109.8 yards per game (37th)<\/p>\n
Scoring: 15.3 points per game (24th)<\/p>\n
North Texas Offense<\/p>\n
Overall: 516.0 yards per game (9th in FBS)<\/p>\n
Passing: 342.0 yards per game (7th)<\/p>\n
Rushing: 174.0 yards per game (54th)<\/p>\n
Scoring: 39.5 points per game (25th)<\/p>\n
North Texas Defense<\/p>\n
Overall: 377.3 yards per game (99th in FBS)<\/p>\n
Passing: 212.5 yards per game (77th)<\/p>\n
Rushing: 164.8 yards per game (102nd)<\/p>\n
Scoring: 30.3 points per game (116th)<\/p>\n
Tulsa is 64th in defensive third-down percentage, allowing opponents to convert 35.5% of the time. North Texas ranks 8th on offense, converting on 54.9% of third downs.<\/p>\n
North Texas is 124th in the FBS, averaging 77.0 penalty yards per game, compared to Tulsa\u2019s 58th-ranked 53.8 per-game average.<\/p>\n
Both teams have strong red zone defenses. Tulsa is 5th in FBS, with opponents scoring on 64.3% of trips. North Texas\u2019 red zone defense ranks 19th at 71.4%.<\/p>\n
Tulsa is 116th in the FBS with an average time of possession of 27:51, compared to North Texas\u2019 16th-ranked average of 33:16.<\/p>\n
Team leaders<\/p>\n
Tulsa<\/p>\n
Passing: Baylor Hayes, 353 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT, 62.3 completion percentage<\/p>\n
Rushing: Damari Alston, 213 yards on 45 carries, 4 TDs<\/p>\n
Receiving: Oran Singleton, 202 yards on 15 catches, 2 TDs<\/p>\n
North Texas<\/p>\n
Passing: Tayven Jackson, 1,187 yards, 6 TDs, 2 INTs, 74.2 completion percentage<\/p>\n
Rushing: Jahiem White, 363 yards on 52 carries, 7 TDs<\/p>\n
Receiving: Justin Stevenson, 281 yards on 19 catches, 1 TD<\/p>\n
Last game<\/p>\n
Tulsa lost 34-6 to Arkansas on Sept. 26. Dexter Williams II threw for 176 yards on 20-of-32 attempts (62.5%) with no touchdowns and no interceptions. Alston had 27 rushing yards on nine carries and one touchdown, adding three receptions for 16 yards. Donnell Gee Jr. had four receptions for 49 yards.<\/p>\n
North Texas won 63-14 over Houston Christian on Sept. 26. Jackson led North Texas with 270 yards on 16-of-18 passing (88.9%) for one touchdown and no interceptions. White carried the ball 11 times for 133 yards and scored four touchdowns, adding three receptions for 17 yards. Max Reese recorded 70 yards on three catches.<\/p>\n
Next game<\/p>\n
Tulsa plays at Navy on Oct. 10. North Texas hosts Charlotte on Oct. 10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"North Texas (2-2) at Tulsa (3-1), Oct. 1 at 8 p.m. CST. Opening Line: Tulsa by 2.5. Against…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":451162,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117,398],"class_list":["post-451161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news","tag-university-of-north-texas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=451161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451161\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/451162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}