NCAAF Game Recap - SMU at North Texas
Sat Sep 19, 2020 6:00 PM EDT

Cit
0
Clem
49
F
SoFL
0
ND
52
F
Tuls
7
OkSt
16
F
APSU
20
Cin
55
F
UCF
49
GATec
21
F
MiaFL
47
Lou
34
F
ULLaf
34
GASt
31
F OT
App
7
Marsh
17
F
Syr
10
Pitt
21
F
Camp
21
CoCar
43
F
BC
26
Duke
6
F
Lib
30
W Ky
24
F
Navy
27
Tul
24
F
SFA
10
UTSA
24
F
Troy
47
MidTN
14
F
SMU
65
NorTx
35
F
TxSt
38
ULMon
17
F
LT
31
SMiss
30
F
Wake
42
NCSt
45
F
Abil
13
UTEP
17
F

Sep 19, 2020, 6:00 PM EDT

Final

1

2

3

4

T

SMU (2-0)

21

13

21

10

65

North Texas (1-1)

0

7

14

14

35

Buchele's 5 TDs help SMU beat North Texas 65-35
Sat Sep 19, 2020 10:29 PM

DENTON, Texas (AP) Shane Buechele threw three of his four touchdown passes in the first quarter and SMU cruised to a 65-35 win over North Texas on Saturday night.

Buechele completed 24 of 33 passes for 344 yards with no interceptions and added a 2-yard touchdown run. The senior moved into fourth on SMU's career list with seven 300-yard passing games and into fifth at the school with 39 career TD passes.

North Texas went three-and-out on the game's opening possession and then on SMU's first play from scrimmage Buechele hit Rashee Rice for a 50-yard gain. Three plays later Reggie Roberson Jr.'s 15-yard touchdown catch made it 7-0 with 12:33 less than 2 1/2 minutes into the game. Buechele hit Danny Gray for a 62-yard touchdown about three minutes later and Kylen Granson's 7-yard scoring reception gave the Mustangs a 21-0 lead with 3:27 left in the quarter.

SMU (2-0) is 33-6-1 all-time against the Mean Green, but is just 2-4 playing at North Texas.

Roberson finished with nine receptions for 103 yards and Rice had five catches for 102 yards.

The teams combined for 1,200 total yards, including 710 by SMU.

UNT (1-1) went three-and-out five times, failed two convert to fourth downs and committed two turnovers.

Passing

SMU Att Cmp % TD-Pa Yds-Pa LgPa Int Rat
S. Buechele 33 24 72.7 4 344 62 0 145.7
NorTx Att Cmp % TD-Pa Yds-Pa LgPa Int Rat
A. Aune 25 13 52.0 2 276 55 1 101.4
J. Bean 9 4 44.4 1 29 12 0 89.6

Rushing

SMU Att Yds-Ru Avg LgRu TDRu
U. Bentley IV 19 227 11.9 84 3
T. McDaniel 15 59 3.9 11 0
NorTx Att Yds-Ru Avg LgRu TDRu
O. Adaway III 20 104 5.2 10 0
D. Torrey 14 45 3.2 9 1

Receiving

SMU Rec Yds-Rc Avg LgRc TD-Rc
R. Roberson Jr. 9 103 11.4 21 2
R. Rice 5 102 20.4 50 0
NorTx Rec Yds-Rc Avg LgRc TD-Rc
J. Darden 5 66 13.2 33 2
R. Burns 2 62 31.0 44 0

Fumbles

NorTx F FL
J. Bean 1 0
D. Simpson 1 1

Returning

SMU KR Avg KRTD LgKR PR Avg TD LgPR
D. Gray 3 25.0 0 64 0 0 0
R. Roberson Jr. 1 25.0 0 25 1 0.0 0 0
NorTx KR Avg KRTD LgKR PR Avg TD LgPR
D. Hair-Griffin 5 20.2 0 22 0 0 0
D. Simpson 0 0 0 2 0.0 0 0

Punting

SMU Punt Yds Avg LgPu
M. Fraanje 3 86 28.7 33
NorTx Punt Yds Avg LgPu
B. Rodriguez 6 280 46.7 58

Takeaways

SMU Int Yds InTD
T. Lavine 0 0 0
B. Stephens 1 0 0

Team Stats Comparison

SMU NorTx
Points For 65 35
Total Yards 710 517
Rushing Yards 366 212
Passing Yards 344 305
Passing Completions / Attempts 24/33 17/34
Turnovers 0 2
Interceptions Thrown 0 1
Fumbles - Lost 1/0 2/1
First Downs 33 25
Penalties - Yards 4/37 13/97
Time Of Possession 31:31 29:29
Third Down Conversions/Attempts 6/14 8/17
Fourth Down Conversions/Attempts 1/2 1/3
Punts - Average Yards 0/0 0/0

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter SMU NorTx
SMU 02:27 TD Reggie Roberson Jr. 15 yd pass from Shane Buechele (Chris Naggar kick) 7 0
SMU 05:16 TD Danny Gray 62 yd pass from Shane Buechele (Chris Naggar kick) 14 0
SMU 11:33 TD Kylen Granson 7 yd pass from Shane Buechele (Chris Naggar kick) 21 0
2nd Quarter SMU NorTx
SMU 01:18 FG Chris Naggar 37 yd FG 24 0
NorTx 06:29 TD Jaelon Darden 12 yd pass from Jason Bean (Ethan Mooney kick) 24 7
SMU 11:58 FG Chris Naggar 22 yd FG 27 7
SMU 14:42 TD Shane Buechele 2 yd run (Chris Naggar kick) 34 7
3rd Quarter SMU NorTx
NorTx 02:58 TD DeAndre Torrey 7 yd run (Ethan Mooney kick) 34 14
SMU 04:07 TD Ulysses Bentley IV 4 yd run (Chris Naggar kick) 41 14
NorTx 06:16 TD Austin Aune 5 yd run (Ethan Mooney kick) 41 21
SMU 09:18 TD Reggie Roberson Jr. 2 yd pass from Shane Buechele (Chris Naggar kick) 48 21
SMU 14:49 TD Ulysses Bentley IV 9 yd run (Chris Naggar kick) 55 21
4th Quarter SMU NorTx
NorTx 00:58 TD Jaelon Darden 33 yd pass from Austin Aune (Ethan Mooney kick) 55 28
SMU 02:48 TD Ulysses Bentley IV 84 yd run (Chris Naggar kick) 62 28
NorTx 04:08 TD Deonte Simpson 55 yd pass from Austin Aune (Ethan Mooney kick) 62 35
SMU 09:27 FG Chris Naggar 46 yd FG 65 35

Game Information

Stadium: Apogee Stadium, Denton, Texas
Attendance: 8,464
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