North Texas Mean Green

11-1

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North Texas Mean Green beat the Temple Owls

5-7 25 – 52

11-1

Final · Fri, Nov 28

Game Details

DATCU Stadium (Denton) · 24,492 fans · ESPN

Highlights

Drew Mestemaker leads No. 21 North Texas over Temple 52-25 for spot in American title game

Drew Mestemaker threw for 366 yards and three touchdowns, including a 77-yarder to Cameron Dorner, and No. 21 North Texas wrapped up a spot in the American Conference championship game with a 52-25 victory against Temple on Friday.

Recap via ESPN

0:18 Evan Simon throws 2-yard touchdown pass vs. North Texas

0:28 Caleb Hawkins crosses goal line for 5-yard rushing touchdown

0:24 Caleb Hawkins rushes in for 31-yard touchdown

0:36 Da'veawn Armstead grabs interception vs. Temple Owls

Clips play on ESPN

DATCU Stadium · Denton

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
TEM	7	0	7	11	25
UNT	14	21	10	7	52

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Game Leaders

Temple Owls

Evan Simon · 10/27, 82 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INTPassing Yards
Hunter Smith · 10 CAR, 66 YDSRushing Yards
Colin Chase · 3 REC, 55 YDSReceiving Yards
Avery Powell · 9Tackles

North Texas Mean Green

Drew Mestemaker · 20/24, 366 YDS, 3 TDPassing Yards
Caleb Hawkins · 25 CAR, 186 YDS, 4 TDRushing Yards
Wyatt Young · 6 REC, 127 YDSReceiving Yards
Trey Fields · 12Tackles

2026 American Conference Standings

Team
Florida Atlantic
Memphis
UTSA
North Texas
UAB
South Florida
Army
Temple
East Carolina
Tulane
Tulsa
Rice
Charlotte
Navy

Scoring

Q4 4:16

FG Carl Hardin 26 Yd Field Goal 25–52

Q4 8:25

TD Caleb Hawkins 1 Yd Run (Kali Nguma Kick)22–52

Q4 11:14

TD Jay Ducker 5 Yd Run (Gevani McCoy Pass to Ryder Kusch for Two-Point Conversion)22–45

Q3 0:40

TD Terrence Lewis 13 Yd pass from Drew Mestemaker (Kali Nguma Kick)14–45

Q3 7:07

FG Kali Nguma 27 Yd Field Goal 14–38

Q3 11:39

TD Peter Clarke 16 Yd pass from Jay Ducker (Carl Hardin Kick)14–35

Q2 1:25

TD Caleb Hawkins 6 Yd Run (Kali Nguma Kick)7–35

Q2 6:22

TD Terrence Lewis 5 Yd pass from Drew Mestemaker (Kali Nguma Kick)7–28

Q2 10:09

TD Caleb Hawkins 31 Yd Run (Kali Nguma Kick)7–21

Q1 1:08

TD Caleb Hawkins 5 Yd Run (Kali Nguma Kick)7–14

Q1 2:42

TD Ryder Kusch 2 Yd pass from Evan Simon (Carl Hardin Kick)7–7

Q1 8:18

TD Cameron Dorner 77 Yd pass from Drew Mestemaker (Kali Nguma Kick)0–7

Team Stats

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Offense

316 Total Yards 605

144 Passing Yards 366

172 Rushing Yards 239

18 First Downs 26

Efficiency

6-15 3rd Down 6-9

1-2 4th Down 0-0

13/33 Completions 20/24

Turnovers & Clock

1 Turnovers 2

5-45 Penalties 4-25

31:02 Possession 28:58

Box Score

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Evan Simon	10/27	82	3.0	1	1	19.9
Gevani McCoy	2/5	46	9.2	0	0	38.5
Jay Ducker	1/1	16	16.0	1	0	99.9
Team	13/33	144	4.4	2	1	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Hunter Smith	10	66	6.6	0	16
Jay Ducker	12	63	5.3	1	10
Keveun Mason	6	26	4.3	0	9
Colin Chase	3	9	3.0	0	6
Evan Simon	6	8	1.3	0	4
Team	37	172	4.6	1	16

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Colin Chase	3	55	18.3	0	42
JoJo Bermudez	2	35	17.5	0	34
Peter Clarke	2	24	12.0	1	16
Kajiya Hollawayne	2	18	9.0	0	13
Jay Ducker	1	5	5.0	0	5
Tyler Stewart	1	4	4.0	0	4
Ryder Kusch	1	2	2.0	1	2
Keveun Mason	1	1	1.0	0	1
Team	13	144	11.1	2	42

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Adrian Laing	0	0	1
Avery Powell	0	0	1
Team	0	0	2

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Avery Powell	9	6	0	1	0
Jamere Jones	6	3	0	0	0
Katin Surprenant	6	2	0.5	0	0
Jamarcus Pierre	4	4	0	0	0
Dontae Pollard	4	2	0	0	0
Khalil Poteat	4	2	1	0	0
Javier Morton	3	3	0	1	0
Jaylen Castleberry	3	3	0	0	0
Cam'Ron Stewart	3	1	0	0	0
KJ Miles	2	1	0	0	0
Russell Sykes IV	2	1	1.5	0	0
Eric Stuart	2	0	0	0	0
Allan Haye	1	1	0	0	1
Eric King	1	1	0	0	0
Joseph Auzenne	1	1	0	0	0
Ben Osueke	1	1	0	0	0
Adrian Laing	1	1	0	0	0
Denzel Chavis	1	1	0	0	0
Sultan Badmus	1	1	0	0	0
Devontae Ward-Grant	1	1	0	0	0
Tyree Alualu	1	0	0	0	0
Curly Ordonez	1	0	0	0	0
Team	58	36	3	2	1

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Denzel Chavis	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team	1	0	0.0	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Carl Hardin	1/1	100.0	26	2/2	5
Team	1/1	100.0	26	2/2	5

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Dante Atton	5	229	45.8	0	4	51
Team	5	229	45.8	0	4	51

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Drew Mestemaker	20/24	366	15.3	3	0	98.8
Team	20/24	366	15.3	3	0	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Caleb Hawkins	25	186	7.4	4	31
Ashton Gray	9	36	4.0	0	10
Kiefer Sibley	1	11	11.0	0	11
Chris Jimerson Jr.	2	9	4.5	0	9
Wyatt Young	1	-1	-1.0	0	0
Team	2	-2	-1.0	0	0
Team	40	239	6.0	4	31

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Wyatt Young	6	127	21.2	0	75
Cameron Dorner	4	125	31.3	1	77
Miles Coleman	3	42	14.0	0	26
Caleb Hawkins	2	28	14.0	0	24
Landon Sides	2	20	10.0	0	16
Terrence Lewis	2	18	9.0	2	13
Tre Williams III	1	6	6.0	0	6
Team	20	366	18.3	3	77

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST
Ashton Gray	1	1
Caleb Hawkins	1	1
Team	2	2

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Trey Fields	12	7	1	0	2
Ethan Wesloski	9	6	0	0	0
Ethan Day	5	2	0	0	0
Keviyan Huddleston	4	3	0	0	1
Quinton Hammonds	4	2	0	1	1
Will Jones II	3	1	0	0	0
Joshua Pierce	3	1	0	0	1
David Fisher	2	2	0	1	0
Gabe Stroud	2	2	0	0	0
Jayden Williams	2	1	0	0	1
Richard Outland Jr.	1	1	0	0	1
Landon Sides	1	1	0	0	0
Brayden Knox	1	1	0	0	0
Kenton Allen	1	1	0	0	0
Terrell Washington	1	1	0	0	1
Da'Veawn Armstead	1	0	0	1	0
Kollin Lewis	0	0	0	1	0
Tre Williams III	0	0	0	0	1
Team	57	35	1	4	9

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Da'Veawn Armstead	1	15	0
Team	1	15	0

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Simeon Evans	1	61	61.0	61
Miles Coleman	1	3	3.0	3
Team	2	64	32.0	61

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Kali Nguma	1/1	100.0	27	7/7	10
Team	1/1	100.0	27	7/7	10

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