North Texas Mean Green

10-1

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North Texas Mean Green beat the Rice Owls

10-1 56 – 24

5-6

Final · Sat, Nov 22

Game Details

First Community Stadium (Houston) · 24,598 fans · ESPNU

Highlights

No. 22 North Texas beats Rice 56-24 behind huge passing attack led by Mestemaker and Young

Drew Mestemaker threw for 469 yards and three touchdowns, Wyatt Young set an American Conference record with 295 yards receiving and two scores, and No. 22 North Texas rallied from an early deficit to beat Rice 56-24 on Saturday night.

Recap via ESPN

0:21 Chase Jenkins rushes in for 18-yard rushing touchdown

0:29 Aaron Turner runs for 12-yard rushing touchdown

0:34 Drew Mestemaker throws 74-yard touchdown pass vs. Rice

0:28 Caleb Hawkins rushes in for 4-yard rushing touchdown

Clips play on ESPN

First Community Stadium · Houston

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
UNT	7	21	14	14	56
RICE	14	0	7	3	24

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Game Leaders

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Drew Mestemaker · 19/23, 469 YDS, 3 TDPassing Yards
Caleb Hawkins · 20 CAR, 97 YDS, 3 TDRushing Yards
Wyatt Young · 8 REC, 295 YDS, 2 TDReceiving Yards
Brayden Knox · 1Sacks
Ethan Wesloski · 17Tackles

Rice Owls

Chase Jenkins · 14/21, 101 YDS, 1 TDPassing Yards
Aaron Turner · 9 CAR, 78 YDS, 1 TDRushing Yards
Aaron Turner · 8 REC, 58 YDS, 1 TDReceiving Yards
Marcus Williams · 10Tackles

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 3:46

TD Ashton Gray 11 Yd Run (Kali Nguma Kick)56–24

Q4 5:38

FG Enock Gota 27 Yd Field Goal 49–24

Q4 12:10

TD Caleb Hawkins 8 Yd Run (Kali Nguma Kick)49–21

Q3 0:04

TD Aaron Turner 15 Yd pass from Chase Jenkins (Enock Gota Kick)42–21

Q3 3:14

TD Caleb Hawkins 7 Yd Run (Kali Nguma Kick)42–14

Q3 12:55

TD Drew Mestemaker 1 Yd Run (Kali Nguma Kick)35–14

Q2 3:05

TD Wyatt Young 84 Yd pass from Drew Mestemaker (Kali Nguma Kick)28–14

Q2 6:34

TD Tre Williams III 56 Yd pass from Drew Mestemaker (Kali Nguma Kick)21–14

Q2 10:26

TD Caleb Hawkins 4 Yd Run (Kali Nguma Kick)14–14

Q1 0:52

TD Wyatt Young 74 Yd pass from Drew Mestemaker (Kali Nguma Kick)7–14

Q1 1:42

TD Aaron Turner 12 Yd Run (Enock Gota Kick)0–14

Q1 8:56

TD Chase Jenkins 18 Yd Run (Enock Gota Kick)0–7

Team Stats

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Offense

640 Total Yards 397

469 Passing Yards 101

171 Rushing Yards 296

25 First Downs 24

Efficiency

1-6 3rd Down 6-14

3-3 4th Down 1-2

19/23 Completions 14/21

Turnovers & Clock

0 Turnovers 0

2-10 Penalties 1-5

22:15 Possession 37:45

Box Score

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Drew Mestemaker	19/23	469	20.4	3	0	99.2
Team	19/23	469	20.4	3	0	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Caleb Hawkins	20	97	4.9	3	12
Ashton Gray	7	48	6.9	1	22
Chris Jimerson Jr.	3	25	8.3	0	12
Drew Mestemaker	2	1	0.5	1	1
Team	32	171	5.3	5	22

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Wyatt Young	8	295	36.9	2	84
Tre Williams III	2	62	31.0	1	56
Cameron Dorner	2	27	13.5	0	22
Terrence Lewis	1	25	25.0	0	25
Miles Coleman	3	25	8.3	0	15
Landon Sides	2	23	11.5	0	16
Caleb Hawkins	1	12	12.0	0	12
Team	19	469	24.7	3	84

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Ethan Wesloski	17	10	0	1.5	0	0
Will Jones II	8	5	0	1	0	0
David Fisher	8	4	0	1	0	0
Trey Fields	6	4	0	0.5	0	0
Ethan Day	5	2	0	0	0	1
Brayden Knox	4	3	1	2	0	0
Jalyn Durgan	4	2	0	0	0	1
Evan Jackson	3	3	0	0	1	0
Jackson Lataimua	3	1	0	0.5	0	0
Kenton Allen	3	1	0	0	0	0
BJ Allen Jr.	2	2	0	0	1	0
Rudy Vargas Jr.	2	1	0	0	0	0
Richard Outland Jr.	2	0	0	0	0	0
Keviyan Huddleston	2	0	0	0	0	0
Joshua Pierce	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jayden Williams	2	0	0	0	0	0
Terrell Washington	2	0	0	0.5	0	0
Da'Veawn Armstead	1	1	0	0	0	0
Kollin Lewis	1	1	0	0	0	0
S'Maje Burrell	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team	85	45	1	8	2	2

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Simeon Evans	2	45	22.5	26
Victor Aderungboye	1	0	0.0	0
Team	3	45	15.0	26

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Miles Coleman	1	7	7.0	7	0
Team	1	7	7.0	7	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Kali Nguma	0/0	0.0	0	8/8	8
Team	0/0	0.0	0	8/8	8

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Sawyer Evans	2	83	41.5	0	1	42
Team	2	83	41.5	0	1	42

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Chase Jenkins	14/21	101	4.8	1	0	71.5
Team	14/21	101	4.8	1	0	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Aaron Turner	9	78	8.7	1	25
Chase Jenkins	16	75	4.7	1	18
D'Andre Hardeman Jr.	10	66	6.6	0	36
Quinton Jackson	14	50	3.6	0	7
Tyvonn Byars	4	27	6.8	0	9
Team	53	296	5.6	2	36

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Aaron Turner	8	58	7.3	1	25
Drayden Dickmann	3	17	5.7	0	10
Payton Matthews	1	16	16.0	0	16
Micah Barnett	1	5	5.0	0	5
Semaj Pierre	1	5	5.0	0	5
Team	14	101	7.2	1	25

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	TFL	PD
Marcus Williams	10	7	0	0
Andrew Awe	8	5	0	0
Jack Kane	8	4	0	0
Ty Morris	6	2	0	0
Peyton Stevenson	5	2	0	0
Aquantis Clemmons	4	1	0	0
Jo Chavez	3	2	0	0
Blake Boenisch	3	1	1	1
Omari Porter	2	1	0	0
Tony Anyanwu	2	0	0	0
Dillan Botts	2	0	0	0
Joseph Mutombo	1	1	0	0
Cooper King	1	1	0	0
Ty Thames	1	1	0	0
Braden Bays	1	1	0	0
Elroyal Morris III	1	0	0	0
Matthew Aribisala	1	0	0	0
Wyatt Freeman	1	0	0	0
Ephraim Dotson	1	0	0	0
Team	61	29	1	1

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Quinton Jackson	4	80	20.0	26	0
Team	4	80	20.0	26	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Enock Gota	1/1	100.0	27	3/3	6
Team	1/1	100.0	27	3/3	6

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Alex Bacchetta	5	216	43.2	0	3	50
Team	5	216	43.2	0	3	50

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