UNT FootballSunday, November 8
North Texas beats Rice 52-24 for its sixth straight win
The Daily Denton team
North Texas beat Rice 52-24 on Saturday at DATCU Stadium. d210sports lists the final as 52-23, but the AP has it at 52-24. The Mean Green are 7-2 and 5-0 in the American Conference, one game ahead of Memphis and UTSA.
North Texas beat Rice by 28 points
- Rice24North Texas52 (won)
Source: NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
Jahiem White scored three touchdowns and has rushed for a touchdown in nine straight games, the longest active streak in the FBS. Justin Stevenson caught five passes for 117 yards, his fourth straight 100-yard receiving game.
- Second half: a touchdown on all six possessions
- Turnovers: Zakye Barker forced a fumble, Peyton Taylor intercepted a pass
- Defense: Rice was scoreless in the first quarter
- Next: North Texas visits UTSA next Saturday
The Mean Green kept stacking up streaks
- 9
- straight games with a Jahiem White rushing touchdown
- 7-for-7
- on scoring chances inside the red zone
- 6
- straight games with at least 40 points
- 7
- 100-yard rushing games for White this season
Source: d210sports
Sources: d210sports, NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth