North Texas Buries UNLV 44-6 Behind Four Turnovers
Four turnovers (one interception, three lost fumbles) and a final of 44-6. North Texas did not need to do anything fancy, and UNLV kept helping.
The home team scored first and never stopped leading. Dominic De Freitas hit field goals of 35 and 27 yards in the first quarter, and Tayven Jackson found Jahiem White from 32 yards out to make it 13-0 with 3:51 left in the opening period. UNLV got on the board with a 39-yard Ramon Villela field goal, and North Texas answered with Jackson's 3-yard run just before halftime for a 20-3 lead.
The second half was more of the same. White ran in from 5 yards to open the third quarter, 27-3. Villela kicked a 37-yarder (his second and the last UNLV points), and then Chris Jimerson Jr. threw a 16-yard touchdown to Max Reese for 34-6. Brendon Haygood added a 9-yard run, and De Freitas closed it with a 41-yard field goal with 1:12 to play. UNLV's offense, for the record, produced exactly six points, both of them field goals.
North Texas outgained UNLV 446 yards to 301, with 261 through the air and 185 on 37 carries, and committed no turnovers. UNLV ran 39 times for 98 yards, about two and a half a carry, and gave it away four times on top of that. North Texas also had four sacks. North Texas moves to 1-1 and UNLV falls to 1-2.
For fantasy, White and Jackson owned the day, and the only UNLV player in the top three was a receiver who also lost a fumble.