FINAL SCORE
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders at North Texas Mean Green game details
Saturday, October 27, 2007 at 7:00 PM ET
· Attendance 18,181
Put the final score in perspective.
Middle Tennessee finished 20 points ahead. The teams combined for 76 points. This is an unadjusted scoring comparison, with no allowance for possessions, opponent strength or overtime.
The reported halftime score was Middle Tennessee 30, North Texas 21. Across the 4 regulation quarters with line-score data for both teams, North Texas outscored its opponent in 0 and Middle Tennessee in 3. A quarter advantage counts scoring in that quarter only.
How these comparisons are calculated ↗QUARTER BY QUARTER
Line score
 Middle Tennessee | 10 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 48 |
 North Texas | 7 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
THE MATCHUP IN NUMBERS
Team statistics
| 1st Downs | 21 | 21 |
| 3rd down efficiency | 5-16 | 5-12 |
| 4th down efficiency | 1-2 | 1-1 |
| Total Yards | 335 | 383 |
| Passing | 204 | 307 |
| Comp/Att | 22/38 | 25/45 |
| Yards per pass | 5.3 | 6.6 |
| Rushing | 132 | 87 |
| Rushing Attempts | 42 | 22 |
| Yards per rush | 3.1 | 4.0 |
| Penalties | 9-86 | 13-110 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 5 |
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 1 |
| Interceptions thrown | 0 | 4 |
| Possession | 22:17 | 13:36 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders
passing
| Dwight Dasher | 16/21 | 159 | 7.6 | 2 | 0 | 62.0 |
| Joe Craddock | 6/17 | 44 | 2.6 | 1 | 0 | 10.0 |
rushing
| DeMarco McNair | 11 | 62 | 5.6 | 2 | 27 |
| Phillip Tanner | 9 | 34 | 3.8 | 1 | 12 |
| Dwight Dasher | 10 | 24 | 2.4 | 0 | 16 |
| Desmond Gee | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 0 | 14 |
| Michael Cannon | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Joe Craddock | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 0 | 8 |
receiving
| Taron Henry | 6 | 103 | 17.2 | 1 | 51 |
| Bobby Williams | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 0 | 13 |
| Desmond Gee | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 0 | 7 |
| DeMarco McNair | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 1 | 10 |
| Phillip Tanner | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 14 |
| Patrick Honeycutt | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 1 | 7 |
| Michael Cannon | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Jonathan Grigsby | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
interceptions
| Damon Nickson | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tavares Jones | 1 | 46 | 0 |
| Erik Walden | 1 | 0 | 0 |
puntReturns
| Michael Cannon | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Bradley Robinson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Desmond Gee | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
kicking
| Matt King | 0/0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5/6 | 5 |
| David DeFatta | 1/1 | 100.0 | 39 | 0/0 | 3 |
punting
| David DeFatta | 8 | 378 | 47.3 | 0 | 0 | 58 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
North Texas Mean Green
passing
| Giovanni Vizza | 25/45 | 296 | 6.6 | 2 | 4 | 19.3 |
rushing
| Jamario Thomas | 10 | 89 | 8.9 | 1 | 77 |
| Micah Mosley | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 0 | 2 |
| Giovanni Vizza | 8 | -5 | -0.6 | 1 | 7 |
receiving
| Sam Dibrell | 8 | 121 | 15.1 | 1 | 41 |
| Casey Fitzgerald | 8 | 100 | 12.5 | 1 | 30 |
| Micah Mosley | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 0 | 27 |
| Brock Stickler | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 16 |
| Jamario Thomas | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 0 | 14 |
| Brandon Jackson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Korey Washington | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Adam Venegas | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 |
puntReturns
| Evyn Roman | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 14 | 0 |
kicking
| Thomas Moreland | 0/0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4/4 | 4 |
punting
| Truman Spencer | 4 | 199 | 49.8 | 0 | 0 | 73 |
HOW IT HAPPENED
Scoring summary
| 1 | 10:28 | North Texas rush for a touchdown. | 0 – 6 |
| 1 | 10:28 | North Texas Extra point GOOD. | 0 – 7 |
| 1 | 4:33 | Middle Tenn 39 yard field goal GOOD. | 3 – 7 |
| 1 | 1:55 | Middle Tenn rush for a touchdown. | 9 – 7 |
| 1 | 1:55 | Middle Tenn Extra point GOOD. | 10 – 7 |
| 2 | 14:04 | Middle Tenn pass complete for a touchdown. | 16 – 7 |
| 2 | 12:49 | Middle Tenn pass complete for a touchdown. | 22 – 7 |
| 2 | 12:49 | Middle Tenn Extra point GOOD. | 23 – 7 |
| 2 | 11:07 | North Texas pass complete for a touchdown. | 23 – 13 |
| 2 | 11:07 | North Texas Extra point GOOD. | 23 – 14 |
| 2 | 6:56 | North Texas pass complete for a touchdown. | 23 – 20 |
| 2 | 6:56 | North Texas Extra point GOOD. | 23 – 21 |
| 2 | 0:40 | Middle Tenn pass complete for a touchdown. | 29 – 21 |
| 2 | 0:40 | Middle Tenn Extra point GOOD. | 30 – 21 |
| 3 | 10:13 | North Texas rush for a touchdown. | 30 – 28 |
| 3 | 10:13 | North Texas Extra point GOOD. | 30 – 28 |
| 3 | 3:43 | Middle Tenn rush for a touchdown. | 36 – 28 |
| 3 | 3:43 | Middle Tenn Extra point GOOD. | 37 – 28 |
| 4 | 14:27 | North Texas penalty. | 39 – 28 |
| 4 | 11:13 | North Texas rush for a safety. | 41 – 28 |
| 4 | 8:17 | Middle Tenn rush for a touchdown. | 47 – 28 |
| 4 | 8:17 | Middle Tenn Extra point GOOD. | 48 – 28 |
ESPN · Updated Oct 12, 5:57 AM UTCData methodology