FINAL SCORE
Texas Southern Tigers at North Texas Mean Green game details
Saturday, September 8, 2012 at 7:00 PM ET
DATCU Stadium · Attendance 22,259
Put the final score in perspective.
North Texas finished 27 points ahead. The teams combined for 41 points. This is an unadjusted scoring comparison, with no allowance for possessions, opponent strength or overtime.
The reported halftime score was Texas Southern 0, North Texas 17. Across the 4 regulation quarters with line-score data for both teams, North Texas outscored its opponent in 3 and Texas Southern in 1. A quarter advantage counts scoring in that quarter only.
How these comparisons are calculated ↗QUARTER BY QUARTER
Line score
 Texas Southern | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
 North Texas | 7 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 34 |
THE MATCHUP IN NUMBERS
Team statistics
| 1st Downs | 10 | 23 |
| 3rd down efficiency | 3-15 | 5-14 |
| 4th down efficiency | 0-1 | 1-1 |
| Total Yards | 185 | 497 |
| Passing | 154 | 145 |
| Comp/Att | 13/37 | 11/24 |
| Yards per pass | 4.2 | 6.0 |
| Rushing | 31 | 352 |
| Rushing Attempts | 25 | 57 |
| Yards per rush | 1.2 | 6.2 |
| Penalties | 4-28 | 5-55 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 2 |
| Fumbles lost | 1 | 1 |
| Interceptions thrown | 3 | 1 |
| Possession | 24:40 | 35:20 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Texas Southern Tigers
passing
| Dantavious Parker | 7/20 | 106 | 5.3 | 1 | 1 | -- |
| Riko Smalls | 4/10 | 29 | 2.9 | 0 | 1 | -- |
| Rudy Johnson | 2/7 | 19 | 2.7 | 0 | 1 | -- |
rushing
| Edward Perkins-Loving | 6 | 21 | 3.5 | 0 | 11 |
| Rudy Johnson | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 9 |
| Riko Smalls | 9 | 8 | 0.9 | 0 | 6 |
| Kendall Denson | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 4 |
| Tony Peoples | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dantavious Parker | 4 | -12 | -3.0 | 0 | 4 |
receiving
| Daniel McKayhan | 3 | 75 | 25.0 | 1 | 59 |
| James Davis | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | 35 |
| Harry Brown | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | 14 |
| Fred Plummer | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | 11 |
| Tony Peoples | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 5 |
| Wayne Ingram | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 |
interceptions
| Tray Walker | 1 | 1 | 0 |
kickReturns
| Trenton Richmond | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Daniel McKayhan | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
kicking
| Robert Hersh | 0/0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1/1 | 1 |
punting
| Robert Hersh | 9 | 416 | 46.2 | 0 | 0 | 58 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
North Texas Mean Green
passing
| Derek Thompson | 11/24 | 145 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 11.7 |
rushing
| Antoinne Jimmerson | 15 | 139 | 9.3 | 1 | 39 |
| Brandin Byrd | 23 | 106 | 4.6 | 2 | 20 |
| Brelan Chancellor | 1 | 46 | 46.0 | 0 | 46 |
| Jeremy Brown | 9 | 42 | 4.7 | 1 | 30 |
| Derek Thompson | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | 4 |
| Austin Orr | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 0 | 3 |
| Konockus Sashington | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
receiving
| Christopher Bynes | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 0 | 39 |
| Ivan Delgado | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 0 | 16 |
| Drew Miller | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 0 | 18 |
| Lynrick Pleasant | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 14 |
| Darnell Smith | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 |
interceptions
| Marcus Trice | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| Zac Whitfield | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Xavier Kelly | 1 | 0 | 0 |
kickReturns
| Brandin Byrd | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
puntReturns
| Brelan Chancellor | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
kicking
| Zach Olen | 2/2 | 100.0 | 34 | 4/4 | 10 |
punting
| Will Atterberry | 6 | 267 | 44.5 | 0 | 0 | 53 |
HOW IT HAPPENED
Scoring summary
| 1 | 11:15 | NORTH TEXAS rush for a touchdown. | 0 – 6 |
| 1 | 11:15 | NORTH TEXAS Extra point GOOD. | 0 – 7 |
| 2 | 13:52 | NORTH TEXAS 28 yard field goal GOOD. | 0 – 10 |
| 2 | 7:06 | NORTH TEXAS rush for a touchdown. | 0 – 16 |
| 2 | 7:06 | NORTH TEXAS Extra point GOOD. | 0 – 17 |
| 3 | 6:13 | NORTH TEXAS 34 yard field goal GOOD. | 0 – 20 |
| 3 | 3:25 | TEXAS SOUTHERN pass complete for a touchdown. | 6 – 20 |
| 3 | 3:25 | TEXAS SOUTHERN Extra point GOOD. | 7 – 20 |
| 4 | 4:26 | NORTH TEXAS rush for a touchdown. | 7 – 26 |
| 4 | 4:26 | NORTH TEXAS Extra point GOOD. | 7 – 27 |
| 4 | 2:42 | NORTH TEXAS rush for a touchdown. | 7 – 33 |
| 4 | 2:42 | NORTH TEXAS Extra point GOOD. | 7 – 34 |
ESPN · Updated Oct 11, 12:57 AM UTCData methodology