Bobcats Fend Off Mean Green 31-30 In Double OT (2009)

[Harry]

Bobcats Fend Off Mean Green 31-30 In Double OT

DENTON, Texas (AP) -Theo Scott and Taylor Price hooked up for a 15-yard touchdown and the ensuing 2-point conversion pass as Ohio rallied for a 31-30 double-overtime victory over North Texas on Saturday.

Ohio (1-1) decided to go for two points after a roughing-the-passer penalty on the TD moved the ball inside the 2-yard line.

The teams matched field goals in the first overtime before Cam Montgomery gave North Texas a 30-23 lead on the first possession of the second extra period with a 7-yard TD run.

North Texas (1-1) forced overtime with 46 seconds left when Jeremy Knott's 18-yard field goal tied it at 20-20.

Kenny Jackson gave Ohio its first lead of the night with a 69-yard interception return in the fourth quarter, picking off backup quarterback Nathan Tune after starter Riley Dodge (12 of 22, 117 yards) left the game with a shoulder injury.

Link to game stats: http://www.ohiobobcats.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/2009-2010/nt02.html

[meanJewGreen]

I remember how depressing that was. We were so pumped after Ball State, then had to deal with shitty weather (I think) and that boneheaded and controversial penalty by one of our boys. Imagine what could've happen if we started 2-0

[LongJim]

Monsoon game. Very exciting game, and a real heartbreaking loss. That was a "shoulda won" ballgame.

[Eastwood Eagle]

One of the most heartbreaking losses I have expierenced. Didn't we also lose in depressing fashion against LaLa a few weeks later (after Riley got carted off the field or something)?

[Harry]

I still can't believe that we won in the stats but still lost the game. Still hurts to this day!

[MeanGreen61]

Please don't remind me of that wet, wet evening. Really got a sinking, drowning feeling when they scored the 2.

Edited September 4, 2013 by MeanGreen61

[Green P1]

Never forgave Nathan Tune.

[adman]

Thanks a lot Michael Outlaw.

[Varsity]

Damn. I remember this one as well. another one that got away from us.

[jtm0097]

This is making me depressed.

[Harry]

Jeremy Knott had three field goals in that game. That's a name I hadn't thought about in awhile.

[Marty]

Never forgave Nathan Tune.

Didn't it come out later that the receiver (forgot who) ran the wrong route?

[unt_rocket09]

This was the season of a few near losses if I remember. The LaLa game where the PAT got blocked maybe? Or was that the year after. Seems were cursed.

[UNTcrazy727]

Outlaw dropped TWO passes that would have won the game...

[eulessismore]

Jeremy Knott had three field goals in that game. That's a name I hadn't thought about in awhile.

One of the the things I still hold against Dodge, is that he went for it on 4th and goal, instead of having Knott kick the fg when he had already kicked (I believe) 2 by that point. I remember thinking right then, "we may need those points". Remind me to let this go.

[Eastwood Eagle]

Never forgave Nathan Tune.

Nor did Ray.

[Green P1]

Didn't it come out later that the receiver (forgot who) ran the wrong route?

As a huge fan of Tony Romo... Since when is that allowed to be an excuse.

[UNTcrazy727]

If anyone wants to relive the nightmare...(its actually a pretty cool video)

[FirefightnRick]

I helped save a woman's hand on the way to that game that morning.

What a strange thing to type.

Rick

[Mean Green Matt]

It is astounding some of the ways we have managed to snatch defeat from the claws of victory over the last 10 years.

[FirefightnRick]

It is astounding some of the ways we have managed to snatch defeat from the claws of victory over the last 10 years.

Ha, 10 years? You need to hear the stories from posters like DallasGreen who saw such games as the '67 Arkansas game in Fayettville.

We went 8-2 that year. Arkansas was bidding for a National Championship and finished 10-1. Yet they had to have a call by a ref who ruled that our receiver didnt catch a TD when he came down in bounds with the ball in hand,.. to beat us 17-15.

Everyone who was there I have talked to said we got the shaft on that one.

Rick

Edited September 5, 2013 by FirefightnRick

[ColoradoEagle]

If anyone wants to relive the nightmare...(its actually a pretty cool video)

The NT Video Dept could take a few pointers.

[jdennis82]

Can a win Saturday serve as a Men In Black "memory eraser" of these last 3 years?

[oldguystudent]

This is McCarney's chance to end all talk of the teflon coated one once and for all. I hope to all things pure and holy that he pulls it off. Not super optimistic that he will, but what a watershed moment it will be if he does.