Early struggles cost Mean Green

[Harry]

ATHENS, Ohio — North Texas followed up one of its finest offensive performances in recent years last week with a tough night in a loss to Ohio.

UNT struggled early in Saturday’s game to cash in on key opportunities and couldn’t quite finish a comeback in a 27-21 loss to the Bobcats.

UNT turned the ball over four times and finished with 299 yards just one week after rolling up 591 yards in a 40-6 win over Idaho.

Ohio linebacker Javon Johnson intercepted a pass from UNT quarterback Derek Thompson and returned it 42 yards for a touchdown. That was just one of a few mistakes that came back to haunt UNT.

“We made some critical errors and big mistakes and a couple of turnovers,” UNT head coach Dan McCarney said. “The interception for a touchdown, if we get a little more air under it we might have had a touchdown. It was a 14-point swing. A little better throw, it could have been a touchdown.”

Thompson finished with 195 yards and two touchdowns on a night UNT struggled to run the ball, finishing with 104 yards on 38 carries.

Ohio limited Brelan Chancellor to one reception for 33 yards just one week after he finished with six catches for 135 yards against Idaho.

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[FirefightnRick]

Chancellor with one catch.

Think this was by accident? Nope. Great coaching. They knew he was our main weapon and keyed on him all game long and punted away from him too.

Great coaching.

Rick

[NT03]

Chancellor with one catch.

Think this was by accident? Nope. Great coaching. They knew he was our main weapon and keyed on him all game long and punted away from him too.

Great coaching.

Rick

Shutting down your outside deep threat with a lot of attention & filling up the middle to stop the run .... Sounds like a good time to throw to a tight end Edited September 8, 2013 by NT03