Biggest Plays of the Year

UNT86 · December 30, 2013

Goalline stand vs. Rice – 8 plays inside the 10 and the Owls still have not reached the endzone.
Pick 6 vs. La Tech – Zac Whitfield returns a pick 56 yards with 2:00 left in the first half. La Tech had dominated the Mean Green for the first 26 minutes of the game. NT takes the lead at the half and gets a road win.
Thompson 26 yard run vs. Ball State – Tied at 27, NT was on the verge of coming back from an 18 point deficit. Thompson shows his wheels and NT gets on a roll.
Blocked punt vs Georgia – Starts the 3^rd quarter with NT tying the game at 21. We didn’t hold on, but I still come across casual NT fans that first took notice at that point.
Chancellor 85 yard TD vs Idaho – Leading 7-6 with 3:00 to go in the first quarter, Chancellor gets loose for a bomb. NT never looks back and wins 40-6
Chancellor 65 yard punt return vs. Rice – Trice drops the pick six, Chancellor scores on the next play. NT 21-16 at the half.
Defense shuts out Ball State in the second half – Second half possessions were :Miss 51 yd FG, Turn over on Downs, Punt, Punt, INT
Lairamie Lee 20 yard INT return vs. Middle Tennessee – NT had just scored in the 2^nd quarter to take a 14-7 lead. Lee takes the pick six to the house and takes the fight out of the Blue Raiders. Coming off the loss at Tulane, this game was a huge win.
Chancellor 61 yard pass vs. La Tech – With Tech leading 10-0 and our offense not doing much, Thompson finds Brelan for the TD. Changes the momentum and possibly the season.
Jimmerson 42 yard run vs. Rice – Rice leading 16-7 and threatening to run away with the game. Jimmie pops a sweep and gets NT back in the game.
Defensive stop at Southern Miss – Thompson throws an interception on our first drive. The defense holds and Southern Miss misses the field goal. Fifty five points later, NT left no doubt.
Blocked punt vs Tulsa – Tulsa leading 10-7. Mean Green special teams again block a punt for a score. 42-10 Mean Green.
Byrd 82 yard run vs UTEP – Miners hanging around at the half. NT not playing particularly well. Byrd gets loose. NT rolls.
Chancellor 46 yard TD vs Southern Miss – Defense holds after an early turnover, Chancellor gets loose, NT crushes the Golden Eagles.
Byrd 91 yard TD vs. Tulsa – First drive of the second half last all of one play. Game over.

Did I miss anything?

UNT Mean Green · December 30, 2013

Great list! The wheel route to Jimmerson against Rice was big.

UNTeagle88 · December 30, 2013

The kickoff return for TD from Chancellor vs Georgia

Ben Gooding · December 30, 2013

I was at the La Tech game and Zac Whitfields pick 6 was the turning point of the season. North Texas couldn't get anything going on offense and it looked like another stagnant offensive performance, such as the UTSA performance. That pick 6 put life into the team and stopped the road game woes.

greenminer · December 31, 2013

The kickoff return for TD from Chancellor vs Georgia

yep

Mean Green Matt · December 31, 2013

I was at the La Tech game and Zac Whitfields pick 6 was the turning point of the season. North Texas couldn't get anything going on offense and it looked like another stagnant offensive performance, such as the UTSA performance. That pick 6 put life into the team and stopped the road game woes.

That was a ridiculously big momentum swing. The fighting Terry Bradshaws's couldn't recover.

Mean Green 93-98 · December 31, 2013

The goal line stand against Rice was 8 plays, so it can't be the biggest single play of the year.

NT03 · December 31, 2013

I think it was the Ball State game where Trice came up with a stop on a fake punt. Changed the momentum of that whole game. They were driving & player had a huge hole to make long gain.