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DENTON — North Texas celebrated the renewal of its series with SMU by delivering a humiliating loss to the cross-town rival.

The Mean Green dominated SMU in every phase of a 43-6 victory before 22,398 at Apogee Stadium.

While North Texas showed dramatic improvement from its opening loss to Texas, the Mustangs looked as mystified by the game of football as they did in week one’s 45-0 loss to Baylor.

If not for Kolney Cassel’s 33-yard touchdown pass to Nate Halverson on the final play, SMU would be lamenting consecutive shutouts.

Still, the thorough defeat left the Mustangs with their first 0-2 start since 2006. That year they opened with losses to Texas Tech and North Texas, the last time they played in Denton.

“All losses are tough, but this was very frustrating,” SMU coach June Jones said. “But you’ve got to take ownership. Coaches have got to do better, I’ve got to do better, and somehow we’ve got to find a way. It’s not going to go away. We’ve got to keep fighting.”

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