North Texas Mean Green vs Arkansas Razorbacks Match Player Stats On Sep 15, 2018

Quarterback Mason Fine threw for 281 yards and accounted for two touchdowns and North Texas posted its first win over Arkansas, a 44-17 victory Saturday at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville.

Fine, a junior, was 24-for-445 passing and one touchdown and rushed for a touchdown. He entered the game averaging an NCAA-best 431 yards passing.

The Mean Green improved to 3-0 for the time since 1989 and defeated the Razorbacks for the first time in 10 tries. North Texas is 5-37 against teams from the Southeastern Conference.

Arkansas (1-2) turned the ball over six times. Quarterback Cole Kelley was 16-for-35 for 185 yards with four interceptions. The Razorbacks were able to rush for only 126 yards, 68 of that coming on a Maleek Williams run late in the fourth quarter.

North Texas set the pace by scoring 17 straight points in the first quarter. Fine began the scoring with a 2-yard touchdown run, and Keegan Brewer faked a fair catch on a punt and returned it 90 yards for a touchdown. Cole Hedlund added a 24-yard field goal for a 17-0 lead.

Arkansas cut the lead to 17-10 on a 5-yard touchdown run by Kelley and a 54-yard Connor Limpert field goal.

But North Texas scored 17 straight to finish the quarter and took a 34-10 halftime lead. Loren Easly scored on a 3-yard run, Fine threw a 7-yard touchdown pass to Rico Bussey Jr. and Hedlund added a 26-yard field goal. Easly led the team with 68 yards rushing on 13 carries

The Mean Green added another field goal in the third quarter, with Hedlund making a 20-yarder. Hedlund, a graduate student who transferred after four seasons at Arkansas, is 10-for-10 on field goals.

North Texas got its final score when Kemon Hall intercepted a John Stephen Jones pass and returned it 24 yards for a touchdown.

--Field Level Media