North Texas at Louisiana Tech

Saturday, October 22, 2005

Louisiana Tech beat North Texas 40–⁠14. It was their fifth meeting; after it, North Texas led the series 4–⁠1.

AwayNorth Texas2–⁠9 in 2005
14
HomeLouisiana Tech7–⁠4 in 2005
40

Final at Joe Aillet Stadium, Ruston73°F, wind 7 mphAttendance 19,481

Scoring by quarter

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
North Texas0014014
Louisiana Tech7206740

Standouts

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Player stats

North Texas

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
Daniel Meager8/186010
Matt Phillips1/4602
Patrick Cobbs1/13310
RushingCarYdsTDLong
Patrick Cobbs15108023
Jamario Thomas1364016
Daniel Meager68013
Matt Phillips1505
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Johnny Quinn343133
Brandon Jackson221115
Joel Nwigwe115015
Robert Harmon1909

Louisiana Tech

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
Matt Kubik23/3028310
Donald Allen1/5000
RushingCarYdsTDLong
Freddie Franklin1082042
Patrick Jackson114429
Matt Kubik743019
Mark Dillard729111
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Jonathan Holland471050
Anthony Harrison552020
Anthony James350125
Eric Newman243022
InterceptionsIntYdsTD
Anthony Moss100

From CollegeFootballData’s box score. Names lead to each player’s page. ★ a career high on file.

Team stats

North TexasLouisiana Tech
287Total yards510
113Passing yards294
188Rushing yards227
4.3Yards per pass8.1
5.2Yards per rush5.5
15First downs25
2–⁠11Third downs4–⁠14
0–⁠0Fourth downs0–⁠1
3Turnovers0
0–⁠0Penalties0–⁠0
16:32Possession20:09

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Louisiana Tech 64% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Louisiana Tech leads 9–⁠8 in 17 meetings, counting the 12 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023North Texas 40, Louisiana Tech 37
2022North Texas 47, Louisiana Tech 27
2021Louisiana Tech 24, North Texas 17
2020Louisiana Tech 42, North Texas 31
2019Louisiana Tech 52, North Texas 17
2018Louisiana Tech 29, North Texas 27

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