Louisiana at North Texas

Saturday, November 5, 2005

Louisiana beat North Texas 31–⁠28. It was their 10th meeting; after it, North Texas led the series 7–⁠3 as played.

AwayLouisiana6–⁠5 in 2005
31
HomeNorth Texas2–⁠9 in 2005
28

FinalTV: ESGPAttendance 14,153

Scoring by quarter

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Louisiana71401031
North Texas0714728

Standouts

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Player stats

Louisiana

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
Jerry Babb8/1110901
RushingCarYdsTDLong
Jerry Babb22133122
Tyrell Fenroy22102319
Booker Jenkins431013
Dwight Lindon Jr.526011
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Bill Sampy259044
Kevin Robbins322011
Tyrell Fenroy119019
Kevin Belton1505
InterceptionsIntYdsTD
Michael Adams1160

North Texas

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
Daniel Meager8/1411211
RushingCarYdsTDLong
Patrick Cobbs23197359
Jamario Thomas634012
Daniel Meager325022
Johnny Quinn1707
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Brandon Jackson459022
Johnny Quinn453127
InterceptionsIntYdsTD
Aaron Weathers140

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

Team stats

LouisianaNorth Texas
436Total yards375
120Passing yards112
327Rushing yards263
9.9Yards per pass8.0
5.4Yards per rush8.0
25First downs19
8–⁠12Third downs6–⁠9
0–⁠0Fourth downs0–⁠0
1Turnovers2
0–⁠0Penalties0–⁠0
23:27Possession13:26

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

North Texas 64% to win. Louisiana won as Elo’s underdog.

Officially, North Texas leads 9–⁠7; as played, 9–⁠8 in 17 meetings, counting the seven since this game.

Recent meetings
2012North Texas 30, Louisiana 23
2011Louisiana 30, North Texas 10
2010Louisiana 28, North Texas 27
2009Louisiana 38, North Texas 34
2008Louisiana 59, North Texas 30
2007Louisiana 38, North Texas 29

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