Texas State vs North Texas — Jan 3, 2025 (30-28) College Football

1/3/25

North Texas

(6-7)

First Responder Bowl

Final

Gerald J. Ford Stadium

University Park, TX

Texas State -15.5 · O/U 67.5

64°· Clear

ESPN

Texas State

(8-5)

All-Time Series

Full Matchup Page

WINS

(.757)

TIES

WINS

(.162)

UNT

TXST

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

Team Box

North Texas

Texas State

491

Total Yards

508

Rushing Yards

201

393

Passing Yards

307

7 / 12

Third Downs

7 / 16

58%

Third Down %

44%

22:13

Time of Possession

37:47

9 for 90

Penalties

9 for 94

Turnovers

-1

Turnover Margin

Game Leaders

passing

Drew Mestemaker

YDS

393

ATT

COMP

PCT

63.4%

INT

Jordan McCloud

YDS

307

ATT

COMP

PCT

74.3%

INT

rushing

Drew Mestemaker

YDS

ATT

YPA

6.1

LONG

FUM

Lincoln Pare

YDS

143

ATT

YPA

6.8

LONG

FUM

—

receiving

Damon Ward Jr.

YDS

133

REC

YPC

26.6

LONG

FUM

—

Jaden Williams

YDS

155

REC

YPC

19.4

LONG

FUM

—

defense

Ridge Texada

STKL

TFL

0.5

ATKL

SACK

INT

—

FUM

—

Jordan Polk

STKL

TFL

ATKL

SACK

INT

—

FUM

—

Box

Passing

North Texas Passing

Drew Mestemaker

YDS

393

ATT

COMP

PCT

0.6

INT

RAT

150.3

YPA

9.6

YPC

15.1

Texas State Passing

Jordan McCloud

YDS

307

ATT

COMP

PCT

0.7

INT

RAT

151.7

YPA

8.8

YPC

11.8

Scoring Plays

Field Goal

Mason Shipley 34 yd FG GOOD

08:58 1Q

Touchdown

Drew Mestemaker pass complete to Miles Coleman for 46 yds for a TD (Kali Nguma KICK)

06:33 1Q

Field Goal

Mason Shipley 21 yd FG GOOD

02:45 1Q

Touchdown

Drew Mestemaker pass complete to Landon Sides for 16 yds for a TD (Kali Nguma KICK)

14:54 2Q

Field Goal

Mason Shipley 47 yd FG GOOD

11:02 2Q

Touchdown

Jordan McCloud pass complete to Jaden Williams for 24 yds for a TD (Mason Shipley KICK)

03:27 2Q

Touchdown

Lincoln Pare run for 1 yd for a TD (Mason Shipley KICK)

08:04 3Q

Touchdown

Makenzie McGill II run for 1 yd for a TD (Kali Nguma KICK)

03:20 4Q

Touchdown

Lincoln Pare run for 73 yds for a TD (Mason Shipley KICK)

02:25 4Q

Touchdown

Drew Mestemaker run for 70 yds for a TD (Kali Nguma KICK)

01:49 4Q

Team Stats

Per Game

Team

North Texas

Texas State

33.54

Points For

36.54

34.15

Points Against

24.54

-0.62

Point Diff

489

Total Yards

477.46

460.54

Total Yards Allowed

359.77

-0.46

Turnover Margin

-0.38

26.23

Possession Minutes

30.77

Stat Rankings

North Texas

Offense

Texas State

Defense

Rank

23rd of 134

scoring

61st of 134

3rd of 134

total yards

53rd of 134

48th of 134

ppa

44th of 134

76th of 134

success rate

26th of 134

1st of 134

explosiveness

124th of 134

Team Ratings

Elo Ratingof 134 ranked

UNT

MSU1364 99

WKU1363

100

UNT1361

TXST

TXST1646

Talent Ratingof 134 ranked

UNT

UNT595.4

TXST

TXST540.2

Season Leaders

passing

Chandler Morris

YDS

3774

ATT

509

COMP

322

PCT

0.6%

INT

Jordan McCloud

YDS

3222

ATT

389

COMP

272

PCT

0.7%

INT

rushing

Shane Porter

YDS

648

ATT

YPA

6.7

LONG

FUM

Ismail Mahdi

YDS

991

ATT

183

YPA

5.4

LONG

FUM

receiving

DT Sheffield

YDS

822

REC

YPC

12.5

LONG

FUM

Jaden Williams

YDS

807

REC

YPC

14.2

LONG

FUM

defense

Jayden Hill

STKL

TFL

ATKL

SACK

INT

FUM

Jordan Polk

STKL

TFL

5.5

ATKL

SACK

INT

FUM

Recent Games

North Texas 28-6 Texas State (3 ties)

10/8/94

Texas State

(4-8)

Final

North Texas

(8-4-1)

10/9/93

Texas State

(2-9)

Final

North Texas

(4-7)

11/14/92

Texas State

(5-5-1)

Final

North Texas

(4-7)

11/16/91

Texas State

(7-4)

Final

North Texas

(3-7-1)

11/10/90

Texas State

(6-5)

Final

North Texas

(6-5)

Common Opponents

Nov 15, 2024

Sep 7, 2024

Aug 31, 2024

Nov 29, 2024