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North Texas Mean Green at UTEP Miners

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Aune leads North Texas to 31-13 victory over UTEP in opener

Aune, who completed 16 of 29 passes for 236 yards, connected with Tommy Bush for an 11-yard TD to tie the game at 7-7 in the second quarter.

Aune turned a 14-13 halftime lead into a 28-13 advantage for the Mean Green heading into the final quarter with scoring passes of 9 yards to Isaiah Johnson and an 11-yarder to Jake Roberts.

Gavin Hardison completed 21 of 48 passes for 293 yards. Hardison gave the Miners a 7-0 lead in the second quarter with a 32-yard scoring strike to Tyrin Smith, who had seven receptions for 127 yards. Gavin Baechle kicked two field goals in the period.

Ethan Mooney capped the scoring for the Mean Green with a 28-yard field goal in the final quarter.

UTEP outgained North Texas 400-399 on offense.

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  • TV Channel: Mean Green at Miners 2021 College Football, week 1, is broadcasted on .
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Matchup Prediction

Miners: 39.9%
Mean Green: 60.1%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

UTEP TD 2nd Period 13:58 Tyrin Smith 32 Yd pass from Gavin Hardison (Gavin Baechle Kick)
UNT TD 2nd Period 10:02 Tommy Bush 7 Yd pass from Austin Aune (Ethan Mooney Kick)
UTEP FG 2nd Period 5:14 Gavin Baechle 29 Yd Field Goal
UNT TD 2nd Period 1:52 Oscar Adaway III 8 Yd Run (Ethan Mooney Kick)
UTEP FG 2nd Period 0:07 Gavin Baechle 26 Yd Field Goal
UNT TD 3rd Period 10:27 Isaiah Johnson 9 Yd pass from Austin Aune (Ethan Mooney Kick)
UNT TD 3rd Period 4:32 Jake Roberts 11 Yd pass from Austin Aune (Ethan Mooney Kick)
UNT FG 4th Period 8:05 Ethan Mooney 28 Yd Field Goal

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/ncaa/500/249.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originUNT https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/ncaa/500/2638.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originUTEP
24 1st Downs 22
6-12 3rd down efficiency 7-18
1-1 4th down efficiency 2-6
399 Total Yards 400
236 Passing 293
16-29 Comp-Att 21-48
8.1 Yards per pass 6.1
163 Rushing 107
41 Rushing Attempts 30
4.0 Yards per rush 3.6
6-65 Penalties 5-50
1 Turnovers 1
1 Fumbles lost 1
0 Interceptions thrown 0
31:25 Possession 28:35

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