University of North Texas Athletics
Mean Green Suffers Homecoming Loss, 24-19
11/19/2005 12:00:00 AM | Football
The Mean Green (2-8, 2-4) lost its fifth-straight game and is now tied in the series record with the Indians, 11-11. Louisiana-Monroe (5-5, 5-1) clinched a share of the Sun Belt title with the victory.
The Indians jumped out to a 14-0 lead, and despite comeback efforts by the Mean Green, was able to stay ahead for the win. Down 24-19 in the fourth quarter,
Jyles was 16-of-33 in the game for 218 yards, including two touchdowns. He also rushed for a one-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter, extending UL-Monroe’s lead to 24-13.
Sophomore wide receiver Brandon Jackson finished the game with a career-high 113 yards on eight catches.
Louisiana-Monroe had the first big play of the game when Jyles completed a 53-yard pass to Marty Humphrey at the end of the first quarter. Jyles finished the 11-play drive with an eight-yard pass to Joe Merritt in the endzone to put the Indians ahead, 7-0.
Jyles had another long pass in the second quarter, connecting with Drouzen Quillen for a 39-yard scoring strike to extend the Indians lead to 14-0.
North Texas responded with a big play of its own when Phillips found
The Mean Green continued to gain momentum as NT forced two Indian fumbles in each of UL-Monroe’s next two possessions, resulting in two Nick Bazaldua field goals. The senior’s field goals of 46 and 35 yards brought
The Indians were able to drive down the field in the final minutes of the first half and add three more points to their score, 17-13, with a 33-yard field goal.
The Mean Green and the Indians exchanged punts in the third quarter before Jyles and UL-Monroe found the endzone with 12:13 left in the game.
The Mean Green finishes the 2005 season on Nov. 26 when it plays
