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Fine Passes for 320 Yards, 2 TDs; UNT Beats UTSA

UNT quarterback Mason Fine completed passes to 11 different targets in the win

Mason Fine passed for 320 yards and two touchdowns and DeAndre Torrey had 155 yards rushing and a score to help North Texas hold on for a 24-21 win over UTSA on Saturday night.

Fine completed passes to 11 different players and finished 26 of 36 with one interception.

UNT (9-3, 5-3 Conference USA) has won nine games in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 1977-78 seasons -- under College Football Hall of Fame coach Hayden Fry.

Torrey gave the Mean Green a 24-14 lead when he scored on a 3-yard run late in the third quarter. Bryce Rivers hit Tariq Woolen for an 8-yard TD with 8:01 left to pull the Roadrunners within three points. On its ensuing drive, UNT chewed more than 5 1/2 minutes off the clock but, on fourth-and-1 from the UTSA 32, Torrey was dropped by Kevin Strong Jr. for a 2-yard loss.

Rivers, on fourth-and-16, hit Greg Campbell Jr. for a 25-yard gain to the 17 with 30 seconds left, but a delay of game penalty and a sack by E.J. Ejiya pushed the Roadrunners back to the 31 and Jared Sackett's 48-yard field-goal attempts as time expired sailed wide left.

Campbell had 11 receptions for 186 yards UTSA (3-9, 2-6).

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