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Louisiana-Monroe at North Texas

    North Texas 38, Louisiana-Monroe 21

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    DENTON, Texas (AP) - Derek Thompson threw three touchdown passes and Lance Dunbar rushed for 139 yards Saturday as North Texas defeated Louisiana-Monroe 38-21.

    Thompson completed 23 of 39 passes for 332 yards and had TD passes of 9 and 13 yards to Chris Bynes, and 40 yards to Brelan Chancellor. Bynes had eight receptions for 85 yards, while Chancellor finished with five receptions for 113 yards.

    Dunbar added a 60-yard scoring run for the Mean Green (3-5, 2-2 Sun Belt), and had four catches for 50 yards. He now has 3,781 career rushing yards and 1,014 receiving yards - becoming the 25th player in NCAA history to top 3,000 yards rushing and 1,000 yards receiving.

    Louisiana-Monroe (2-5, 1-2) tied the game at 21 on an 8-yard run by Jyruss Edwards in the third quarter. The Warhawks also scored on a 100-yard kick return by Luther Ambrose to open the game and a 15-yard run by Centarius Donald.

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    Scoring Summary
    LAMONLuther Ambrose 100 yd kick return (Justin Manton kick)
    NTXBrelan Chancellor 40 yd pass from Derek Thompson (Zach Olen kick)
    LAMONCentarius Donald 15 yd run (Justin Manton kick)
    NTXChristopher Bynes 9 yd pass from Derek Thompson (Zach Olen kick)
    NTXChristopher Bynes 13 yd pass from Derek Thompson (Zach Olen kick)
    LAMONJyruss Edwards 8 yd run (Justin Manton kick)
    NTXZach Olen 46 yd FG
    NTXJulian Herron 16 yd fumble return (Zach Olen kick)
    NTXLance Dunbar 60 yd run (Zach Olen kick)
     
    Team Stats
     LAMONNTX
    First Downs1820
    Third Down Efficiency2-146-16
    Fourth Down Efficiency1-20-0
    Plays-Net Yards70-34372-459
    Rushes-Yds35-14233-127
    Passing Yds201332
    Kick Return Yds16520
    Punt Return Yds-35
    Passes16-35-123-39-0
    Punts7-2688-338
    Fumbles-Lost1-10-0
    Penalties-Yds1-53-35
    Time of Poss.29:530:55
     
    Individual Stats
    RUSHING
    LAMON: Centarius Donald 11-84, Kolton Browning 10-22, Mitchell Bailey 6-22, Jyruss Edwards 6-15, Cody Wells 1-1, Team 1--2
    NTX: Lance Dunbar 29-139, Derek Thompson 4--12
    PASSING
    LAMON: Kolton Browning 15-32-195-0, Cody Wells 1-3-6-1
    NTX: Derek Thompson 23-39-332-0
    RECEIVING
    LAMON: Brent Leonard 8-113, Jyruss Edwards 3-21, Zarrell Sanders 2-47, Colby Harper 2-15, Anthony McCall 1-5
    NTX: Christopher Bynes 8-85, Brelan Chancellor 5-113, Lance Dunbar 4-50, Ivan Delgado 3-56, Willie Taylor 1-15, Michael Outlaw 1-8, Andrew Power 1-5
     
    Standings
    TeamStandingsConferenceOverall
    Louisiana-Monroe6th Sun Belt 3-54-8