BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) - Derek Thompson threw for 251 yards and two touchdowns in North Texas' 20-14 win over Florida Atlantic on Saturday.
It marks the third time since 1997 that North Texas has been 2-3 after five games. The Mean Green was also 2-3 in 2003 and 2005 and had started 1-4 or worse in every year since 2005.
Thompson's first touchdown pass, a 68-yard strike to Brelan Chancellor, opened scoring and Zach Olen's 48-yard field goal gave North Texas a 10-0 advantage.
Chancellor finished with 135 yards receiving on six catches.
Thompson's second TD pass, a 14-yarder to Drew Miller, gave the Mean Green a commanding 17-0 third-quarter lead.
FAU rallied, scoring 14 unanswered points and cutting the deficit to 17-14, but Olen converted his second field of the day to seal the win.
Graham Wilbert led FAU (1-4) with 142 passing yards on 21 of 34 attempts, but threw two interceptions.
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| Scoring Summary |
| NTEXAS | Brelan Chancellor 68 yd pass from Derek Thompson (Zach Olen kick) |
| NTEXAS | Zach Olen 48 yd FG |
| NTEXAS | Drew Miller 14 yd pass from Derek Thompson (Zach Olen kick) |
| FAU | Damian Fortner 11 yd run (Mitch Anderson kick) |
| FAU | Graham Wilbert 11 yd run (Mitch Anderson kick) |
| NTEXAS | Zach Olen 28 yd FG |
| Team Stats | ||
| NTEXAS | FAU | |
| First Downs | 15 | 18 |
| Third Down Efficiency | 3-14 | 8-17 |
| Fourth Down Efficiency | 0-0 | 0-3 |
| Plays-Net Yards | 60-307 | 71-301 |
| Rushes-Yds | 30-56 | 37-159 |
| Passing Yds | 251 | 142 |
| Kick Return Yds | 41 | 95 |
| Punt Return Yds | 7 | 0 |
| Passes | 18-30-1 | 21-34-2 |
| Punts | 6-226 | 4-169 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Penalties-Yds | 4-36 | 8-61 |
| Time of Poss. | 29:8 | 30:52 |
| Individual Stats |
| RUSHING |
| NTEXAS: Antoinne Jimmerson 12-25, Brandin Byrd 11-21, Derek Thompson 3-14, Brelan Chancellor 1-0, Jeremy Brown 1--1, Team 2--3 |
| FAU: Damian Fortner 17-63, Jonathan Wallace 9-37, Martese Jackson 1-26, Graham Wilbert 8-19, Daniel McKinney 1-7, Travis Jones 1-7 |
| PASSING |
| NTEXAS: Derek Thompson 18-30-251-1 |
| FAU: Graham Wilbert 21-34-142-2 |
| RECEIVING |
| NTEXAS: Brelan Chancellor 6-135, Ivan Delgado 5-34, Jeremy Brown 2-22, Drew Miller 2-15, Antoinne Jimmerson 1-37, Brandin Byrd 1-5, Lynrick Pleasant 1-3 |
| FAU: William Dukes 6-62, Byron Hankerson 4-36, Daniel McKinney 4-17, Damian Fortner 3-12, Jonathan Wallace 2-9, Alex Deleon 1-4, Travis Jones 1-2 |
| Standings | |||
| Team | Standings | Conference | Overall |
| North Texas | 6th Sun Belt | 3-5 | 4-8 |
| Florida Atlantic | 8th Sun Belt | 2-6 | 3-9 |
