By Jeff Bugher
9/20/24
Game Information Date and Time:
Date/Time: Sept. 21/5:00 p.m. MT
Site: Denton, Texas
Stadium: DATCU Stadium
Surface: FieldTurf
Television Information:
Televised By: ESPN+
Play-by-Play Announcer: James Westling
Color Analysts: Leger Douzable
Radio Broadcast Information:
The Cowboy Sports Network (CSN):
•Every Cowboy Football game is broadcast live on the 26 Affiliates of the Cowboy Sports •Network Flagship Station, KFBC 1240 AM, Cheyenne, Wyo.
Announcers:
•Keith Kelley, Play-by-Play (3rd year)
•Kevin McKinney, Color Analyst (27th year)
•Erick Pauley, Sideline Reporter
Pregame Show:
•Begins 90 minutes before kickoff.
Postgame Show:
•30 minutes immediately after the game
Depth Charts:
Wyoming:
University of North Texas:
Weather:
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Betting Odds:
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Parking Information:
CJC Tailgate in Denton:
CJC Watch Parties: Casper and Cheyenne:
About The Mean Green
The Mean Green (2-1) is coming off a 66-21 loss at Texas Tech last Saturday. Three turnovers by North Texas helped the Red Raiders score 35 points in the second quarter and 42 unanswered points to close the first half after a competitive first 15 minutes. Quarterback Chander Morris had two touchdowns and three interceptions before watching most of the fourth quarter from the sideline.
North Texas, which opened the season with a 52-38 win at South Alabama and defeated
Stephen F. Austin 35-20 in Denton, enters the matchup with Wyoming ranked 34th in the FBS in scoring offense (36.0 ppg) and 24th in total yards (469.0 ypg). The Mean Green defense is 129th in points allowed (41.3 per game) and 127th in yards allowed (472.0 per game).
Morris, despite the rough outing in Lubbock, is completing 65.2% of his passes and averaging
299.7 passing yards per game with nine touchdowns and six interceptions. Wide receiver Damon Ward Jr. is averaging 93.7 yards receiving with two touchdowns.
This is the first meeting between UW and North Texas, which was a member of the Sun
Belt Conference (2000-13) and Conference USA (2013-23) before joining the American Athletic Conference last season
Source: UW Athletics Media Relations
About North Texas Head Coach Eric Morris
Morris, who played wide receiver for Mike Leach at Texas Tech from 2004-08, is in his second season as the head coach at North Texas. The Mean Green went 5-7 in 2023 as Morris installed his productive version of the Air Raid offense, which finished sixth nationally in total yards (495.8 per game).
Before returning to his native Texas, Morris was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks
coach at Washington State for former Wyoming defensive coordinator Jake Dickert. Star quarterback Cam Ward, who is finishing his collegiate career at Miami, followed Morris to Pullman from Incarnate Word, where Morris posted a 24-18 overall record as head coach from 2018-21 with two trips to the FCS playoffs.
Morris was the offensive coordinator at Texas Tech from 2013-17, which included coaching
Patrick Mahomes, who passed for 4,683 yards and 36
Source: UW Athletics Media Relations
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