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Mean Green win fourth in a row, defeating Army 52-49 on late field goal

We didn’t predict a lot of defense here, but at the end of the day there turned out to be no defense whatsoever, which resulted in a much more exciting game than anyone could’ve predicted.

For the first three quarters, Army (8-3) and North Texas (8-3, 6-1) essentially traded touchdowns, with an occasional turnover on downs or the rare punt. North Texas was 2/2 on 4th down attempts, and 7/11 on 3rd down attempts, while Army was almost identical, going 1 of 2 on 4th down attempts, 8/11 on 3rd.

Despite very different methods of attack, these teams were indeed evenly matched, as much as any team North Texas has faced since barely scraping together a last-second win against UTSA.