While North Texas continues to struggle to put wins on the board for the most part it can not be hung on the offense. When compared to the offensive stats of other NCAA teams, UNT’s offense fairs pretty well.

For example, the North Texas offense comes in ranked #28 in total offense per game. In other words, they are ranked in the top 30% of NCAA upper tier football programs.

The passing offense comes in ranked #51 with 223.42 yards per game, which is better than the half the NCAA teams.

In 12 games they had 413 passes with 277 completions for a 67.07% completion rate putting them in position #74.

North Texas holds down the #28 slot in rushing with 420 carries for 2,223 yards on the season. They ran for 185.25 yards a game or 5.29 yards per carry with 27 touchdowns for the season.

When putting passing and rushing together North Texas churns out 408.67 yards a game putting them in the #36 slot, once again they are ranked in the upper third of NCAA teams. For the season they recorded a total of 4,904 yards.

Even with them struggling to get the ball into the endzone they fared pretty well. Scoring 26.58 points per game North Texas came in at #63. For the season North Texas totaled 319 points in 12 games.

Turnovers killed North Texas. In the turnover category they were at the bottom losing 29 turnovers putting them tied at #109.  The #1 team only lost ten turnovers all season long.

North Texas ended up tied with three teams at #105 spot with 17 interceptions on the season. For comparison, the #1 team had only 3 all year.

With 12 fumbles lost, North Texas came in near the bottom tied at #79 on the list.

Another area that hurt the North Texas offense was being tackled for a loss. For the season they gave up 275 yards in losses. It comes out to 75 yards lost per game or 6.25 yards lost a tackle behind the line of scrimmage. They gave up 56 solo tackles and 38 assistant tackles.

When it comes to giving up sacks North Texas did pretty good, they were tied for tenth on the list. They gave up 12 sacks or one per game for a total of 93 yards lost on season. For comparison the #1 team had five sacks or .36 sacks a game losing 32 yards, while the worst team gave up 59 sacks or 4.92 per game losing 382 total yards.

North Texas was above average in getting first downs per game. They recorded 20.75 first downs per game putting them at #39. For the season they earned 104 first downs on rushing plays, 125 on passing plays and 20 first downs by penalties for a total of 249 first downs for the season.

When it comes to third down efficiency, North Texas was in the middle of the pack. On 164 three down attempts they converted 69 times for a 42.07% average. It puts them in at #40.

When it comes to fourth down conversion, North Texas fell near the bottom. On 13 tries they converted 4 for a 30.77 % rate coming in #107.

Scoring inside the twenty yard line North Texas was tied at #77. Forty-six times they made it there but scored only 37 times for 220 points. Of the 37 scores, seventeen were by rushing the ball, eleven times passing and 9 times by field goals for a percentage rate of .80.  The #1 team scored 54 times on 56 attempts for a .96% conversion rate.

As for time of possession North Texas held on the ball 30.46 minutes per game coming in on the list at #39.  The #1 team held on the ball 33.55 minutes per game.

For comparison in rushing, passing and scoring, North Texas beats out some big name competition.

As for rushing the ball and coming in at #28, UNT beat teams like Texas A&M, Pittsburg, Penn State, California, Southern California, Arizona, Tennessee, Georgia, Texas, Minnesota, Florida State, Miami (Fla) and several other big name schools in other big name conferences.

In passing the ball North Texas beats teams like UCLA, Iowa, Auburn, TCU, Arizona State, Pittsburg, Wisconsin, Louisville, Minnesota, Georgia, Clemson, LSU, Ohio State, Nebraska and several other big name schools in other big name conferences.

In scoring offense North Texas beats teams like Southern California, West Virginia, LSU, Nebraska, Virginia, Washington, Iowa, UCLA, Minnesota and some other big name schools in big name conferences.

After looking over the North Texas’ NCAA Stats for the last couple of weeks in offense, defense and special teams it becomes clear the North Texas offense has been holding its own. The biggest problem has been the defense coupled with certain areas of special teams.

If North Texas is to put wins on the scoreboard this season, the defense and special teams need to step up. The offense has been doing enough to win games and the stats bear it out.