North Texas routs Houston Christian 63-14
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North Texas routed Houston Christian 63-14. Share this game
We had North Texas favored. It won.
Next: Houston Christian beat Nicholls 16-2, Sat Oct 3
How it swung
Before kickoff, our ratings gave North Texas an 81% chance, and the closing betting line (North Texas was a 38.5-point favorite) put it above 99%.
North Texas led by 7 after the first quarter and by 21 at the half.
North Texas · Q4 14:53North Texas 63-14 Houston Christian
North Texas wonMove across the chart, or tap a numbered swing, to see any play.Houston Christian 14-63 North TexasHouston Christian lostMove across the chart, or tap a numbered swing, to see any play.No single play moved the chance by 20 points.
No single play moved the chance by 20 points.
How to read this chart
Starts from the pregame line (North Texas -38.5), at 99% for North Texas (the play-by-play feed's kickoff number, moved to match the line; our model's and the betting line's own numbers are in “The betting line, and the fans”). Dots are the biggest swings; ticks under the chart are scores. Outlined diamonds mark rare plays.Every drive
North Texas scored on 8 of its 12 drives; Houston Christian on 2 of its 13.
North Texas’s drives are teal, Houston Christian’s amber. A line runs from where a drive started to where it ended; a filled dot means it scored.
Box score
North Texas 63, Houston Christian 14
North Texas covered −38.5 by 10.5. The total, 77, went over 60.5.
| Team totals | Houston Christian | North Texas |
|---|---|---|
| Total yards | 238 | 648 |
| Passing | 15 of 26, 148 yds | 25 of 28, 400 yds |
| Rushing | 36 for 90 yds | 38 for 248 yds |
| First downs | 12 | 33 |
| Third down | 3 of 15 | 5 of 8 |
| Fourth down | 1 of 3 | 0 of 0 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 1 |
| Penalties | 5 for 45 yds | 8 for 55 yds |
| Time of possession | 29:07 | 30:53 |
Houston Christian leaders
- Passing Cutter Stewart 9 of 15, 123 yds, 1 TD
- Rushing Maddox Kopp 3 for 29 yds, 1 TD; Elijah Harris 11 for 23 yds
- Receiving Trayjen Llanas-Wilcox 2 for 53 yds; Ja'Ryan Wallace 2 for 25 yds
North Texas leaders
- Passing Tayven Jackson 16 of 18, 270 yds, 1 TD
- Rushing Jahiem White 11 for 133 yds, 4 TD; Chris Jimerson Jr. 4 for 41 yds
- Receiving Max Reese 3 for 70 yds; Justin Stevenson 5 for 69 yds, 1 TD
No rain through the game
91° at kickoff · no rain recorded
Warmer than 9 in 10 of the 60 other games played at DATCU Stadium since 2016 (airport temperature during the game window). The usual here around this date is 77°, with about 7 in 10 games between 67° and 86°.
September game-day temperatures at DATCU Stadium
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Where this weather comes from
Measured at Denton airport, 2.4 miles away. Rain is NOAA's radar-and-gauge estimate at the stadium and wind is an airport reading; neither is measured on the field. Game times come from the play-by-play, good to a minute or two. Source: National Weather Service, through the Iowa Environmental Mesonet; rain radar from NOAA MRMS, through Iowa State University. Field direction from OpenStreetMap contributors.Before kickoff
Recent games, the series and the betting line below are as they stood going in; the season profile is the season so far.
Recent games
Last 4 games
Houston Christian · 2-2
Rated 257th in our preseason ratings, 219th now, up 38 spots.
2-2 in its last 4, including a 6-point win over SE Louisiana as a 24.5-point underdog.
L 23-30 @ Incarnate Word #150 of 668
lost by 7 as a 14-point underdog
W 88-0 vs Arkansas Baptist
W 34-28 @ SE Louisiana #138 of 668
won by 6 as a 24.5-point underdog
Last three games
North Texas · 1-2
Rated 135th in our preseason ratings, 111th now, up 24 spots.
1-2 in its last three, including a 38-point win over UNLV as a 3-point underdog.
Week by week
North Texas
- Wk 1Lat Indiana16-52
- Wk 2Wvs UNLV44-6
- Wk 3Lat Texas State35-49
Houston Christian
- Wk 1Wat SE Louisiana34-28
- Wk 1Lat Rice3-31
- Wk 2Wvs Arkansas Baptist88-0
- Wk 3Lat Incarnate Word23-30
Power rating by week
North Texas is rated 6.0 points ahead as of week 3. Our power rating by week; higher is better.
The series
North Texas leads the series 1-0
1 meeting since 2020 · North Texas won the last meeting
- 2020North Texas 57-31
Each line is North Texas’s chance to win through that meeting.
Line, fans and home field
The betting line, and the fans
Our model and the betting line don’t fully agree on North Texas’s chances here.
North Texas favored by 38.5 · Total 60.5
How games like this usually go
North Texas by 38.5, and it went to form
Half of games8 in 10 gamesThis game
The band is where a favorite’s chance ran in the 411 games since 2025 with a favorite of 21.5 points or more.
The market
The spread moved 1 point toward North Texas.
The total rose 2 points.
Spread: −37.5 → −38.5 · Total: 58.5 → 60.5
Weather at kickoff
Hot and dry. Feels like 88° at kickoff.
Houston Christian at North Texas · Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026 · DATCU Stadium, Denton
- 88°feels like at kickoff
- Dryno rain at kickoff
- 82weather score, Mixed
At kickoff, Sept. 26, 2026.
Weather score: 0 to 100, higher is better, for the first 3 hours and 20 minutes of the game. Ideal is 100, Comfortable 90 to 99, Mixed 75 to 89, Rough 50 to 74, Harsh under 50.
Later kickoff times scored higher that Saturday
Games in this time zone used 7 kickoff times that day, local time (kickoffs within 30 minutes of each other count as one). This game is ringed. At DATCU Stadium that day, a 8 pm kickoff would have scored 88, against 82 at 6 pm.
- 11 am: 62, Rough
- 2:30 pm: 51, Rough
- 3:15 pm: 52, Rough
- 5 pm: 64, Rough
- 6 pm: 82, Mixed (this game)
- 7 pm: 84, Mixed
- 8 pm: 88, Mixed
Weather score at each kickoff time.
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At kickoff, Sept. 26, 2026. Wind is not drawn here; gusts are in each score.
Home field
North Texas is worth +3.8 points (±4.6) more at home than on the road since 2018 — middle of FBS, 43rd percentile.
58% at home, 45% on the road against FBS opponents (25-18 home, 22-27 away).
Our model gives every stadium the same flat 2.3-point home edge (why); the books use about 3. Against the closing line this stadium reads +3.7 at home vs. away over 101 games — inside the ±6.7 noise, so the flat number is the honest one here.
Night kickoff — historically worth about half a point more to the home side against the number, and not much more than that. The visitors travel about 261 miles to get here.