QB Drew Mestemaker passes for North Texas-record 608 yards

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Redshirt freshman Drew Mestemaker handed for a school-record 608 yards with 4 touchdowns as North Texas scored 37 unanswered factors to beat Charlotte 54-20 on Friday night time.

Mestemaker accomplished 37 of 49 passes with one interception in breaking the report.

He coated 80 yards with three passes — the ultimate one a 41-yard scoring strike to Cameron Dorner — on the sport’s first possession to place North Texas (7-1, 3-1 American) up 7-0.

Charlotte (1-7, 0-5) answered with Liam Boyd’s 24-yard discipline objective and Grayson Loftis’ 33-yard landing cross to Javen Nicholas to take a 10-7 lead into the second quarter. Loftis and Nicholas then teamed up for a 64-yard rating in a one-play drive and Charlotte led 17-7.

Kali Nguma adopted with a 29-yard discipline objective and Mestemaker hit Caleb Hawkins for a 6-yard rating to tie it 17-all at halftime.

Charlotte had a drive stall on the North Texas 3-yard line to start the third quarter and settled for Boyd’s discipline objective and a 20-17 lead. It was all Mean Green from there.

Mestemaker handed to Tre Williams III for a 30-yard acquire to the Charlotte 1 and Kiefer Sibley ran it in on the subsequent play to place North Texas forward. Nguma added a 41-yard discipline objective for a 27-20 benefit after three quarters.

Mestemaker related with Hawkins for a 7-yard landing, and Wyatt Young turned a brief cross right into a 70-yard rating and a 20-point lead after the 2-point run failed. Sibley added a 45-yard landing run, and Ashton Gray scored on a 32-yard run to shine off the rout.

Young completed with 9 receptions for 190 yards. Dorner caught seven passes for 117 yards, and Landon Sides hauled in 5 for 114.

Loftis totaled 295 yards on 20-for-36 passing for the 49ers. Nicholas had seven catches for 187 yards.