FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Boise State quarterback Taylen Inexperienced accounted for 256 yards and three touchdowns and the Broncos beat North Texas 35-32 in a back-and-forth Frisco Bowl at Toyota Stadium on Saturday night time.

Inexperienced, who’s from close by Lewisville, ran for 2 touchdowns throughout Boise State’s bowl-program-record 22-point third quarter that noticed 5 lead modifications. He added 137 passing yards and one landing in Boise State’s first bowl victory since 2017.

Freshman working again Ashton Jeanty ran for 178 yards as Boise State (10-4) piled up a season-high 320 yards speeding.

The Broncos outscored North Texas 29-22 within the second half after the Imply Inexperienced led 10-6 on the break.

Each groups misplaced their convention championship video games, Boise State within the Mountain West and North Texas (7-7) in Convention USA.

Imply Inexperienced coach Seth Littrell was fired after the title sport loss, which left him with a 44-44 document in seven seasons. Defensive coordinator Phil Bennett was the interim head coach for the bowl sport, days after Eric Morris was employed as Littrell’s substitute.

Austin Aune, the 29-year-old quarterback for North Texas, accomplished 17 of 32 passes for 238 yards and one landing. However the junior threw two interceptions, together with one on the second play of the fourth quarter that set the Broncos up for Jeanty’s 1-yard landing that gave Boise State an 11-point lead.

Sophomore Iakika Ragsdale ran 21 occasions for 94 yards and two touchdowns for North Texas. Sophomore Jordan Good caught three passes for 94 yards.

TAKEAWAY

North Texas: The Imply Inexperienced misplaced a sixth straight bowl sport and second straight at Toyota Stadium. North Texas has been to a bowl in six of the final seven seasons however has not gained a bowl sport since beating UNLV within the 2014 Coronary heart of Dallas Bowl.

Boise State: The Broncos accomplished a bowl sport for the primary time since 2019 and solely the second time within the final 5 seasons, a stretch that started within the faculty’s final journey to the Dallas space when the 2018 First Responder Bowl in opposition to Boston School was canceled and declared no contest because of extreme climate.

Final 12 months, the Broncos withdrew from the Arizona Bowl due to COVID-19 instances throughout the program and in 2020 Boise State voted to not take part in a bowl sport after going 5-2 in the course of the COVID-shortened season. The Broncos misplaced to ex-Boise State head coach Chris Petersen and Washington within the 2019 Las Vegas Bowl.

UP NEXT

North Texas: The Imply Inexperienced start a brand new period below Morris, who returns to Texas after spending 4 years as head coach of Incarnate Phrase and 5 years as an assistant at Texas Tech. He was employed to exchange Seth Littrell, who went 44-44 in seven seasons because the UNT head coach. North Texas opens the 2023 season on Sept. 2 in opposition to Cal.

Boise State: Coach Andy Avalos continues his pursuit to return the Broncos to nationwide prominence after Boise State completed with 4 losses for the second straight season — the primary time that’s occurred since 1996-98 —Boise State’s first three years within the FBS. The Broncos have gone undefeated in MWC play three of the final 4 seasons however haven’t cracked the AP High 25 in both of Avalos’s two seasons after being ranked each season from 2002-2020. The Broncos open 2023 at Washington on Sept. 2.

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