DENTON, Texas (AP) — Byrum Brown threw three touchdown passes and ran for two more scores, Jhalyn Shuler returned a fumble 34 yards for South Florida's fourth TD in span of 4 1/2 minutes and the No. 24 Bulls beat North Texas 63-36 on Friday night, handing the Mean Green their first loss this season.

The Bulls (5-1, 2-0 American) tied it at 21 with 2 seconds left before halftime when Brown threw a 2-yard TD pass to Jonathan Echols to capitalize on a muffed punt. They added three quick scores after halftime.

North Texas (5-1, 1-1) hadn’t gone this deep into a season without a loss since a 5-0 start in 1959 , which was nine years before “Mean” Joe Greene was a unanimous All-American at the school.

South Florida went ahead to stay with some trickery right after halftime, on receiver Chris

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