The Morris-Sheffield connection takes North Texas past Florida Atlantic in the final minutes

BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — Chandler Morris threw two of his four touchdown passes to DT Sheffield in the final 2:38 to help North Texas to a 41-37 victory over Florida Atlantic on Saturday night.

North Texas (5-1, 2-0 American Athletic Conference) trailed 37-27 when Morris capped an eight-play, 75-yard drive with an 8-yard scoring throw against Sheffield. North Texas got the ball back with 1:43 left and Morris hit Sheffield for a 3-yard touchdown at the end of a five-play drive to take the lead. Shane Porter had a 34-yard run for a first-and-goal at the 5-yard line.

Morris completed 27 of 45 passes for 336 yards with one interception for the Mean Green. Sheffield finished the game with 11 catches for 126 yards.

Morris threw a 19-yard touchdown pass to Dalton Carnes for the game’s first score and connected with Nick Rempert for a 25-yard touchdown and a 14-7 lead after one quarter.

Cam Fancher followed a 14-yard touchdown pass to Omari Hayes in the first quarter with scoring throws of 28 yards to Wyatt Sullivan and five yards to Jabari Smith in the second quarter. Morgan Suarez added two field goals and Florida Atlantic (2-4, 0-2) took a 27-17 halftime lead. The Owls led 34-27 in the final quarter.

Fancher totaled 351 yards on 22-for-30 passing with one interception for Florida Atlantic. CJ Campbell Jr. carried 18 balls for 89 yards and a score.