KALAMAZOO, Mich. -- The Western Michigan football team fell in overtime to the University of North Texas at Stafford-Smith Field at Waldo Stadium on Saturday evening. 

WMU (0-2) had a 10-point lead at halftime but was unable to hold off UNT's high-powered offense in the second half. The Mean Green out-gained the Broncos 305-86 in the final two quarters, before tying the game up at 27-27 on a field goal with 1:35 left to play in regulation. 

Palmer Domschke nailed his third field goal of the game in the first possession of overtime, putting it between the uprights from 48 yards out to give Western Michigan the lead, 30-27. All three of Domshke's field goals came from at least 40 yards. 

North Texas responded, quickly moving to the WMU 7-yard line after a short run and a pass interference penalty. After a short run by Mackenzie McGill II got UNT to the 5-yard line, a Bronco was flagged for taunting on the next play after a pass was incomplete. With first goal from the 3-yard line, McGill II ran up the middle and into the endzone to give the Mean Green the win. 

Jalen Buckley led the Bronco offense with 112 yards on 30 carries, while also catching two passes for 51 yards and a touchdown. Redshirt sophomore quarterback Broc Lowry had a career-high three touchdowns on the day, with one coming through the air and two on the ground. He also had a career-high 66 yards rushing, while going 5-for-10 passing with 75 yards. Senior tight end Blake Bosma led the team with four receptions and had 31 yards. 

The Bronco defense recorded three sacks on the night. Rodney McGraw had a career-high 2.5 sacks and five tackles, while Nadame Tucker had three tackles and a half-sack. Sefa Saipaia Jr. had a team-high six tackles. 

It was Western Michigan that got on the board first early in the second quarter. WMU had a fourth and two at the UNT 42 to open the quarter and Lowry found Bosma out in the flat. Bosma turned the corner and picked up 15 yards down to the 27. Two plays later on a third and eight, Lowry ran up the middle for 25-yards and the touchdown. Domshke's extra point gave the Broncos a 7-0 lead with 13:33 left in the half.

North Texas responded with a scoring drive of its own. Drew Mestemaker drove the Mean Green down the field on an eight-play, 68-yard drive that was capped off by a 10-yard touchdown run by Kiefer Sibley, tying it up at 7-7. 

The Broncos regained the lead on the next drive. Lowery found Buckley in the flat and he took it 34 yards down the field to the UNT 30. Buckley then rushed it for five yards, before Devin Miles had two straight carries to get the ball to the 17. Lowry then ran a play-action fake that left Buckly wide open at the 10 and he trotted into the endzone for the score, pushing ahead 14-7. 

WMU closed out the first half with a 40-yard field goal by Domshke. 

The Mean Green opened the third quarter with a lengthy drive down the field before the Bronco defense stalled their drive at the WMU 4. UNT settled for a field goal to cut the lead to 17-10 with 10:27 left in the third quarter. 

WMU pushed the lead to 24-10 using a big kickoff return from Keivin Boone-Nelson to start the drive at the UNT 35. A pass interference penalty pushed the ball down to the 20 and five plays later, Lowry took off for eight yards and the touchdown. 

Mestemaker took UNT down the field in response, using a 31-yard scramble to the get down to the WMU 27. He then found Tre Williams III for an 18-yard touchdown, cutting the lead to 24-17.

Domshke nailed his second field goal of the game early in the fourth quarter, this time from 43 yards out to give WMU a 27-17 lead with 14:13 to play. 

But the Mean Green answered right back with a nine-play, 65-yard drive that was capped off by Mestemaker finding his tight end, Cameron Dorner open in the middle of the endzone from four-yards out. 

Kali Nguma then tied the game up with 1:35 to play on a 25-yard field goal.

Western Michigan is back in action next Saturday night, heading to No. 11 Illinois for a 7 p.m. ET kickoff on FS1.