sentences:  North Texas has played in 10 NCAA-sanctioned bowl games with a record of 2–8.North Texas competed in the Optimist Bowl as its first bowl game in 1946 against Pacific.North Texas won the game 14-13, but the contest was part of a fundraiser for homeless youths in Houston, Texas put on by Optimist International and was not an NCAA-sanctioned bowl game, therefore it does not count towards the official record.