Complex sentence: The 2013 season began with a home game celebrating 100 years of football at North Texas; an announced crowd of 21,975 watched the Mean Green defeat the Idaho Vandals 40--6.
Split into simpler sentences: The 2013 season began with a home game celebrating 100 years of football at North Texas. An announced crowd of 21,975 watched the Mean Green defeat the Idaho Vandals 40--6.