2008 North Texas Mean Green football team

2008 North Texas Mean Green football

Conference	Sun Belt Conference
2008 record	1–11 (0–7 Sun Belt)
Head coach	Todd Dodge
Offensive coordinator	Todd Ford
Offensive scheme	Spread option
Defensive coordinator	Gary DeLoach
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Fouts Field (Capacity: 30,500)

2008 Sun Belt football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Troy $		6	–	1		8	–	5
Louisiana–Lafayette		5	–	2		6	–	6
Florida Atlantic		4	–	3		7	–	6
Arkansas State		4	–	3		6	–	6
FIU		3	–	4		5	–	7
Middle Tennessee		3	–	4		5	–	7
Louisiana–Monroe		3	–	4		4	–	8
North Texas		0	–	7		1	–	11

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 2008 North Texas Mean Green football team represented the University of North Texas in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season was the team's second under head coach Todd Dodge. Gary DeLoach was hired in the off-season as the new defensive coordinator replacing Ron Mendoza.^[1] The Mean Green played their home games on campus at Fouts Field in Denton, Texas.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	6:05 p.m.	at Kansas State*	Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium • Manhattan, KS		L 6–45	45,150^[2]
09/06/2008	6:00 p.m.	Tulsa*	Fouts Field • Denton, TX	KTXA 21	L 26–56	22,785
09/13/2008	7:00 p.m.	at No. 7 LSU*	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	GamePlan	L 3–41	91,602
09/27/2008	4:00 p.m.	at Rice*	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	KTXA 21	L 20-77	16,885
10/04/2008	6:00 p.m.	Florida International	Fouts Field • Denton, TX	ESPN+	L 10–42	16,781
10/11/2008	6:00 p.m.	Louisiana-Lafayette	Fouts Field • Denton, TX		L 30–59	17,106
10/18/2008	6:00 p.m.	at Louisiana-Monroe	Malone Stadium • Monroe, LA		L 23–35	10,388
10/25/2008	6:00 p.m.	Troy	Fouts Field • Denton, TX		L 17–45	18,345
11/1/2008	3:30 p.m.	at Western Kentucky*	Houchens Industries Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY	ESPN+	W 51–40	18,879
11/8/2008	3:00 p.m.	Florida Atlantic	Lockhart Stadium • Fort Lauderdale, FL		L 13–46	17,175
11/22/2008	2:30 p.m.	at Middle Tennessee	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN		L 13–52	14,307
11/29/2008	1:00 p.m.	Arkansas State	Fouts Field • Denton, TX		L 28–33	9,761
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Schedule from MeanGreenSports.com

Game notes

Kansas State

	1	2	3	4	Total
North Texas	0	0	6	0	6
Kansas State	14	14	14	3	45

Kansas State overpowered North Texas on both sides of the ball, scoring on six of its first seven possessions to take a 42–0 lead, holding the Mean Green to 205 total yards—81 in the first half. Kansas State quarterback Josh Freeman threw for three touchdowns and rushed for another two. Quarterback Giovanni Vizza completed 16 of 29 passes for 100 yards, including the Mean Green's only touchdown of the game, a 9-yard pass to Alex Lott late in the third quarter.

Tulsa

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tulsa	14	28	7	7	56
North Texas	7	3	3	13	26

LSU

	1	2	3	4	Total
North Texas	0	3	0	0	3
LSU	10	17	14	0	41

Rice

	1	2	3	4	Total
North Texas	13	7	0	0	20
Rice	21	35	21	0	77

This game will be just the second meeting between both teams with the first meeting happening in 1988 when North Texas defeated Rice 33–17 in Houston.^[3]

Florida International

	1	2	3	4	Total
FIU	14	14	7	7	42
North Texas	0	0	3	7	10

Louisiana-Lafayette

	1	2	3	4	Total
Louisiana-Lafayette	14	21	10	14	59
North Texas	10	10	7	3	30

Louisiana-Monroe

	1	2	3	4	Total
North Texas	0	6	3	14	23
Louisiana-Monroe	21	14	0	0	35

Troy

	1	2	3	4	Total
Troy	15	10	7	13	45
North Texas	0	7	0	10	17

Western Kentucky

	1	2	3	4	Total
North Texas	21	3	7	20	51
Western Kentucky	14	0	20	6	40

Florida Atlantic

	1	2	3	4	Total
North Texas	0	6	0	7	13
Florida Atlantic	6	19	21	0	46

Middle Tennessee

	1	2	3	4	Total
North Texas	13	0	0	0	13
Middle Tennessee	17	28	7	0	52

Arkansas State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Arkansas State	7	10	13	3	33
North Texas	0	14	14	0	28

References

↑ Dodge Names Gary DeLoach Defensive Coordinator - North Texas Mean Green Athletics
↑ "UNT v. KSU BoxScore". ESPN.com. 2008-08-30. Retrieved 2008-08-31.
↑ North Texas Announces 2008 Football Schedule - North Texas Mean Green Athletics

North Texas Mean Green football

Venues	Fouts Field (1952–2010) Apogee Stadium (2011–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games SMU: Safeway Bowl UTSA

Culture & lore	Marching band 2007 Navy game

People	Head coaches Statistical leaders

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