American college football season
The 1977 North Texas State Mean Green football team represented North Texas State University—now known as the University of North Texas —during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season . In its fifth season under head coach Hayden Fry , the team compiled a 10–1 record. The team played its home games at Fouts Field in Denton, Texas .
Schedule [ edit ] [8] [9]
1977 North Texas Mean Green football team roster Players Coaches Offense Pos. # Name Class RB Bernard Jackson So RB Mike Jones Sr WR Tim Loftin Sr QB Ken Washington Sr
Defense Pos. # Name Class DL 65 Walter Chapman Sr DB 44 J. T. Smith Sr LB Burks Washington Jr
Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 3 Iseed Khoury Sr
Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt
Rankings [ edit ] Game summaries [ edit ] Mississippi State [ edit ]
SMU vs. North Texas State 1 2 3 4 Total Mustangs 0 0 7 6 13 • Mean Green 3 7 7 7 24
Scoring summary 1 UNT Iseed Khoury 30-yard field goal UNT 3–0 2 6:37 UNT Tim Loftin 20-yard pass from Ken Washington (Khoury kick) UNT 10–0 3 6:33 UNT Ken Washington 4-yard run (Khoury kick) UNT 17–0 3 2:52 SMU 1-yard run (kick) UNT 17–7 4 5:43 UNT Mike Jones 15-yard run (Khoury kick) UNT 24–7 4 3:23 SMU TD (conversion failed) UNT 24–13
In the first meeting between the two teams at Texas Stadium , the Mean Green ended a 44-year drought against the Mustangs. Coach Hayden Fry earned a victory over the program that had controversially dismissed him in 1972.[10]
Florida State [ edit ] North Texas State at Florida State 1 2 3 4 Total Mean Green 0 7 7 0 14 • No. 20 Seminoles 7 14 7 7 35
Scoring summary 1 7:38 FSU Wally Woodham 1-yard run (Dave Cappelen kick) FSU 7–0 2 6:52 UNT Mike Jones 1-yard run (Khoury kick) Tied 7–7 2 3:08 FSU Ivory Joe Hunter 19-yard blocked punt return (Cappelen kick) FSU 14–7 2 2:24 FSU Willie Jones fumble recovery in end zone (Cappelen kick) FSU 21–7 3 6:47 FSU Wally Woodham 1-yard run (Dave Cappelen kick) FSU 28–7 3 2:24 UNT Ken Washington 4-yard run (Khoury kick) FSU 28–14 4 1:57 FSU Larry Key 1-yard run (Cappelen kick) FSU 35–14
References [ edit ] ^ https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/years/1977-standings.html ^ "Bulldogs hold off NT 17–15" . Fort Worth Star-Telegram . September 4, 1977. Retrieved October 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "Mean Green overcomes West Texas State 31–20" . Fort Worth Star-Telegram . September 25, 1977. Retrieved May 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "NT routs Richmond 47–14" . Fort Worth Star-Telegram . September 25, 1977. Retrieved October 28, 2022 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "Washington leads NT to victory" . Fort Worth Star-Telegram . October 9, 1977. Retrieved March 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "Eagles stave off Mavericks 15–6" . Fort Worth Star-Telegram . October 16, 1977. p. 1B. Retrieved March 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "N. Texas ends Techskein" . Fort Worth Star-Telegram . November 20, 1977. Retrieved June 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "1977 North Texas Mean Green Schedule and Results" . Sports Reference . Retrieved August 18, 2019 . ^ "2018 North Texas Football Fact Book" (PDF) . University of North Texas Athletic Department . Retrieved August 18, 2019 . ^ "A Look Back At NT Football History: North Texas vs. SMU, 1977" . University of North Texas Athletic Department . November 4, 2014. Retrieved August 18, 2019 .
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