American college football season
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 [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance August 30 6:05 p.m. at Kansas State * L 6–4545,150[2] 09/06/2008 6:00 p.m. Tulsa * KTXA 21 L 26–5622,785 09/13/2008 7:00 p.m. at No. 7 LSU * GamePlan L 3–4191,602 09/27/2008 4:00 p.m. at Rice * KTXA 21 L 20-7716,885 10/04/2008 6:00 p.m. Florida International ESPN+ L 10–4216,781 10/11/2008 6:00 p.m. Louisiana-Lafayette L 30–5917,106 10/18/2008 6:00 p.m. at Louisiana-Monroe L 23–3510,388 10/25/2008 6:00 p.m. Troy L 17–4518,345 11/1/2008 3:30 p.m. at Western Kentucky * ESPN+ W 51–4018,879 11/8/2008 3:00 p.m. Florida Atlantic L 13–4617,175 11/22/2008 2:30 p.m. at Middle Tennessee L 13–5214,307 11/29/2008 1:00 p.m. Arkansas State L 28–339,761
Schedule from MeanGreenSports.com
Game summaries [ edit ] Kansas State [ edit ] 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.
1 2 3 4 Total Tulsa 14 28 7 7 56 North Texas 7 3 3 13 26
1 2 3 4 Total North Texas 0 3 0 0 3 LSU 10 17 14 0 41
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 [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total FIU 14 14 7 7 42 North Texas 0 0 3 7 10
Louisiana-Lafayette [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Louisiana-Lafayette 14 21 10 14 59 North Texas 10 10 7 3 30
Louisiana-Monroe [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total North Texas 0 6 3 14 23 Louisiana-Monroe 21 14 0 0 35
1 2 3 4 Total Troy 15 10 7 13 45 North Texas 0 7 0 10 17
Western Kentucky [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total North Texas 21 3 7 20 51 Western Kentucky 14 0 20 6 40
Florida Atlantic [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total North Texas 0 6 0 7 13 Florida Atlantic 6 19 21 0 46
Middle Tennessee [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total North Texas 13 0 0 0 13 Middle Tennessee 17 28 7 0 52
Arkansas State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Arkansas State 7 10 13 3 33 North Texas 0 14 14 0 28
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