2002 North Texas Mean Green football | |
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Sun Belt champion New Orleans Bowl champion | |
New Orleans Bowl, W 24–19 vs. Cincinnati | |
Conference | Sun Belt Conference |
Record | 8–5 (6–0 Sun Belt) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Ramon Flanigan (1st season) |
Offensive scheme | Pro spread |
Defensive coordinator | Gary DeLoach (3rd season) |
Base defense | 4–3 |
Home stadium | Fouts Field |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Texas $ | 6 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Mexico State | 5 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas State | 3 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Middle Tennessee | 2 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana–Lafayette | 2 | – | 4 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana–Monroe | 2 | – | 4 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Idaho | 1 | – | 5 | 2 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2002 North Texas Mean Green football team represented the University of North Texas in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season.
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
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August 31 | 7:00 pm | at No. 3 Texas * | L 0–27 | 83,051 | |
September 7 | 7:05 pm | Nicholls State * | W 23–0 | 12,816 | |
September 14 | 6:00 pm | at Alabama * | L 7–33 | 79,818 | |
September 21 | 6:00 pm | at TCU * | L 10–16 | 33,281 | |
September 28 | 8:00 pm | at Arizona * | L 9–14 | 37,917 | |
October 5 | 7:05 pm | South Florida * |
| L 17–24 | 15,512 |
October 19 | 6:00 pm | at Arkansas State | W 13–10 | 12,671 | |
October 26 | 4:00 pm | at Louisiana–Lafayette | W 27–0 | 8,413 | |
November 2 | 4:05 pm | UL-Monroe |
| W 41–2 | 16,212 |
November 9 | 6:05 pm | Idaho |
| W 10–0 | 11,698 |
November 16 | 3:05 pm | New Mexico State |
| W 38–27 | 20,064 |
November 23 | 2:30 pm | Middle Tennessee | W 30–20 | 6,827 | |
December 17 | 6:00 pm | vs. Cincinnati * | W 24–19 | 19,024 | |
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