2005 North Texas Mean Green football team

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2005 North Texas Mean Green football
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Conference Sun Belt Conference
Record2–9 (2–5 Sun Belt)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Ramon Flanigan (4th season)
Offensive scheme Pro spread
Defensive coordinator Kenny Evans (3rd season)
Base defense 4–2–5
Home stadium Fouts Field
(Capacity: 30,500)
Seasons
  2004
2006  
2005 Sun Belt Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Arkansas State +  5 2   6 6  
Louisiana–Lafayette +  5 2   6 5  
Louisiana–Monroe +  5 2   5 6  
Middle Tennessee  3 4   4 7  
Troy  3 4   4 7  
Florida Atlantic  2 5   2 9  
North Texas  2 5   2 9  
FIU 0 4   0 6  
  • + Conference co-champions
  • † – The NCAA vacated all 5 of FIU's (3–4, 5–6) wins

The 2005 North Texas Mean Green football team represented the University of North Texas in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule

The team played two games that were rescheduled from their planned dates. The season opener was originally scheduled for September 3 against LSU, but due to aftereffects of Hurricane Katrina was moved to October 29. As a result, the Louisiana–Monroe game on that date was moved to November 19.

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 106:00 p.m.at Middle Tennessee W 14–7
September 176:00 p.m. Tulsa *L 2–5423,112
September 241:10 p.m.at Kansas State *L 7–5446,514
October 4 Troy
  • Fouts Field
  • Denton, TX
ESPN2 L 10–1317,644
October 15at FIU W 13–1014,433
October 223:00 p.m.at Louisiana Tech *L 14–4019,481
October 297:00 p.m.at No. 7 LSU * PPV L 3–5692,143
November 56:00 p.m. Louisiana–Lafayette
  • Fouts Field
  • Denton, TX
L 28–3114,153
November 122:00 p.m.at Florida Atlantic L 23–267,939
November 196:00 p.m. Louisiana–Monroe
  • Fouts Field
  • Denton, TX
L 19–2419,632
November 261:00 p.m. Arkansas State
  • Fouts Field
  • Denton, TX
L 24–317,691
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Schedule Source: [1] [2]

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References

  1. "North Texas 2005 Schedule - Mean Green Home and Away". ESPN. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
  2. "North Texas Mean Green Eagles 2005 Football Schedule". nationalchamps.net. Retrieved December 6, 2018.