2008 North Texas Mean Green football team

2008 North Texas Mean Green football
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
Record	1–11 (0–7 Sun Belt)
Head coach	Todd Dodge (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Todd Ford (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Spread option
Defensive coordinator	Gary DeLoach (4th overall season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Fouts Field
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2008 Sun Belt Conference football standings

v t e	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

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]
September 6	6:00 p.m.	Tulsa *	Fouts Field Denton, TX	KTXA 21	L 26–56	22,785
September 13	7:00 p.m.	at No. 7 LSU *	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	GamePlan	L 3–41	91,602
September 27	4:00 p.m.	at Rice *	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	KTXA 21	L 20-77	16,885
October 4	6:00 p.m.	FIU	Fouts Field Denton, TX	ESPN+	L 10–42	16,781
October 11	6:00 p.m.	Louisiana–Lafayette	Fouts Field Denton, TX		L 30–59	17,106
October 18	6:00 p.m.	at Louisiana–Monroe	Malone Stadium Monroe, LA		L 23–35	10,388
October 25	6:00 p.m.	Troy	Fouts Field Denton, TX		L 17–45	18,345
November 1	3:30 p.m.	at Western Kentucky *	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY	ESPN+	W 51–40	18,879
November 8	3:00 p.m.	Florida Atlantic	Lockhart Stadium Fort Lauderdale, FL		L 13–46	17,175
November 22	2:30 p.m.	at Middle Tennessee	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN		L 13–52	14,307
November 29	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 the game All times are in Central time

Schedule from MeanGreenSports.com

Game summaries

Kansas State

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

See also: 2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team

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

See also: 2008 LSU Tigers football team

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

See also: 2008 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team

Florida Atlantic

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

See also: 2008 Florida Atlantic Owls football team

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

See also: 2008 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team

References

1. "Dodge Names Gary DeLoach Defensive Coordinator - North Texas Mean Green Athletics". Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved March 29, 2008.
2. "UNT v. KSU BoxScore". ESPN.com. August 30, 2008. Retrieved August 31, 2008.
3. "North Texas Announces 2008 Football Schedule - North Texas Mean Green Athletics". Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved March 29, 2008.