1976 North Texas State Mean Green football team

The 1976 North Texas State Mean Green football team represented North Texas State University—now known as the University of North Texas—during the 1976 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its fourth season under head coach Hayden Fry, the team compiled a 7–4 record. The team played its home games at Fouts Field in Denton, Texas.

1976 North Texas State Mean Green football
ConferenceIndependent
1976 record7–4
Head coach
Home stadiumFouts Field (c. 20,000)
1976 NCAA Division I independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 1 Pittsburgh      12 0 0
No. 17 Rutgers      11 0 0
San Diego State      10 1 0
No. 12 Notre Dame      9 3 0
Colgate      8 2 0
Boston College      8 3 0
Cincinnati      8 3 0
Memphis State      7 4 0
North Texas State *      7 4 0
Southern Illinois      7 4 0
Penn State      7 5 0
Villanova      6 4 1
South Carolina      6 5 0
Virginia Tech      6 5 0
Army      5 6 0
Florida State      5 6 0
Illinois State      5 6 0
Richmond      5 6 0
West Virginia      5 6 0
Georgia Tech      4 6 1
Temple      4 6 0
Air Force      4 7 0
Dayton      4 7 0
Louisville      4 7 0
Marshall      4 7 0
Navy      4 7 0
Indiana State      3 7 0
Hawaii      3 8 0
Holy Cross      3 8 0
Miami (FL)      3 8 0
Syracuse      3 8 0
Utah State      3 8 0
Northeast Louisiana      2 9 0
Southern Miss      2 9 0
Tulane      2 9 0
  • North Texas State (originally 6–5) was awarded a forfeit win after Mississippi State was found to be using an ineligible player.[1]
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 4at Mississippi StateW 0–7 (forfeit)
September 11Texas–ArlingtonW 24–7
September 18at No. 19 TexasL 14–1760,130
September 25vs. SMUL 31–38
October 2Oklahoma StateL 10–16
October 9Cal Poly Pomona
  • Fouts Field
  • Denton, TX
W 21–1011,200
October 16at West Texas StateW 10–7
October 23at New Mexico StateW 25–14
October 30at Louisiana TechW 14–86,532
November 13Florida State
  • Fouts Field
  • Denton, TX
L 20–213,850
November 20Drake
  • Fouts Field
  • Denton, TX
W 63–0
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1976 North Texas Mean Green football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB   Bernard Jackson  Fr
RB   Mike Jones Jr
WR   Tim Loftin Jr
QB   Ken Washington Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DL 65 Walter Chapman Jr
DB 44 J. T. Smith Jr
LB   Burks Washington So
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 3 Iseed Khoury Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Game summaries

at Mississippi State


at Texas


vs. SMU


Florida State


References

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