2006 North Texas Mean Green football team

2006 North Texas Mean Green football
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
2006 record	3–9 (2–5 Sun Belt)
Head coach	Darrell Dickey (9th season)
Offensive coordinator	Ramon Flanigan (5th as OC, 8th overall season)
Defensive coordinator	Fred Bleil (1st season)
Home stadium	Fouts Field (Capacity: 30,500)

2006 Sun Belt Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Troy +		6	–	1					8	–	5
Middle Tennessee +		6	–	1					7	–	6
Arkansas State		4	–	3					6	–	6
Florida Atlantic		4	–	3					5	–	7
Louisiana–Lafayette		3	–	4					6	–	6
Louisiana–Monroe		3	–	4					4	–	8
North Texas		2	–	5					3	–	9
FIU		0	–	7					0	–	12
+ – Conference co-champions

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	11:00 am	at No. 3 Texas*	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, Texas	FSN	L 7–56	85,123
September 9	6:00 pm	SMU*	Fouts Field Denton, Texas		W 24–6	25,231
September 16	6:00 pm	at Tulsa*	Skelly Stadium Tulsa, Oklahoma		L 3–28	22,045
September 23	5:00 pm	at Akron*	Rubber Bowl Akron, Ohio		L 13–33	16,011
September 30	6:00 pm	Middle Tennessee	Fouts Field Denton, Texas	ESPN+	L 0–35	16,986
October 7	6:00 pm	Florida International	Fouts Field Denton, Texas	CSS	W 25–22 ^7OT	15,123
October 21	6:00 pm	at Arkansas State	Indian Stadium Jonesboro, Arkansas	ESPN+	L 10–29	19,141
October 28	2:30 pm	at Troy	Movie Gallery Stadium Troy, Alabama	CSS	L 6–14	17,795
November 4	6:00 pm	Louisiana Tech*	Fouts Field Denton, Texas		L 31–34	11,103
November 11	5:00 pm	at Louisiana-Lafayette	Cajun Field Lafayette, Louisiana		W 16–7	13,621
November 18	6:00 pm	Florida Atlantic	Fouts Field Denton, Texas	ESPN+	L 16–17	9,806
November 25	6:00 pm	at Louisiana-Monroe	Malone Stadium Monroe, Louisiana		L 3–23	12,107
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Game summaries

Texas

	1	2	3	4	Total
North Texas	0	0	7	0	7
Texas	14	14	14	14	56

SMU

	1	2	3	4	Total
SMU	0	0	6	0	6
North Texas	7	0	7	10	24

Tulsa

	1	2	3	4	Total
North Texas	0	3	0	0	3
Tulsa	0	7	14	7	28

Akron

	1	2	3	4	Total
North Texas	0	7	6	0	13
Akron	20	13	0	0	33

Middle Tennessee

	1	2	3	4	Total
Middle Tennessee	14	7	7	7	35
North Texas	0	0	0	0	0

Florida International

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	3OT	4OT	5OT	6OT	7OT	Total
Florida International	0	0	13	3	0	3	0	0	3	0	0	22
North Texas	5	0	0	11	0	3	0	0	3	0	3	25

The Mean Green's contest with the Florida International Golden Panthers lasted seven overtime periods before North Texas kicker Denis Hopovac made his fifth field goal of the night to bring the team ahead 25–22. Hopovac's nine attempts tied an NCAA FBS record for field goal attempts in a game.[1]

Arkansas State

	1	2	3	4	Total
North Texas	3	7	0	0	10
Arkansas State	0	10	13	6	29

Troy

	1	2	3	4	Total
North Texas	0	3	0	3	6
Troy	0	0	7	7	14

Louisiana Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Louisiana Tech	21	0	10	3	34
North Texas	0	24	7	0	31

Louisiana-Lafayette

	1	2	3	4	Total
North Texas	0	7	9	0	16
Louisiana-Lafayette	0	7	0	0	7

Florida Atlantic

	1	2	3	4	Total
Florida Atlantic	3	14	0	0	17
North Texas	7	3	3	3	16

Louisiana-Monroe

	1	2	3	4	Total
North Texas	0	3	0	0	3
Louisiana-Monroe	7	3	6	7	23

References

1. "North Texas beat Fla. International in 7 OTs". USA Today. Associated Press. April 18, 2006. Retrieved 2012-11-09.