2019 North Texas Mean Green football team
The 2019 North Texas Mean Green football team represented the University of North Texas during the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Mean Green played their home games at the Apogee Stadium in Denton, Texas, and competed in the West Division of Conference USA (C–USA).
2019 North Texas Mean Green football | |
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Conference | Conference USA |
West Division | |
2019 record | 4–8 (3–5 C-USA) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Bodie Reeder (1st season) |
Offensive scheme | Spread |
Defensive coordinator | Troy Reffett (4th season) |
Base defense | 3–3–5 |
Home stadium | Apogee Stadium (Capacity: 30,850) |
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Florida Atlantic xy$ | 7 | – | 1 | 11 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marshall | 6 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Kentucky | 6 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Charlotte | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Middle Tennessee | 3 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FIU | 3 | – | 5 | 6 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Old Dominion | 0 | – | 8 | 1 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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UAB xy | 6 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana Tech x | 6 | – | 2 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern Miss | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Texas | 3 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UTSA | 3 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rice | 3 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UTEP | 0 | – | 8 | 1 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Championship: Florida Atlantic 49, UAB 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Previous season
The Mean Green finished the 2018 season 9–4. North Texas 2019 commits ranked North Texas a number one in recruiting in the C-USA; 2018 recruiting class had been ranked number 9.[1] North Texas 2018 senior Cornerback Nate Brooks has been selected to play in the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl.[2] Jalen Guyton (Wide receiver) decided to forego a final year of play and declare for the NFL draft.[3]
Recruiting
The highest ranked 2019 recruits were listed as three stars: DeShawn Gaddie (Cornerback) at 0.8473 (247sports.com), brothers Gabriel & Grayson Murphy (Outside Linebacker) at 0.8463 (247sports.com) and Khatib Lyles (Wide Receiver) at 0.8463 (247sports.com). The team had 19 three-star recruits, none of which were listed on ESPN 300. 247Sports, ESPN and Rivals all ranked UNT’s signing class as the best in the conference.[4]
Preseason
CUSA media poll
Conference USA released their preseason media poll on July 16, 2019, with the Mean Green predicted to finish in first place in the West Division.[5]
West Division | |
Predicted finish | Team (# of 1st place votes) |
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1 | North Texas (20) |
2 | Southern Miss (4) |
3 | Louisiana Tech |
4 | UAB (2) |
5 | UTSA |
6 | Rice |
7 | UTEP |
Preseason All-Conference USA teams
2019 Preseason All-Conference USA[6]
North Texas had more offensive players selected than any team in the conference for the preseason all offensive team.
Position | Player | Class |
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QB | Mason Fine | Sr. |
Position | Player | Class |
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QB | Mason Fine | Sr. |
OL | Sosaia Mose | Sr. |
WR | Rico Bussey, Jr. | Sr. |
Position | Player | Class |
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DL | LaDarius Hamilton | Sr. |
Position | Player | Class |
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P | Alvin Kenworthy | Sr. |
Schedule
North Texas announced its 2019 football schedule on January 10, 2019. The 2019 schedule consists of 6 home and 6 away games in the regular season. Unique to 2019 seasons across college football are the two bye weeks. This as a result of an extra Saturday in the 2019 season.
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 31 | 6:30 p.m. | Abilene Christian* | ESPN+ | W 51–31 | 23,057 | |
September 7 | 6:00 p.m. | at SMU* | ESPN3 | L 27–49 | 22,766 | |
September 14 | 3:15 p.m. | at California* | P12N | L 17–23 | 35,268 | |
September 21 | 6:30 p.m. | UTSA |
| Stadium on Facebook | W 45–3 | 19,922 |
September 28 | 4:00 p.m. | Houston* |
| CBSSN on Facebook | L 25–46 | 30,123 |
October 12 | 6:00 p.m. | at Southern Miss | Stadium on Facebook | L 27–45 | 25,225 | |
October 19 | 3:00 p.m. | Middle Tennessee |
| Stadium | W 33–30 | 16,094 |
October 26 | 2:30 p.m. | at Charlotte | ESPN+ | L 38–39 | 8,245 | |
November 2 | 2:30 p.m. | UTEP |
| NFLN | W 52–26 | 22,548 |
November 9 | 3:00 p.m. | at Louisiana Tech | Stadium on Facebook | L 17–52 | 22,792 | |
November 23 | 2:30 p.m. | at Rice | NFLN | L 14–20 | 18,477 | |
November 30 | 3:00 p.m. | UAB |
| Stadium | L 21–26 | 16,406 |
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- Schedule Source:[7]
Personnel
Coaching staff
Name | Position(s) |
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Seth Littrell | Head Coach |
Bodie Reeder | Offensive Coordinator Quarterbacks Coach |
Tommy Mainord | Associate Head Coach Offensive Coordinator Receivers Coach |
Troy Reffett | Defensive Coordinator Safeties Coach |
Marty Biagi | Special Teams Coordinator |
Patrick Cobbs | Running Backs Coach |
Clay Jennings | Cornerbacks Coach |
Chuck Langston | Offensive Line Coach |
Adrian Mayes | Tight Ends Coach |
Galen Scott | Linebackers Coach |
Marc Yellock | Defensive Line Coach |
Tommy Mangino | Offensive Quality Control |
Chris Petrilli | Defensive Quality Control |
Zack Womack | Strength and Conditioning Coach |
Lucas Lopez | Asst. Strength and Conditioning Coach |
Reference:[8] |
Roster
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Quarterback
Running Back
Wide Receiver
Placekicker
Punter
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Tight End
Offensive Lineman
Defensive Lineman
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Linebacker
Defensive Back
Long Snappers
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Source and player details:[9] |
Game summaries
Abilene Christian
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Wildcats | 0 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 31 |
Mean Green | 17 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 51 |
at SMU
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Mean Green | 0 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 27 |
Mustangs | 21 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 49 |
at California
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Mean Green | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
Golden Bears | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23 |
UTSA
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Roadrunners | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Mean Green | 7 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 45 |
Houston
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Cougars | 14 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 46 |
Mean Green | 0 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 25 |
at Southern Miss
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Mean Green | 7 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 27 |
Golden Eagles | 13 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 45 |
Middle Tennessee
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Blue Raiders | 3 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 30 |
Mean Green | 7 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 33 |
at Charlotte
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Mean Green | 14 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 38 |
49ers | 0 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 39 |
UTEP
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Miners | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 26 |
Mean Green | 21 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 52 |
at Louisiana Tech
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Mean Green | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 17 |
Bulldogs | 7 | 10 | 14 | 21 | 52 |
at Rice
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Mean Green | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
Owls | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
UAB
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Blazers | 3 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 26 |
Mean Green | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
Statistics
Scoring
- Scores against non-conference opponents
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- Scores against C-USA
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- Scores against all opponents
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Awards
Coaching changes
Offensive coordinator, Graham Harrell will leave for USC and be the replacement for Kliff Kingsbury.[10] Graham was "a master of the film" and proponent of the "Air Raid" offense.
Eastern Washington offensive coordinator Bodie Reeder will join North Texas as offensive coordinator.[11] Current N. Texas coach, Tommy Mainord will be promoted to be a co-offensive coordinator.
References
- "North Texas 2019 Football Commits". 247Sports. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
- Suarez, Matthew (2019-01-14). "Nate Brooks makes NFLPA Collegiate Bowl". North Texas Daily. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
- "Underclassmen declare for 2019 NFL Draft". www.giants.com. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
- Gregory, Dekota (2018-12-19). "North Texas Early Signing Day Recap". Underdog Dynasty. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
- https://conferenceusa.com/news/2019/7/16/football-fb-preseason-media-poll.aspx
- "FB: 2019 Coaches Preseason Awards". www.conferenceusa.com. Conference USA. July 15, 2019. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
- "NORTH TEXAS FOOTBALL SCHEDULE 2019 football schedule released". fbschedules.com. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
- "Football Coaches". meangreensports.com. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
- "2019 North Texas Mean Green football roster". meangreensports.com.
- "USC hires former Texas Tech quarterback Graham Harrell as offensive coordinator". CBSSports.com. Retrieved 2019-02-12.
- Barnett, Zach (2019-02-11). "Sources: Seth Littrell makes offensive coordinator hire at North Texas". FootballScoop. Retrieved 2019-02-12.