2016 North Texas Mean Green football team
The 2016 North Texas Mean Green football team will represent University of North Texas in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Mean Green will play their home games at the Apogee Stadium in Denton, Texas, and compete in the West Division of Conference USA (C–USA). They will be led by first-year head coach Seth Littrell.
Schedule
North Texas announced its 2016 football schedule on February 4, 2016. The 2016 schedule consists of 6 home and away games in the regular season. The Mean Green will host C–USA foes Louisiana Tech, Marshall, Middle Tennessee, and Southern Miss, and will travel to Rice, UTEP, UTSA, and Western Kentucky (WKU).[1]
The team will play four non–conference games, two home games against Bethune-Cookman from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and SMU from the American Athletic Conference, and two road games against Army and Florida from the Southeastern Conference (SEC).
Date |
Time |
Opponent# |
Rank# |
Site |
TV |
Result |
Attendance |
September 3 |
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SMU* |
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Apogee Stadium • Denton, TX (Safeway Bowl) |
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September 10 |
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Bethune-Cookman* |
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Apogee Stadium • Denton, TX |
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September 17 |
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at Florida* |
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Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL |
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September 24 |
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at Rice |
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Rice Stadium • Houston, TX |
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October 1 |
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Middle Tennessee |
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Apogee Stadium • Denton, TX |
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October 8 |
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Marshall |
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Apogee Stadium • Denton, TX |
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October 22 |
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at Army* |
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Michie Stadium • West Point, NY |
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October 29 |
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at UTSA |
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Alamodome • San Antonio, TX |
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November 5 |
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Louisiana Tech |
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Apogee Stadium • Denton, TX |
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November 12 |
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at WKU |
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Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY |
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November 19 |
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Southern Miss |
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Apogee Stadium • Denton, TX |
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November 26 |
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at UTEP |
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Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX |
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*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time. |
- Schedule Source:[2]
Game notes
SMU
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Mustangs |
|
|
|
|
0 |
Mean Green |
|
|
|
|
0 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
5–29–1 |
2015 |
SMU, 31–13 |
Bethune-Cookman
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Wildcats |
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|
|
|
0 |
Mean Green |
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|
|
|
0 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
First meeting |
at Florida
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Mean Green |
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|
|
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0 |
Gators |
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|
|
|
0 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
1–0 |
1947 |
UNT, 20–12 |
at Rice
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Mean Green |
|
|
|
|
0 |
Owls |
|
|
|
|
0 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
2–4 |
2015 |
RICE, 38–24 |
Middle Tennessee
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Blue Raiders |
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|
|
|
0 |
Mean Green |
|
|
|
|
0 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
8–6 |
2015 |
MTSU, 41–7 |
Marshall
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Thundering Herd |
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|
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0 |
Mean Green |
|
|
|
|
0 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
0–2 |
2015 |
MARSH, 30–13 |
at Army
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Mean Green |
|
|
|
|
0 |
Black Knights |
|
|
|
|
0 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
First meeting |
at UTSA
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Mean Green |
|
|
|
|
0 |
Roadrunners |
|
|
|
|
0 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
1–2 |
2015 |
UNT, 30–23 |
Louisiana Tech
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Bulldogs |
|
|
|
|
0 |
Mean Green |
|
|
|
|
0 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
6–8 |
2015 |
LT, 56–13 |
at WKU
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Mean Green |
|
|
|
|
0 |
Hilltoppers |
|
|
|
|
0 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
4–3 |
2015 |
WKU, 55–28 |
Southern Miss
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Golden Eagles |
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|
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|
0 |
Mean Green |
|
|
|
|
0 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
4–6 |
2015 |
USM, 49–14 |
at UTEP
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Mean Green |
|
|
|
|
0 |
Miners |
|
|
|
|
0 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
14–7–3 |
2015 |
UTEP, 20–17 |
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