2015 North Texas Mean Green football team

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American college football season

The 2015 North Texas Mean Green football team represented the University of North Texas as a member of the West Division of Conference USA diring the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season They began the season with Dan McCarney as head coach, in his fifth season, and played their home games at Apogee Stadium in Denton, Texas.

On October 10, McCarney was fired after a 66–7 blowout loss to Portland State,[1] with offensive coordinator Mike Canales named interim head coach for the remainder of the season.[2] They finished the season 1–11 (1–7 in C-USA play) to place last in the West Division.

Schedule[edit]

North Texas announced their 2015 football schedule on February 2, 2015. The 2015 schedule consist of five home and seven away games in the regular season. The Mean Green will host CUSA foes Rice, UTEP, UTSA, and Western Kentucky (WKU), and will travel to Louisiana Tech, Marshall, Middle Tennessee, and Southern Miss.[3]

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Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance
September 12 6:00 pm at SMU* ESPN3 L 13–31 25,401
September 19 1:30 pm Rice FCS L 24–38 19,602
September 26 2:30 pm at Iowa* ESPNU L 16–62 56,041
October 3 6:00 pm at Southern Miss FCS L 14–49 26,430
October 10 4:00 pm No. 25 (FCS) Portland State*dagger ntTV L 7–66 19,801
October 15 6:30 pm Western Kentucky CBSSN L 28–55 10,155
October 24 2:30 pm at Marshall FSN L 13–30 27,217
October 31 6:00 pm UTSA ASN W 30–23 10,292
November 7 2:30 pm at Louisiana Tech FCS L 13–56 16,986
November 14 11:00 am at Tennessee* SECN L 0–24 96,197
November 21 11:00 am at Middle Tennessee ASN L 7–41 13,922
November 28 2:30 pm UTEP FSN L 17–20 8,305

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Game summaries[edit]

SMU[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Mean Green 3 3 7 0 13
Mustangs 7 0 3 21 31

Rice[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Owls 0 17 21 0 38
Mean Green 3 7 7 7 24

Iowa[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Mean Green 0 13 3 0 16
Hawkeyes 14 21 13 14 62

Southern Miss[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Mean Green 0 0 0 14 14
Golden Eagles 7 14 14 14 49

Portland State[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
#25 (FCS) Vikings 14 31 14 7 66
Mean Green 0 0 0 7 7

Following the 66–7 loss to FCS Portland State, Mean Green head coach Dan McCarney was fired. The 59-point margin is the biggest FCS win over an FBS team since Division I football was divided into the groupings now known as FCS and FBS in 1978.[5]

WKU[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Hilltoppers 14 20 14 7 55
Mean Green 0 14 0 14 28

Marshall[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Mean Green 0 3 3 7 13
Thundering Herd 17 7 3 3 30

UTSA[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Roadrunners 7 3 7 6 23
Mean Green 0 7 7 16 30

Louisiana Tech[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Mean Green 0 0 0 13 13
Bulldogs 21 7 14 14 56

Tennessee[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Mean Green 0 0 0 0 0
Volunteers 7 10 0 7 24

Middle Tennessee[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Mean Green 0 7 0 0 7
Blue Raiders 14 17 10 0 41

UTEP[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Miners 0 0 13 7 20
Mean Green 3 0 14 0 17

References[edit]

  1. ^ Evans, Thayer (October 10, 2015). “North Texas Fires Head Coach Dan McCarney After 0–5 Start”. Sports Illustrated. Retrieved October 10, 2015.
  2. ^ Fornelli, Tom (October 10, 2015). “North Texas Fires Coach McCarney After 66-7 Loss to Portland State”. CBS Sports. Retrieved October 12, 2015.
  3. ^ “2015 Football Schedule Features Return To Tennessee” (Press release). University of North Texas Department of Athletics. February 2, 2015. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
  4. ^ “2015 North Texas Mean Green Football Schedule”. FB Schedules. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
  5. ^ Sherman, Rodger (October 10, 2015). “FCS Portland State Beat North Texas So Badly, the Mean Green Immediately Fired Their Head Coach”. SB Nation. Retrieved October 10, 2015.


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