The 1988 North Texas Mean Green football team was an American football team that represented the University of North Texas during the 1988 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Southland Conference. In their seventh year under head coach Corky Nelson, the team compiled a 8–4 record.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 3	at Texas Tech*		Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX	W 29–24	26,424	[1]
September 17	Arkansas State*		Fouts Field Denton, TX	W 49–21	11,850	[2]
September 24	at No. 21 (I-A) Texas*	No. 1	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	L 24–27	60,152	[3]
October 1	Eastern Washington*	No. 1	Fouts Field Denton, TX	W 51–0	15,925	[4]
October 8	Northeast Louisiana	No. 1	Fouts Field Denton, TX	W 26–23	16,250	[5]
October 15	McNeese State	No. 1	Fouts Field Denton, TX	W 37–0	18,560	[6]
October 22	at Sam Houston State	No. 1	Bowers Stadium Huntsville, TX	W 24–3	6,220	[7]
October 29	at No. 9 Stephen F. Austin	No. 1	Homer Bryce Stadium Nacogdoches, TX	L 10–17	13,911	[8]
November 5	No. 11 Northwestern State	No. 7	Fouts Field Denton, TX	L 17–25	13,920	[9]
November 12	at Southwest Texas State	No. 14	Bobcat Stadium San Marcos, TX	W 30–10	6,215	[10]
November 19	at Rice*	No. 12	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	W 33–17	8,500	[11]
November 25	at No. 6 Marshall*	No. T–10	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV (NCAA Division I-AA First Round)	L 0–7	15,086	[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game