2006 North Texas Mean Green football
ConferenceSun Belt Conference
Record3–9 (2–5 Sun Belt)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRamon Flanigan (5th season)
Offensive schemePro spread
Defensive coordinatorFred Bleil (3rd overall season)
Base defense3–4
Home stadiumFouts Field
(Capacity: 30,500)
Seasons
← 2005
2007 →
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

The 2006 North Texas Mean Green football team represented the University of North Texas (UNT) during the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Mean Green played their home games at Fouts Field in Denton, Texas, competing in the Sun Belt Conference. The team was led by Darrell Dickey in his ninth and final season as the program's head coach, finishing with an overall record of 3–9, going 2–5 in conference play, finishing in 7th place in the Sun Belt.

Following the season, Dickey was fired. He finished at UNT with an overall record of 42–64.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 211:00 amat No. 3 Texas*
FSNL 7–5685,123
September 96:00 pmSMU*
W 24–625,231
September 166:00 pmat Tulsa*
L 3–2822,045
September 235:00 pmat Akron*
L 13–3316,011
September 306:00 pmMiddle Tennessee
  • Fouts Field
  • Denton, Texas
ESPN+L 0–3516,986
October 76:00 pmFlorida Internationaldagger
  • Fouts Field
  • Denton, Texas
CSSW 25–22 7OT15,123
October 216:00 pmat Arkansas State
ESPN+L 10–2919,141
October 282:30 pmat Troy
CSSL 6–1417,795
November 46:00 pmLouisiana Tech*
  • Fouts Field
  • Denton, Texas
L 31–3411,103
November 115:00 pmat Louisiana-Lafayette
W 16–713,621
November 186:00 pmFlorida Atlantic
  • Fouts Field
  • Denton, Texas
ESPN+L 16–179,806
November 256:00 pmat Louisiana-Monroe
L 3–2312,107

Game summaries

Texas

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

See also: 2006 Texas Longhorn football team

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 4OT2OT3OT4OT5OT6OT7OT Total
Florida International 0 0 13 30300300 22
North Texas 5 0 0 110300303 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] Hopovac and FIU kicker Dustin Rivest combined for eight missed field goals.[2]

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

See also: 2006 Florida Atlantic Owls football team

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 November 9, 2012.
  2. ^ "After 8 missed FGs, North Texas prevails in 7 OTs". ESPN. October 7, 2006. Retrieved August 17, 2021.


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