American college football season
The 2008 North Texas Mean Green football team represented the University of North Texas in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The season was the team's second under head coach Todd Dodge . Gary DeLoach was hired in the off-season as the new defensive coordinator replacing Ron Mendoza.[1] Fouts Field in Denton, Texas .
Schedule
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance August 30 6:05 p.m. at Kansas State * L 6–4545,150[2] 09/06/2008 6:00 p.m. Tulsa * KTXA 21 L 26–5622,785 09/13/2008 7:00 p.m. at No. 7 LSU * GamePlan L 3–4191,602 09/27/2008 4:00 p.m. at Rice * KTXA 21 L 20-7716,885 10/04/2008 6:00 p.m. Florida International ESPN+ L 10–4216,781 10/11/2008 6:00 p.m. Louisiana-Lafayette L 30–5917,106 10/18/2008 6:00 p.m. at Louisiana-Monroe L 23–3510,388 10/25/2008 6:00 p.m. Troy L 17–4518,345 11/1/2008 3:30 p.m. at Western Kentucky * ESPN+ W 51–4018,879 11/8/2008 3:00 p.m. Florida Atlantic L 13–4617,175 11/22/2008 2:30 p.m. at Middle Tennessee L 13–5214,307 11/29/2008 1:00 p.m. Arkansas State L 28–339,761
Schedule from MeanGreenSports.com
Game summaries
Kansas State
1
2
3
4
Total
North Texas
0
0
6
0
6
Kansas State
14
14
14
3
45
Kansas State overpowered North Texas on both sides of the ball, scoring on six of its first seven possessions to take a 42–0 lead, holding the Mean Green to 205 total yards—81 in the first half. Kansas State quarterback Josh Freeman threw for three touchdowns and rushed for another two. Quarterback Giovanni Vizza completed 16 of 29 passes for 100 yards, including the Mean Green's only touchdown of the game, a 9-yard pass to Alex Lott late in the third quarter.
Tulsa
1
2
3
4
Total
Tulsa
14
28
7
7
56
North Texas
7
3
3
13
26
LSU
1
2
3
4
Total
North Texas
0
3
0
0
3
LSU
10
17
14
0
41
Rice
1
2
3
4
Total
North Texas
13
7
0
0
20
Rice
21
35
21
0
77
This game will be just the second meeting between both teams with the first meeting happening in 1988 when North Texas defeated Rice 33–17 in Houston.[3]
Florida International
1
2
3
4
Total
FIU
14
14
7
7
42
North Texas
0
0
3
7
10
Louisiana-Lafayette
1
2
3
4
Total
Louisiana-Lafayette
14
21
10
14
59
North Texas
10
10
7
3
30
Louisiana-Monroe
1
2
3
4
Total
North Texas
0
6
3
14
23
Louisiana-Monroe
21
14
0
0
35
Troy
1
2
3
4
Total
Troy
15
10
7
13
45
North Texas
0
7
0
10
17
Western Kentucky
1
2
3
4
Total
North Texas
21
3
7
20
51
Western Kentucky
14
0
20
6
40
Florida Atlantic
1
2
3
4
Total
North Texas
0
6
0
7
13
Florida Atlantic
6
19
21
0
46
Middle Tennessee
1
2
3
4
Total
North Texas
13
0
0
0
13
Middle Tennessee
17
28
7
0
52
Arkansas State
1
2
3
4
Total
Arkansas State
7
10
13
3
33
North Texas
0
14
14
0
28
