2019 North Texas Mean Green football
ConferenceConference USA
DivisionWest Division
Record4–8 (3–5 C-USA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBodie Reeder (1st season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorTroy Reffett (4th season)
Base defense3–3–5
Home stadiumApogee Stadium
Seasons
← 2018
2020 →
2019 Conference USA football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
East Division
Florida Atlantic xy$   7 – 1     11 – 3  
Marshall   6 – 2     8 – 5  
Western Kentucky   6 – 2     9 – 4  
Charlotte   5 – 3     7 – 6  
Middle Tennessee   3 – 5     4 – 8  
FIU   3 – 5     6 – 7  
Old Dominion   0 – 8     1 – 11  
West Division
UAB xy   6 – 2     9 – 5  
Louisiana Tech x   6 – 2     10 – 3  
Southern Miss   5 – 3     7 – 6  
North Texas   3 – 5     4 – 8  
UTSA   3 – 5     4 – 8  
Rice   3 – 5     3 – 9  
UTEP   0 – 8     1 – 11  
Championship: Florida Atlantic 49, UAB 6
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant

The 2019 North Texas Mean Green football team represented the University of North Texas during the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Mean Green played their home games at the Apogee Stadium in Denton, Texas, and competed in the West Division of Conference USA (C–USA).

Recruiting

The highest ranked 2019 recruits were listed as three stars: DeShawn Gaddie (Cornerback) at 0.8473 (247sports.com), brothers Gabriel & Grayson Murphy (outside linebacker) at 0.8463 (247sports.com) and Khatib Lyles (wide receiver) at 0.8463 (247sports.com). The team had 19 three-star recruits, none of which were listed on ESPN 300. 247Sports, ESPN and Rivals all ranked UNT’s signing class as the best in the conference.[1]

Preseason

CUSA media poll

Conference USA released their preseason media poll on July 16, 2019, with the Mean Green predicted to finish in first place in the West Division.[2]

West Division
Predicted finish Team (# of 1st place votes)
1 North Texas (20)
2 Southern Miss (4)
3 Louisiana Tech
4 UAB (2)
5 UTSA
6 Rice
7 UTEP

Preseason All-Conference USA teams

2019 Preseason All-Conference USA[3]

North Texas had more offensive players selected than any team in the conference for the preseason all offensive team.

CUSA Offensive Player of the Year[3]
Position Player Class
QB Mason Fine Sr.
All-CUSA Offense[3]
Position Player Class
QB Mason Fine Sr.
OL Sosaia Mose Sr.
WR Rico Bussey, Jr. Sr.
All-CUSA Defense[3]
Position Player Class
DL LaDarius Hamilton Sr.
All-CUSA Special Teams[3]
Position Player Class
P Alvin Kenworthy Sr.

Schedule

North Texas announced its 2019 football schedule on January 10, 2019. The 2019 schedule consists of 6 home and 6 away games in the regular season. Unique to 2019 seasons across college football are the two bye weeks. This as a result of an extra Saturday in the 2019 season.

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 316:30 p.m.Abilene Christian*
ESPN+W 51–3123,057
September 76:00 p.m.at SMU*
ESPN3L 27–4922,766
September 143:15 p.m.at California*
P12NL 17–2335,268
September 216:30 p.m.UTSA
  • Apogee Stadium
  • Denton, TX
Stadium on FacebookW 45–319,922
September 284:00 p.m.Houston*
  • Apogee Stadium
  • Denton, TX
CBSSN on FacebookL 25–4630,123‡
October 126:00 p.m.at Southern Miss
Stadium on FacebookL 27–4525,225
October 193:00 p.m.Middle Tennessee
  • Apogee Stadium
  • Denton, TX
StadiumW 33–3016,094
October 262:30 p.m.at Charlotte
ESPN+L 38–398,245
November 22:30 p.m.UTEPdagger
  • Apogee Stadium
  • Denton, TX
NFLNW 52–2622,548
November 93:00 p.m.at Louisiana Tech
Stadium on FacebookL 17–5222,792
November 232:30 p.m.at Rice
NFLNL 14–2018,477
November 303:00 p.m.UAB
  • Apogee Stadium
  • Denton, TX
StadiumL 21–2616,406
Schedule Source:[4]
^‡ Largest attendance recorded at Apogee Stadium.

Personnel

Coaching staff

Name Position(s)
Seth Littrell Head coach
Bodie Reeder Offensive coordinator
Quarterbacks Coach
Tommy Mainord Associate head coach
Offensive coordinator
Receivers Coach
Troy Reffett Defensive coordinator
Safeties coach
Marty Biagi Special Teams Coordinator
Patrick Cobbs Running Backs Coach
Clay Jennings Cornerbacks Coach
Chuck Langston Offensive line Coach
Adrian Mayes Tight Ends Coach
Galen Scott Linebackers Coach
Marc Yellock Defensive Line Coach
Tommy Mangino Offensive Quality Control
Chris Petrilli Defensive Quality Control
Zack Womack Strength and Conditioning Coach
Lucas Lopez Asst. Strength and Conditioning Coach
Reference:[5]

Roster

2019 North Texas Mean Green Football

Quarterback

  • 2 Austin Aune – Redshirt freshman (6'2, 207)
  • 3 Will Kuehne – freshman (6'1, 198)
  • 5 Jason Bean – Redshirt freshman (6'3, 189)
  • 6 Mason Fine – senior (5'11, 190)
  • 10 Cole Johnson – freshman (6'2, 173)
  • 17 Kason Martin – Redshirt freshman (6'3, 205)

Running back

  • 7 Evan Johnson – junior (5'6, 185)
  • 13 DeAndre Torrey – junior (5'7, 191)
  • 15 Tre Siggers – Redshirt sophomore (5'8, 200)
  • 21 Nic Smith – Redshirt junior (5'10, 194)
  • 23 Loren Easly – Redshirt senior (5'11, 201)
  • 27 Oscar Adaway III – freshman (6'0, 215)
  • 34 Kyleb Howell – Redshirt junior (6'0, 227)
  • 39 KJ Williams – freshman (5'9, 224)

Wide receiver

  • 1 Jaelon Darden – junior (5'9, 172)
  • 8 Rico Bussey Jr. – senior (6'2, 193)
  • 14 Greg White – Redshirt sophomore (6'3, 198)
  • 16 Jyaire Shorter – Redshirt freshman (6'2, 215)
  • 18 Austin Ogunmakin – Redshirt freshman (6'3, 195)
  • 20 David Chapple – Redshirt freshman (5'11, 166)
  • 22 Calen Mayfield – Redshirt freshman (5'10, 166)
  • 24 Roderic Burns – Redshirt freshman (5'10, 179)
  • 25 Trey Henderson – freshman (5'10, 184)
  • 26 Thomas Clancy – Redshirt junior (5'11, 199)
  • 30 Dennis Smith – Redshirt senior (5'9, 173)
  • 32 Michael Lawrence – senior (5'10, 187)
  • 80 Khatib Lyles – freshman (6'2, 216)
  • 81 Kealon Jackson – freshman (5'9, 163)
  • 82 Deion Hair-Griffin – Redshirt junior (5'10, 170)
  • 83 Damon Ward Jr. – freshman (6'0, 210)
  • 84 Deonte Simpson – freshman (6'0, 186)
  • 87 Devon Langston – Redshirt freshman (6'0, 188)

Placekicker

  • 30 Mason Reid – freshman (5'11, 178)
  • 47 Ethan Mooney – sophomore (6'0, 211)
  • 49 Zach Williams – Redshirt sophomore (5'8, 181)

Punter

  • 36 Alvin Kenworthy – Redshirt senior (6'3, 200)
  • 41 Bernardo Rodriguez – Redshirt sophomore (5'10, 199)
  

Tight end

  • 9 Kelvin Smith – Redshirt senior (6'2, 254)
  • 40 Edward Bautista – freshman (6'0, 224)
  • 85 Adam Duncan – freshman (6'5, 231)
  • 86 Cole McCrary – Redshirt freshman (6'2, 230)
  • 88 Jason Pirtle – Redshirt junior (6'2, 225)
  • 89 Asher Alberding – freshman (6'4, 233)

Offensive lineman

  • 53 Jordan Redfearn – Redshirt freshman (6'3, 290)
  • 56 Jacob Brammer – Redshirt sophomore (6'4, 280)
  • 58 Nathaniel Herrera – Redshirt sophomore (6'2, 298)
  • 60 Sosaia Mose – Redshirt senior (6'2, 292)
  • 61 Logan Davis – Redshirt freshman (6'5, 289)
  • 62 D'Andre Plantin – graduate (6'5, 310)
  • 65 Chad Hickson – Redshirt junior (6'4, 277)
  • 66 Chris Cassidy – freshman (6'4, 281)
  • 68 Daxton Byers – freshman (6'5, 303)
  • 70 Thomas Preston III – senior (6'4, 286)
  • 71 Brian Parish – Redshirt sophomore (6'4, 270)
  • 72 Manase Mose – Redshirt sophomore (6'1, 292)
  • 73 Cole Brown – Redshirt freshman (6'4, 275)
  • 74 Chandler Anthony – Redshirt junior (6'7, 300)
  • 77 Elex Woodworth – Redshirt senior (6'4, 296)
  • 78 Daizion Carroll – Redshirt freshman (6'2, 307)
  • 79 John Brunner – freshman (6'5, 334)

Defensive lineman

  • 2 LaDarius Hamilton – senior (6'3, 260)
  • 34 Bryce English – Redshirt senior (5'11, 295)
  • 44 Jimmy Walker – freshman (6'3, 231)
  • 52 Darrian McMillan – senior (6'2, 250)
  • 54 Asher Frow – junior (6'4, 245)
  • 91 Dayton LeBlanc – Redshirt freshman (6'1, 283)
  • 92 Jake Jones – Redshirt freshman (6'4, 244)
  • 93 Caleb Colvin – Redshirt junior (6'2, 274)
  • 94 Tuulau Sa'afi – Redshirt senior (6'3, 300)
  • 96 Bryse Burris – Redshirt sophomore (6'3, 232)
  • 97 Dion Novil – junior (6'4, 315)
  • 99 Kenneth Dotson – freshman (6'3, 257)
  

Linebacker

  • 3 Tim Faison – Redshirt senior (6'2, 215)
  • 5 Tyreke Davis – junior (5'10 209)
  • 20 William LeMasters – Redshirt senior (6'2, 223)
  • 23 KD Davis – sophomore (5'11", 214)
  • 25 Chris Thornton – Redshirt sophomore (6'1, 220)
  • 32 Joe Ozougwu – RedshirtJunior (6'3, 238)
  • 35 Gabriel Murphy – freshman (6'2, 216)
  • 37 Taylor Jacobs – freshman (6'2, 223)
  • 38 Kevin Wood – freshman (6'0, 205)
  • 40 Mike Linehan – Redshirt senior (6'2, 234)
  • 41 Jordan Hunt – Redshirt freshman (6'2, 210)
  • 42 Grayson Murphy – freshman (6'2, 219)
  • 43 Larry Nixon III – Redshirt freshman (6'0, 234)
  • 48 Jamie King – senior (6'3, 231)
  • 59 Hayden Harrison – Redshirt junior (6'2, 212)

Defensive back

  • 4 Khairi Muhammad – senior (5'11, 188)
  • 6 Dominique Harrison – graduate (5'11, 195)
  • 9 Nick Harvey – graduate (5'10, 190)
  • 10 Makyle Sanders – junior (6'0, 205)
  • 11 Cam Johnson – junior (5'11, 178)
  • 13 Preston Buchanan – Redshirt freshman (6'2, 178)
  • 14 Quinn Whitlock – Redshirt sophomore (6'0, 183)
  • 15 Dorian Morris – freshman (5'10, 167)
  • 16 Jahvon Millard – Redshirt freshman (5'11, 173)
  • 17 DeShawn Gaddie – freshman (6'1, 181)
  • 19 Leandre Davis – freshman (5'10, 200)
  • 22 Keelan Crosby – freshman (6'1, 177)
  • 24 Taylor Robinson – Redshirt senior (5'11, 188)
  • 26 Alex Morris – sophomore (6'1, 194)
  • 27 Jevin Murray – freshman (5'11, 193)
  • 31 Jaxon Gibbs – Redshirt freshman (5'11, 199)
  • 36 BJ Lewis – freshman (5'9, 168)
  • 39 Jameel Moore– senior (5'10, 181)
  • 47 Javier Neal – Redshirt freshman (5'9, 169)

Long snappers

  • 29 Nate Durham – junior (6'2, 225)
  • 57 Brandon Oldham – freshman (6'2, 220)
Source and player details:[6]

Game summaries

Abilene Christian

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 10 7 14 31
Mean Green 17 21 10 3 51

See also: 2019 Abilene Christian Wildcats football team

At SMU

1 2 3 4 Total
Mean Green 0 14 6 7 27
Mustangs 21 7 14 7 49

See also: 2019 SMU Mustangs football team

At California

1 2 3 4 Total
Mean Green 0 3 7 7 17
Golden Bears 20 0 3 0 23

See also: 2019 California Golden Bears football team

UTSA

1 2 3 4 Total
Roadrunners 0 3 0 0 3
Mean Green 7 17 14 7 45

See also: 2019 UTSA Roadrunners football team

Houston

1 2 3 4 Total
Cougars 14 3 14 15 46
Mean Green 0 6 12 7 25

See also: 2019 Houston Cougars football team

At Southern Miss

1 2 3 4 Total
Mean Green 7 13 0 7 27
Golden Eagles 13 15 10 7 45

See also: 2019 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team

Middle Tennessee

1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Raiders 3 13 0 14 30
Mean Green 7 10 3 13 33

See also: 2019 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

At Charlotte

1 2 3 4 Total
Mean Green 14 7 14 3 38
49ers 0 7 14 18 39

See also: 2019 Charlotte 49ers football team

UTEP

1 2 3 4 Total
Miners 7 7 6 6 26
Mean Green 21 17 7 7 52

See also: 2019 UTEP Miners football team

At Louisiana Tech

1 2 3 4 Total
Mean Green 3 0 0 14 17
Bulldogs 7 10 14 21 52

See also: 2019 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team

At Rice

1 2 3 4 Total
Mean Green 0 0 7 7 14
Owls 10 10 0 0 20

See also: 2019 Rice Owls football team

UAB

1 2 3 4 Total
Blazers 3 14 9 0 26
Mean Green 7 7 7 0 21

See also: 2019 UAB Blazers football team

Statistics

Scoring

Scores against non-conference opponents
1 2 3 4 Total
Opponents 0
Mean Green 0
Scores against C-USA
1 2 3 4 Total
Opponents 0
Mean Green 0
Scores against all opponents
1 2 3 4 Total
Opponents 0
Mean Green 0

Awards

Coaching changes

Offensive coordinator, Graham Harrell will leave for USC and be the replacement for Kliff Kingsbury.[7] Graham was "a master of the film" and proponent of the "Air Raid" offense.

Eastern Washington offensive coordinator Bodie Reeder will join North Texas as offensive coordinator.[8] Current N. Texas coach, Tommy Mainord will be promoted to be a co-offensive coordinator.

References

  1. ^ Gregory, Dekota (December 19, 2018). "North Texas Early Signing Day Recap". Underdog Dynasty. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
  2. ^ "FB: Preseason Media Poll".
  3. ^ a b c d e "FB: 2019 Coaches Preseason Awards". www.conferenceusa.com. Conference USA. July 15, 2019. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
  4. ^ "NORTH TEXAS FOOTBALL SCHEDULE 2019 football schedule released". fbschedules.com. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
  5. ^ "Football Coaches". meangreensports.com. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
  6. ^ "2019 North Texas Mean Green football roster". meangreensports.com.
  7. ^ "USC hires former Texas Tech quarterback Graham Harrell as offensive coordinator". CBSSports.com. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  8. ^ Barnett, Zach (February 11, 2019). "Sources: Seth Littrell makes offensive coordinator hire at North Texas". FootballScoop. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
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