2006 North Texas Mean Green football team

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 season)
Base defense3–4
Home stadiumFouts Field
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  
  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 as a member of the Sun Belt Conference during the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by Darrell Dickey in his ninth and final season as head coach, the Mean Green compiled an overall record of 3–9 with a mark 2–5 in conference play, placing seventh in the Sun Belt. The team played home games at the Fouts Field in Denton, Texas.

Dickey was fired after the season. He finished his tenure at North Texas 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, TX
ESPN PlusL 0–3516,986
October 76:00 pmFIUdagger
  • Fouts Field
  • Denton, TX
CSSW 25–22 7OT15,123
October 216:00 pmat Arkansas State
ESPN PlusL 10–2919,141
October 282:30 pmat Troy
CSSL 6–1417,795
November 46:00 pmLouisiana Tech*
  • Fouts Field
  • Denton, TS
L 31–3411,103
November 115:00 pmat Louisiana–Lafayette
W 16–713,621
November 186:00 pmFlorida Atlantic
  • Fouts Field
  • Denton, TX
ESPN PlusL 16–179,806
November 256:00 pmat Louisiana–Monroe
L 3–2312,107
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

[1][2][3]

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

FIU

1 2 3 4OT2OT3OT4OT5OT6OT7OT Total
FIU 0 0 13 30300300 22
North Texas 5 0 0 110300303 25

The Mean Green's contest with the FIU 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 field goal attempts tied an NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) single-game record.[4] Hopovac and FIU kicker Dustin Rivest combined for eight missed field goals.[5]

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 Mean Green Schedule 2006". ESPN. Retrieved August 15, 2025.
  2. ^ "2006 North Texas Mean Green Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved August 15, 2025.
  3. ^ "2006 Football Schedule". University of North Texas. Retrieved August 15, 2025.
  4. ^ "North Texas beat Fla. International in 7 OTs". USA Today. Associated Press. April 18, 2006. Retrieved November 9, 2012.
  5. ^ "After 8 missed FGs, North Texas prevails in 7 OTs". ESPN. October 7, 2006. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
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