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2018 North Texas Mean Green football team
American college football season
The 2018 North Texas Mean Green football team represented the University of North Texas in the 2018 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). They were led by third-year head coach Seth Littrell. They finished the season 9–4, 5–3 in C-USA play to finish in a three-way tie for second place in the West Division. They were invited to the New Mexico Bowl where they lost to Utah State.
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| Conference | Conference USA |
| Division | West Division |
| Record | 9–4 (5–3 C-USA) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Graham Harrell (3rd season) |
| Offensive scheme | Spread |
| Defensive coordinator | Troy Reffett (3rd season) |
| Base defense | 3–3–5 |
| Home stadium | Apogee Stadium |
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| Middle Tennessee x | 7 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marshall | 6 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIU | 6 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Charlotte | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida Atlantic | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Old Dominion | 2 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Kentucky | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| UAB x$ | 7 | – | 1 | 11 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Texas | 5 | – | 3 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana Tech | 5 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Miss | 5 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UTSA | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UTEP | 1 | – | 7 | 1 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rice | 1 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Following a 44–17 victory over Arkansas and a 3–0 record, the Mean Green received votes in both the AP Poll (4 votes) and Coaches Poll (5 votes), the first time since 2013 that North Texas received votes in a poll.[1]
Award watch lists
Listed in the order that they were released
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| Rimington Trophy[2] | Sosaia Mose | C | JR |
| Maxwell Award[3] | Mason Fine | QB | JR |
| Davey O'Brien Award[4] | Mason Fine | QB | JR |
| Fred Biletnikoff Award[5] | Jalen Guyton | WR | JR |
| Fred Biletnikoff Award[6] | Michael Lawrence | WR | JR |
| John Mackey Award[7] | Kelvin Smith | TE | JR |
| Paul Hornung Award[8] | Kelvin Smith | TE | JR |
| Wuerffel Trophy[9] | Quinn Shanbour | QB | SR |
| Walter Camp Award[10] | Mason Fine | QB | JR |
| Manning Award[11] | Mason Fine | QB | JR |
| Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award[12] | Mason Fine | QB | JR |
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Preseason All-CUSA team
Conference USA released their preseason all-CUSA team on July 16, 2018, with the Mean Green having two players selected.[13]
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Preseason media poll
Conference USA released their preseason media poll on July 17, 2018, with the Mean Green predicted to finish as champions of the West Division.[14]
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| 1 | North Texas |
| 2 | Louisiana Tech |
| 3 | UAB |
| 4 | Southern Miss |
| 5 | UTSA |
| T–6 | Rice |
| T–6 | UTEP |
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North Texas announced its 2018 football schedule on January 23, 2018. The 2018 schedule consists of six home and six away games in the regular season. The Mean Green will host C–USA opponents Florida Atlantic, Louisiana Tech, Rice, and Southern Miss, and will travel to Old Dominion, UAB, UTEP, and UTSA.[15]
The Mean Green hosted two of their four non-conference opponents, SMU from the American Athletic Conference and Incarnate Word from the FCS Southland Conference, and traveled to Arkansas from the Southeastern Conference and Liberty which is a FBS Independent. North Texas won all four non-conference games to begin the season.
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| September 1 | 6:30 p.m. | SMU* | Stadium | W 46–23 | 29,515 | |
| September 8 | 6:30 p.m. | Incarnate Word* |
| ESPN+ | W 58–16 | 18,538 |
| September 15 | 3:00 p.m. | at Arkansas* | SECN | W 44–17 | 62,355 | |
| September 22 | 5:00 p.m. | at Liberty* | ESPN3 | W 47–7 | 14,112 | |
| September 29 | 6:30 p.m. | Louisiana Tech |
| beIN | L 27–29 | 30,105 |
| October 6 | 6:30 p.m. | at UTEP | beIN | W 27–24 | 12,809 | |
| October 13 | 1:30 p.m. | Southern Miss |
| ESPN3 | W 30–7 | 18,252 |
| October 20 | 6:30 p.m. | at UAB | beIN | L 21–29 | 28,014 | |
| October 27 | 3:00 p.m. | Rice |
| ESPN+ | W 41–17 | 25,375 |
| November 10 | 2:30 p.m. | at Old Dominion | ESPN3 | L 31–34 | 18,062 | |
| November 15 | 8:30 p.m. | Florida Atlantic |
| CBSSN | W 41–38 | 18,338 |
| November 24 | 6:00 p.m. | at UTSA | ESPN+ | W 24–21 | 19,874 | |
| December 15 | 1:00 p.m. | vs. Utah State* | ESPN | L 13–52 | 25,387 | |
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SMU
See also: 2018 SMU Mustangs football team and Safeway Bowl
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| Mustangs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 23 |
| Mean Green | 14 | 6 | 16 | 10 | 46 |
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SMU Mustangs at North Texas Mean Green
at Apogee Stadium • Denton, TX
- Date: September 1
- Game time: 6:30 p.m.
- Game weather: Temperature: 93 °F (34 °C) • Weather: partly cloudy • Wind: SE 12 MPH
- Game attendance: 29,519
- Referee: Tracy Jones
- TV announcers (Stadium): Chris Hassel (play-by-play), A. J. Hawk (color), Kristen Balboni (reporter)
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The Mean Green's offense went off with 529 total yards, including 444 passing yards from junior quarterback Mason Fine. North Texas's defense held SMU's offense to only 256 yards, forced a turnover, and held the Mustangs scoreless through the first three quarters.[17] 29,519 people attended the game, setting an attendance record at Apogee Stadium.[18] This record would be broken 4 weeks later against Louisiana Tech.
Incarnate Word
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| Cardinals | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 16 |
| Mean Green | 10 | 31 | 14 | 3 | 58 |
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Incarnate Word Cardinals vs. North Texas Mean Green
at Apogee Stadium • Denton, TX
- Date: September 8
- Game time: 6:30 p.m.
- Game weather: Temperature: 75 °F (24 °C) • Weather: overcast • Wind: N 5 MPH
- Game attendance: 18,538
- Referee: Joe Lehring
- TV: ESPN+
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At Arkansas
See also: 2018 Arkansas Razorbacks football team
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| Mean Green | 17 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 44 |
| Razorbacks | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
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North Texas Mean Green at Arkansas Razorbacks
at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR
- Date: September 15
- Game time: 3:00 p.m.
- Game weather: Temperature: 88 °F (31 °C) • Weather: partly cloudy • Wind: NNE 6 MPH
- Game attendance: 62,335
- Referee: Matt Loeffler
- TV announcers (SECN): Dave LaMont (play-by-play), Ray Bentley (color), Tera Talmadge (reporter)
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At Liberty
See also: 2018 Liberty Flames football team
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| Mean Green | 14 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 47 |
| Flames | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
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North Texas Mean Green at Liberty Flames
at Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA
- Date: September 22
- Game time: 5:00 p.m. CDT/6:00 p.m. EDT
- Game weather: Temperature: 73 °F (23 °C) • Weather: rainy • Wind: NNE 11 MPH
- Game attendance: 14,112
- Referee: Gary Patterson
- TV: ESPN3
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Kickoff was delayed until 6:48 p.m. due to rain and lightning. With the victory, the Mean Green started a season 4–0 for the first time since 1966.[19]
Louisiana Tech
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| Bulldogs | 6 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 29 |
| Mean Green | 21 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 27 |
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Louisiana Tech Bulldogs at North Texas Mean Green
at Apogee Stadium • Denton, TX
- Date: September 29
- Game time: 6:30 p.m.
- Game weather: Temperature: 75 °F (24 °C) • Weather: overcast • Wind: ESE 9 MPH
- Game attendance: 30,105
- Referee: Ken Antee
- TV: beIN
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At UTEP
See also: 2018 UTEP Miners football team
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| Mean Green | 7 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 27 |
| Miners | 3 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 24 |
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North Texas Mean Green at UTEP Miners
at Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX
Southern Miss
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| Golden Eagles | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Mean Green | 0 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 30 |
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At UAB
See also: 2018 UAB Blazers football team
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| Mean Green | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Blazers | 3 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 29 |
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North Texas Mean Green at UAB Blazers
Rice
See also: 2018 Rice Owls football team
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| Owls | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| Mean Green | 10 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 41 |
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At Old Dominion
See also: 2018 Old Dominion Monarchs football team
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| Mean Green | 14 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 31 |
| Monarchs | 0 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 34 |
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North Texas Mean Green at Old Dominion Monarchs
at Foreman Field • Norfolk, VA
- Date: November 10
- Game time: 2:30 p.m.
- Game attendance: 18,062
- TV: ESPN3
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Florida Atlantic
See also: 2018 Florida Atlantic Owls football team
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| Owls | 7 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 38 |
| Mean Green | 17 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 41 |
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Florida Atlantic Owls at North Texas Mean Green
at Apogee Stadium • Denton, TX
- Date: November 15
- Game time: 8:30 p.m.
- Game attendance: 18,338
- TV: CBSSN
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At UTSA
See also: 2018 UTSA Roadrunners football team
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| Mean Green | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| Roadrunners | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
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North Texas Mean Green at UTSA Roadrunners
at Alamodome • San Antonio, TX
- Date: November 24
- Game time: 6:00 p.m.
- Game attendance: 19,874
- TV: ESPN+
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Vs. Utah State (New Mexico Bowl)
See also: 2018 Utah State Aggies football team and 2018 New Mexico Bowl
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| Aggies | 14 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 52 |
| Mean Green | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 13 |
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North Texas Mean Green vs. Utah State Aggies
at Dreamstyle Stadium • Albuquerque, NM
- Date: December 15
- Game time: 1:00 p.m.
- Game attendance: 25,387
- TV: ESPN
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- Head coach Seth Littrell has been selected to join the American Football Coaches Association board of trustees[20] along with Stanford head coach David Shaw and North Dakota State University head coach Chris Klieman.
- Tashard Choice Named Mean Green Running Backs Coach [21]
- "2018 NCAA College Football Polls and Rankings for Week 4". ESPN. Retrieved September 17, 2018.
- "Rimington Trophy Press Release". May 30, 2018. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
- "2018 Maxwell Award Watch List". July 16, 2018. Archived from the original on July 16, 2018. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
- "Davey O'Brien Award Watch List includes 26 players". July 17, 2018. Archived from the original on July 17, 2018. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
- "2018 Biletnikoff Award Watch List". July 19, 2018. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
- "2018 Biletnikoff Award Watch List". July 19, 2018. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
- "2018 John Mackey Award Preseason Watch List Released" (PDF). July 20, 2018. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
- "43 PLAYERS NAMED TO 2018 PAUL HORNUNG AWARD WATCH LIST". July 26, 2018. Archived from the original on July 26, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
- "Wuerffel Trophy Unveils 2018 Watch List". July 26, 2018. Archived from the original on July 26, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
- Carbone, Al (July 27, 2018). "Walter Camp Football Foundation Announces 2018 Player of the Year Preseason "Watch List"". Retrieved July 30, 2018.
- "Manning Award: See which quarterbacks made the preseason watch list for 2018". August 16, 2018. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
- "2018 Nominations The Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award" (PDF). August 16, 2018. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
- "North Texas Releases 2018 Football Schedule" (Press release). University of North Texas Department of Athletics. January 23, 2018. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
- "2018 North Texas Mean Green Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
- "SM vs. North Texas - Game Summary - September 1, 2018". ESPN. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
- Gregory, Dekota (September 25, 2018). "North Texas Notebook: Seth Littrell challenges fans to set new attendance record against La Tech". SB Nation. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
- "Ground Game Powers North Texas To 47-7 Win". University of North Texas Athletics. September 22, 2018. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
- "Head coach Seth Littrell has been selected to join the American Football Coaches Association board of trustees". January 9, 2018. Archived from the original on January 19, 2018. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
- "Tashard Choice Named Mean Green Running Backs Coach". January 5, 2018. Retrieved January 15, 2018.