1988 North Texas Mean Green football team

1988 North Texas Mean Green football
ConferenceSouthland Conference
Record8–4 (4–2 Southland)
Head coach
Home stadiumFouts Field
1988 Southland Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 8 Northwestern State $^ 6 – 0 – 0 10 – 3 – 0
No. 9 Stephen F. Austin ^ 5 – 1 – 0 10 – 3 – 0
No. 10 North Texas ^ 4 – 2 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
McNeese State 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Northeast Louisiana 2 – 4 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
SW Texas State 1 – 5 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Sam Houston State 0 – 6 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1988 North Texas Mean Green football team was an American football team that represented the University of North Texas during the 1988 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Southland Conference. In their seventh year under head coach Corky Nelson, the team compiled a 8–4 record.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 3at Texas Tech*No. 5
W 29–2426,424[1]
September 17Arkansas State*No. 5
W 49–2111,850[2]
September 24at No. 21 (I-A) Texas*No. 1
L 24–2760,152[3]
October 1Eastern Washington*No. 1
  • Fouts Field
  • Denton, TX
W 51–015,925[4]
October 8Northeast LouisianaNo. 1
  • Fouts Field
  • Denton, TX
W 26–2316,250[5]
October 15McNeese StateNo. 1
  • Fouts Field
  • Denton, TX
W 37–018,560[6]
October 22at Sam Houston StateNo. 1
W 24–36,220[7]
October 29at No. 9 Stephen F. AustinNo. 1
L 10–1713,911[8]
November 5No. 11 Northwestern StateNo. 7
  • Fouts Field
  • Denton, TX
L 17–2513,920[9]
November 12at Southwest Texas StateNo. 14
W 30–106,215[10]
November 19at Rice*No. 12
W 33–178,500[11]
November 25at No. 6 Marshall*No. 10т
L 0–715,086[12]

Rankings

See also: 1988 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
т = Tied with team above or below ( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre123456789Final
I-AA Football Committee51 (4)1 (3)1 (4)1 (4)1 (4)1 (4)7141210т

Game summaries

At Texas Tech

See also: 1988 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 5 Mean Green 3 7 9 10 29
Red Raiders 14 10 0 0 24

At No. 21 (I-A) Texas

See also: 1988 Texas Longhorns football team
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 1 Mean Green 7 7 7 3 24
No. 21 (I-A) Longhorns 0 7 7 13 27

At No. 6 Marshall (NCAA Division I-AA First Round)

See also: 1988 Marshall Thundering Herd football team
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 10т Mean Green 0 0 0 0 0
No. 6 Thundering Herd 7 0 0 0 7

References

  1. ^ "North Texas upsets Tech". The Tyler Courier-Times. September 4, 1988. Retrieved October 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "UNT banks on big plays in 49–21 victory over Arkansas State". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. September 18, 1988. Retrieved October 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Longhorns escape Eagles' grasp". Austin American-Statesman. September 25, 1988. Retrieved October 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "No. 1 North Texas buries EWU". The Spokesman-Review. October 2, 1988. Retrieved October 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "N. Texas pulls out 26–23 win". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 9, 1988. pp. 3–12. Retrieved October 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "North Texas homecoming a 37–0 party". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 16, 1988. pp. 3–12. Retrieved October 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "North Texas turns defensive tables on Sam Houston". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 23, 1988. Retrieved October 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Lumberjacks chop down No. 1, 17–10". Longview News-Journal. October 30, 1988. Retrieved October 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "NSU takes wind out of N. Texas". The Shreveport Times. November 6, 1988. Retrieved October 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "N. Texas rips hapless Bobcats". Austin American-Statesman. November 13, 1988. Retrieved October 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "North Texas hands Rice seventeenth-straight loss". Victoria Advocate. November 20, 1988. Retrieved October 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Marshall blanks N. Texas". Abilene Reporter-News. November 27, 1988. Retrieved October 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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