Mean Green Football Assistant Athletic Director of Communications (Football Contact): Jordan Stepp Phone: (805) 551-8648 • Email: [email protected]
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Oct. 17 | North Texas at Middle Tennessee #UNiTeNorthTexas Mean Green Football Assistant Athletic Director of Communications (Football contact): Jordan Stepp Phone: (805) 551-8648 • Email: [email protected] Website: MeanGreenSports.com • Facebook: Facebook.com/MeanGreenFB • Twitter: @MeanGreenFB • Instagram: @MeanGreenFB • #GMG • #UNTvsMT 2020 SCHEDULE North Texas vs. Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee North Texas Date...........Sat.,Oct. 17 | 4 p.m. CT Blue Raiders (1-4, 1-2 C-USA) Overall: 1-3 • C-USA: 0-2 MEAN GREEN (1-3, 0-2 C-USA) Venue ..........Johnny “Red” Floyd ...................................... Stadium DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT Location .............Murfreesboro, TN Live Stats ..MeanGreenSports.com 9/5 vs. Houston Baptist ~ W, 57-31 Live Tweets .....@MeanGreenFB 9/19 vs. SMU ~ L, 65-35 TV ................................. Stadium 9/26 at Houston ~ Canceled Radio .................... KHYI 95.3 FM 10/3 vs. Southern Miss*~ L, 41-31 .............................KNTU 88.1 FM ............................KGAF 1580 AM 10/10 vs. Charlotte* ~ L, 49-21 Series ................... UNT leads 9-7 10/17 at Middle Tennessee*~ 4 p.m. Last Meeting .......... ......UNT 33, 10/31 at UTEP*~ 1 p.m. .............. Middle Tennessee 30 on ......................10/19/19 in Denton 11/7 vs. Louisiana Tech*~ 6 p.m. 11/14 at UAB*~ 2 p.m. North Texas (1-3, 0-2 C-USA) hits the road for the first time in 2020 when they travel to take on Middle 11/21 vs. Rice*~ / 1 p.m. Tennessee (1-4, 1-2 C-USA) at 4 p.m. CT from Johnny “Red” Floyd Stadium in Murfreesboro, TN. North Texas enters play after falling 49-21 last week at home to Charlotte. Middle Tennessee enters play this week after 11/28 at UT San Antonio*~ 2 p.m. knocking off FIU 31-28 in Miami last week for their first win of the season. *Denotes Conference USA Contest, ~ Mean Green Sports Network Saturday’s game will be broadcast live on Stadium with Chris Vosters (pxp) and Max Starks (analyst), and on (radio), All Game Times Listed in CT the radio on the Mean Green Sports Network with Dave Barnett (pxp) and Hank Dickenson (analyst). By The Numbers North Texas' Top Storylines, Streaks & Trends 9 Next Up Success Against Middle Senior WR Jaelon Darden (Houston) has The Mean Green head into their scheduled Several members of the Mean Green had nine touchdown catches through the bye week following their trip to Murfreesboro. success in last season’s matchup with the first four games in 2020 and leads the The next game on the Mean Green’s schedule Blue Raiders. nation in that category. He now has 28 scoring grabs across his career in Den- is a Halloween date with UTEP in El Paso. ton, ranking second-most in program * Senior wide receiver Jaelon Darden history, and he is also the career active leader in FBS in that category. Series History (Houston) caught 13 passes for 125 yards North Texas and Middle Tennessee will meet and a touchdown in the 2019 meeting in 192 Saturday for the 17th time, with the Mean Denton, including a 28-yard catch while Darden enters this week with 192 career Green holding a 9-7 advantage, including a falling down at the Middle Tennessee seven catches, which ranks third in program 33-30 win last season in Denton. yard line to set up a game-winning field goal. history and makes him the career active leader in FBS. Against Charlotte Darden caught 13 passes for the second con- * North Texas leads the series 4-3 in games * Junior linebacker KD Davis (Ennis, Texas) secutive week, matching a career high. In 2020, Darden has 36 catches for 485 played in Murfreesboro, but the Mean recorded a team-high 10 tackles, a sack and yards and nine scores in just four games. Green’s last win there came in 2010. a quarterback hurry in the win in Denton in 2019. 244 Date Location Result Score Darden posted a career-high 244 receiv- 10/19/19 Denton* W 33-30 ing yards and three scores last week. 10/1/16 Denton* L 30-13 * Senior linebacker Tyreke Davis (Denton) The 244 yards were the second-most 11/21/15 Murfreesboro* L 41-7 had five tackles, a tackle for loss and a pair 10/12/13 Denton* W 34-7 in a single game in program history, of quarterback hurries in the win. tied for the sixth most in the history of 10/27/12 Murfreesboro^ L 38-21 12/3/11 Denton^ W 59-7 Conference USA and were the most by a 11/13/10 Murfreesboro^ W 23-17 receiver in the country in a single game 9/26/09 Denton^ L 37-21 * Junior kicker Ethan Mooney (Fort Worth) through the first six weeks of 2020. 11/22/08 Murfreesboro^ L 52-13 was a perfect 4-4 on field goals and was 3-3 10/27/07 Denton^ L 48-28 on PATs. He made field goals from 26, 32, 382 9/30/06 Denton^ L 35-0 Redshirt sophomore QB Austin Aune 9/10/05 Murfreesboro^ W 14-7 39 and kicked a game-winning 22-yard field (Argyle, Texas) threw for 382 yards and 10/2/04 Denton^ W 30-21 goal as time expired to lift the Mean Green three touchdowns on 23-43 passing last 10/25/03 Murfreesboro^ W 33-28 to a 33-30 win over the Blue Raiders in the week against Charlotte in just his second 11/23/02 Murfreesboro^ W 30-20 career start. 10/13/01 Denton^ W 24-21 2019 meeting. *- Conference USA Game , ^- Sun Belt Game 2020 North Texas Football Oct. 17 Mean Green at Middle Tennessee MEAN GREEN RECORD WATCH/NOTES Career Receptions 15. Tommy Gray, 1950-52 1,767 National Leaderboard 1. Casey Fitzgerald, 2005-08 229 16. DeAndre Torrey, 2018-present 1,658 Team 2. Carlos Harris, 2012-15 197 17. Malcolm Jones, 1979-80 1,642 3. Jaelon Darden, 2017-present 192 18. Michael Jones, 1974-77 1,627 Category Value FBS Rank 4. Johnny Quinn, 2003-06 187 19. Erric Pegram, 1988-90 1,613 3rd down conv. 50.0% 16th 5. David Brown, 1991-94 182 20. Leo Taylor, 1968-69 1,562 4th down conv. (def) 50.0% 25th 6. Pete Harvey, 1978-81 164 - Nic Smith, 2017-present 1,162 First Downs 107 4th 7. John Love, 1965-66 144 Kickoff Return (def) 17.45 yds/ret 21st Ron Shanklin, 1967-69 144 Career TDs (Rushing/Receiving/Returns) Kickoff Returns 22.86 yds/ret 24th 9. Michael Lawrence 2016-present 143 1. Lance Dunbar, 2008-11 49 Net punting 44.43 yds/punt 9th 10. Barry Moore, 1968-69 140 2. Patrick Cobbs, 2001-05 38 Passing Offense 346.8 yds/g 7th 3. Jeffery Wilson, 2014-17 32 Yds per Completion 15.58 10th Career Receiving TDs 4. Ron Shanklin, 1967-69 31 Punt Return (def) 0.60 yds/ret 14th 1. Ron Shanklin, 1967-69 31 5. Jaelon Darden, 2017-present 29 Rushing Offense 203.3 yds/g 20th 2. Jaelon Darden, 2017-present 28 Ken Bahnsen, 1950-52 29 Sacks Allowed 1.25/g 17th 3. Troy Redwine, 1992-95 23 Scott Davis, 1987-90 29 Scoring Offense 36.0 ppg 22nd 4. David Brown, 1991-94 22 8. Jamario Thomas, 2004-07 27 TFL Allowed 3.0/g 4th 5. Johnny Quinn, 2003-06 21 9. DeAndre Torrey, 2018-present 23 Team Pass Efficiency 151.33 17th Rico Bussey, Jr., 2016-19 21 Antoinne Jimmerson, 2011-15 23 Total Offense 550.0 yds/g 6th 7. Casey Fitzgerald, 2005-08 20 8. John Love, 1965-66 17 Yards Per Play Individual 9. Jalen Guyton, 2017-18 15 (Minimum 175 carries upon completion of career) George Marshall, 1999-02 15 1. Ray Renfro (230-1,556), 1948-51 6.8 2. Dean Renfro (213-1,204), 1952-54 5.7 WR Jaelon Darden (#1) Career Receiving Yards 3. Tommy Runnels (208-1,191) 1952-55 5.7 Category Value FBS Rank 1. Johnny Quinn, 2003-06 2,718 4. Jeffery Wilson (562-3,205) 2014-17 5.7 All-Purpose Yardage 126.25 yds/g 27th 2. Troy Redwine, 1992-96 2,567 5. Tommy Gray (314-1,767) 1950-52 5.6 Pts Responsible For 54 T-16th 3. Casey Fitzgerald, 2005-08 2,533 - DeAndre Torrey (302-1,658), 2018-pres. 5.5 Pts Responsible For/g 13.5 T-32nd 4. Ron Shanklin, 1967-69 2,465 Receiving TDs 9 1st 5. Carlos Harris, 2012-15 2,406 Career PATs Made Receiving Yds 485 1st 6. David Brown, 1991-94 2,402 1. Trevor Moore, 2014-17 154 Receiving Yds/g 121.3 6th 7. Barry Moore, 1968-69 2,183 2. Nick Bazaldua, 2002-05 121 Receptions/g 9.0 3rd 8. John Love, 1965-66 2,124 3. Keith Chapman, 1986-89 89 Scoring 13.5 ppg 6th 9. Jaelon Darden, 2017-present 2,077 4. Zach Olen, 2010-13 83 Total Pts Scored 54 2nd 10. Rico Bussey, Jr., 2016-19 1,941 5. Iseed Khoury, 1975-77 70 Total TDs 9 2nd 6. Jason Ball, 1999-01 59 Career Rushing Touchdowns 7. Jeremy Knott, 2008-09 57 QB Austin Aune (#2) 1. Lance Dunbar, 2008-11 41 8. Ethan Mooney, 2019-present 55 Category Value FBS Rank 2. Patrick Cobbs, 2001-05 36 9. Cole Hedlund 51 Passing Efficiency 147.2 28th 3. Jeffery Wilson, 2014-17 32 10. Zach Paul, 2012-14 48 Passing TDs 8 12th 4. Scott Davis, 1987-90 29 Passing Yards 1,108 14th Passing Yards/g 277.0 18th 5.