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NORTH TEXAS FOOTBALL Eric Capper, Assistant Athletic Director / Media Relations • [email protected] • 940-565-2476 • 940-565-3671 fax North Texas Quick Facts Location: Denton, Texas Game #4 Enrollment: 31,112 Nickname: Mean Green Troy (1-3, 0-0) at North Texas (1-2, 1-0) Colors: Green and White October 4, 2005 • Fouts Field (30,500) Home Field: Fouts (30,500 / Artificial) Denton, Texas • 6:30 P.M. CDT Conference: Sun Belt Head Coach: Darrell Dickey (8th Year) Overall Record: 38-48 The Particulars – With losses in its last two The Last Meeting – North Texas displayed Record at North Texas: 38-48 games, North Texas (1-2, 1-0) returns home dominating balance in all phases of the game to face Troy (1-3, 0-0) for the first time as a - offense, defense and special teams - to shut North Texas Schedule Sun Belt Conference opponent. The game will out Troy State, 21-0, in a non-conference Sept. 10 at Middle Tennessee* W 14-7 be televised on ESPN 2 with Dave Barnett meeting between the future Sun Belt oppo- Sept. 17 Tulsa L 54-2 on play-by-play and Craig James providing nents on October 30, 2003. The victory kept Sept. 24 at Kansas State L 54-7 analysis. the Mean Green unbeaten at home in four Oct. 4 Troy 6:30 p.m. games on the season and totaled 11 victories Oct. 15 at Florida International* 5 p.m. The Principals – The Mean Green is currently in the last 12 games played at Fouts Field. Oct. 22 at Louisiana Tech 3 p.m. tied with Boise State for the nation’s longest Patrick Cobbs scored all three of the Mean Oct. 29 at Louisiana State 7 p.m. conference winning streak at 26. North Texas Green touchdowns, two rushing scores and Nov. 5 Louisiana-Lafayette* 6 p.m. has won four straight conference titles and has another off a blocked punt by teammate Jonas Nov. 12 at Florida Atlantic* 3 p.m. played in four consecutive bowl games. The Buckles. It was the third time that season that Nov. 19 Louisiana-Monroe 6 p.m. Trojans are coming off their first bowl appear- Cobbs scored three touchdowns in a game. Nov. 26 Arkansas State* 1 p.m. ance in the program’s inaugural year of action in Cobs rushed for 106 yards - his fifth straight *Sun Belt Conference Game the Sun Belt. Troy opened the season with a win game with 100 or more rushing yards - to go All Times Central against Cal Poly, but has since dropped three over the 1,000-yard mark for the season with straight to Alabama-Birmingham, Missouri and 1,019. His five consecutive 100-yard rushing Troy Schedule South Carolina. games tied the school record set by Kevin Gal- Sept. 3 Cal Poly W 27-10 breath the previous two seasons. Defensively Sept. 10 UAB L 27-7 The Coaches – Mean Green head coach Darrell the Mean Green came up with three intercep- Sept. 17 at Missouri L 52-21 Dickey is in his eighth year at North Texas and tions by Cody Spencer, Koryee Wyatt and Sept. 24 at South Carolina L 45-20 has an overall record of 38-48, including a 31- Jonas Buckles. NT also held the Trojans to 211 Oct. 4 at North Texas* TBA 12 conference record. Dickey has been named total yards - 89 under their season average - Oct. 15 at Louisiana-Monroe* TBA the Coach of the Year in the Sun Belt Confer- and limited Troy State to just 87 rushing yards, Oct. 20 Florida International* TBA ence in each of the last four seasons after lead- marking the fourth straight opponent the Mean Oct. 29 at Louisiana-Lafayette* TBA ing the Mean Green to four straight conference Green defense has held its opponent under 100 Nov. 5 Florida Atlantic* TBA titles and New Orleans Bowl appearances. In yards on the ground. Finally on special teams Nov. 12 at Arkansas State* TBA his 15th season at Troy, Larry Blakeney is only the Mean Green came up with a blocked punt Nov. 26 Middle Tennessee* TBA the second coach in NCAA history to lead a that resulted in Cobbs picking up the loose ball *Sun Belt Conference Game program from Division II status to Division IA. and racing eight yards for the touchdown. He has compiled a 115-53-1 record and led the Radio / TV Trojans to a bowl game in only its third season Last Week – The Mean Green fell to the Radio - KWRD 100.7 FM (Dallas/Fort in college football’s toughest division. Big XII’s Kansas State 54-7 in Manhattan, Worth), KPXI 100.7 FM (Tyler/Longview), Kan. The Wildcats set a school record with KAFR 88.3 FM (Houston) and KNTU 88.1 The Troy Series – The series with the Trojans 658 yards of total offense as quarterback FM (Denton). George Dunham and Hank is tied at a game apiece, with each team win- Allen Webb threw for a career high 256 Dickenson. ning at home. Troy took the first meeting in the yards against the North Texas defense. Mean TV - ESPN 2, Dave Barnett (Play-by-Play), final regular-season game of 2001. The Trojans Green running back Patrick Cobbs broke the Craig James (Analyst) and Rob Stone (Side- knocked off a bowl-bound Mean Green squad school’s all-time rushing record on a 19-yard line). 18-16. North Texas returned the favor in 2003 run in the second quarter. Cobbs now has with a 21-0 win at Fouts Field. 3,133 career yards. 2005 Mean Green Football 1 MeanGreenSports.com Cobbs Claims Record – Senior running Conference in kickoff coverage, allowing Athletic Media Relations back Patrick Cobbs became North Texas’ opponents an average of just 14.3 yards University of North Texas all-time leading rusher late in the first half of per return. Troy leads the league in kickoff P.O. Box 31197 the loss at Kansas State last Saturday. Cobbs returns, with an average of 25.4 yards per Denton, TX 76203 broke a 19-yard run with 27 seconds to play return, including a 100-yard return for a Office: 940-565-2476 in the first half, putting him four-yards ahead touchdown. Fax: 940-565-3671 the career record of 3,120 set by Ja’Quay Press Box - 940-565-2476 Wilburn who played for the Mean Green Turnovers Could Turn Tide – Through from 1997-2000. Cobbs finished the game the early part of the season North Texas and with 34 yards and currently stands at 3,133. Troy are at different ends of the turnover Eric Capper, Asst. A.D./Media Relations Cobbs also did it in three less games than spectrum. The Mean Green is +3 in the 940-565-2476 • [email protected] Wilburn, setting the mark in his 40th game, turnover ratio, while the Trojans are last in Jerry Scott, Assistant Director while Wilburn did it in 43. the Sun Belt at -10. North Texas has gained Office: 940-565-4674 • [email protected] six turnovers while only committing three. Steven Bartolotta, Assistant Director Battle of Sun Belt’s Bowl Teams - North Troy has gained just two and committed Office: 940-369-8329 • [email protected] Texas and Troy are the only two Sun Belt 12. Last season, North Texas was 6-0 Amy Ruggini, Assistant Director Conference teams to ever represent the when committing fewer turnovers than its Office: 940-565-7980 • [email protected] league in a bowl game. Both the Mean opponents and 0-2 when committing more. Stephen Howard, Assistant Green and the Trojans played in postseason Office: 940-565-3671 • [email protected] bowl games last year, which was the first Time of Possession – Both North Texas and time since the Sun Belt’s inception in 2001 Troy are losing the time of possession battle Mean Green Team Record that it had two teams playing in bowls. this season. The two teams have averaged Overall: ..................................... 455-387-34 North Texas has won the league each of the nearly exactly the same time of possession, Home: ............................ 215-97-5 last four years and represented the Sun Belt with the Mean Green holding the ball an Fouts Field: .................... 146-70-2 in the New Orleans Bowl. average of 27:31 and the Trojans averaging Away: ............................. 240-289-29 just 27:01 with the ball. Arkansas State is Last Non-Conference Win - North Texas the only Sun Belt team that has had less time Since Div. I-A (1995) ............... 48-69 has a history of playing a very difficult non- of possession, averaging 26:33. conference schedule, which has included Versus Other Div. I-A Conferences six top-20 teams in the last five years. With Cleaning it Up – After committing 12 ACC ........................................... 0-2 two non-conference losses this season, the penalties for 111 yards in the loss to Tulsa, Big East ...................................... 0-1 Mean Green has now lost eight straight North Texas cleaned up its act against Big 12 ......................................... 7-52 games against non-Sun Belt opponents. The Kansas State. The Mean Green was flagged Big 10 ......................................... 0-0 last non-conference team that North Texas just one time for a total of five yards against Conference USA ........................ 33-40-1 beat is also its next opponent – Troy. The the Wildcats. North Texas ranks second in Mid-American ............................ 1-2 Mean Green defeated Troy 21-0 in 2003 - a the Sun Belt behind Troy, averaging 50.3 Mountain West ..........................