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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 #3 Enrollment: 31,112 Nickname: Mean Green North Texas (1-1, 1-0) at Kansas State (2-0, 0-0) Colors: Green and White September 24, 2005 • KSU Stadium (50,000) Home Field: Fouts (30,500 / Artificial) Manhattan, Kan. • 1:10 p.m. CDT Conference: Sun Belt Head Coach: Darrell Dickey (8th Year) Overall Record: 38-47 The Particulars - After falling to Tulsa in its career victory, 20-17. The Mean Green last Record at North Texas: 38-47 home opener, North Texas (1-1, 1-0) heads to faced Kansas State in 2000, falling 55-10 to the Kansas State (2-0, 0-0) for its second road trip 4th-ranked Wildcats. North Texas Schedule of the season. The game will not be televised in Sept. 10 at Middle Tennessee* W 14-7 the Dallas/Fort Worth region but can be heard The Last Meeting - Wildcat quarterback Sept. 17 Tulsa L 54-2 on the Mean Green Radio Network. Jonathan Beasley ran for a school-record five Sept. 24 at Kansas State 1:10 p.m. touchdowns and completed 12 of 15 passes for Oct. 4 Troy 6:30 p.m. The Principals - The Mean Green enters 202 yards as the Mean Green fell to fourth- Oct. 15 at Florida International* 5 p.m. Saturday’s game against Kansas State tied for ranked Kansas State on Sept. 23, 2000. Beasley Oct. 22 at Louisiana Tech 3 p.m. the nation’s longest conference winning streak accounted for 262 of Kansas State’s 477 yards of Oct. 29 at Louisiana State 7 p.m. at 26 games. North Texas has won four straight total offense. The North Texas offense could get Nov. 5 Louisiana-Lafayette* 6 p.m. Sun Belt Conference titles and has played in nothing going in the first half, coming up with Nov. 12 at Florida Atlantic* 3 p.m. four consecutive bowl games. Kansas State, the just 17 total yards of offense to the Wildcats’ 265 Nov. 19 Louisiana-Monroe TBA 2003 Big XII champion, failed to make a bowl as KSU led 38-3 at halftime. Scott Hall fumbled Nov. 26 Arkansas State* 1 p.m. for the first time in 12 seasons in 2004. The on NT’s first play from scrimmage to open the *Sun Belt Conference Game Wildcats have started the season with wins over second half, but NT’s defense held and limited All Times Central Florida International and Marshall. the Wildcats to a field goal to make it 41-3. Bea- sley rushed for 16 yards for his fifth touchdown Kansas State Schedule The Coaches - Mean Green head coach Darrell on KSU’s next drive and Rod Cartwright made Sept. 3 Florida International W 35-21 Dickey is in his eighth year at North Texas it 55-3 on a one-yard rushing touchdown on the Sept. 10 at Marshall W 21-19 and has an overall record of 38-47, including final play of the third quarter. The Mean Green Sept. 24 North Texas 1:10 p.m. a 31-12 conference record. Dickey has been bounced back on the first drive of the fourth Oct. 1 at Oklahoma* TBA named the Coach of the Year in the Sun Belt quarter to score its only touchdown. On first and Oct. 8 Kansas* TBA Conference in each of the last four seasons 10 from the NT 33-yard line, senior tailback Oct. 15 at Texas Tech* TBA after leading the Mean Green to four straight Ja’Quay Wilburn ripped off a 66-yard run off Oct. 22 Texas A&M* TBA conference titles and New Orleans Bowl ap- left tackle and was hauled down at the KSU one- Oct. 29 Colorado* TBA pearances. Bill Snyder, entering his 17th season yard line. Two plays later reserve quarterback Nov. 5 at Iowa State* TBA at Kansas State, ranks seventh in win percent- Richard Bridges scored to conclude the scoring Nov. 12 at Nebraska* TBA age among active Division 1-A coaches. Snyder at 55-10. Nov. 19 Missouri* TBA owns a career record of 133-62-1 and has led *Big XII Conference Game the Wildcats to 11 bowl games and a Big XII Last Week - The Mean Green’s four-game title in 2003. Before taking over in Manhattan, home win streak came to an end with 54-2 loss Radio / TV Snyder was an assistant coach at North Texas to Tulsa. The 129-total yards from the North Radio - KWRD 100.7 FM (Dallas/Fort from 1976-78 and at Iowa from 1979-88. Texas offense was the lowest output since a 30-0 Worth), KPXI 100.7 FM (Tyler/Longview), loss to Texas Tech in 1998. KAFR 88.3 FM (Houston) and KNTU 88.1 The Kansas State Series - With wins in the FM (Denton). George Dunham and Hank last two games against North Texas, the Wild- North Texas vs. The Big XII - North Texas Dickenson. cats own a 2-1 all-time margin over the Mean holds a 7-51 all-time mark against Big XII TV - None. Green. North Texas took the first meeting 22-10 opponents. The Mean Green faced three Big in 1985. However, in the 1989 rematch, new XII teams in 2004, falling to each. North Texas head coach Bill Snyder would snap Kansas opened the season with a 65-0 loss to Texas, later State’s 30-game winless streak to earn his first losing to Colorado 52-21 and Baylor 37-14. 2005 Mean Green Football 1 MeanGreenSports.com Dickey Returns to Alma Mater – With this Home Opening Loss Doesn’t Always Spell Athletic Media Relations week’s game at Kansas State, North Texas head Doom – The loss to Tulsa in the home-opener University of North Texas coach Darrell Dickey will be making a return to shouldn’t be discouraging to the Mean Green. P.O. Box 31197 the place that he starred as a quarterback from There have been 18 times that North Texas Denton, TX 76203 1979-82. Dickey was a four-year starter for his has lost its home opener and gone on to have Office: 940-565-2476 father Jim Dickey at Kansas State and is the only a winning season, including five times that it Fax: 940-565-3671 Wildcat quarterback ever to lead the Wildcats in has gone on to a conference championship after Press Box - 940-565-2476 passing four consecutive seasons. Dickey led dropping its home-opener. Kansas State to its first-ever bowl game his senior Eric Capper, Asst. A.D./Media Relations season and still ranks seventh on the school’s career Playing on Wrong Side – Against Tulsa, the 940-565-2476 • [email protected] passing leaders chart with 4,098 yards. This will be Mean Green made mistakes on nearly every Jerry Scott, Assistant Director Dickey’s second trip to Manhattan as a head coach possession that halted drives. North Texas only Office: 940-565-4674 • [email protected] – his first coming in a 55-10 loss with the Mean advanced the ball past midfield one time in the Steven Bartolotta, Assistant Director Green there in 2000. game, getting it down to the Golden Hurricane Office: 940-369-8329 • [email protected] 28-yard line before two consecutive holding Amy Ruggini, Assistant Director Kansas State Staff Connection – Kansas State calls and a 9-yard quarterback sack took the ball Office: 940-565-7980 • [email protected] head coach Bill Snyder was an assistant coach at back to the Tulsa 47-yard line. North Texas did Stephen Howard, Assistant North Texas from 1976-78 when he worked for not cross the 50 during the final three quarters Office: 940-565-3671 • [email protected] Mean Green and College Football Hall of Fame of the game. head coach Hayden Fry. Snyder left with Fry to Mean Green Team Record join the Iowa staff in 1979, but helped the Mean Seeing First Action – In the first two games Overall: ..................................... 455-386-34 Green to a 26-7 record during his time in Denton. North Texas has put a lot of new faces on the Home: ............................ 215-97-5 Snyder coached quarterbacks and receivers at field. In all, 26 players have seen their first Fouts Field: .................... 146-70-2 North Texas, directing the career of North Texas action at North Texas in the first two games. Away: ............................. 240-288-29 Hall of Fame signal caller Jordan Case during that Compare that to last season when there were Since Div. I-A (1995) ............... 48-68 time. In addition to Snyder, current Kansas State 17 players through the first two games that had assistant coaches Bob Elliott, Del Miller and Sean seen their first action in a Mean Green uniform. Versus Other Div. I-A Conferences Snyder all have connections with Fry, having either Of the 26 players making their first appearance, ACC ........................................... 0-2 coached with him or played for him. nine are true freshmen, eight are redshirt Big East ...................................... 0-1 freshmen, five are transfers and four have been Big 12 ......................................... 7-51 Snyder Got it Started Against Mean Green – Bill on the team but have not played before this Big 10 ......................................... 0-0 Snyder has amassed an impressive 133 wins since season. Conference USA ........................ 33-40-1 becoming the head coach at Kansas State in 1989 Mid-American ............................ 1-2 and his very first win as a collegiate head coach Red Zone Discrepancy – North Texas did Mountain West ..........................