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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 Game #3 Location: Denton, Texas Enrollment: 31,112 North Texas (0-2) at Colorado (2-0) Nickname: Mean Green Sept. 18, 2004 • Folsom Field (53,750) Colors: Green and White Home Field: Fouts (30,500 / Artificial) Boulder, Colorado • 6:05 p.m. CDT Conference: Sun Belt Head Coach: Darrell Dickey (7th Year) The Particulars - North Texas (0-2) will The Colorado Series - This is the first ever Overall Record: 30-43 battle Colorado (2-0) at Folsom Field in meeting between the two teams. North Texas Record at North Texas: 30-43 Boulder, Colo. Kickoff is scheduled for 6:05 and Colorado have had two common p.m. CDT (5:05 p.m. MDT). The game will opponents last season in Baylor and Okla- North Texas Schedule shown live on FOX Sports Net Rocky homa. The Buffaloes were 0-2 against those Sept. 4 at Texas L 65-0 Mountain on Pay per View Basis and can be teams while the Mean Green defeated Baylor Sept. 11 Florida Atlantic L 20-13 heard live on KWRD (100.7 FM) and KNTU and lost to Oklahoma. Sept. 18 at Colorado 6:05 p.m. (88.1 FM) in Dallas/Fort Worth. Sept. 25 at Baylor 6 p.m. The Last Mean Green Game - North Oct. 2 Middle Tennessee* 6 p.m. The Principals - North Texas dropped its Texas lost its first game at Fouts Field since Oct. 9 at Utah State* 7 p.m. home-opener 20-13 against Florida Atlantic Oct. 5, 2002 - a span of eight games. The Oct. 23 New Mexico State* 6 p.m. and fell to 0-2 after a season-opening loss at Mean Green came back from a 13-3 deficit in Oct. 30 Louisiana-Monroe* 6 p.m. Texas the previous week. The Mean Green the fourth quarter to tie the game at 13 with Nov. 5 at Louisiana-Lafayette* 9 p.m. will be trying to snap a six-game losing streak 1:25 to play. Florida Atlantic returned the Nov. 13 Idaho* 6 p.m. to non-Sun Belt Conference opponents. ensuing kickoff 50 yards and proceeded to Nov. 18 at Arkansas State* 6 p.m. Colorado improved to 2-0 with a win over drive for a game-winning touchdown with 29 *Sun Belt Conference Game Washington State in Seattle Saturday, after seconds to play. North Texas was out-gained All Times Central defeating Colorado State 27-24 in week one. 457-281 in total offense and had just 13 first Colorado has been impressive with its rushing downs compared to 23 for Florida Atlantic. Colorado Schedule offense and rushing defense, averaging 151.0 Senior running back Patrick Cobbs was forced Sept. 4 Colorado State W 27-24 yards on the ground, while allowing its out of the game with a knee injury in the third Sept. 11 vs. Washington State W 20-12 opponents just 59 total yards rushing in two quarter after rushing for 57 yards, while Sept. 18 North Texas 6:05 p.m games. quarterback Scott Hall completed 8-of-22 Oct. 2 at Missouri* TBA passes for 165 yards. Oct. 9 Oklahoma State* TBA The Coaches - North Texas head coach Oct. 16 Iowa State* TBA Darrell Dickey is in his seventh year at North North Texas vs. The Big XII Conference Oct. 23 at Texas A&M* TBA Texas and has an overall record of 30-43, Since moving to Div. I-A in 1995 North Texas Oct. 30 Texas* TBA including a 23-12 conference record. He has is 3-15 against current members of the Big Nov. 6 at Kansas* TBA been named the Coach of the Year in the Sun XII Conference. The Mean Green defeated Nov. 13 Kansas State* TBA Belt Conference in each of the last three Texas Tech in 1997 and 1999 and Baylor in Nov. 26 at Nebraksa* 11 a.m. seasons after leading the Mean Green to three 2003. North Texas has lost games to * Big XII Conference Game conference championships and New Orleans Missouri, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, All Times Central Bowl appearances. Colorado head coach Gary Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech and Baylor. Barnett is in his sixth year and has an overall Radio / TV record of 36-28. Barnett was a long-time Radio - KWRD (Dallas/Fort Worth) 100.7 assistant coach with the Buffaloes before FM, KPXI 100.7 FM (Tyler/Longview) and becoming the head at Northwestern from 1992- KNTU 88.1 FM. George Dunham and Hank 98. He has coached in 10 bowl games and has Dickenson. TV - FOX Sports Net (regional) a 14-year career record of 79-84-2. Pay Per View. Drew Goodman and David Diaz-Infante. 2004 Mean Green Football 1 MeanGreenSports.com Athletic Media Relations Mean Green Loses Teammate - The with the next most players on the roster is University of North Texas North Texas football team suffered its biggest Oklahoma, which has nine. The remaining P.O. Box 31197 loss before the season even began when five roster spots are filled by players from Denton, TX 76203 junior quarterback Andrew Smith died in an Florida, Idaho, Kansas (2) and Missouri. Office: 940-565-2476 automobile accident while traveling back to Fax: 940-565-3671 Denton from his home in Bay City, Texas. TV Time - North Texas will play seven Press Box - 940-565-2476 Smith had played in 20 games in his first two games on television this season, including five years, starting 16 of those and leading the as part of the Sun Belt Conference deal with Eric Capper, Asst. A.D./Media Relations Mean Green to its only bowl victory in the ESPN. The Mean Green will be shown on 940-565-2476 • [email protected] last 57 years. As a redshirt freshman in 2002 FOX Sports Net for both the Texas and Smith led his team to an 8-4 record as a Colorado games before getting into the Sun Jerry Scott, Assistant Director starter and a win over Cincinnati in the New Belt schedule. Games at home against New Office: 940-565-4674 • [email protected] Orleans Bowl. Smith started the first four Mexico State, Louisiana-Monroe and Idaho Steven Bartolotta, Assistant Director games of the 2003 season before Hall as well a game at Arkansas State will be Office: 940-369-8329 • [email protected] regained his starting position back. Smith will shown on ESPN Regional, which will be Amy Ruggini, Assistant Director be honored by his teammates this season as shown on KFWD - Channel 52 in Dallas/Fort Office: 940-565-7980 •[email protected] an honorary captain. His locker will be Worth. North Texas will play Louisiana- preserved behind glass and his No. 12 jersey Lafayette live on ESPN2, Friday, Nov. 5. Mean Green Team Record will hang in the locker room for both home Overall: ..................................... 447-382-34 and away games. The team will wear a No. Darrell Dickey Radio Show - Mean Green Home: ............................ 211-96-5 12 decal on the back of their helmet and the head coach Darrell Dickey can be heard Fouts Field: ..................... 142-69-2 coaching staff has a 12 embroidered on their each week on his radio show live from El Away: ............................. 236-286-29 sleeves in his memory. Guapo’s restaurant in Denton. The half-hour Since Div. I-A (1995) ............... 40-65 show is hosted by George Dunham and Hank Seeing First Action - There have been 17 Dickenson and is aired live on KNTU 88.1 Versus Other Div. I-A Conferences players who have seen their first action for FM beginning at 6:30 p.m. each Monday. ACC ......................................... 0-2 North Texas in the first two games. Of those Big East ...................................... 0-1 17, six are true freshmen, with the rest being Walk-Ons Earn Scholarships - Head Big 12 .................................... 7-49 redshirt freshmen or transfers. Three of the coach Darrell Dickey has awarded two Big 10 ......................................... 0-0 players seeing their first action have started former walk-on players with full athletic Conference USA ........................ 33-38-1 both games, offensive tackle Jeremy Brown, scholarships for the 2004 season. Senior Mid-American ............................ 1-2 linebacker Brandon Monroe and cornerback defensive end Aaron Chavers and senior Mountain West ........................... 6-15 T.J. Covington. Comparing this year to wide receiver T.J. Culberson both came to Pac-10 ........................................ 2-5 SEC ......................................... 4-28 seasons past, there were nine players who North Texas as walk-ons and will now be Sun Belt ...................................... 53-31-2 saw their first action in last year’s season listed as one of the 85 scholarship players on WAC ......................................... 34-73-2 opener and only five in the 2002 season the team. Chavers and Culberson have both opener. worked their way into the two-deep this Under Darrell Dickey season and both have played in every game. Overall: ....................................... 30-43 Home Opening Loss - North Texas lost its Home: .............................. 18-13* first home-opener since 2001 with the loss to Coaching Changes – There are two new Away: ............................... 12-30 Florida Atlantic Saturday. The Mean Green assistant coaches for the Mean Green in August: ....................................... 0-3 defeated Nicholls State 23-0 in the 2002 2004. Harold Etheridge will coach the September: ................................. 4-20 home-opener and Baylor 52-14 in the 2003 offensive line after the departure of Eric October: ..................................... 13-10 home-opener. Wolford to Arizona. Etheridge coached the November: .................................. 12-7 offensive line at Army for the past five December..................................