2008 University of North Texas Football Quick Facts Coaches Todd Dodge (Texas, ‘87) North Texas Record
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2008 University of North Texas Football Quick Facts Coaches Todd Dodge (Texas, ‘87) North Texas Record ..............2-12 (Second Year) GAME 3 vs. LSU ....................................First Meeting Overall Record......................2-12 (Second Year) vs. LSU ....................................First Meeting NOR T H TEXAS (0-2, 0-0) A T NO. 7 LSU (1-0, 0-0) Sept. 13, 2008 • Tiger Stadium (92,400) Les Miles (Michigan ‘76) LSU Record ...........................35-6 (Fourth Year) Baton Rouge, Louisiana • 7:00 p.m. CDT vs. North Texas ........................................ 1-0 Overall Record.....................63-27 (Eighth Year) THE PAR T ICULARS North Texas has one of its biggest challenges of the season as they travel to face the seventh ranked team in the country, the LSU Tigers. There is no television but the game can be heard Series on the Mean Green Radio Network. Kickoff is at 7:00 p.m. LSU leads 3-0 at Baton Rouge ...................... LSU leads, 3-0 at Denton ...............................................None THE PRINCIPALS Last Meeting ...........................LSU 56, NT 3 The Mean Green is 0-2 on the season, having lost its first two games of the season to Kansas October 29, 2005 State and Tulsa. LSU is 1-0 on the year after knocking off Appalachian State two weeks ago 41-13 to begin the year. LSU had last week’s game with Troy postponed until November 15 Radio because of Hurricane Gustav. The Tigers, the defending BSC National Champion, are ranked Mean Green Radio Network -KWRD 100.7 seventh in both the AP and USA Today Coaches Poll. FM (Dallas/Fort Worth), KPXI 100.7 FM (Tyler/Longview), and KNTU 88.1 FM (Den- ton). George Dunham and Hank Dickenson. THE SERIES LSU leads the series with North Texas 3-0. All three games have been played in Baton Rouge Internet and dominated by the Tigers. North Texas has not scored more than seven points in the three The live broadcast of the game can be accessed previous matchups with LSU. The Tigers on the other hand have scored at least 49 points on the internet through the North Texas athletic in all three meetings. The last time the two squads met in 2005 is was a 56-3 LSU win. The web site or the KWRD web site. To access the series first began in 1995, a 49-7 LSU win in Baton Rouge. The second meeting was the only broadcast on the internet go to MeanGreen- shutout of the series, a 52-0 LSU win. Sports.com or thewordfm.com. Athletic Media Relations NEX T GAME Football Contacts: Eric Capper, Steven Barto- North Texas has a bye week on before facing the Rice Owls on September 27 in Houston. The lotta, Rich Wyman Tigers jump into SEC play with a road game at Auburn. Capper Work .........940-565-2476 Cell ...........940-367-0727 North Texas (0-2, 0-0 Sun Belt) LSU (1-0, 0-0 SEC) Email [email protected] Aug. 30 at Kansas State L, 45-6 Aug. 30 Appalachian State W, 41-13 Bartolotta Work .........940-369-8329 Cell ...........817-300-1931 Sept. 6 Tulsa L, 56-26 Sept. 13 North Texas 7 p.m. Email [email protected] Sept. 13 at LSU 7 p.m. Sept. 20 at Auburn* TBA Wyman Work .........940-565-3671 Sept. 27 at Rice 4 p.m. Sept. 27 Mississippi State* TBA Email [email protected] Oct. 4 Florida International* 6 p.m. Oct. 11 at Florida* TBA Oct. 11 Louisiana-Lafayette* 6 p.m. Oct. 18 at South Carolina* TBA Oct. 18 at Louisiana-Monroe* 6 p.m. Oct. 25 Georgia* TBA Oct. 25 Troy* 6 p.m. Nov. 1 Tulane 7 p.m. Nov. 1 at Western Kentucky* 3:30 p.m. Nov. 8 Alabama* TBA Nov. 8 at Florida Atlantic* 3 p.m. Nov. 15 vs. Troy 7 p.m. Nov. 22 at Middle Tennessee* 2:30 p.m. Nov. 22 Ole Miss* TBA Nov. 29 Arkansas State* 1 p.m. Nov. 28 at Arkansas* 1:30 p.m. *Sun Belt Conference Game *SEC Conference Game All Times Central All Times Central No r t h te x a s Me a N Gr e e N v s . LsU ti G e r s • se p t e M b e r 13, 2008 • Fo o t b a ll Ga M e No t e s North Texas Quick Facts Location .......................................Denton, Texas Media availability for Week 3 vs. LSU Founded ......................................................1890 MondayMonday 8 Tuesday 9 Wednesday 10 Thursday 11 Friday 12 Saturday 13 Sunday 14 President .......................... Dr. Gretchen Bataille Sun Belt Media Luncheon Coach Dodge Coach Dodge Team Charter Kick off with Team Meetings Teleconference - Coach Dodge at available for available for leaves for Baton LSU and Practice Enrollment ...............................................34,268 Coach Dodge at 12 p.m. Mean phone interviews phone interviews Rouge 7:00 p.m. Founded ......................................................1890 11:08 a.m. Green Athletic for out of town for out of town Pre-arranged Center media from media from No player or availability for Athletic Director .........................Rick Villarreal Notes Package Released 11 a.m.-12 p.m. 11 a.m.- 12 p.m. coach players Nickname ........................................Mean Green Requested availability Colors ..................................... Green and White No practice players at the No player or No player or and no player media luncheon coach coach Notification Home Field ...................................... Fouts Field or coach avail- following Coach availability after availability after for player Capacity ...................................................30,500 ability Dodge practice practice availability on Surface ................................................. Artificial Sunday must E-Mail requests No player or be e-mailed by First Year of Football ..................................1913 for players at coach 5 p.m. luncheon must availability after Years of Football ............................................92 be received by Conference ............................................Sun Belt 3 p.m. practice Head Coach ............Todd Dodge (Second Year) Overall Record............................................ 2-12 A CLOSER LOOK A T LSU Record at North Texas ................................ 2-12 Head Coach Les Miles – Miles is in his fourth year as the head coach at LSU. Since taking Primary Offense ...................................... Spread Primary Defense ........................................... 4-3 over as head coach at LSU in January of 2005, Miles has guided the Tigers to the 2007 BCS National Title and to three straight top five rankings, a first at the school. Miles first three years at LSU, a 34-6 record, is the best three-year stretch in school history. Before Mean Green Team Record arriving at LSU, Miles was the head coach at Oklahoma State. In 2002 he was the Big 12 Overall .............................................. 464-422-34 Conference Coach of the Year. From 1998-2000, Miles was the tight ends coach for the Home ..................................... 248-123-12 Dallas Cowboys. Fouts Field ................................ 148-72-7 Away ...................................... 214-295-22 The Matchup – North Texas has lost its first two games of the season while the Tigers are Neutral .................................................2-5 1-0 on the year. The Mean Green is coming off a 56-26 loss to Tulsa but racked up 450 Since Div. I-A (1995) .................................55-98 yards of offense and 203 yards rushing against Tulsa. Defensively linebacker Tobe Nwigwe Versus Other Div. I-A Conferences had a career-high 13 tackles and after the first two weeks of the season he is tied for 13th ACC ...............................................................0-2 in the nation with 11 tackles per game. LSU knocked off Appalachian State two weeks Big East ..........................................................0-1 ago 41-13. The Tigers are 9th in the nation in rushing defense, having allowed on 52 yards Big 12 ...........................................................7-55 rushing. Running back Charles Scott piled up 160 yards in the season opening win and Big 10 .............................................................0-0 averaged 10 yards a carry. Conference USA .................................... 34-43-1 Independent ....................................................0-1 Mid-American ................................................1-3 GENERAL INFORMA T ION SP OR T S INFOMA T ION Mountain West .............................................6-15 Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana SID: Michael Bonnette Pac-10 ............................................................2-5 Enrollment: 33,587 Office phone: 225-578-8226 SEC ..............................................................4-30 President: John V. Lombardi Cell: 225-241-4845 Sun Belt .................................................. 65-48-2 Athletic Director: Joe Alleva FAX: 225-578-1861 WAC ....................................................... 34-75-2 Founded: 1860 Press Box: 225-578-2184 Under Todd Dodge Nickname: Fighting Tigers Email: [email protected] Overall ..........................................................2-12 Colors: Purple and Gold Web Site: www.lsusports.net Home ..............................................................2-4 Away ..............................................................0-8 August ............................................................0-1 FOO T BALL ST AFF THE SERIES - GAME -BY -GAME September ......................................................0-5 Head Coach: Les Miles (Michigan ‘76) Series Record: LSU leads 3-0 October ...........................................................1-3 Record at LSU: 35-6 (Fourth Year) At Baton Rouge: LSU leads 3-0 November .......................................................1-2 Overall Record: