Mean Green Football Assistant Athletic Director of Communications (Football Contact): Jordan Stepp Phone: (805) 551-8648 • Email: [email protected]
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
Sept. 19 | North Texas vs. SMU #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 • #UNTvsSMU 2020 SCHEDULE North Texas (RV) SMU (RV) MEAN GREEN (1-0, 0-0 C-USA) MUSTANGS (1-0, 0-0 AAC) Overall: 1-0 • C-USA: 0-0 North Texas vs. SMU Date..........Sat., Sept. 19 DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT ...................5 p.m. CT Venue......... Apogee Stadium 9/5 vs. Houston Baptist ~ W, 57-31 Location....... Denton, Texas 9/19 vs.SMU ~ 5 p.m. Live Stats... MeanGreenStats.com Live Tweets..... @MeanGreenFB 9/26 at Houston ~ 6 p.m. TV........ CBS Sports Network Radio........... KHYI 95.3 FM 10/3 vs. Southern Miss*~ 6:30 p.m. ................ KNTU 88.1 FM 10/10 vs. Charlotte* ~ / 6:30 p.m. ................ KGAF 1580 AM Series...... SMU leads 32-6-1 10/17 at Middle Tennessee*~ 4 p.m. Last Meeting ........ SMU 49, .. UNT 27 on 9/7/19 in Dallas 10/31 at UTEP*~ 3 p.m. 11/7 vs. Louisiana Tech*~ 5 p.m. 11/14 at UAB*~ TBD North Texas (1-0, 0-0 C-USA) remains home Saturday when it hosts 11/21 vs. Rice*~ / 1 p.m. Metroplex rival SMU (1-0, 0-0 AAC) at 5 p.m. CT at Apogee Stadium. 11/28 at UT San Antonio*~ 2 p.m. North Texas enters play off a bye week, and opened its season with a dominant, record-setting win over Houston Baptist back on Sept. 5, 57-31. SMU also enters play this week off a bye, because their game at *Denotes Conference USA Contest, ~ Mean Green Sports Network (radio), All Game Times Listed in TCU (originally scheduled for Sept. 11) was postponed due to CoVID CT concerns wihin the TCU program. The Mustangs opened their season with a 31-24 win at Texas State in Week 1. Both teams are receiving votes By The Numbers in national polls this week (UNT in the Amway Coaches Poll, SMU in the AP and Coaches Poll). 19 Head coach Seth Littrell has a 19-6 Saturday’s game will be broadcast live on CBS Sports Network with record at Apogee Stadium thus far Carter Blackburn (pxp) Aaron Taylor (analyst) and Jenny Dell (side- for the Mean Green, following the line), and on the radio on the Mean Green Sports Network with Dave Week 1 win over HBU. North Texas has Barnett (pxp) and Hank Dickenson (analyst). won 17 of its last 20 games at home dating back to the win over Southern Miss in late 2016. North Texas' Top Storylines, Streaks & Trends Next Up matchup, Seth Littrell (North The Mean Green will make their first Texas) and Sonny Dykes (SMU) are road trip of 2020 next week when very familiar with one another Senior WR Jaelon22 Darden (Houston) they journey to Houston to battle and it goes a step further – enters Saturday’s game with 22 ca- they are great friends. They reer receiving TDs after posting the Cougars on Saturday, Sept. 26 coached together at Arizona three in the Week 1 win over HBU. from TDECU Stadium. His 22 scoring grabs across his first (2009) and Texas Tech (2005- three years in Denton rank third- Series History 06) and their families are most in program history. North Texas and SMU have met 39 very close, routinely traveling times, with the Mustangs holding together in past years during a 32-6-1 advantage. SMU knocked the offseason. The pair meet for off the Mean Green 49-27 in Dallas the third time as head coaches Darden enters161 this week with 161 last season in Week 2. Saturday in Denton. career catches, which ranks sixth in program history. Darden caught five When Beating SMU... passes for 71 yards and three touch- * The Mean Green are 4-1 all-time In the six wins against SMU in downs in Week 1’s win over HBU. in Denton in the series dating back to 1990. SMU’s only win in series history, North Texas has the series in Denton came in 2016, held the Mustangs to an average when they topped UNT 34-21. of 9.2 points. North Texas set721 a new program record with 721 yards of total offense in * Four of North Texas’ six wins in * In the 32 SMU wins in the Week 1’s win over HBU. They totaled the series have come in Denton. series, 25 of those games the 361 yards passing and 360 yards Mustangs have scored 20 points rushing, the first time the Mean Bromance or more. Green posted 300+ yards in both cat- Both head coaches in Saturday’s egories in program history. 2020 North Texas Football Sept. 19 Mean Green vs. SMU MEAN GREEN RECORD WATCH/NOTES Career Receptions 12. Hut Allred, 1994-98 1,964 Opening Up 1. Casey Fitzgerald, 2005-08 229 13. Abner Haynes, 1957-59 1,864 The Mean Green opened the season 2. Carlos Harris, 2012-15 197 14. Antoinne Jimmerson, 2011-15 1,851 at home for only the 40th time out 3. Johnny Quinn, 2003-06 187 15. Tommy Gray, 1950-52 1,767 of 105 years in program history 4. David Brown, 1991-94 182 16. Malcolm Jones, 1979-80 1,642 on 9/5 when they dispatched HBU 5. Pete Harvey, 1978-81 164 17. Michael Jones, 1974-77 1,627 handily. North Texas is 24-14-2 in 6. Jaelon Darden, 2017-present 161 18. Erric Pegram, 1988-90 1,613 those 40 games. They’ve also won 7. John Love, 1965-66 144 19. Leo Taylor, 1968-69 1,562 four of five season openers at home under head coach Seth Littrell, Ron Shanklin, 1967-69 144 20. Ray Renfro, 1949-51 (48 figures NA) 1,556 including each of the last four. 9. Michael Lawrence 2016-present 143 - DeAndre Torrey, 2018-present 1,442 10. Barry Moore, 1968-69 140 - Nic Smith, 2017-present 1,154 * North Texas is now 42-60-3 all- time in the season debut. The Mean Career Receiving TDs Career TDs (Rushing/Receiving/Returns) Green have won just seven season- 1. Ron Shanklin, 1967-69 31 1. Lance Dunbar, 2008-11 49 openers in the last 24 years, but 2. Troy Redwine, 1992-95 23 2. Patrick Cobbs, 2001-05 38 have won each of the last four, 3. Jaelon Darden, 2017-present 22 3. Jeffery Wilson, 2014-17 32 including this season’s 57-31 win David Brown, 1991-94 22 4. Ron Shanklin, 1967-69 31 over HBU. 5. Johnny Quinn, 2003-06 21 5. Ken Bahnsen, 1950-52 29 Rico Bussey, Jr., 2016-19 21 Scott Davis, 1987-90 29 Home Openers 7. Casey Fitzgerald, 2005-08 20 7. Jamario Thomas, 2004-07 27 Following its Week 1 win, the Mean 8. John Love, 1965-66 17 8. Jaelon Darden, 2017-present 23 Green are 7-3 in its last 10 home 9. Jalen Guyton, 2017-18 15 Antoinne Jimmerson, 2011-15 23 openers. All-time, North Texas is George Marshall, 1999-02 15 10. David Brown, 1991-94 22 71-30-3 in home openers (excluding Johnny Quinn, 2003-06 22 games played in Irving at Texas Career Receiving Yards - DeAndre Torrey, 2018-present 21 Stadium), with a 7-3 mark in its 1. Johnny Quinn, 2003-06 2,718 current home, Apogee Stadium. 2. Troy Redwine, 1992-96 2,567 Yards Per Play Record-Setting Day in Opener 3. Casey Fitzgerald, 2005-08 2,533 (Minimum 175 carries upon completion of After a Week 1 win over Houston 4. Ron Shanklin, 1967-69 2,465 career) Baptist, the Mean Green rank first 5. Carlos Harris, 2012-15 2,406 1. Ray Renfro (230-1,556), 1948-51 6.8 in Conference USA in total offense 6. David Brown, 1991-94 2,402 2. Dean Renfro (213-1,204), 1952-54 5.7 after rolling up a program-record 7. Barry Moore, 1968-69 2,183 3. Tommy Runnels (208-1,191) 1952-55 5.7 721 yards on the Huskies. 8. John Love, 1965-66 2,124 4. Jeffery Wilson (562-3,205) 2014-17 5.7 9. Rico Bussey, Jr., 2016-19 1,941 5. Tommy Gray (314-1,767) 1950-52 5.6 Most Yards Total Offense 10. Marcus Camper, 1985-88 1,939 DeAndre Torrey (259-1,442), 2018-pres. 5.6 1. 2020 vs. HBU 721 - Jaelon Darden, 2017-present 1,663 2. 2017 vs. Lamar 668 Career PATs Made 3. 2007 vs. Navy 635 Career Rushing Touchdowns 1. Trevor Moore, 2014-17 154 4. 2007 vs. SMU 613 1. Lance Dunbar, 2008-11 41 2. Nick Bazaldua, 2002-05 121 5. 2018 vs. Incarnate Word 607 2. Patrick Cobbs, 2001-05 36 3. Keith Chapman, 1986-89 89 6. 2013 vs. Idaho 591 3. Jeffery Wilson, 2014-17 32 4. Zach Olen, 2010-13 83 7. 2009 vs. Western Kentucky 583 4. Scott Davis, 1987-90 29 5. Iseed Khoury, 1975-77 70 8. 1969 vs. Louisiana-Lafayette 579 5. Jamario Thomas, 2004-07 27 6. Jason Ball, 1999-01 59 1968 vs. Cincinnati 579 6. Ken Bahnsen, 1950-52 26 7. Jeremy Knott, 2008-09 57 10.2019 vs. Abilene Christian 575 7. Terrance Brown, 1992-93 20 8. Cole Hedlund 51 * The performance on 9/5 also marked 8. Michael Jones, 1974-77 19 9. Zach Paul, 2012-14 48 the first time in program history Abner Haynes, 1957-59 19 10.