Sept. 23 | North Texas vs. UAB North Texas 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 • #NewDenton 2017 SCHEDULE North Texas North Texas vs. UAB UAB Overall: 1-2 • C-USA: 0-0 MEAN GREEN (1-2, 0-0 C-USA) Date Sat., Sept. 23 | 5:30 p.m. CT BLAZERS (2-1, 0-0 C-USA) Venue .............. Apogee Stadium Location ............... Denton, Texas DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT Live Stats MeanGreenSports.com 9/2 vs. Lamar ~ W, 59-14 Live Tweets .....@MeanGreenFB 9/9 at SMU ~ L, 54-32 TV .............................. beINSport .................... KHYI 95.3 FM 9/16 at Iowa ~ L, 31-14 Radio .............................KNTU 88.1 FM 9/23 vs. UAB*~ 5:30 p.m. ............................KGAF 1580 AM 9/30 at Southern Miss*~ 6 p.m. Series ................... UAB leads 2-0 10/14 vs. UTSA*~ 5:30 p.m. Last Meeting ..UAB 56, North Texas 21, in Birmingham, Ala- 10/21 at Florida Atlantic*~ TBD bama on 10/25/14 10/28 vs. Old Dominion*~ 5:30 p.m. 11/4 at Louisiana Tech*~ 2:30 p.m North Texas (1-2, 0-0 C-USA) returns home to open Conference USA play against UAB (2-1, 0-0 C-USA) Saturday at 5:30 p.m. at Apogee Stadium in Denton. The Mean Green hung with Iowa, but ultimately 11/11 vs. UTEP*~ 4 p.m. fell 31-14 in Iowa City last week, while UAB knocked off Coastal Carolina 30-23 from Birmingham to 11/18 vs. Army~ 5:30 p.m. pick up the Blazers’ second win of the season. 11/25 at Rice*~ 12 p.m. Saturday’s game will be broadcast live on beIN Sports by Mike Gleason (pxp), Donovan McNabb (an- *Denotes Conference USA Contest, ~ Mean Green alyst) and Michelle Gingras (field analyst) as well as on the radio on the Mean Green Sports Network Sports Network (radio), All Game Times Listed in CT with Dave Barnett (pxp) and Hank Dickenson (analyst). and are subject to change By The Numbers North Texas' Top Storylines, Streaks & Trends 35.0 Next Up they would pick up No. 500 as a program. Through three games, the Mean The Mean Green head to Hattiesburg, Green are averaging 35.0 points per Mississippi, for a Conference USA match First Downs game, which leads C-USA. North up with Southern Miss next Saturday, Sept. North Texas has posted 70 first downs Texas averaged 24.8 ppg last season, 30. That game kicks off at 6 p.m. CT and will over the first three weeks, which ranks which was a jump of 9.6 from 2015 be broadcast live on the Mean Green Sports the best in Conference USA and 32nd prior to Seth Littrell’s arrival in Network. nationally. Denton 7.9 Rushing Ahead * The Mean Green had 17 first downs last Senior RB Jeffery Wilson averaged North Texas had some success running the week at Iowa. 7.9 yards per carry last week at football against the Iowa Hawkeyes last Iowa, carrying 12 times for 95 yards week, posting 112 yards on the ground, 95 Score! and a touchdown of which came from senior Jeffery Wilson The Mean Green are averaging 35.0 (Elkhart, Texas). points per game through three weeks, 3 which leads Conference USA. Redshirt sophomore WR Jalen Guy- * The Mean Green are averaging 5.9 yards ton caught his third touchdown of per carry, which ranks 13th nationally. * North Texas averaged 24.8 ppg in 2016. the season last week at Iowa, which leads the team. Three would have led the team in 2016 as well, as six * North Texas is averaging 205.3 yards per * The Mean Green made a 9.6 ppg jump players tied for the lead with two. game, which ranks second in Conference in 2016, head coach Seth Littrell’s first in USA only to this week’s opponent, UAB Denton. 112 (254.7). North Texas is 36th in the country. Junior K Trevor Moore has made Explosive Plays 112 consecutive extra points head- Creeping Up on 500 The Mean Green had four plays of ing into week four, which is a school The Mean Green remain in search of their 15-yards or more last week at Iowa. record 500th victory in program history. They @MeanGreenFB picked up win no. 499 in week one against * One of those went for touchdown (41 Lamar. With a win Saturday against UAB, yard run by Jeffery Wilson). 2017 North Texas Football Sept. 23 Mean Green vs. UAB Wilson’s Success Drives Mean Green games make up 51.8 percent of his passing Moore, Moore, Moore Mean Green senior running back Jeffery yardage from 2016 (10 games played). Senior kicker Trevor Moore holds the school Wilson (Elkhart, Texas), Conference USA’s record for most consecutive made extra week one Player of the Week, carried 12 * Fine’s 424-yard performance two weeks points. The Edmond, Oklahoma, native times for 95 yards with one touchdown last ago at SMU was the sixth-best in program pushed his school record to 112 straight week at Iowa, averaging 7.9 yards per carry. history and the best since Giovanni Vizza made PATs after going 2-for-2 last week at threw for 478 against Navy in 2007. Fine is Iowa. Moore has never missed an extra point * Wilson is second in C-USA in rushing with one of eight players in Mean Green history to attempt in his career. Moore broke the record 307 yards (25th in the country) and is tied have thrown for 400 yards or more. of 61 that was previously held by Keith for fifth nationally in rushing touchdowns Chapman (1987-89) last season. (five), which is tied for the lead in C-USA. 1. Daniel Meager vs. SMU, 2007 601 2. Steve Ramsey vs. La.-Lafayette, 1969 495 * Moore holds the school record for career * His 8.3 yards per carry ranks seventh-best 3. Mitch Maher vs. SFA, 1994 486 field goal percentage (74.5 percent). in the nation and first in C-USA. 4. Giovanni Vizza vs. Navy, 2007 478 5. Steve Ramsey vs. Cincinnati, 1968 433 * He also holds the program record for field * Wilson has rushed for 2,297 yards in his 6. Mason Fine at SMU, 2017 424 goal percentage in a season (88.2 percent in career, which places him in sixth place in 2014). school history, after passing Bernard Jackson * Fine has seven 200-yard passing games in (2,256 from 1978-80) last week at Iowa. his career, which ties for seventh-most in * Moore sits atop seven statistical categories school history with Scott Hall (2000-04) and in school history. In addition to field goal * Wilson is only 120 yards from Kevin Riley Dodge (2008-10). percentage in a single season and career and Galbreath’s (2001-02) fifth spot. most consecutive extra points made, Moore * Fine’s 61.4 career completion percentage also is the leader in extra point percentage * Wilson is sixth in school history in rushing ranks third in school history for players with in a single season and career (100 percent), touchdowns (21) and is five behind Ken a minimum of 200 completions (Fine has extra points made in a single game (11 Bahnsen (1950-52) for fifth. 218). against Nicholls in 2014) and field goals made in a single game (five against SMU in * Wilson also has the second-most receptions 1. Riley Dodge (311-481), 2008-10 64.7 2014). on the team with nine, for 31 yards. 2. Jordan Case (218-354), 1977-79 61.6 3. Mason Fine (218-355), 2016-17 61.4 * Moore ranks in the top three in four * Last season Wilson finished with 169 other North Texas statistical categories, carries for 936 yards and 14 touchdowns, * His career passing efficiency rating of and is fourth among active Football Bowl which were career high for a single season in 124.54 ranks fifth in program history. Subdivision kickers in consecutive extra just 11 games. points made. The senior aims to wrap his 1. Scott Hall, 2000-04 132.26 career as the most decorated kicker in school Mason More Than Fine 2. Mitch Maher, 1991-94 128.56 history. His 112 extra points made are second Sophomore quarterback Mason Fine (Locust 3. Scott Davis, 1987-90 126.44 all-time to Nick Bazaldua’s (2002-05) 121. Grove, Oklahoma) completed 16-of-26 4. Derek Thompson, 2009-13 126.27 passes for 167 yards last week at Iowa. Fine 5. Riley Dodge, 2008-10 125.71 Most Consecutive Extra Points Made (active has completed 63-of-94 passes (67.0 percent) 6. Mason Fine, 2016-17 124.54 NCAA FBS kickers) for 815 yards with six touchdowns and three 1. Daniel Carlson, Sr., Auburn – 149 2. Aaron Medley, Sr., Tennessee – 130 interceptions. McClain Leads Mean Green Defense 3. Sean Nurenberger, Sr., Ohio State – 117 A preseason All-Conference USA selection 4. Trevor Moore, Sr., North Texas – 112 * Fine leads Conference USA in passing yards for the second consecutive year, senior (815) and passing yards per game (271.7). safety Kishawn McClain (Rosenberg, Texas) Big-Play J-G garnered second team All-Conference Redshirt sophomore wide receiver Jalen * He has twice thrown for three touchdowns honors in 2016 in Conference USA. For the Guyton (Allen) caught one pass for 13 in a game this year (each of the first two second straight season, McClain led the team yards last week at Iowa, but he made that weeks, vs.