Game 2 • September 8, 2012 • Texas Southern at North Texas • Apogee Stadium • Denton, TX NORTH TEXAS FOOTBALL North Texas Athletic Communications Football Contact: Eric Capper • e-mail - [email protected] • offi ce - 940-565-2476 • cell 940-367-0727 Football Contact: Steven Bartolotta • e-mail - [email protected] • offi ce - 940-369-8329 • cell 817-300-1931 SCHEDULE/RESULTS North Texas Game Information SEPTEMBER Mean Green Venue: Apogee Stadium 1 AT NO. 1/3 LSU (ESPNU) L, 41-14 Capacity: 30,850 8 VS. TEXAS SOUTHERN (TXA 21) 6 P.M. Record: 0-1 Sun Belt 0-0 15 AT KANSAS STATE (FSN) 6 P.M. Playing Surface: Sportexe PowerBlade HP Head Coach: Dan McCarney, 2nd season 22 VS. TROY* (ESPN3) 6 P.M. Series Record: First meeting 29 AT FLORIDA ATLANTIC* (ESPN3) 4 P.M. NT Record: 5-8 • Record vs. TSU: 0-0 • Last Meeting: First meeting OCTOBER Career Record: 61-93 (14th season) 6 AT HOUSTON (CSS) 6 P.M In Denton: First meeting 16 VS. LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE* (ESPN2) 8 P.M. Texas Southern Radio: KHYI 95.3 FM 27 AT MIDDLE TENNESSEE* 2:30 P.M. Tigers KNTU 88.1 FM NOVEMBER 3 VS. ARKANSAS STATE* 4 P.M. Record: 1-0 SWAC 0-0 TV: TXA 21 (DFW) 10 VS. SOUTH ALABAMA* (TXA 21) 4 P.M. Live Stats: www.MeanGreenSports.com Head Coach: Darrell Asberry, 1st season 17 AT ULM* 3 P.M. Webcast: www.MeanGreenSports.com 24 AT WKU* (SBN) 12 P.M. TSU Record: 1-0 • Record vs. NT: 0-0 • *SUN BELT CONFERENCE GAME Career Record: 41-25 (6th season) ALL TIMES CENTRAL FSN- FOX SPORTS SECOND SEASON IN APOGEE BEGINS AGAINST TEXAS SOUTHERN ESPN3- ESPN3/ESPN3.com CSS- Comcast Sports South North Texas opens the second season in Apogee Stadium against the Texas Southern SBN- Sun Belt Network Tigers. The Mean Green fell on the road to LSU 41-14 while the Tigers won on a last second fi eld goal over Prairie View A&M 44-41 in their season opener. NORTH TEXAS COACHING STAFF Head Coach: Dan McCarney Against LSU in the opening week, North Texas had nine players on defense that either set Associate HC/OC Mike Canales or tied new career highs with tackles. Defensive Coordinator/LB’s John Skladany Wide Receivers Nick Quartaro* Redshirt freshman Zac Whitfi eld had his fi rst career interception against LSU. It was the Running Backs Mike Grant* fi rst interception by a Mean Green freshman since Jeremy Phillips in 2009. Digging deeper TE’s/Special Teams Kent Riddle fi nds that Whitfi eld’s interception was the fi rst by a freshman cornerback since Antoine Bush Offensive Line Mike Simmonds in 2006. Additionally there were 98 players in the nation with interceptions after the fi rst Defensive Line Mike Nelson week and Whitfi eld was one of only seven freshman nationally to have a pick. Safeties Noah Joseph* Cornerbacks Justin Gaines North Texas is 55-24-2 all-time in home opening games. However the Mean Green has lost *- In the press box on game day seven of the last eight home openers with the only win during that time coming in a victory over SMU in 2006. RADIO: MEAN GREEN RADIO NETWORK George Dunham, play-by-play The Mean Green is looking to avoid an 0-2 start to the season for the third straight year. Hank Dickenson, analyst Since returning to FBS in 1995, North Texas has started the year out with a 1-1 record only KNTU 88.1 FM (Denton) six times, with the most recent being 2009. KHYI 95.3 FM (Dallas/Fort Worth) Derek Thompson’s 80-yard touchdown strike to Brelan Chancellor against LSU was tied TELEVISION: TXA 21 for the seventh longest passing play in school history. Thompson now has two of the seven Dave Barnett, play-by-play longest passes in school history, as he sits sixth all-time with an 83-yard pass last season. Doug Anderson, analyst Only Steven Ramsey, who owns three of the top seven plays, has more than Thompson. Thompson had two touchdown passes for North Texas against LSU in the season opening game. It is the fi rst time since returning to FBS football in 1995 that a quarterback has thrown for two TD’s in the season opening game and a receiver has had two TD receptions. The last time a Mean Green quarterback threw for two touchdowns in the fi rst game of the season was 1994 when Mitch Maher threw for three. Meanwhile Chancellor was the fi rst North Texas wide receiver with two touchdown receptions in the opening game since that same season opening game against Abilene Christian. That night David Brown caught two TD passes from Maher. www.meangreensports.com 1 Mean Green Football North Texas Football NORTH TEXAS QUICK FACTS MEDIA AVAILABILITY FOR WEEK 2 LOCATION .....................................DENTON, TEXAS ONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY FOUNDED ......................................................1890 M 3 4 5 6789 INTERIM PRESIDENT ....................V. LANE RAWLINS Sun Belt Dan McCarney Practice at Practice at Practice at Kickoff with Player Teleconference - Press Confer- Athletic Center Athletic Center Athletic Center Texas Southern Conditioning ENROLLMENT .............................................36,206 Coach McCarney ence 11:30 a.m. 6:00 p.m. at the Athletic FOUNDED ......................................................1890 at 11:08 a.m Bill Mercer No player No player No player Center ATHLETIC DIRECTOR ...................RICK VILLARREAL Press Club, 5th availability availability availability Dan McCarney fl oor in Apogee NICKNAME .......................................MEAN GREEN radio show at Stadium COLORS ................................... GREEN AND WHITE Rudy’s BBQ Only day for HOME FIELD .............................. APOGEE STADIUM 7-8 p.m. player availability at CAPACITY...................................................30,850 Players Off Day press confer- SURFACE .............................................. ARTIFICIAL ence FIRST YEAR OF FOOTBALL..............................1913 Practice at YEARS OF FOOTBALL .........................................97 Athletic Center CONFERENCE ..........................................SUN BELT HEAD COACH ..............................DAN MCCARNEY THE MATCHUP BY THE NUMBERS OVERALL RECORD ............... 61-93 (14TH SEASON) RECORD AT NORTH TEXAS .........5-8 (2ND SEASON) 0- Sacks allowed by the North Texas offensive line against LSU. The Mean Green is one of PRIMARY OFFENSE ..................................... SPREAD 28 teams in the nation that did not allow a sack after the fi rst week. PRIMARY DEFENSE ........................................... 4-3 1- North Texas has only faced one team ever from the SWAC. The Mean Green played MEAN GREEN TEAM RECORD Alcorn State in 1990, a 20-7 win at Fouts Field. OVERALL ............................................ 475-459-34 27.5 - The Mean Green has averaged 27.5 points in the last four home openers. North HOME ..................................... 251-138-12 Texas has scored 20 or more points in six straight home openers and topped 30 in the last two AWAY ...................................... 222-316-22 NEUTRAL ...............................................2-5 home openers. SINCE DIV. I-A (1995) ...............................66-134 39.4 - By contrast North Texas has allowed 30 points or more in four straight home open- APOGEE STADIUM RECORD ................................4-2 ers. Opponents have averaged 39.4 points in the home opener for the Mean Green. NT hasn’t held an opponent to less than 10 points in a home opener since 2006 against SMU. VERSUS OTHER FBS CONFERENCES ACC ...............................................................0-3 66.7 - The Mean Green winning percentage in Apogee Stadium in 2011. It was the fi rst BIG EAST .........................................................0-1 winning home season for North Texas since 2004. BIG 12 ...........................................................7-56 BIG 10 .............................................................1-0 100 - The North Texas defense has not had a shutout since blanking the Troy Trojans 21-0 CONFERENCE USA ....................................33-48-1 in 2003. It has been 100 games since the last shutout. INDEPENDENT ....................................................1-3 MID-AMERICAN ................................................2-4 240 - With 184 all-purpose yards against LSU, Brelan Chancellor sits just 240 all-purpose MOUNTAIN WEST ............................................6-15 yards away from being in the top-10 all-time at North Texas. He would become the fi fth PAC-10 ............................................................2-4 player since 2001 with more than 3,000 all-purpose yards in their career with the Mean Green. SEC ..............................................................3-34 SUN BELT .....................................................38-41 113,186 - Total attendance last season, a new school record for North Texas. The Mean WAC ....................................................... 34-75-2 Green the last two home openers has averaged 25,909. Head to Head vs. Texas Southern THE LAST TIME OUT..... TEAM STREAKS NT TSU BATON ROUGE, Louisiana - North Texas WINS ..................................................................0 0-1 Record 1-0 came to Death Valley looking for an upset HOME WINS ........................................................1 14.0 Scoring/Game 44.0 of the top-ranked team in the nation, but AWAY WINS.................................................0 SUN BELT WINS...........................................1 219.0 Total Offense 544.0 LSU was having none of it Saturday night. LOSSES ................................................................1 76.0 Rushing Offense 257.0 LSU was looking for the kind of massacre HOME LOSSES