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1977 North Texas State Mean Green football team

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1977 North Texas State Mean Green football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 16
Record10–1
Head coach
Home stadiumFouts Field (c. 20,000)
Seasons
← 1976
1978 →
1977 NCAA Division I independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Notre Dame       11 1 0
No. 5 Penn State       11 1 0
Colgate       10 1 0
North Texas State *       10 1 0
No. 16 San Diego State       10 1 0
Tennessee State       8 1 1
No. 14 Florida State       10 2 0
No. 8 Pittsburgh       9 2 1
East Carolina       8 3 0
Rutgers       8 3 0
Army       7 4 0
Louisville       7 4 1
Boston College       6 5 0
Cincinnati       5 4 2
Georgia Tech       6 5 0
Memphis State       6 5 0
Northwestern State       6 5 0
Syracuse       6 5 0
William & Mary       6 5 0
Southern Miss       6 5 0
Temple       5 5 1
Hawaii       5 6 0
Navy       5 6 0
West Virginia       5 6 0
South Carolina       5 7 0
Utah State       4 7 0
Villanova       4 7 0
Illinois State       3 7 1
Virginia Tech       3 7 1
Miami (FL)       3 8 0
Richmond       3 8 0
Tulane       3 8 0
Air Force       2 8 1
Holy Cross       2 8 0
Northeast Louisiana       2 9 0
  • North Texas State (originally 9–2) awarded a forfeit win after Mississippi State was found to be using an ineligible player.[1]
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1977 North Texas State Mean Green football team represented North Texas State University—now known as the University of North Texas—during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. In its fifth season under head coach Hayden Fry, the team compiled a 10–1 record. The team played its home games at Fouts Field in Denton, Texas.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 3at No. 16 Mississippi StateW 15–17 (forfeit)31,000[2]
September 10at UTEPW 41–1018,750[3]
September 17vs. SMUW 24–1326,097
September 24West Texas StateW 31–2016,500[4]
October 1at RichmondW 47–1411,000[5]
October 8at Southern MissW 27–1422,432[6]
October 15vs. Texas–Arlington
  • Texas Stadium
  • Irving, TX
W 15–617,300[7]
October 22at Memphis StateW 20–19
October 29at No. 20 Florida StateL 14–3540,597
November 5New Mexico Statedagger
  • Fouts Field
  • Denton, TX
W 45–17
November 19at Louisiana TechW 41–1415,300[8]
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Game summaries

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Mississippi State

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SMU

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SMU vs. North Texas State
1 234Total
Mustangs 0 076 13
Mean Green 3 777 24

In the first meeting between the two teams at Texas Stadium, the Mean Green ended a 44-year drought against the Mustangs. Coach Hayden Fry earned a victory over the program that had controversially dismissed him in 1972.[11]

Florida State

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North Texas State at Florida State
1 234Total
Mean Green 0 770 14
No. 20 Seminoles 7 1477 35

Roster

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1977 North Texas Mean Green football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
RB   Bernard Jackson So
RB   Mike Jones Sr
WR   Tim Loftin Sr
QB   Ken Washington Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DL 65 Walter Chapman Sr
DB 44 J. T. Smith Sr
LB   Burks Washington Jr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 3 Iseed Khoury Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

References

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  1. ^ https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/years/1977-standings.html
  2. ^ "Bulldogs hold off NT 17–15". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. September 4, 1977. Retrieved October 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "N. Texas St. wins by 41–10". The Monitor. September 11, 1977. Retrieved October 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Mean Green overcomes West Texas State 31–20". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. September 25, 1977. Retrieved May 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "NT routs Richmond 47–14". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. September 25, 1977. Retrieved October 28, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Washington leads NT to victory". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 9, 1977. Retrieved March 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Eagles stave off Mavericks 15–6". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 16, 1977. p. 1B. Retrieved March 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "N. Texas ends Techskein". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. November 20, 1977. Retrieved June 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "1977 North Texas Mean Green Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved August 18, 2019.
  10. ^ "2018 North Texas Football Fact Book" (PDF). University of North Texas Athletic Department. Retrieved August 18, 2019.
  11. ^ "A Look Back At NT Football History: North Texas vs. SMU, 1977". University of North Texas Athletic Department. November 4, 2014. Retrieved August 18, 2019.