2006 North Texas Mean Green football team

2006 North Texas Mean Green football
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
2006 record	3–9 (2–5 Sun Belt)
Head coach	Darrell Dickey
Offensive coordinator	Ramon Flanigan
Defensive coordinator	Fred Bleil
Home stadium	Fouts Field (Capacity: 30,500)

2006 Sun Belt football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Troy +		6	–	1					8	–	5
Middle Tennessee +		6	–	1					7	–	6
Arkansas State		4	–	3					6	–	6
Florida Atlantic		4	–	3					5	–	7
Louisiana–Lafayette		3	–	4					6	–	6
Louisiana–Monroe		3	–	4					4	–	8
North Texas		2	–	5					3	–	9
FIU		0	–	7					0	–	12
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	11:00 AM	at #3 Texas*		Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	FSN	L 7–56	85,123
September 9	6:00 PM	SMU*		Fouts Field • Denton, TX		W 24-6	25,231
September 16	6:00 PM	at Tulsa*		Skelly Stadium • Tulsa, OK		L 3–28	22,045
September 23	5:00 PM	at Akron*		Rubber Bowl • Akron, OH		L 13-33	16,011
September 30	6:00 PM	Middle Tennessee		Fouts Field • Denton, TX	ESPN+	L 0-35	16,986
October 7	6:00 PM	Florida International		Fouts Field • Denton, TX	CSS	W 25-22 7OT	15,123
October 21	6:00 PM	at Arkansas State		Indian Stadium • Jonesboro, AR	ESPN+	L 10-29	19,141
October 28	2:30 PM	at Troy		Movie Gallery Stadium • Troy, AL	CSS	L 6-14	17,795
November 4	6:00 PM	Louisiana Tech*		Fouts Field • Denton, TX		L 31-34	11,103
November 11	5:00 PM	at Louisiana-Lafayette		Cajun Field • Lafayette, LA		W 16-7	13,621
November 18	6:00 PM	Florida Atlantic		Fouts Field • Denton, TX	ESPN+	L 16-17	9,806
November 25	6:00 PM	at Louisiana-Monroe		Malone Stadium • Monroe, LA		L 3-23	12,107
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Game notes

Texas

	1	2	3	4	Total
North Texas	0	0	7	0	7
Texas	14	14	14	14	56

See also: 2006 Texas Longhorn football team

SMU

	1	2	3	4	Total
SMU	0	0	6	0	6
North Texas	7	0	7	10	24

Tulsa

	1	2	3	4	Total
North Texas	0	3	0	0	3
Tulsa	0	7	14	7	28

Akron

	1	2	3	4	Total
North Texas	0	7	6	0	13
Akron	20	13	0	0	33

Middle Tennessee

	1	2	3	4	Total
Middle Tennessee	14	7	7	7	35
North Texas	0	0	0	0	0

Florida International

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	3OT	4OT	5OT	6OT	7OT	Total
Florida International	0	0	13	3	0	3	0	0	3	0	0	22
North Texas	5	0	0	11	0	3	0	0	3	0	3	25

The Mean Green's contest with the Florida International Golden Panthers lasted overtime periods before North Texas kicker Denis Hopovac made his fifth field goal of the night to bring the team ahead 25–22. Hopovac's nine attempts tied an NCAA FBS record for field goal attempts in a game.

Arkansas State

	1	2	3	4	Total
North Texas	3	7	0	0	10
Arkansas State	0	10	13	6	29

Troy

	1	2	3	4	Total
North Texas	0	3	0	3	6
Troy	0	0	7	7	14

Louisiana Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Louisiana Tech	21	0	10	3	34
North Texas	0	24	7	0	31

Louisiana-Lafayette

	1	2	3	4	Total
North Texas	0	7	9	0	16
Louisiana-Lafayette	0	7	0	0	7

Florida Atlantic

	1	2	3	4	Total
Florida Atlantic	3	14	0	0	17
North Texas	7	3	3	3	16

See also: 2006 Florida Atlantic Owls football team

Louisiana-Monroe

	1	2	3	4	Total
North Texas	0	3	0	0	3
Louisiana-Monroe	7	3	6	7	23