1977 North Texas State Mean Green football team

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.

1977 North Texas State Mean Green football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 16
1977 record10–1
Head coach
Home stadiumFouts Field (c. 20,000)
1977 NCAA Division I independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 3at No. 16 Mississippi StateW 15–17 (forfeit)
September 10at UTEPW 41–10
September 17vs. SMUW 24–13
September 24West Texas StateW 31–2016,500[2]
October 1at RichmondW 47–14
October 8at Southern MissW 27–1422,432[3]
October 15vs. Texas–Arlington
  • Texas Stadium
  • Irving, TX
W 15–612,300[4]
October 22at Memphis StateW 20–19
October 29at No. 20 Florida StateL 14–3540,597
November 5New Mexico State
  • Fouts Field
  • Denton, TX
W 45–17
November 19at Louisiana TechW 41–1415,300[5]
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[6][7]

Roster

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

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

Rankings

Game summaries

Mississippi State


SMU

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.[8]

Florida State

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


References

  1. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/years/1977-standings.html
  2. "Mean Green overcomes West Texas State 31–20". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. September 25, 1977. Retrieved May 3, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Washington leads NT to victory". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 9, 1977. Retrieved March 25, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Eagles stave off Mavericks 15–6". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 16, 1977. p. 1B. Retrieved March 25, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "N. Texas ends Techskein". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. November 20, 1977. Retrieved June 30, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "1977 North Texas Mean Green Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved August 18, 2019.
  7. "2018 North Texas Football Fact Book" (PDF). University of North Texas Athletic Department. Retrieved August 18, 2019.
  8. "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.
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