1968 North Texas State Mean Green football team

1968 North Texas State Mean Green football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record8–2 (4–1 MVC)
Head coach
Home stadiumFouts Field
1968 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Memphis State $ 5 – 0 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
North Texas State 4 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Cincinnati 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 1
Louisville 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Tulsa 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Wichita State 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Memphis State's game against Southern Miss and Cincinnati's game against Miami (OH) counted in the conference standings.

The 1968 North Texas State Mean Green football team was an American football team that represented North Texas State University (now known as the University of North Texas) during the 1968 NCAA University Division football season as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference. In their second year under head coach Rod Rust, the team compiled a 8–2 record.

Defensive tackle Joe Greene was a consensus pick for the 1968 All-America team.[1] Greene would be selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers 4th overall in the 1969 NFL/AFL draft. North Texas would retire Greene's no. 75 jersey in 1981 and induct him into the UNT Hall of Fame.[2] Greene would be enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame three years later in 1984.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21New Mexico State*
W 47–209,217–9,500[4]
September 28at Colorado State*
W 17–1222,000[5]
October 5Memphis State
  • Fouts Field
  • Denton, TX
L 12–3012,800[6]
October 12Northern Michigan*
  • Fouts Field
  • Denton, TX
W 17–38,500[7]
October 19at Tulsa
W 20–1726,250[8]
October 26at No. 16 Arkansas*
L 15–1745,000–45,802[9]
November 2Cincinnatidagger
  • Fouts Field
  • Denton, TX
W 55–3418,500–19,000[10]
November 9at UTEP*
W 34–3120,160[11]
November 16at Louisville
W 36–146,000[12]
November 23at Wichita State
W 44–66,537[13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[14]

Game summaries

At No. 16 Arkansas

See also: 1968 Arkansas Razorbacks football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Mean Green 0 3 0 12 15
No. 16 Razorbacks 0 10 7 0 17

References

  1. ^ "Joe Greene Is Named All-American". Denton Record-Chronicle. November 26, 1968. p. 8. Archived from the original on August 27, 2017. Retrieved May 28, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Legends of the Mean Green: Joe Greene No. 75". University of North Texas Libraries. Archived from the original on November 11, 2016. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
  3. ^ "Eleven join Hall of Fame". Ellensburg Daily Record. United Press International. February 13, 1984. p. 10. Archived from the original on April 23, 2021. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
  4. ^ "North Texas dumps Aggies, 47–20". Las Cruces Sun-News. September 22, 1968. Retrieved October 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Eagles stop CSU's bid for stadium victory". Fort Collins Coloradoan. September 29, 1968. Retrieved October 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "North Texas bows". Victoria Advocate. October 6, 1968. Retrieved October 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "North Texas State bumps Northern 17–3". Green Bay Press-Gazette. October 13, 1968. Retrieved October 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "NTSU halts Tulsa 20–17". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 20, 1968. Retrieved October 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Hogs hold off North Texas St". Waco Tribune-Herald. October 27, 1968. Retrieved October 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "North Texas leaves UC up in the air, 55–34". The Cincinnati Enquirer. November 3, 1968. Retrieved October 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Gattis' field goal lifts NTS over Miners". The El Paso Times. November 10, 1968. Retrieved October 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "'Booms' squash U of L". The Courier-Journal. November 17, 1968. Retrieved October 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "North Texas humbles Wichita". The Salina Journal. November 24, 1968. Retrieved October 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Schedule/Results (1968 North Texas State)". NCAA Statistics. National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 28, 2025.
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