2019 North Texas Mean Green football team

The 2019 North Texas Mean Green football team represented the University of North Texas during the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Mean Green played their home games at the Apogee Stadium in Denton, Texas, and competed in the West Division of Conference USA (C–USA).

2019 North Texas Mean Green football
ConferenceConference USA
DivisionWest Division
Record4–8 (3–5 C-USA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBodie Reeder (1st season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorTroy Reffett (4th season)
Base defense3–3–5
Home stadiumApogee Stadium
Seasons
← 2018
2020 →
2019 Conference USA football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
East Division
Florida Atlantic xy$   7 1     11 3  
Marshall   6 2     8 5  
Western Kentucky   6 2     9 4  
Charlotte   5 3     7 6  
Middle Tennessee   3 5     4 8  
FIU   3 5     6 7  
Old Dominion   0 8     1 11  
West Division
UAB xy   6 2     9 5  
Louisiana Tech x   6 2     10 3  
Southern Miss   5 3     7 6  
North Texas   3 5     4 8  
UTSA   3 5     4 8  
Rice   3 5     3 9  
UTEP   0 8     1 11  
Championship: Florida Atlantic 49, UAB 6
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant

Recruiting

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The highest ranked 2019 recruits were listed as three stars: DeShawn Gaddie (Cornerback) at 0.8473 (247sports.com), brothers Gabriel & Grayson Murphy (outside linebacker) at 0.8463 (247sports.com) and Khatib Lyles (wide receiver) at 0.8463 (247sports.com). The team had 19 three-star recruits, none of which were listed on ESPN 300. 247Sports, ESPN and Rivals all ranked UNT’s signing class as the best in the conference.[1]

Preseason

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CUSA media poll

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Conference USA released their preseason media poll on July 16, 2019, with the Mean Green predicted to finish in first place in the West Division.[2]

West Division
Predicted finish Team (# of 1st place votes)
1 North Texas (20)
2 Southern Miss (4)
3 Louisiana Tech
4 UAB (2)
5 UTSA
6 Rice
7 UTEP

Preseason All-Conference USA teams

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2019 Preseason All-Conference USA[3]

North Texas had more offensive players selected than any team in the conference for the preseason all offensive team.

CUSA Offensive Player of the Year[3]
Position Player Class
QB Mason Fine Sr.
All-CUSA Offense[3]
Position Player Class
QB Mason Fine Sr.
OL Sosaia Mose Sr.
WR Rico Bussey, Jr. Sr.
All-CUSA Defense[3]
Position Player Class
DL LaDarius Hamilton Sr.
All-CUSA Special Teams[3]
Position Player Class
P Alvin Kenworthy Sr.

Schedule

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North Texas announced its 2019 football schedule on January 10, 2019. The 2019 schedule consists of 6 home and 6 away games in the regular season. Unique to 2019 seasons across college football are the two bye weeks. This as a result of an extra Saturday in the 2019 season.

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 316:30 p.m.Abilene Christian*ESPN+W 51–3123,057
September 76:00 p.m.at SMU*ESPN3L 27–4922,766
September 143:15 p.m.at California*P12NL 17–2335,268
September 216:30 p.m.UTSA
  • Apogee Stadium
  • Denton, TX
Stadium on FacebookW 45–319,922
September 284:00 p.m.Houston*
  • Apogee Stadium
  • Denton, TX
CBSSN on FacebookL 25–4630,123
October 126:00 p.m.at Southern MissStadium on FacebookL 27–4525,225
October 193:00 p.m.Middle Tennessee
  • Apogee Stadium
  • Denton, TX
StadiumW 33–3016,094
October 262:30 p.m.at CharlotteESPN+L 38–398,245
November 22:30 p.m.UTEP 
  • Apogee Stadium
  • Denton, TX
NFLNW 52–2622,548
November 93:00 p.m.at Louisiana TechStadium on FacebookL 17–5222,792
November 232:30 p.m.at RiceNFLNL 14–2018,477
November 303:00 p.m.UAB
  • Apogee Stadium
  • Denton, TX
StadiumL 21–2616,406
Schedule Source:[4]
^‡ Largest attendance recorded at Apogee Stadium.

Personnel

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Coaching staff

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Name Position(s)
Seth Littrell Head coach
Bodie Reeder Offensive coordinator
Quarterbacks Coach
Tommy Mainord Associate head coach
Offensive coordinator
Receivers Coach
Troy Reffett Defensive coordinator
Safeties coach
Marty Biagi Special Teams Coordinator
Patrick Cobbs Running Backs Coach
Clay Jennings Cornerbacks Coach
Chuck Langston Offensive line Coach
Adrian Mayes Tight Ends Coach
Galen Scott Linebackers Coach
Marc Yellock Defensive Line Coach
Tommy Mangino Offensive Quality Control
Chris Petrilli Defensive Quality Control
Zack Womack Strength and Conditioning Coach
Lucas Lopez Asst. Strength and Conditioning Coach
Reference:[5]

Roster

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2019 North Texas Mean Green Football

Quarterback

  • 2 Austin Aune  freshman (6'2, 207)
  • 3 Will Kuehne – freshman (6'1, 198)
  • 5 Jason Bean  freshman (6'3, 189)
  • 6 Mason Finesenior (5'11, 190)
  • 10 Cole Johnson – freshman (6'2, 173)
  • 17 Kason Martin –   freshman (6'3, 205)

Running back

  • 7 Evan Johnson – junior (5'6, 185)
  • 13 DeAndre Torreyjunior (5'7, 191)
  • 15 Tre Siggers –   sophomore (5'8, 200)
  • 21 Nic Smith –   junior (5'10, 194)
  • 23 Loren Easly –   senior (5'11, 201)
  • 27 Oscar Adaway III – freshman (6'0, 215)
  • 34 Kyleb Howell –   junior (6'0, 227)
  • 39 KJ Williams – freshman (5'9, 224)

Wide receiver

  • 1 Jaelon Dardenjunior (5'9, 172)
  • 8 Rico Bussey Jr. – senior (6'2, 193)
  • 14 Greg White –   sophomore (6'3, 198)
  • 16 Jyaire Shorter –   freshman (6'2, 215)
  • 18 Austin Ogunmakin –   freshman (6'3, 195)
  • 20 David Chapple –   freshman (5'11, 166)
  • 22 Calen Mayfield –   freshman (5'10, 166)
  • 24 Roderic Burns –   freshman (5'10, 179)
  • 25 Trey Henderson – freshman (5'10, 184)
  • 26 Thomas Clancy –   junior (5'11, 199)
  • 30 Dennis Smith –   senior (5'9, 173)
  • 32 Michael Lawrence – senior (5'10, 187)
  • 80 Khatib Lyles – freshman (6'2, 216)
  • 81 Kealon Jackson – freshman (5'9, 163)
  • 82 Deion Hair-Griffin –   junior (5'10, 170)
  • 83 Damon Ward Jr. – freshman (6'0, 210)
  • 84 Deonte Simpson – freshman (6'0, 186)
  • 87 Devon Langston –   freshman (6'0, 188)

Placekicker

  • 30 Mason Reid – freshman (5'11, 178)
  • 47 Ethan Mooney – sophomore (6'0, 211)
  • 49 Zach Williams –   sophomore (5'8, 181)

Punter

  • 36 Alvin Kenworthy –   senior (6'3, 200)
  • 41 Bernardo Rodriguez –   sophomore (5'10, 199)
 

Tight end

  • 9 Kelvin Smith –   senior (6'2, 254)
  • 40 Edward Bautista – freshman (6'0, 224)
  • 85 Adam Duncan – freshman (6'5, 231)
  • 86 Cole McCrary –   freshman (6'2, 230)
  • 88 Jason Pirtle –   junior (6'2, 225)
  • 89 Asher Alberding – freshman (6'4, 233)

Offensive lineman

  • 53 Jordan Redfearn –   freshman (6'3, 290)
  • 56 Jacob Brammer  sophomore (6'4, 280)
  • 58 Nathaniel Herrera –   sophomore (6'2, 298)
  • 60 Sosaia Mose –   senior (6'2, 292)
  • 61 Logan Davis –   freshman (6'5, 289)
  • 62 D'Andre Plantin – graduate (6'5, 310)
  • 65 Chad Hickson –   junior (6'4, 277)
  • 66 Chris Cassidy – freshman (6'4, 281)
  • 68 Daxton Byers – freshman (6'5, 303)
  • 70 Thomas Preston III – senior (6'4, 286)
  • 71 Brian Parish –   sophomore (6'4, 270)
  • 72 Manase Mose –   sophomore (6'1, 292)
  • 73 Cole Brown –   freshman (6'4, 275)
  • 74 Chandler Anthony –   junior (6'7, 300)
  • 77 Elex Woodworth –   senior (6'4, 296)
  • 78 Daizion Carroll –   freshman (6'2, 307)
  • 79 John Brunner – freshman (6'5, 334)

Defensive lineman

  • 2 LaDarius Hamiltonsenior (6'3, 260)
  • 34 Bryce English –   senior (5'11, 295)
  • 44 Jimmy Walker – freshman (6'3, 231)
  • 52 Darrian McMillan – senior (6'2, 250)
  • 54 Asher Frow – junior (6'4, 245)
  • 91 Dayton LeBlanc –   freshman (6'1, 283)
  • 92 Jake Jones –   freshman (6'4, 244)
  • 93 Caleb Colvin –   junior (6'2, 274)
  • 94 Tuulau Sa'afi –   senior (6'3, 300)
  • 96 Bryse Burris –   sophomore (6'3, 232)
  • 97 Dion Novil – junior (6'4, 315)
  • 99 Kenneth Dotson – freshman (6'3, 257)
 

Linebacker

  • 3 Tim Faison –   senior (6'2, 215)
  • 5 Tyreke Davis – junior (5'10 209)
  • 20 William LeMasters –   senior (6'2, 223)
  • 23 KD Davis – sophomore (5'11", 214)
  • 25 Chris Thornton –   sophomore (6'1, 220)
  • 32 Joe Ozougwu –  Junior (6'3, 238)
  • 35 Gabriel Murphyfreshman (6'2, 216)
  • 37 Taylor Jacobs – freshman (6'2, 223)
  • 38 Kevin Wood – freshman (6'0, 205)
  • 40 Mike Linehan –   senior (6'2, 234)
  • 41 Jordan Hunt –   freshman (6'2, 210)
  • 42 Grayson Murphyfreshman (6'2, 219)
  • 43 Larry Nixon III –   freshman (6'0, 234)
  • 48 Jamie King – senior (6'3, 231)
  • 59 Hayden Harrison –   junior (6'2, 212)

Defensive back

  • 4 Khairi Muhammad – senior (5'11, 188)
  • 6 Dominique Harrison – graduate (5'11, 195)
  • 9 Nick Harvey – graduate (5'10, 190)
  • 10 Makyle Sanders – junior (6'0, 205)
  • 11 Cam Johnson – junior (5'11, 178)
  • 13 Preston Buchanan –   freshman (6'2, 178)
  • 14 Quinn Whitlock –   sophomore (6'0, 183)
  • 15 Dorian Morris – freshman (5'10, 167)
  • 16 Jahvon Millard –   freshman (5'11, 173)
  • 17 DeShawn Gaddie – freshman (6'1, 181)
  • 19 Leandre Davis – freshman (5'10, 200)
  • 22 Keelan Crosby – freshman (6'1, 177)
  • 24 Taylor Robinson –   senior (5'11, 188)
  • 26 Alex Morris – sophomore (6'1, 194)
  • 27 Jevin Murray – freshman (5'11, 193)
  • 31 Jaxon Gibbs –   freshman (5'11, 199)
  • 36 BJ Lewis – freshman (5'9, 168)
  • 39 Jameel Moore– senior (5'10, 181)
  • 47 Javier Neal –   freshman (5'9, 169)

Long snappers

  • 29 Nate Durham – junior (6'2, 225)
  • 57 Brandon Oldham – freshman (6'2, 220)

Source and player details:[6]

Game summaries

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Abilene Christian

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1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 10 7 14 31
Mean Green 17 21 10 3 51

At SMU

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1 2 3 4 Total
Mean Green 0 14 6 7 27
Mustangs 21 7 14 7 49

At California

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1 2 3 4 Total
Mean Green 0 3 7 7 17
Golden Bears 20 0 3 0 23

UTSA

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1 2 3 4 Total
Roadrunners 0 3 0 0 3
Mean Green 7 17 14 7 45

Houston

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1 2 3 4 Total
Cougars 14 3 14 15 46
Mean Green 0 6 12 7 25

At Southern Miss

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1 2 3 4 Total
Mean Green 7 13 0 7 27
Golden Eagles 13 15 10 7 45

Middle Tennessee

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1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Raiders 3 13 0 14 30
Mean Green 7 10 3 13 33

At Charlotte

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1 2 3 4 Total
Mean Green 14 7 14 3 38
49ers 0 7 14 18 39

UTEP

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1 2 3 4 Total
Miners 7 7 6 6 26
Mean Green 21 17 7 7 52

At Louisiana Tech

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1 2 3 4 Total
Mean Green 3 0 0 14 17
Bulldogs 7 10 14 21 52

At Rice

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1 2 3 4 Total
Mean Green 0 0 7 7 14
Owls 10 10 0 0 20
1 2 3 4 Total
Blazers 3 14 9 0 26
Mean Green 7 7 7 0 21

Statistics

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Scoring

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Scores against non-conference opponents
1 2 3 4 Total
Opponents 0
Mean Green 0
Scores against C-USA
1 2 3 4 Total
Opponents 0
Mean Green 0
Scores against all opponents
1 2 3 4 Total
Opponents 0
Mean Green 0

Awards

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Coaching changes

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Offensive coordinator, Graham Harrell will leave for USC and be the replacement for Kliff Kingsbury.[7] Graham was "a master of the film" and proponent of the "Air Raid" offense.

Eastern Washington offensive coordinator Bodie Reeder will join North Texas as offensive coordinator.[8] Current N. Texas coach, Tommy Mainord will be promoted to be a co-offensive coordinator.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory, Dekota (December 19, 2018). "North Texas Early Signing Day Recap". Underdog Dynasty. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
  2. ^ "FB: Preseason Media Poll".
  3. ^ a b c d e "FB: 2019 Coaches Preseason Awards". www.conferenceusa.com. Conference USA. July 15, 2019. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
  4. ^ "NORTH TEXAS FOOTBALL SCHEDULE 2019 football schedule released". fbschedules.com. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
  5. ^ "Football Coaches". meangreensports.com. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
  6. ^ "2019 North Texas Mean Green football roster". meangreensports.com.
  7. ^ "USC hires former Texas Tech quarterback Graham Harrell as offensive coordinator". CBSSports.com. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  8. ^ Barnett, Zach (February 11, 2019). "Sources: Seth Littrell makes offensive coordinator hire at North Texas". FootballScoop. Retrieved February 12, 2019.