North Texas Football Team History
North Texas Mean Green
University of North Texas
Denton, TX
Founded: 1890 Stadium: Fouts Field Capacity: 30,500 Colors: Green & White Coach: Corky Nelson Conference: Southland-
1989 Season Highlights
Corky Nelson enters his 8th season as Head Coach at North Texas.
1989 Season
Date
Opponent Score
Sat., Sep. 9 vs. Abilene Christian
35
19
W
Sat., Sep. 16 vs. Murray State
28
14
W
Sat., Sep. 23 @
Arkansas State
20
17
W
Sat., Sep. 30 @
Kansas State
17
20
L
Sat., Oct. 7 @ Northwestern State
7
30
L
Sat., Oct. 14 vs. Stephen F. Austin
16
35
L
Sat., Oct. 21 vs.
Sam Houston State
6
14
L
Sat., Oct. 28 @
Southern Methodist
9
35
L
Sat., Nov. 4 @ McNeese State
31
19
W
Sat., Nov. 11 vs.
Texas State
20
25
L
Sat., Nov. 18 @
Louisiana Monroe
28
25
W
1989 Season Totals
Record 5-6
Points Scored 217
Scoring Average 19.7
Points Allowed 253
Defense Average 23.0
Opponents Record 20-45
Conference Record 0-0
Home Record 2-3
Away Record 3-3
1989 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank
Record
Source
was not ranked.
1989 All American Awards
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Award
Team
Source
Coming Someday
1989 All Southland Conference Players
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Team
Source
Coming Someday
Some records may be incomplete.
Great Moments in College Football History
The first bowl game, later known as The Rose Bowl, was played on January 1st, 1902 between the Michigan Wolverines and Stanford Cardinals. Michigan won 49-0.