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-
1988 Season Highlights
Corky Nelson enters his 7th season as Head Coach at North Texas.
1988 Season
Date
Opponent Score
Sat., Sep. 3 @
Texas Tech
29
24
W
Sat., Sep. 17 vs.
Arkansas State
49
21
W
Sat., Sep. 24 @
Texas
24
27
L
Sat., Oct. 1 vs. Eastern Washington
51
0
W
Sat., Oct. 8 vs.
Louisiana Monroe
26
23
W
Sat., Oct. 15 vs. McNeese State
37
0
W
Sat., Oct. 22 @
Sam Houston State
24
3
W
Sat., Oct. 29 @ Stephen F. Austin
10
17
L
Sat., Nov. 5 vs. Northwestern State
17
25
L
Sat., Nov. 12 @
Texas State
30
10
W
Sat., Nov. 19 @
Rice
33
17
W
Sat., Nov. 26 @
Marshall
0
7
L
1988 Season Totals
Record 8-4
Points Scored 330
Scoring Average 27.5
Points Allowed 174
Defense Average 14.5
Opponents Record 37-53
Conference Record 0-0
Home Record 4-1
Away Record 4-3
1988 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank
Record
Source
was not ranked.
1988 All American Awards
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Award
Team
Source
Coming Someday
1988 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.