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-
1983 Season Highlights
Corky Nelson enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at North Texas.
The Mean Green won the Southland Conference Championship.
1983 Season
Date
Opponent Score
Sat., Sep. 3 vs. West Texas A&M
32
3
W
Sat., Sep. 10 @
Oklahoma State
13
20
L
Sat., Sep. 17 @
New Mexico State
49
3
W
Sat., Sep. 24 @
Texas
6
26
L
Sat., Oct. 1 @
New Mexico
18
8
W
Sat., Oct. 8 @
Arkansas State
17
0
W
Sat., Oct. 15 @ McNeese State
17
10
W
Sat., Oct. 29 vs. Lamar
10
0
W
Sat., Oct. 29 vs.
Louisiana Tech
18
25
L
Sat., Nov. 12 @
Louisiana Monroe
27
7
W
Sat., Nov. 12 vs. Texas-Arlington
52
15
W
Sat., Dec. 3 @
Nevada
17
20
L
1983 Season Totals
Record 8-4
Points Scored 276
Scoring Average 23.0
Points Allowed 137
Defense Average 11.4
Opponents Record 56-37
Conference Record 0-0
Home Record 3-1
Away Record 5-3
1983 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank
Record
Source
was not ranked.
1983 All American Awards
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Award
Team
Source
Coming Someday
1983 All Southland Conference Players
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Team
Source
Coming Someday
Some records may be incomplete.
Great Moments in College Football History
With its blue playing surface, Bronco Stadium (home of the Boise State Broncos) is the only non-green playing surface in the NCAA.