2010 North Texas Mean Green football team
| 2010 North Texas Mean Green football | |
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| Conference | Sun Belt Conference |
| 2010 record | 3–9 (3–5 Sun Belt) |
| Head coach |
Todd Dodge (games 1-7) Mike Canales (interim) |
| Offensive coordinator | Mike Canales |
| Offensive scheme | Spread option |
| Defensive coordinator | Gary DeLoach |
| Base defense | 4–3 |
| Home stadium |
Fouts Field (Capacity: 30,500) |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIU + | 6 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Troy + | 6 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Middle Tennessee | 5 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas State | 4 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana–Monroe | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida Atlantic | 3 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana–Lafayette | 3 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Texas | 3 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WKU | 2 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2010 North Texas Mean Green football team represented the University of North Texas in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The 2010 season was the team's fourth under head coach Todd Dodge. The Mean Green played their home games on campus at Fouts Field in Denton, Texas as members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 3–9, 3–5 in Sun Belt play.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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| September 4 | 2:30 PM | at Clemson* | Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC | ESPNU | L 10–35 | 77,342[1] | |||
| September 11 | 6:00 PM | Rice* | Fouts Field • Denton, TX | L 31–32 | 23,743 | ||||
| September 18 | 11:00 AM | at Army* | Michie Stadium • West Point, NY | CBSCS | L 0–24 | 23,647 | |||
| September 25 | 6:00 PM | at Florida Atlantic | Lockhart Stadium • Ft. Lauderdale, FL | W 21–17 | 15,143 | ||||
| October 2 | 6:30 PM | Louisiana-Lafayette | Fouts Field • Denton, TX | CST/CSS | L 27–28 | 17,015 | |||
| October 9 | 6:00 PM | Arkansas State | Fouts Field • Denton, TX | L 19–24 | 14,589 | ||||
| October 16 | 6:30 PM | Florida International |
Fouts Field • Denton, TX | CST/CSS | L 10–34 | 14,718 | |||
| October 30 | 2:00 PM | at Western Kentucky | Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY | W 33–6 | 14,373 | ||||
| November 6 | 6:00 PM | Troy | Fouts Field • Denton, TX | L 35–41 | 14,289 | ||||
| November 13 | 3:30 PM | at Middle Tennessee | Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN | ESPN3 | W 23–17 | 14,227 | |||
| November 20 | 2:30 PM | at Louisiana-Monroe | Malone Stadium • Monroe, LA | L 37–49 | 8,905 | ||||
| November 27 | 3:00 PM | Kansas State* | Fouts Field • Denton, TX | ESPN3 | L 41–49 | 21,952 | |||
| *Non-conference game. | |||||||||
Source:[2]
Season Recap
After starting the season with a 1-6 record head coach Todd Dodge was fired by the school. Dodge would finish at North Texas with a combined record of 6-36 over his 31⁄2 seasons. Mike Canales would take over as interem head coach. Under Canales the team would win 2 of its last 5 games and rebound to finish 3-9 overall.
Following the season it was announced that former Iowa State head coach and Florida defensive coach Dan McCarney would take over has head coach for the 2011 season.[3]
References
- ↑ "2010 Clemson Football Media Guide" (PDF). Clemson University. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
- ↑ Football
- ↑ Source: Dan McCarney accepts UNT job