The 2018 North Texas Mean Green football team represented the

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in the

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. The Mean Green played their home games at the

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, and competed in the West Division of

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(C–USA). They were led by third-year head coach

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. They finished the season 9–4, 5–3 in C-USA play to finish in a three-way tie for second place in the West Division. They were invited to the

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where they lost to Utah State. Following a 44–17 victory over

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and a 3–0 record, the Mean Green received votes in both the AP Poll (4 votes) and

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(5 votes), the first time since 2013 that North Texas received votes in a poll.

Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

Preseason All-CUSA team

Conference USA released their preseason all-CUSA team on July 16, 2018, with the Mean Green having two players selected. Offense

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– QB

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– WR

Preseason media poll

Conference USA released their preseason media poll on July 17, 2018, with the Mean Green predicted to finish as champions of the West Division.

Schedule

North Texas announced its 2018 football schedule on January 23, 2018. The 2018 schedule consists of six home and six away games in the regular season. The Mean Green will host C–USA opponents Florida Atlantic,

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, and

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, and will travel to Old Dominion,

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, and UTSA. The Mean Green hosted two of their four non-conference opponents, SMU from the

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and Incarnate Word from the FCS

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, and traveled to

from the

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and

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which is a FBS Independent. North Texas won all four non-conference games to begin the season. :Schedule Source:

Game summaries

SMU

The Mean Green's offense went off with 529 total yards, including 444 passing yards from junior quarterback Mason Fine. North Texas's defense held SMU's offense to only 256 yards, forced a turnover, and held the Mustangs scoreless through the first three quarters. 29,519 people attended the game, setting an attendance record at

. This record would be broken 4 weeks later against Louisiana Tech.

Incarnate Word

At Arkansas

At Liberty

Kickoff was delayed until 6:48 p.m. due to rain and lightning. With the victory, the Mean Green started a season 4–0 for the first time since 1966.

Louisiana Tech

At UTEP

Southern Miss

At UAB

Rice

At Old Dominion

Florida Atlantic

At UTSA

Vs. Utah State (New Mexico Bowl)

Statistics

Scoring

;Scores against non-conference opponents ;Scores against C-USA ;Scores against all opponents

Awards

* Head coach Seth Littrell has been selected to join the American Football Coaches Association board of trustees along with Stanford head coach David Shaw and North Dakota State University head coach

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Coaching changes

* Tashard Choice Named Mean Green Running Backs Coach

References

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