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The 2001 North Texas Mean Green football team represented the University of North Texas in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Mean Green played their home games at the Fouts Field in Denton, Texas, and competed in the newly formed Sun Belt Conference. They were led by fourth-year head coach Darrell Dickey. The team finished their regular season 5–6 overall; in Sun Belt play they were 5–1, tied for first place with Middle Tennessee.
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Sun Belt co-champion | |
New Orleans Bowl, L 20–45 vs. Colorado State | |
Conference | Sun Belt Conference |
Record | 5–7 (5–1 Sun Belt) |
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Offensive scheme | Pro spread |
Defensive coordinator | Gary DeLoach (2nd season) |
Base defense | 4–3 |
Home stadium | Fouts Field (Capacity: 30,500) |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Middle Tennessee + | 5 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Texas + | 5 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Mexico State | 4 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana–Lafayette | 2 | – | 4 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas State | 2 | – | 4 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana–Monroe | 2 | – | 4 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Idaho | 1 | – | 5 | 1 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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North Texas entered the New Orleans Bowl with a losing record of 5–6, which would usually not be considered bowl-eligible; they were able to play in a bowl game by being co-champions of their conference.[1] Previously, the most recent bowl appearance by a team with a losing record had been William & Mary in the 1970 Tangerine Bowl.[1] The Mean Green lost the New Orleans Bowl to Colorado State, finishing the season with an overall mark of 5–7.
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 1 | 7:05 pm | TCU* | L 5–19 | 22,837 | ||
September 8 | 6:30 pm | at No. 3 Oklahoma* | FSN PPV | L 10–37 | 74,930 | |
September 22 | 7:00 pm | vs. Texas Tech* | L 14–42 | 20,852 | ||
September 29 | 7:00 pm | at South Florida* | L 10–28 | 25,156 | ||
October 6 | 6:00 pm | at Louisiana-Monroe | L 17–19 | 7,087 | ||
October 13 | 3:05 pm | Middle Tennessee |
| W 24–21 | 11,621 | |
October 20 | Arkansas State |
| W 45–0 | |||
November 3 | at New Mexico State | W 22–20 | ||||
November 10 | UL-Lafayette |
| W 42–17 | |||
November 17 | at Idaho | W 50–27 | ||||
December 1 | at Troy State* | L 16–18 | ||||
December 18 | 6:00 pm | vs. Colorado State* | ESPN2 | L 20–45 | 27,004 | |
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