2019 North Texas Mean Green football team

The 2019 North Texas Mean Green football team represented the University of North Texas as a member of Conference USA (C-USA) during the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Seth Littrell, the Mean Green compiled an overall record of 4–8 with a mark 3–5 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for fourth in C-USA's West Division. The team played home games at Apogee Stadium in Denton, Texas.

2019 North Texas Mean Green football
Conference	Conference USA
Division	West Division
Record	4–8 (3–5 C-USA)
Head coach	Seth Littrell (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Bodie Reeder (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Tommy Mainord (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Troy Reffett (4th season)
Base defense	3–3–5
Home stadium	Apogee Stadium
Seasons ← 2018 2020 →

2019 Conference USA football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
Florida Atlantic xy$		7	–	1					11	–	3
Marshall		6	–	2					8	–	5
Western Kentucky		6	–	2					9	–	4
Charlotte		5	–	3					7	–	6
Middle Tennessee		3	–	5					4	–	8
FIU		3	–	5					6	–	7
Old Dominion		0	–	8					1	–	11
West Division
Louisiana Tech x		6	–	2					10	–	3
UAB xy		6	–	2					9	–	5
Southern Miss		5	–	3					7	–	6
North Texas		3	–	5					4	–	8
UTSA		3	–	5					4	–	8
Rice		3	–	5					3	–	9
UTEP		0	–	8					1	–	11
Championship: Florida Atlantic 49, UAB 6
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant

Schedule

North Texas announced its 2019 football schedule on January 10, 2019. The schedule consists of six home games and six away games.

^‡ Largest attendance recorded at Apogee Stadium.

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	6:30 p.m.	Abilene Christian*	Apogee Stadium Denton, TX	ESPN+	W 51–31	23,057
September 7	6:00 p.m.	at SMU*	Gerald J. Ford Stadium Dallas, TX (Safeway Bowl)	ESPN3	L 27–49	22,766
September 14	3:15 p.m.	at California*	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	P12N	L 17–23	35,268
September 21	6:30 p.m.	UTSA	Apogee Stadium Denton, TX	Stadium on Facebook	W 45–3	19,922
September 28	4:00 p.m.	Houston*	Apogee Stadium Denton, TX	CBSSN on Facebook	L 25–46	30,123‡
October 12	6:00 p.m.	at Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS	Stadium on Facebook	L 27–45	25,225
October 19	3:00 p.m.	Middle Tennessee	Apogee Stadium Denton, TX	Stadium	W 33–30	16,094
October 26	2:30 p.m.	at Charlotte	Jerry Richardson Stadium Charlotte, NC	ESPN+	L 38–39	8,245
November 2	2:30 p.m.	UTEP	Apogee Stadium Denton, TX	NFLN	W 52–26	22,548
November 9	3:00 p.m.	at Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, LA	Stadium on Facebook	L 17–52	22,792
November 23	2:30 p.m.	at Rice	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	NFLN	L 14–20	18,477
November 30	3:00 p.m.	UAB	Apogee Stadium Denton, TX	Stadium	L 21–26	16,406
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Central time

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Preseason

Coaching changes

Offensive coordinator, Graham Harrell left for USC and be the replacement for Kliff Kingsbury.^[4] Graham was "a master of the film" and proponent of the "Air Raid" offense. Eastern Washington offensive coordinator Bodie Reeder join edNorth Texas as offensive coordinator.^[5]

Recruiting

The highest ranked 2019 recruits were listed as three stars: DeShawn Gaddie (cornerback) at 0.8473 (247sports.com), brothers Gabriel & Grayson Murphy (outside linebacker) at 0.8463 (247sports.com) and Khatib Lyles (wide receiver) at 0.8463 (247sports.com). The team had 19 three-star recruits, none of which were listed on ESPN 300. 247Sports, ESPN and Rivals all ranked UNT’s signing class as the best in the conference.^[6]

CUSA media poll

Conference USA released their preseason media poll on July 16, 2019, with the Mean Green predicted to finish in first place in the West Division.^[7]

Preseason All-Conference USA team

North Texas had more offensive players selected than any team in the conference for the preseason all offensive team.

CUSA Offensive Player of the Year^[8]

Position	Player	Class
QB	Mason Fine	Sr.

All-CUSA Offense^[8]

Position	Player	Class
QB	Mason Fine	Sr.
OL	Sosaia Mose	Sr.
WR	Rico Bussey, Jr.	Sr.

All-CUSA Defense^[8]

Position	Player	Class
DL	LaDarius Hamilton	Sr.

All-CUSA Special Teams^[8]

Position	Player	Class
P	Alvin Kenworthy	Sr.

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Game summaries

Abilene Christian

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	0	10	7	14	31
Mean Green	17	21	10	3	51

See also: 2019 Abilene Christian Wildcats football team

At SMU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mean Green	0	14	6	7	27
Mustangs	21	7	14	7	49

See also: 2019 SMU Mustangs football team

At California

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mean Green	0	3	7	7	17
Golden Bears	20	0	3	0	23

See also: 2019 California Golden Bears football team

UTSA

	1	2	3	4	Total
Roadrunners	0	3	0	0	3
Mean Green	7	17	14	7	45

See also: 2019 UTSA Roadrunners football team

Houston

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cougars	14	3	14	15	46
Mean Green	0	6	12	7	25

See also: 2019 Houston Cougars football team

At Southern Miss

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mean Green	7	13	0	7	27
Golden Eagles	13	15	10	7	45

See also: 2019 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team

Middle Tennessee

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Raiders	3	13	0	14	30
Mean Green	7	10	3	13	33

See also: 2019 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

At Charlotte

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mean Green	14	7	14	3	38
49ers	0	7	14	18	39

See also: 2019 Charlotte 49ers football team

UTEP

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners	7	7	6	6	26
Mean Green	21	17	7	7	52

See also: 2019 UTEP Miners football team

At Louisiana Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mean Green	3	0	0	14	17
Bulldogs	7	10	14	21	52

See also: 2019 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team

At Rice

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mean Green	0	0	7	7	14
Owls	10	10	0	0	20

See also: 2019 Rice Owls football team

UAB

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blazers	3	14	9	0	26
Mean Green	7	7	7	0	21

See also: 2019 UAB Blazers football team

Personnel

Coaching staff

Name	Position(s)
Seth Littrell	Head coach
Bodie Reeder	Offensive coordinator Quarterbacks Coach
Tommy Mainord	Associate head coach Co-offensive coordinator Receivers coach
Troy Reffett	Defensive coordinator Safeties coach
Marty Biagi	Special teams coordinator
Patrick Cobbs	Running backs coach
Clay Jennings	Cornerbacks coach
Chuck Langston	Offensive line coach
Adrian Mayes	Tight ends coach
Galen Scott	Linebackers coach
Marc Yellock	Defensive line coach
Tommy Mangino	Offensive quality control
Chris Petrilli	Defensive quality control
Zack Womack	Strength and conditioning coach
Lucas Lopez	Asstistant strength and conditioning coach
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Roster

2019 North Texas Mean Green Football
Quarterback 2 Austin Aune – freshman (6'2, 207) 3 Will Kuehne – freshman (6'1, 198) 5 Jason Bean – freshman (6'3, 189) 6 Mason Fine – senior (5'11, 190) 10 Cole Johnson – freshman (6'2, 173) 17 Kason Martin – freshman (6'3, 205) Running back 7 Evan Johnson – junior (5'6, 185) 13 DeAndre Torrey – junior (5'7, 191) 15 Tre Siggers – sophomore (5'8, 200) 21 Nic Smith – junior (5'10, 194) 23 Loren Easly – senior (5'11, 201) 27 Oscar Adaway III – freshman (6'0, 215) 34 Kyleb Howell – junior (6'0, 227) 39 KJ Williams – freshman (5'9, 224) Wide receiver 1 Jaelon Darden – junior (5'9, 172) 8 Rico Bussey Jr. – senior (6'2, 193) 14 Greg White – sophomore (6'3, 198) 16 Jyaire Shorter – freshman (6'2, 215) 18 Austin Ogunmakin – freshman (6'3, 195) 20 David Chapple – freshman (5'11, 166) 22 Calen Mayfield – freshman (5'10, 166) 24 Roderic Burns – freshman (5'10, 179) 25 Trey Henderson – freshman (5'10, 184) 26 Thomas Clancy – junior (5'11, 199) 30 Dennis Smith – senior (5'9, 173) 32 Michael Lawrence – senior (5'10, 187) 80 Khatib Lyles – freshman (6'2, 216) 81 Kealon Jackson – freshman (5'9, 163) 82 Deion Hair-Griffin – junior (5'10, 170) 83 Damon Ward Jr. – freshman (6'0, 210) 84 Deonte Simpson – freshman (6'0, 186) 87 Devon Langston – freshman (6'0, 188) Placekicker 30 Mason Reid – freshman (5'11, 178) 47 Ethan Mooney – sophomore (6'0, 211) 49 Zach Williams – sophomore (5'8, 181) Punter 36 Alvin Kenworthy – senior (6'3, 200) 41 Bernardo Rodriguez – sophomore (5'10, 199)		Tight end 9 Kelvin Smith – senior (6'2, 254) 40 Edward Bautista – freshman (6'0, 224) 85 Adam Duncan – freshman (6'5, 231) 86 Cole McCrary – freshman (6'2, 230) 88 Jason Pirtle – junior (6'2, 225) 89 Asher Alberding – freshman (6'4, 233) Offensive lineman 53 Jordan Redfearn – freshman (6'3, 290) 56 Jacob Brammer – sophomore (6'4, 280) 58 Nathaniel Herrera – sophomore (6'2, 298) 60 Sosaia Mose – senior (6'2, 292) 61 Logan Davis – freshman (6'5, 289) 62 D'Andre Plantin – graduate (6'5, 310) 65 Chad Hickson – junior (6'4, 277) 66 Chris Cassidy – freshman (6'4, 281) 68 Daxton Byers – freshman (6'5, 303) 70 Thomas Preston III – senior (6'4, 286) 71 Brian Parish – sophomore (6'4, 270) 72 Manase Mose – sophomore (6'1, 292) 73 Cole Brown – freshman (6'4, 275) 74 Chandler Anthony – junior (6'7, 300) 77 Elex Woodworth – senior (6'4, 296) 78 Daizion Carroll – freshman (6'2, 307) 79 John Brunner – freshman (6'5, 334) Defensive lineman 2 LaDarius Hamilton – senior (6'3, 260) 34 Bryce English – senior (5'11, 295) 44 Jimmy Walker – freshman (6'3, 231) 52 Darrian McMillan – senior (6'2, 250) 54 Asher Frow – junior (6'4, 245) 91 Dayton LeBlanc – freshman (6'1, 283) 92 Jake Jones – freshman (6'4, 244) 93 Caleb Colvin – junior (6'2, 274) 94 Tuulau Sa'afi – senior (6'3, 300) 96 Bryse Burris – sophomore (6'3, 232) 97 Dion Novil – junior (6'4, 315) 99 Kenneth Dotson – freshman (6'3, 257)		Linebacker 3 Tim Faison – senior (6'2, 215) 5 Tyreke Davis – junior (5'10 209) 20 William LeMasters – senior (6'2, 223) 23 KD Davis – sophomore (5'11", 214) 25 Chris Thornton – sophomore (6'1, 220) 32 Joe Ozougwu – Junior (6'3, 238) 35 Gabriel Murphy – freshman (6'2, 216) 37 Taylor Jacobs – freshman (6'2, 223) 38 Kevin Wood – freshman (6'0, 205) 40 Mike Linehan – senior (6'2, 234) 41 Jordan Hunt – freshman (6'2, 210) 42 Grayson Murphy – freshman (6'2, 219) 43 Larry Nixon III – freshman (6'0, 234) 48 Jamie King – senior (6'3, 231) 59 Hayden Harrison – junior (6'2, 212) Defensive back 4 Khairi Muhammad – senior (5'11, 188) 6 Dominique Harrison – graduate (5'11, 195) 9 Nick Harvey – graduate (5'10, 190) 10 Makyle Sanders – junior (6'0, 205) 11 Cam Johnson – junior (5'11, 178) 13 Preston Buchanan – freshman (6'2, 178) 14 Quinn Whitlock – sophomore (6'0, 183) 15 Dorian Morris – freshman (5'10, 167) 16 Jahvon Millard – freshman (5'11, 173) 17 DeShawn Gaddie – freshman (6'1, 181) 19 Leandre Davis – freshman (5'10, 200) 22 Keelan Crosby – freshman (6'1, 177) 24 Taylor Robinson – senior (5'11, 188) 26 Alex Morris – sophomore (6'1, 194) 27 Jevin Murray – freshman (5'11, 193) 31 Jaxon Gibbs – freshman (5'11, 199) 36 BJ Lewis – freshman (5'9, 168) 39 Jameel Moore– senior (5'10, 181) 47 Javier Neal – freshman (5'9, 169) Long snappers 29 Nate Durham – junior (6'2, 225) 57 Brandon Oldham – freshman (6'2, 220)
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