1971 North Texas State Mean Green football team
American college football season
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The 1971 North Texas State Mean Green football team was an American football team that represented North Texas State University (now known as the University of North Texas) as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season . In their fifth year under head coach Rod Rust, the Mean Green compiled an overall record of 3–8 with a mark of 3–2 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for second in the MVC.[1]
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record3–8 (3–2 MVC)
Headcoach
- Rod Rust (5th season)
HomestadiumFouts Field
Cotton Bowl
Texas Stadium
Cotton Bowl
Texas Stadium
| 1971 North Texas State Mean Green football | |
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| Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
| Record | 3–8 (3–2 MVC) |
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| Home stadium | Fouts Field Cotton Bowl Texas Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memphis State $ | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisville | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulsa | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Texas State | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Drake | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Texas State | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wichita State | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico State * | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 10 | 8:30 p.m. | BYU* | L 13–41 | 13,000 | [2] | |
| September 18 | 8:30 p.m. | at Weber State* | L 0–20 | 13,071 | [3] | |
| September 25 | at New Mexico State[n 1] | L 0–10 | 10,160 | [5] | ||
| October 9 | 7:30 p.m. | No. 9 (small) Akron* | L 6–20 | 5,000 | [6] | |
| October 16 | 7:30 p.m. | Louisville | W 20–17 | 12,000 | [7] | |
| October 23 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 9 Arkansas* | L 21–60 | 38,135 | [8] | |
| October 30 | 2:00 p.m. | Drake |
| W 21–12 | 12,350 | [9] |
| November 6 | 12:30 p.m. | at Cincinnati* | L 7–40 | 2,500 | [10] | |
| November 13 | at Memphis State | L 8–47 | 13,788 | [11] | ||
| November 20 | 1:30 p.m. | Wichita State |
| W 31–10 | 10,000 | [12] |
| December 4 | 9:30 p.m. | at San Diego State* | L 44–28 | 16,278 | [13] | |
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