1983 North Texas State Mean Green football team
American college football season
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The 1983 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) during the 1983 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Southland Conference. In their second year under head coach Corky Nelson, the team compiled an 8–4 record.
ConferenceSouthland Conference
Record8–4 (5–1 Southland)
Headcoach
- Corky Nelson (2nd season)
HomestadiumFouts Field
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Southland co-champion | |
NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal, L 17–20 vs. Nevada | |
| Conference | Southland Conference |
| Record | 8–4 (5–1 Southland) |
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| Home stadium | Fouts Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 13 Northeast Louisiana + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 North Texas State +^ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| McNeese State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UT Arlington | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana Tech | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lamar | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 3 | West Texas State* | W 32–3 | 10,300 | [1] | ||
| September 10 | at Oklahoma State* | L 13–20 | 44,700 | [2] | ||
| September 17 | New Mexico State* |
| W 49–3 | [3] | ||
| September 24 | at No. 2 (I-A) Texas* | No. 9 | L 6–26 | 71,202 | [4] | |
| October 1 | at New Mexico* | No. 16 | W 18–8 | 21,048 | [5] | |
| October 8 | at Arkansas State | No. 13 | W 17–0 | 16,892 | [6] | |
| October 15 | at No. 11 McNeese State | No. 10 | W 17–10 | 21,500 | [7] | |
| October 29 | Louisiana Tech | No. 5 |
| L 18–25 | 12,100 | [8] |
| November 5 | Lamar | No. 12 |
| W 10–0 | [9] | |
| November 12 | at No. 2 Northeast Louisiana | No. 10 | W 27–7 | 17,452 | [10] | |
| November 19 | UT Arlington | No. 5 |
| W 52–15 | 11,400 | [11] |
| December 3 | at No. 11 Nevada* | No. 4 | L 17–20 OT | 7,878 | [12] | |
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