1996 North Texas Mean Green football team
American college football season
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The 1996 North Texas Mean Green football team represented the University of North Texas in the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Mean Green played their home games at the Fouts Field in Denton, Texas, and competed in the Big West Conference. They were led by third-year head coach Matt Simon. The team finished the regular season with a 5–6 overall record with a 3–2 mark in Big West play.
- Matt Simon (3rd season)
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| Conference | Big West Conference |
| Record | 5–6 (3–2 Big West) |
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| Defensive coordinator | Fred Bleil (1st season) |
| Home stadium | Fouts Field |
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| Nevada + | 4 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah State + | 4 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho | 3 | – | 2 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Texas | 3 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boise State | 1 | – | 4 | 2 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico State | 0 | – | 5 | 1 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1996 campaign marked the first time North Texas had been in a Division I-A conference since leaving the Missouri Valley Conference after the 1974 season. The Mean Green had competed as a Division I-A independent from 1975 to 1982, before dropping down to the Division I-AA Southland Conference from 1983 to 1994. North Texas spent the 1995 season as a transitional Division I-A member and competed as an independent.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 7 | Illinois State* | W 20–14 | 15,617 | [1] | |
| September 14 | at No. 18 Arizona State* | L 7–52 | 46,173 | ||
| September 21 | at Texas A&M* | L 0–55 | 56,308 | ||
| September 28 | vs. Army* | L 10–27 | 20,413 | ||
| October 5 | at Northern Illinois* | W 24–21 | 16,549 | ||
| October 12 | Vanderbilt* |
| L 7–19 | 16,227 | [2] |
| October 19 | New Mexico State |
| W 13–0 | ||
| October 26 | Nevada |
| L 13–40 | ||
| November 2 | at Utah State | L 13–21 | 11,892 | ||
| November 9 | at Boise State | W 30–27 | 18,119 | ||
| November 16 | Idaho |
| W 24–17 | 7,000 | [3] |
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Roster
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