# List of North Texas Mean Green football seasons

The North Texas Mean Green football team competes as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), representing North Texas University as part of the Conference USA (C-USA). North Texas left C-USA and joined the American Athletic Conference for the 2023 season. Since 2023, the team's current head coach has been Eric Morris.
The Mean Green have played 106 seasons of football, compiling a record of 530–527–33 (.501) and winning 26 conference championships (1 in the Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association, 8 in the Lone Star Conference, 5 in the Gulf Coast Conference, 6 in the Missouri Valley Conference, 2 in the Southland Conference, and 4 in the Sun Belt Conference). The Mean Green appeared in 12 bowl games, and they appeared in the FCS playoffs four times.
North Texas fielded their first team in 1913 under coach J. W. Pender. After competing as an independent during their early years, the then named Eagles joined the Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association (TIAA) in 1922, and were TIAA champions in 1931. Next as a member of the Lone Star Conference from 1932 to 1948, the Eagles captured eight championships. In 1946, North Texas defeated Pacific (CA) in the Optimist Bowl for their first all-time bowl victory. The Eagles' would win another 11 combined conference championships as members of the Gulf Coast Conference and the Missouri Valley Conference from 1949 to 1974.
After a brief stint as an I-A Independent from 1975 to 1981, the Mean Green participated in their first NCAA Division I-AA postseason in 1983 after they won the Southland Conference championship, when they lost at Nevada. North Texas moved back to the I-A Division in 1995, and were defeated in their first modern bowl game by Colorado State in the 2001 New Orleans Bowl.

## Seasons

| Conference champions † | Bowl game/postseason berth ^ |
| Season | Team | Coach | Conference | Season results | Season results | Season results | Season results | Season results | Bowl result | Final ranking | Final ranking |
| Season | Team | Coach | Conference | Conference finish | Wins | Losses | Ties | Winning percentage | Bowl result | AP Poll | Coaches Poll |
| 1913 | 1913 | J. W. Pender | Independent | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — |
| 1914 | 1914 | J. W. Pender | Independent | — | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.500 | — | — | — |
| 1915 | 1915 | James W. St. Clair | Independent | — | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0.786 | — | — | — |
| 1916 | 1916 | James W. St. Clair | Independent | — | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0.563 | — | — | — |
| 1917 | 1917 | James W. St. Clair | Independent | — | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0.857 | — | — | — |
| 1918 | 1918 | James W. St. Clair | Independent | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.375 | — | — | — |
| 1919 | 1919 | James W. St. Clair | Independent | — | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0.625 | — | — | — |
| 1920 | 1920 | Theron J. Fouts | Independent | — | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0.875 | — | — | — |
| 1921 | 1921 | Theron J. Fouts | Independent | — | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.500 | — | — | — |
| 1922 | 1922 | Theron J. Fouts | Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association | 2nd | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0.688 | — | — | — |
| 1923 | 1923 | Theron J. Fouts | Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association | 6th | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0.375 | — | — | — |
| 1924 | 1924 | Theron J. Fouts | Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association | 2nd | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0.611 | — | — | — |
| 1925 | 1925 | John B. Reid | Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association | T–4th | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0.600 | — | — | — |
| 1926 | 1926 | John B. Reid | Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association | T–2nd | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0.611 | — | — | — |
| 1927 | 1927 | John B. Reid | Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association | T–9th | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0.222 | — | — | — |
| 1928 | 1928 | John B. Reid | Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association | 5th | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0.444 | — | — | — |
| 1929 | 1929 | Jack Sisco | Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association | 2nd | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0.556 | — | — | — |
| 1930 | 1930 | Jack Sisco | Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association | 3rd | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0.550 | — | — | — |
| 1931 | 1931 † | Jack Sisco | Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association | 1st † | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0.727 | — | — | — |
| 1932 | 1932 † | Jack Sisco | Lone Star Conference | 1st † | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0.850 | — | — | — |
| 1933 | 1933 | Jack Sisco | Lone Star Conference | 3rd | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0.444 | — | — | — |
| 1934 | 1934 | Jack Sisco | Lone Star Conference | T–2nd | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0.556 | — | — | — |
| 1935 | 1935 † | Jack Sisco | Lone Star Conference | T–1st † | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0.611 | — | — | — |
| 1936 | 1936 † | Jack Sisco | Lone Star Conference | 1st † | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0.722 | — | — | — |
| 1937 | 1937 | Jack Sisco | Lone Star Conference | 2nd | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0.500 | — | — | — |
| 1938 | 1938 | Jack Sisco | Lone Star Conference | 3rd | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0.636 | — | — | — |
| 1939 | 1939 † | Jack Sisco | Lone Star Conference | 1st † | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0.857 | — | — | — |
| 1940 | 1940 † | Jack Sisco | Lone Star Conference | 1st † | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0.667 | — | — | — |
| 1941 | 1941 † | Jack Sisco | Lone Star Conference | 1st † | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0.875 | — | — | — |
| 1942 | 1942 | Lloyd Russell | Lone Star Conference | 3rd | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0.375 | — | — | — |
| 1946 | 1946 † | Odus Mitchell | Lone Star Conference | 1st † | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0.682 | Won Optimist Bowl vs. Pacific (CA), 14–13 ^ | — | — |
| 1947 | 1947 † | Odus Mitchell | Lone Star Conference | 1st † | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0.833 | Lost Salad Bowl vs. Nevada, 6–13 ^ | — | — |
| 1948 | 1948 | Odus Mitchell | Lone Star Conference | 2nd | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0.600 | — | — | — |
| 1949 | 1949 | Odus Mitchell | Gulf Coast Conference | 2nd | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0.667 | — | — | — |
| 1950 | 1950 † | Odus Mitchell | Gulf Coast Conference | 1st † | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0.750 | — | — | — |
| 1951 | 1951 † | Odus Mitchell | Gulf Coast Conference | 1st † | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0.667 | — | — | — |
| 1952 | 1952 † | Odus Mitchell | Gulf Coast Conference | 1st † | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0.700 | — | — | — |
| 1953 | 1953 | Odus Mitchell | Gulf Coast Conference | 2nd | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0.350 | — | — | — |
| 1954 | 1954 | Odus Mitchell | Gulf Coast Conference | 2nd | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0.400 | — | — | — |
| 1955 | 1955 † | Odus Mitchell | Gulf Coast Conference | T–1st † | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0.550 | — | — | — |
| 1956 | 1956 † | Odus Mitchell | Gulf Coast Conference | T–1st † | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0.750 | — | — | — |
| 1957 | 1957 | Odus Mitchell | Missouri Valley Conference | 2nd | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0.500 | — | — | — |
| 1958 | 1958 † | Odus Mitchell | Missouri Valley Conference | 1st † | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0.750 | — | — | — |
| 1959 | 1959 † | Odus Mitchell | Missouri Valley Conference | T–1st † | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0.818 | Lost Sun Bowl vs. New Mexico State, 8–28 ^ | — | — |
| 1960 | 1960 | Odus Mitchell | Missouri Valley Conference | 4th | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0.278 | — | — | — |
| 1961 | 1961 | Odus Mitchell | Missouri Valley Conference | T–2nd | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0.550 | — | — | — |
| 1962 | 1962 | Odus Mitchell | Missouri Valley Conference | 2nd | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0.600 | — | — | — |
| 1963 | 1963 | Odus Mitchell | Missouri Valley Conference | T–3rd | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0.333 | — | — | — |
| 1964 | 1964 | Odus Mitchell | Missouri Valley Conference | T–4th | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0.250 | — | — | — |
| 1965 | 1965 | Odus Mitchell | Missouri Valley Conference | T–3rd | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0.300 | — | — | — |
| 1966 | 1966 † | Odus Mitchell | Missouri Valley Conference | T–1st † | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0.800 | — | — | — |
| 1967 | 1967 † | Rod Rust | Missouri Valley Conference | 1st † | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0.833 | — | — | — |
| 1968 | 1968 | Rod Rust | Missouri Valley Conference | 2nd | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0.800 | — | — | — |
| 1969 | 1969 | Rod Rust | Missouri Valley Conference | 2nd | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0.700 | — | — | — |
| 1970 | 1970 | Rod Rust | Missouri Valley Conference | 4th | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0.273 | — | — | — |
| 1971 | 1971 † | Rod Rust | Missouri Valley Conference | 1st † | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0.273 | — | — | — |
| 1972 | 1972 | Rod Rust | Missouri Valley Conference | 8th | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0.091 | — | — | — |
| 1973 | 1973 † | Hayden Fry | Missouri Valley Conference | T–1st † | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0.500 | — | — | — |
| 1974 | 1974 | Hayden Fry | Missouri Valley Conference | 6th | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0.273 | — | — | — |
| 1975 | 1975 | Hayden Fry | NCAA Division I/I-A independent | — | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0.636 | — | — | — |
| 1976 | 1976 | Hayden Fry | NCAA Division I/I-A independent | — | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0.636 | — | — | — |
| 1977 | 1977 | Hayden Fry | NCAA Division I/I-A independent | — | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0.909 | — | — | 16 |
| 1978 | 1978 | Hayden Fry | NCAA Division I/I-A independent | — | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0.818 | — | — | — |
| 1979 | 1979 | Jerry Moore | NCAA Division I/I-A independent | — | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0.455 | — | — | — |
| 1980 | 1980 | Jerry Moore | NCAA Division I/I-A independent | — | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0.545 | — | — | — |
| 1981 | 1981 | Bob Tyler | NCAA Division I/I-A independent | — | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0.182 | — | — | — |
| 1982 | 1982 | Corky Nelson | Southland Conference | NA | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0.182 | — | — | — |
| 1983 | 1983 † | Corky Nelson | Southland Conference | T–1st † | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0.667 | Lost NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal vs. Nevada, 17–20 OT ^ | — | — |
| 1984 | 1984 | Corky Nelson | Southland Conference | T–6th | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0.182 | — | — | — |
| 1985 | 1985 | Corky Nelson | Southland Conference | T–5th | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0.409 | — | — | — |
| 1986 | 1986 | Corky Nelson | Southland Conference | T–2nd | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0.600 | — | — | — |
| 1987 | 1987 | Corky Nelson | Southland Conference | T–2nd | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0.583 | Lost NCAA Division I-AA First Round vs. Northeast Louisiana, 9–30 ^ | — | — |
| 1988 | 1988 | Corky Nelson | Southland Conference | 3rd | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0.667 | Lost NCAA Division I-AA First Round vs. Marshall, 0–7 ^ | — | — |
| 1989 | 1989 | Corky Nelson | Southland Conference | T–5th | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0.455 | — | — | — |
| 1990 | 1990 | Corky Nelson | Southland Conference | 6th | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0.545 | — | — | — |
| 1991 | 1991 | Dennis Parker | Southland Conference | T–6th | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0.318 | — | — | — |
| 1992 | 1992 | Dennis Parker | Southland Conference | 5th | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0.364 | — | — | — |
| 1993 | 1993 | Dennis Parker | Southland Conference | T–5th | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0.364 | — | — | — |
| 1994 | 1994 † | Matt Simon | Southland Conference | 1st † | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0.625 | Lost NCAA Division I-AA First Round vs. Boise State, 20–24 ^ | — | — |
| 1995 | 1995 | Matt Simon | NCAA Division I-A independent | — | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0.182 | — | — | — |
| 1996 | 1996 | Matt Simon | Big West Conference | T–3rd | 5 | 6 | — | 0.455 | — | — | — |
| 1997 | 1997 | Matt Simon | Big West Conference | T–4th | 4 | 7 | — | 0.364 | — | — | — |
| 1998 | 1998 | Darrell Dickey | Big West Conference | T–2nd | 3 | 8 | — | 0.273 | — | — | — |
| 1999 | 1999 | Darrell Dickey | Big West Conference | 7th | 2 | 9 | — | 0.182 | — | — | — |
| 2000 | 2000 | Darrell Dickey | Big West Conference | T–3rd | 3 | 8 | — | 0.273 | — | — | — |
| 2001 | 2001 † | Darrell Dickey | Sun Belt Conference | 1st † | 5 | 7 | — | 0.455 | Lost New Orleans Bowl vs. Colorado State, 20–45 ^ | — | — |
| 2002 | 2002 † | Darrell Dickey | Sun Belt Conference | 1st † | 8 | 5 | — | 0.615 | Won New Orleans Bowl vs. Cincinnati, 24–19 ^ | — | — |
| 2003 | 2003 † | Darrell Dickey | Sun Belt Conference | 1st † | 9 | 4 | — | 0.692 | Lost New Orleans Bowl vs. Memphis, 17–27 ^ | — | — |
| 2004 | 2004 † | Darrell Dickey | Sun Belt Conference | 1st † | 7 | 5 | — | 0.583 | Lost New Orleans Bowl vs. Southern Miss, 10–31 ^ | — | — |
| 2005 | 2005 | Darrell Dickey | Sun Belt Conference | 7th | 2 | 9 | — | 0.182 | — | — | — |
| 2006 | 2006 | Darrell Dickey | Sun Belt Conference | 7th | 3 | 9 | — | 0.250 | — | — | — |
| 2007 | 2007 | Todd Dodge | Sun Belt Conference | 7th | 2 | 10 | — | 0.167 | — | — | — |
| 2008 | 2008 | Todd Dodge | Sun Belt Conference | 8th | 1 | 11 | — | 0.083 | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 2008 | Todd Dodge | Sun Belt Conference | 8th | 2 | 10 | — | 0.167 | — | — | — |
| 2010 | 2010 | Todd Dodge Mike Canales | Sun Belt Conference | T–6th | 3 | 9 | — | 0.250 | — | — | — |
| 2011 | 2011 | Dan McCarney | Sun Belt Conference | 5th | 5 | 7 | — | 0.417 | — | — | — |
| 2012 | 2012 | Dan McCarney | Sun Belt Conference | T–6th | 4 | 8 | — | 0.333 | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 2013 | Dan McCarney | Conference USA | T–2nd (West) | 9 | 4 | — | 0.692 | Won Heart of Dallas Bowl vs. UNLV, 36–14 ^ | — | — |
| 2014 | 2014 | Dan McCarney | Conference USA | 5th (West) | 4 | 8 | — | 0.333 | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 2015 | Dan McCarney Mike Canales | Conference USA | 6th (West) | 1 | 11 | — | 0.083 | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 2016 | Seth Littrell | Conference USA | 4th (West) | 5 | 8 | — | 0.385 | Lost Heart of Dallas Bowl vs. Army, 31–38 ^ | — | — |
| 2017 | 2017 | Seth Littrell | Conference USA | 1st (West) | 9 | 5 | — | 0.643 | Lost New Orleans Bowl vs. Troy, 30–50 ^ | — | — |
| 2018 | 2018 | Seth Littrell | Conference USA | T–2nd (West) | 9 | 4 | — | 0.692 | Lost New Mexico Bowl vs. Utah State, 13–52 ^ | — | — |
| 2019 | 2019 | Seth Littrell | Conference USA | T–4th (West) | 4 | 8 | — | 0.333 | — | — | — |
| 2020 | 2020 | Seth Littrell | Conference USA | 4th (West) | 4 | 6 | — | 0.400 | Lost Myrtle Beach Bowl vs. Appalachian State, 28–56 ^ | — | — |
| 2021 | 2021 | Seth Littrell | Conference USA | 3rd (West) | 6 | 7 | — | 0.462 | Lost Frisco Football Classic vs. Miami (OH), 14–27 ^ | — | — |
| 2022 | 2022 | Seth Littrell Phil Bennett | Conference USA | T–2nd | 7 | 7 | — | 0.500 | Lost Frisco Bowl vs. Boise State, 32–35 ^ | — | — |
| 2023 | 2023 | Eric Morris | American Athletic Conference | T–8th | 5 | 7 | — | 0.417 | — | — | — |