# 2019 North Texas Mean Green football team

The 2019 North Texas Mean Green football team represented the University of North Texas during the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Mean Green played their home games at the Apogee Stadium in Denton, Texas, and competed in the West Division of Conference USA (C–USA).

## 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.

## Preseason
### 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.
West Division :
| Predicted finish | Team (# of 1st place votes) |
| 1 | North Texas (20) |
| 2 | Southern Miss (4) |
| 3 | Louisiana Tech |
| 4 | UAB (2) |
| 5 | UTSA |
| 6 | Rice |
| 7 | UTEP |

### Preseason All-Conference USA teams

2019 Preseason All-Conference USA
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 :
| Position | Player | Class |
| QB | Mason Fine | Sr. |
All-CUSA Offense :
| Position | Player | Class |
| QB | Mason Fine | Sr. |
| OL | Sosaia Mose | Sr. |
| WR | Rico Bussey, Jr. | Sr. |
All-CUSA Defense :
| Position | Player | Class |
| DL | LaDarius Hamilton | Sr. |
All-CUSA Special Teams :
| Position | Player | Class |
| P | Alvin Kenworthy | Sr. |

## Schedule

North Texas announced its 2019 football schedule on January 10, 2019. The 2019 schedule consists of 6 home and 6 away games in the regular season. Unique to 2019 seasons across college football are the two bye weeks. This as a result of an extra Saturday in the 2019 season.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 31 | 6:30 p.m. | Abilene Christian* | Apogee StadiumDenton, TX | ESPN+ | W 51–31 | 23,057 |
| September 7 | 6:00 p.m. | at SMU* | Gerald J. Ford StadiumDallas, TX (Safeway Bowl) | ESPN3 | L 27–49 | 22,766 |
| September 14 | 3:15 p.m. | at California* | California Memorial StadiumBerkeley, CA | P12N | L 17–23 | 35,268 |
| September 21 | 6:30 p.m. | UTSA | Apogee StadiumDenton, TX | Stadium on Facebook | W 45–3 | 19,922 |
| September 28 | 4:00 p.m. | Houston* | Apogee StadiumDenton, TX | CBSSN on Facebook | L 25–46 | 30,123 |
| October 12 | 6:00 p.m. | at Southern Miss | M.M. Roberts StadiumHattiesburg, MS | Stadium on Facebook | L 27–45 | 25,225 |
| October 19 | 3:00 p.m. | Middle Tennessee | Apogee StadiumDenton, TX | Stadium | W 33–30 | 16,094 |
| October 26 | 2:30 p.m. | at Charlotte | Jerry Richardson StadiumCharlotte, NC | ESPN+ | L 38–39 | 8,245 |
| November 2 | 2:30 p.m. | UTEP | Apogee StadiumDenton, TX | NFLN | W 52–26 | 22,548 |
| November 9 | 3:00 p.m. | at Louisiana Tech | Joe Aillet StadiumRuston, LA | Stadium on Facebook | L 17–52 | 22,792 |
| November 23 | 2:30 p.m. | at Rice | Rice StadiumHouston, TX | NFLN | L 14–20 | 18,477 |
| November 30 | 3:00 p.m. | UAB | Apogee StadiumDenton, TX | Stadium | L 21–26 | 16,406 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings after November 5 released prior to gameAll times are in Central time |||||||
    Schedule Source:
    ^‡ Largest attendance recorded at Apogee Stadium.

## Personnel
### Coaching staff

| Name | Position(s) |
| Seth Littrell | Head coach |
| Bodie Reeder | Offensive coordinator Quarterbacks Coach |
| Tommy Mainord | Associate head coach 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 | Asst. Strength and Conditioning Coach |
| Reference: ||

### Roster
## Game summaries
### Abilene Christian

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

### At SMU

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

### At California

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

### UTSA

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

### Houston

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

### At Southern Miss

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

### Middle Tennessee

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

### At Charlotte

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

### UTEP

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

### At Louisiana Tech

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

### At Rice

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

### UAB

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

## Statistics
### Scoring
#### Scores against non-conference opponents

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Opponents | | | | | 0 |
| Mean Green | | | | | 0 |

#### Scores against C-USA

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Opponents | | | | | 0 |
| Mean Green | | | | | 0 |

#### Scores against all opponents

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Opponents | | | | | 0 |
| Mean Green | | | | | 0 |

## Coaching changes

Offensive coordinator, Graham Harrell will leave for USC and be the replacement for Kliff Kingsbury. Graham was "a master of the film" and proponent of the "Air Raid" offense.
Eastern Washington offensive coordinator Bodie Reeder will join North Texas as offensive coordinator. Current N. Texas coach, Tommy Mainord will be promoted to be a co-offensive coordinator.