# 2008 North Texas Mean Green football team

The 2008 North Texas Mean Green football team represented the University of North Texas in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season was the team's second under head coach Todd Dodge. Gary DeLoach was hired in the off-season as the new defensive coordinator replacing Ron Mendoza. The Mean Green played their home games on campus at Fouts Field in Denton, Texas.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 30 | 6:05 p.m. | at Kansas State* | Bill Snyder Family Football StadiumManhattan, KS | | L 6–45 | 45,150 |
| September 6 | 6:00 p.m. | Tulsa* | Fouts FieldDenton, TX | KTXA 21 | L 26–56 | 22,785 |
| September 13 | 7:00 p.m. | at No. 7 LSU* | Tiger StadiumBaton Rouge, LA | GamePlan | L 3–41 | 91,602 |
| September 27 | 4:00 p.m. | at Rice* | Rice StadiumHouston, TX | KTXA 21 | L 20-77 | 16,885 |
| October 4 | 6:00 p.m. | FIU | Fouts FieldDenton, TX | ESPN+ | L 10–42 | 16,781 |
| October 11 | 6:00 p.m. | Louisiana–Lafayette | Fouts FieldDenton, TX | | L 30–59 | 17,106 |
| October 18 | 6:00 p.m. | at Louisiana–Monroe | Malone StadiumMonroe, LA | | L 23–35 | 10,388 |
| October 25 | 6:00 p.m. | Troy | Fouts FieldDenton, TX | | L 17–45 | 18,345 |
| November 1 | 3:30 p.m. | at Western Kentucky* | Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith StadiumBowling Green, KY | ESPN+ | W 51–40 | 18,879 |
| November 8 | 3:00 p.m. | Florida Atlantic | Lockhart StadiumFort Lauderdale, FL | | L 13–46 | 17,175 |
| November 22 | 2:30 p.m. | at Middle Tennessee | Johnny "Red" Floyd StadiumMurfreesboro, TN | | L 13–52 | 14,307 |
| November 29 | 1:00 p.m. | Arkansas State | Fouts FieldDenton, TX | | L 28–33 | 9,761 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Central time |||||||
Schedule from MeanGreenSports.com

## Game summaries
### Kansas State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| North Texas | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Kansas State | 14 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 45 |
Kansas State overpowered North Texas on both sides of the ball, scoring on six of its first seven possessions to take a 42–0 lead, holding the Mean Green to 205 total yards—81 in the first half. Kansas State quarterback Josh Freeman threw for three touchdowns and rushed for another two. Quarterback Giovanni Vizza completed 16 of 29 passes for 100 yards, including the Mean Green's only touchdown of the game, a 9-yard pass to Alex Lott late in the third quarter.

### Tulsa

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Tulsa | 14 | 28 | 7 | 7 | 56 |
| North Texas | 7 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 26 |

### LSU

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| North Texas | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| LSU | 10 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 41 |

### Rice

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| North Texas | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Rice | 21 | 35 | 21 | 0 | 77 |
This game will be just the second meeting between both teams with the first meeting happening in 1988 when North Texas defeated Rice 33–17 in Houston.

### Florida International

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| FIU | 14 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 42 |
| North Texas | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |

### Louisiana-Lafayette

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Louisiana-Lafayette | 14 | 21 | 10 | 14 | 59 |
| North Texas | 10 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 30 |

### Louisiana-Monroe

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| North Texas | 0 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 23 |
| Louisiana-Monroe | 21 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 35 |

### Troy

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Troy | 15 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 45 |
| North Texas | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 17 |

### Western Kentucky

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| North Texas | 21 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 51 |
| Western Kentucky | 14 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 40 |

### Florida Atlantic

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| North Texas | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| Florida Atlantic | 6 | 19 | 21 | 0 | 46 |

### Middle Tennessee

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| North Texas | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Middle Tennessee | 17 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 52 |

### Arkansas State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Arkansas State | 7 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 33 |
| North Texas | 0 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 28 |