2019 North Texas Mean Green football team

2019 North Texas Mean Green football
2019 North Texas Mean Green football
Conference	Conference USA
	West Division
Record	4–8 (3–5 C-USA)
Head coach	Seth Littrell (4th season);
Offensive coordinator	Bodie Reeder (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Troy Reffett (4th season)
Base defense	3–3–5
Home stadium	Apogee Stadium
	Seasons ← 2018 2020 →

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).

2019 Conference USA football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
East Division
Florida Atlantic xy$	7	–	1	11	–	3
Marshall	6	–	2	8	–	5
Western Kentucky	6	–	2	9	–	4
Charlotte	5	–	3	7	–	6
Middle Tennessee	3	–	5	4	–	8
FIU	3	–	5	6	–	7
Old Dominion	0	–	8	1	–	11
West Division
UAB xy	6	–	2	9	–	5
Louisiana Tech x	6	–	2	10	–	3
Southern Miss	5	–	3	7	–	6
North Texas	3	–	5	4	–	8
UTSA	3	–	5	4	–	8
Rice	3	–	5	3	–	9
UTEP	0	–	8	1	–	11
Championship: Florida Atlantic 49, UAB 6
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant

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.^[1]

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.^[2]

Predicted finish	Team (# of 1st place votes)
West Division
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^[3]

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^[3]
Position	Player	Class
QB	Mason Fine	Sr.

All-CUSA Offense^[3]
Position	Player	Class
QB	Mason Fine	Sr.
OL	Sosaia Mose	Sr.
WR	Rico Bussey, Jr.	Sr.

All-CUSA Defense^[3]
Position	Player	Class
DL	LaDarius Hamilton	Sr.

All-CUSA Special Teams^[3]
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 Stadium Denton, TX	ESPN+	W 51–31	23,057
September 7	6:00 p.m.	at SMU*	Gerald J. Ford Stadium Dallas, TX (Safeway Bowl)	ESPN3	L 27–49	22,766
September 14	3:15 p.m.	at California*	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	P12N	L 17–23	35,268
September 21	6:30 p.m.	UTSA	Apogee Stadium Denton, TX	Stadium on Facebook	W 45–3	19,922
September 28	4:00 p.m.	Houston*	Apogee Stadium Denton, TX	CBSSN on Facebook	L 25–46	30,123^‡
October 12	6:00 p.m.	at Southern Miss	M.M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS	Stadium on Facebook	L 27–45	25,225
October 19	3:00 p.m.	Middle Tennessee	Apogee Stadium Denton, TX	Stadium	W 33–30	16,094
October 26	2:30 p.m.	at Charlotte	Jerry Richardson Stadium Charlotte, NC	ESPN+	L 38–39	8,245
November 2	2:30 p.m.	UTEP	Apogee Stadium Denton, TX	NFLN	W 52–26	22,548
November 9	3:00 p.m.	at Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, LA	Stadium on Facebook	L 17–52	22,792
November 23	2:30 p.m.	at Rice	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	NFLN	L 14–20	18,477
November 30	3:00 p.m.	UAB	Apogee Stadium Denton, TX	Stadium	L 21–26	16,406
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings after November 5 released prior to game All times are in Central time

Schedule Source:^[4]

^‡ 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:^[5]

Roster

2019 North Texas Mean Green Football

Quarterback

2 Austin Aune – freshman (6'2, 207)
3 Will Kuehne – freshman (6'1, 198)
5 Jason Bean – freshman (6'3, 189)
6 Mason Fine – senior (5'11, 190)
10 Cole Johnson – freshman (6'2, 173)
17 Kason Martin – freshman (6'3, 205)

Running back

7 Evan Johnson – junior (5'6, 185)
13 DeAndre Torrey – junior (5'7, 191)
15 Tre Siggers – sophomore (5'8, 200)
21 Nic Smith – junior (5'10, 194)
23 Loren Easly – senior (5'11, 201)
27 Oscar Adaway III – freshman (6'0, 215)
34 Kyleb Howell – junior (6'0, 227)
39 KJ Williams – freshman (5'9, 224)

Wide receiver

1 Jaelon Darden – junior (5'9, 172)
8 Rico Bussey Jr. – senior (6'2, 193)
14 Greg White – sophomore (6'3, 198)
16 Jyaire Shorter – freshman (6'2, 215)
18 Austin Ogunmakin – freshman (6'3, 195)
20 David Chapple – freshman (5'11, 166)
22 Calen Mayfield – freshman (5'10, 166)
24 Roderic Burns – freshman (5'10, 179)
25 Trey Henderson – freshman (5'10, 184)
26 Thomas Clancy – junior (5'11, 199)
30 Dennis Smith – senior (5'9, 173)
32 Michael Lawrence – senior (5'10, 187)
80 Khatib Lyles – freshman (6'2, 216)
81 Kealon Jackson – freshman (5'9, 163)
82 Deion Hair-Griffin – junior (5'10, 170)
83 Damon Ward Jr. – freshman (6'0, 210)
84 Deonte Simpson – freshman (6'0, 186)
87 Devon Langston – freshman (6'0, 188)

Placekicker

30 Mason Reid – freshman (5'11, 178)
47 Ethan Mooney – sophomore (6'0, 211)
49 Zach Williams – sophomore (5'8, 181)

Punter

36 Alvin Kenworthy – senior (6'3, 200)
41 Bernardo Rodriguez – sophomore (5'10, 199)

Tight end

9 Kelvin Smith – senior (6'2, 254)
40 Edward Bautista – freshman (6'0, 224)
85 Adam Duncan – freshman (6'5, 231)
86 Cole McCrary – freshman (6'2, 230)
88 Jason Pirtle – junior (6'2, 225)
89 Asher Alberding – freshman (6'4, 233)

Offensive lineman

53 Jordan Redfearn – freshman (6'3, 290)
56 Jacob Brammer – sophomore (6'4, 280)
58 Nathaniel Herrera – sophomore (6'2, 298)
60 Sosaia Mose – senior (6'2, 292)
61 Logan Davis – freshman (6'5, 289)
62 D'Andre Plantin – graduate (6'5, 310)
65 Chad Hickson – junior (6'4, 277)
66 Chris Cassidy – freshman (6'4, 281)
68 Daxton Byers – freshman (6'5, 303)
70 Thomas Preston III – senior (6'4, 286)
71 Brian Parish – sophomore (6'4, 270)
72 Manase Mose – sophomore (6'1, 292)
73 Cole Brown – freshman (6'4, 275)
74 Chandler Anthony – junior (6'7, 300)
77 Elex Woodworth – senior (6'4, 296)
78 Daizion Carroll – freshman (6'2, 307)
79 John Brunner – freshman (6'5, 334)

Defensive lineman

2 LaDarius Hamilton – senior (6'3, 260)
34 Bryce English – senior (5'11, 295)
44 Jimmy Walker – freshman (6'3, 231)
52 Darrian McMillan – senior (6'2, 250)
54 Asher Frow – junior (6'4, 245)
91 Dayton LeBlanc – freshman (6'1, 283)
92 Jake Jones – freshman (6'4, 244)
93 Caleb Colvin – junior (6'2, 274)
94 Tuulau Sa'afi – senior (6'3, 300)
96 Bryse Burris – sophomore (6'3, 232)
97 Dion Novil – junior (6'4, 315)
99 Kenneth Dotson – freshman (6'3, 257)

Linebacker

3 Tim Faison – senior (6'2, 215)
5 Tyreke Davis – junior (5'10 209)
20 William LeMasters – senior (6'2, 223)
23 KD Davis – sophomore (5'11", 214)
25 Chris Thornton – sophomore (6'1, 220)
32 Joe Ozougwu – Junior (6'3, 238)
35 Gabriel Murphy – freshman (6'2, 216)
37 Taylor Jacobs – freshman (6'2, 223)
38 Kevin Wood – freshman (6'0, 205)
40 Mike Linehan – senior (6'2, 234)
41 Jordan Hunt – freshman (6'2, 210)
42 Grayson Murphy – freshman (6'2, 219)
43 Larry Nixon III – freshman (6'0, 234)
48 Jamie King – senior (6'3, 231)
59 Hayden Harrison – junior (6'2, 212)

Defensive back

4 Khairi Muhammad – senior (5'11, 188)
6 Dominique Harrison – graduate (5'11, 195)
9 Nick Harvey – graduate (5'10, 190)
10 Makyle Sanders – junior (6'0, 205)
11 Cam Johnson – junior (5'11, 178)
13 Preston Buchanan – freshman (6'2, 178)
14 Quinn Whitlock – sophomore (6'0, 183)
15 Dorian Morris – freshman (5'10, 167)
16 Jahvon Millard – freshman (5'11, 173)
17 DeShawn Gaddie – freshman (6'1, 181)
19 Leandre Davis – freshman (5'10, 200)
22 Keelan Crosby – freshman (6'1, 177)
24 Taylor Robinson – senior (5'11, 188)
26 Alex Morris – sophomore (6'1, 194)
27 Jevin Murray – freshman (5'11, 193)
31 Jaxon Gibbs – freshman (5'11, 199)
36 BJ Lewis – freshman (5'9, 168)
39 Jameel Moore– senior (5'10, 181)
47 Javier Neal – freshman (5'9, 169)

Long snappers

29 Nate Durham – junior (6'2, 225)
57 Brandon Oldham – freshman (6'2, 220)

Source and player details:^[6]

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

Awards

Coaching changes

Offensive coordinator, Graham Harrell will leave for USC and be the replacement for Kliff Kingsbury.^[7] 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.^[8] Current N. Texas coach, Tommy Mainord will be promoted to be a co-offensive coordinator.

References

^ Gregory, Dekota (December 19, 2018). "North Texas Early Signing Day Recap". Underdog Dynasty. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
^ "FB: Preseason Media Poll".
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "FB: 2019 Coaches Preseason Awards". www.conferenceusa.com. Conference USA. July 15, 2019. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
^ "NORTH TEXAS FOOTBALL SCHEDULE 2019 football schedule released". fbschedules.com. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
^ "Football Coaches". meangreensports.com. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
^ "2019 North Texas Mean Green football roster". meangreensports.com.
^ "USC hires former Texas Tech quarterback Graham Harrell as offensive coordinator". CBSSports.com. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
^ Barnett, Zach (February 11, 2019). "Sources: Seth Littrell makes offensive coordinator hire at North Texas". FootballScoop. Retrieved February 12, 2019.

[1] Gregory, Dekota (December 19, 2018). "North Texas Early Signing Day Recap". Underdog Dynasty. Retrieved January 14, 2019.

[2] "FB: Preseason Media Poll".

[allteam-3] "FB: 2019 Coaches Preseason Awards". www.conferenceusa.com. Conference USA. July 15, 2019. Retrieved July 24, 2019.

[4] "NORTH TEXAS FOOTBALL SCHEDULE 2019 football schedule released". fbschedules.com. Retrieved January 14, 2019.

[5] "Football Coaches". meangreensports.com. Retrieved September 10, 2019.

[6] "2019 North Texas Mean Green football roster". meangreensports.com.

[7] "USC hires former Texas Tech quarterback Graham Harrell as offensive coordinator". CBSSports.com. Retrieved February 12, 2019.

[8] Barnett, Zach (February 11, 2019). "Sources: Seth Littrell makes offensive coordinator hire at North Texas". FootballScoop. Retrieved February 12, 2019.

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