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2012 North Texas Mean Green football team

2012 North Texas Mean Green football
A wordmark logo for the University of North Texas
Conference Sun Belt Conference
2012 record 4–8 (3–5 Sun Belt)
Head coach Dan McCarney (2nd year)
Offensive coordinator Mike Canales (3rd year)
Defensive coordinator John Skladany (1st year)
Home stadium Apogee Stadium
(Capacity: 30,850)
Seasons
← 2011
2013 →
2012 Sun Belt football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
Arkansas State $   7 – 1         10 – 3  
Louisiana–Lafayette   6 – 2         9 – 4  
Louisiana–Monroe   6 – 2         8 – 5  
Middle Tennessee   6 – 2         8 – 4  
WKU   4 – 4         7 – 6  
Troy   3 – 5         5 – 7  
North Texas   3 – 5         4 – 8  
Florida Atlantic   2 – 6         3 – 9  
FIU   2 – 6         3 – 9  
South Alabama*   1 – 7         2 – 11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • South Alabama not eligible for conference title or bowl game as part of their transition to the FBS.
Rankings from AP Poll
2012 Green vs. White spring football game
1 2 3 4 Total
White 20 0 0 0 20
• Green 7 7 14 13 41
  • Sources:
1 2 3 4 Total
Mean Green 0 7 0 7 14
• Tigers 14 10 3 14 41
  • Date: September 1
  • Location: Tiger Stadium
    Baton Rouge, LA
  • Game start: 6:02 p.m. CST
  • Elapsed time: 3:30
  • Game attendance: 92,059
  • Game weather: 82°, possible thunderstorms, winds S 4–7 mph
  • Referee: Tom Ritter
  • TV announcers (ESPNU): Clay Matvick, Matt Stinchcomb, and Allison Williams
  • Sources:
1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0 0 7 0 7
• Mean Green 7 10 3 14 34
  • Date: September 8
  • Location: Apogee Stadium
    Denton, TX
  • Game start: 6:00 p.m. CST
  • Elapsed time: 3:18
  • Game attendance: 22,259
  • Game weather: 85°, clear, winds NE 13 mph
  • Referee: Perry Havener
  • TV announcers (TXA21): Dave Barnett and Doug Anderson
  • Sources:
1 2 3 4 Total
Mean Green 7 0 6 8 21
• Wildcats 7 7 7 14 35
  • Sources:
1 2 3 4 Total
• Trojans 0 7 7 0 14
Mean Green 7 0 0 0 7
  • Location: Apogee Stadium
    Denton, TX
  • Game start: 6:05 p.m. CST
  • Elapsed time: 3:05
  • Game attendance: 21,823
  • Game weather: 96°, clear, winds SW 6 mph
  • Referee: Jeff Hilyer
  • TV announcers (ESPN3): Jonathan Yardley and Stan Lewter
  • Sources:

The 2012 North Texas Mean Green football team represented the University of North Texas in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was led by second-year head coach Dan McCarney and played its home games at Apogee Stadium. It was the Mean Green's 12th and final season as members of the Sun Belt Conference (SBC); the school will join Conference USA on July 1, 2013. The team finished with a record of four wins and eight losses (4–8 overall, 3–5 in the SBC) to finish seventh in the conference.

After the completion of the 2011 season, McCarney focused on continuing the momentum created during the team's last game against the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders. 25 players signed letters of intent to play for the Mean Green, and the team's spring practice ended with an intrasquad scrimmage. The team announced its schedule in March 2012, which included five opponents that were bowl eligible 2011. The season opened with a road loss to the LSU Tigers and a home opening win against the Texas Southern Tigers. The team began conference play with a loss to the Troy Trojans. The season reached its zenith when the Mean Green defeated the Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns in a nationally televised game on October 16, but the team only won one of its remaining five games to finish with its eighth straight losing season.

During the 2011 season, the Mean Green played their home games at the new Apogee Stadium, averaging 18,864 spectators for each of the team's six home games. First year head coach Dan McCarney led the team to a 5–7 record, its best since 2004, finishing the season with a 59–7 victory over the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders. During the game, senior running back Lance Dunbar became the team's all-time leading rusher.


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