1977 North Texas State Mean Green football team

1977 North Texas State Mean Green football
1977 North Texas State Mean Green football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 16
Record	10–1
Head coach	Hayden Fry (5th season);
Home stadium	Fouts Field (c. 20,000)
	Seasons ← 1976 1978 →

The 1977 North Texas State Mean Green football team represented North Texas State University—now known as the University of North Texas—during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. In its fifth season under head coach Hayden Fry, the team compiled a 10–1 record. The team played its home games at Fouts Field in Denton, Texas.

1977 NCAA Division I independents football records
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 1 Notre Dame		–		–		11	–	1	–	0
No. 5 Penn State		–		–		11	–	1	–	0
Colgate		–		–		10	–	1	–	0
North Texas State *		–		–		10	–	1	–	0
No. 16 San Diego State		–		–		10	–	1	–	0
Tennessee State		–		–		8	–	1	–	1
No. 14 Florida State		–		–		10	–	2	–	0
No. 8 Pittsburgh		–		–		9	–	2	–	1
East Carolina		–		–		8	–	3	–	0
Rutgers		–		–		8	–	3	–	0
Army		–		–		7	–	4	–	0
Louisville		–		–		7	–	4	–	1
Boston College		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Cincinnati		–		–		5	–	4	–	2
Georgia Tech		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Memphis State		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Northwestern State		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Syracuse		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
William & Mary		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Southern Miss		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Temple		–		–		5	–	5	–	1
Hawaii		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Navy		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
West Virginia		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
South Carolina		–		–		5	–	7	–	0
Utah State		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Villanova		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Illinois State		–		–		3	–	7	–	1
Virginia Tech		–		–		3	–	7	–	1
Miami (FL)		–		–		3	–	8	–	0
Richmond		–		–		3	–	8	–	0
Tulane		–		–		3	–	8	–	0
Air Force		–		–		2	–	8	–	1
Holy Cross		–		–		2	–	8	–	0
Northeast Louisiana		–		–		2	–	9	–	0

North Texas State (originally 9–2) awarded a forfeit win after Mississippi State was found to be using an ineligible player.^[1] Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 3	at No. 16 Mississippi State	Scott Field Starkville, MS	W 15–17 (forfeit)	31,000	^[2]
September 10	at UTEP	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	W 41–10
September 17	vs. SMU	Texas Stadium Irving, TX (rivalry)	W 24–13
September 24	West Texas State	Fouts Field Denton, TX	W 31–20	16,500	^[3]
October 1	at Richmond	City Stadium Richmond, VA	W 47–14	11,000	^[4]
October 8	at Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS	W 27–14	22,432	^[5]
October 15	vs. Texas–Arlington	Texas Stadium Irving, TX	W 15–6	17,300	^[6]
October 22	at Memphis State	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN	W 20–19
October 29	at No. 20 Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	L 14–35	40,597
November 5	New Mexico State	Fouts Field Denton, TX	W 45–17
November 19	at Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, LA	W 41–14	15,300	^[7]
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1977 North Texas Mean Green football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	Name	Class
RB	Bernard Jackson	So
RB	Mike Jones	Sr
WR	Tim Loftin	Sr
QB	Ken Washington	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DL	`65`	Walter Chapman	Sr
DB	`44`	J. T. Smith	Sr
LB		Burks Washington	Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K	`3`	Iseed Khoury	Sr

Head coach

Hayden Fry

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Bill Brashier
Bill Snyder

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Rankings

Game summaries

Mississippi State

SMU

SMU vs. North Texas State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mustangs	0	0	7	6	13
• Mean Green	3	7	7	7	24

Date: September 16
Location: Texas Stadium, Irving, Texas

In the first meeting between the two teams at Texas Stadium, the Mean Green ended a 44-year drought against the Mustangs. Coach Hayden Fry earned a victory over the program that had controversially dismissed him in 1972.^[10]

Florida State

North Texas State at Florida State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mean Green	0	7	7	0	14
• No. 20 Seminoles	7	14	7	7	35

Date: October 29
Location: Doak Campbell Stadium, Tallahassee, Florida
Game attendance: 40,597

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