The 2006 North Texas Mean Green football team represented the University of North Texas (UNT) during the

2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season The 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season was the highest level of college football competition in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The regular season began on August 31, 2006 and ended on ...

. The Mean Green played their home games at Fouts Field in Denton, Texas, competing in the

Sun Belt Conference The Sun Belt Conference (SBC) is a collegiate athletic conference that has been affiliated with the NCAA's Division I since 1976. Originally a non-football conference, the Sun Belt began sponsoring football in 2001. Its football teams participa ...

. The team was led by Darrell Dickey in his ninth and final season as the program's head coach, finishing with an overall record of 3–9, going 2–5 in conference play, finishing in 7th place in the Sun Belt. Following the season, Dickey was fired. He finished at UNT with an overall record of 42–64.

Schedule

Game summaries

Texas

SMU

Tulsa

Akron

Middle Tennessee

Florida International

The Mean Green's contest with the Florida International Golden Panthers lasted seven overtime periods before North Texas kicker Denis Hopovac made his fifth

field goal A field goal (FG) is a means of scoring in gridiron football. To score a field goal, the team in possession of the ball must place kick, or drop kick, the ball through the goal, i.e., between the uprights and over the crossbar. The entire ba ...

of the night to bring the team ahead 25–22. Hopovac's nine attempts tied an NCAA FBS record for field goal attempts in a game. Hopovac and FIU kicker Dustin Rivest combined for eight missed field goals.

Arkansas State

Troy

Louisiana Tech

Louisiana-Lafayette

Florida Atlantic

Louisiana-Monroe

References

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