The 2015 North Texas Mean Green football team represented the
University of North Texas as a member of the West Division of
Conference USA
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diring the
2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season
The 2015 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 September 3, 2015 and ended on D ...
They began the season with
Dan McCarney as head coach, in his fifth season, and played their home games at
Apogee Stadium in
Denton, Texas.
On October 10, McCarney was fired after a 66–7 blowout loss to
Portland State, with offensive coordinator
Mike Canales
Michael Sid Canales (born June 21, 1961) is an American college football coach and former player. He was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the University of North Texas, a position he held from 2010 to 2015. He became the inter ...
named interim head coach for the remainder of the season. They finished the season 1–11 (1–7 in C-USA play) to place last in the West Division.
Schedule
North Texas announced their 2015 football schedule on February 2, 2015. The 2015 schedule consist of five home and seven away games in the regular season. The Mean Green will host CUSA foes
Rice,
UTEP
The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) is a public research university in El Paso, Texas. It is a member of the University of Texas System. UTEP is the second-largest university in the United States to have a majority Mexican American stude ...
,
UTSA, and
Western Kentucky (WKU), and will travel to
Louisiana Tech,
Marshall,
Middle Tennessee, and
Southern Miss.
Game summaries
SMU
Rice
Iowa
Southern Miss
Portland State
Following the 66–7 loss to
FCS Portland State, Mean Green head coach Dan McCarney was fired. The 59-point margin is the biggest FCS win over an
FBS team since
Division I football was divided into the groupings now known as FCS and FBS in 1978.
WKU
Marshall
UTSA
Louisiana Tech
Tennessee
Middle Tennessee
UTEP
References
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North Texas Mean Green football seasons
North Texas Mean Green football
The North Texas Mean Green football program is the intercollegiate team that represents the University of North Texas in the sport of American football. The Mean Green compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athl ...
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