The 2019 North Texas Mean Green football team represented the

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during the

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. The Mean Green played their home games at the

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, and competed in the West Division of Conference USA (C–USA).

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.

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.

Preseason All-Conference USA teams

2019 Preseason All-Conference USA North Texas had more offensive players selected than any team in the conference for the preseason all offensive team.

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. :Schedule Source: :Largest attendance recorded at Apogee Stadium.

Personnel

Coaching staff

Roster

Game summaries

Abilene Christian

At SMU

At California

UTSA

Houston

At Southern Miss

Middle Tennessee

At Charlotte

UTEP

At Louisiana Tech

At Rice

UAB

Statistics

Scoring

;Scores against non-conference opponents ;Scores against C-USA ;Scores against all opponents

Awards

Coaching changes

* Offensive coordinator,

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will leave for USC and be the replacement for

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. Graham was "a master of the film" and proponent of the "Air Raid" offense.

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offensive coordinator Bodie Reeder will join North Texas as offensive coordinator. Current N. Texas coach, Tommy Mainord will be promoted to be a co-offensive coordinator.

References

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North Texas Mean Green football seasons

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