2005 North Texas Mean Green football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 2005 North Texas Mean Green football North Texas 2005-2006 Wordmark.png 200 Sun Belt Conference Sun Belt 2–9 2–5 Darrell Dickey 8th Ramon Flanigan 4th Pro spread Kenny Evans 3rd 4–2–5 Fouts Field The 2005 North Texas Mean Green football team represented the University of North Texas as a member of the Sun Belt Conference during the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by eighth-year head coach Darrell Dickey, the Mean Green compiled an overall record of 2–9 with a mark 2–5 in conference play, tying for sixth place in the Sun Belt. North Texas failed to win a Sun Belt title for the first time since joining the conference in 2001. A loss to Troy on the October 4 was the program first defeat in a conference game since October 6, 2001. The team played home games at the Fouts Field in Denton, Texas. Schedule The team played two games that were rescheduled from their planned dates. The season opener was originally scheduled for September 3 against LSU, but due to aftereffects of Hurricane Katrina was moved to October 29. As a result, the Louisiana–Monroe game scheduled for that date was moved to November 19. 2005 AP Central September 10 6:00 p.m. w y Middle Tennessee Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN 14–7 20,806 September 17 6:00 p.m. l y Tulsa Fouts Field Denton, TX 2–54 23,112 September 24 1:10 p.m. l y y Kansas State KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS 7–54 46,514 October 4 Tuesday 6:30 p.m. l Troy Fouts Field Denton, TX ESPN2 10–13 17,644 October 15 5:00 p.m. w y FIU FIU Stadium Miami, FL 13–10 14,433 October 22 3:00 p.m. l y y Louisiana Tech Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, LA 14–40 19,481 October 29 7:00 p.m. l y y LSU 7 Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA PPV 3–56 92,143 November 5 6:00 p.m. l Louisiana–Lafayette Fouts Field Denton, TX 28–31 14,153 November 12 2:00 p.m. l y Florida Atlantic Dolphins Stadium Miami Gardens, FL 23–26 7,939 November 19 6:00 p.m. l y Louisiana–Monroe Fouts Field Denton, TX 19–24 19,632 November 26 1:00 p.m. l Arkansas State Fouts Field Denton, TX 24–31 7,691 North Texas Mean Green Schedule 2005 https://www.espn.com/college-football/team/schedule/_/id/249/season/2005 ESPN August 15, 2025 2005 North Texas Mean Green Schedule and Results https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/north-texas/2005-schedule.html College Football at Sports-Reference.com Sports Reference August 15, 2025 2005 Football Schedule https://meangreensports.com/sports/football/schedule/2005 University of North Texas August 15, 2025 References North Texas Category:North Texas Mean Green football seasons North Texas Mean Green football