2006 North Texas Mean Green football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 2006 North Texas Mean Green football North Texas 2005-2006 Wordmark.png 200 Sun Belt Conference Sun Belt 3–9 2–5 Darrell Dickey 9th Ramon Flanigan 5th Pro spread Fred Bleil 3rd 3–4 Fouts Field The 2006 North Texas Mean Green football team represented the University of North Texas as a member of the Sun Belt Conference during the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by Darrell Dickey in his ninth and final season as head coach, the Mean Green compiled an overall record of 3–9 with a mark 2–5 in conference play, placing seventh in the Sun Belt. The team played home games at the Fouts Field in Denton, Texas. Dickey was fired after the season. He finished his tenure at North Texas with an overall record of 42–64. Schedule 2006 AP Central September 2 11:00 am l y y Texas 3 Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX FSN 7–56 85,123 September 9 6:00 pm w y SMU Fouts Field Denton, TX Safeway Bowl 24–6 25,231 September 16 6:00 pm l y y Tulsa Skelly Stadium Tulsa, OK 3–28 22,045 September 23 5:00 pm l y y Akron Rubber Bowl Akron, OH 13–33 16,011 September 30 6:00 pm l Middle Tennessee Fouts Field Denton, TX ESPN Plus 0–35 16,986 October 7 6:00 pm w y FIU Fouts Field Denton, TX CSS 25–22 7OT 15,123 October 21 6:00 pm l y Arkansas State Indian Stadium Jonesboro, AR ESPN Plus 10–29 19,141 October 28 2:30 pm l y Troy Movie Gallery Stadium Troy, AL CSS 6–14 17,795 November 4 6:00 pm l y Louisiana Tech Fouts Field Denton, TX 31–34 11,103 November 11 5:00 pm w y Louisiana–Lafayette Cajun Field Lafayette, LA 16–7 13,621 November 18 6:00 pm l Florida Atlantic Fouts Field Denton, TX ESPN Plus 16–17 9,806 November 25 6:00 pm l y Louisiana–Monroe Malone Stadium Monroe, LA 3–23 12,107 North Texas Mean Green Schedule 2006 https://www.espn.com/college-football/team/schedule/_/id/249/season/2006 ESPN August 15, 2025 2006 North Texas Mean Green Schedule and Results https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/north-texas/2006-schedule.html College Football at Sports-Reference.com Sports Reference August 15, 2025 2006 Football Schedule https://meangreensports.com/sports/football/schedule/2006 University of North Texas August 15, 2025 Game summaries Texas North Texas 0 0 7 0 Texas 14 14 14 14 2006 Texas Longhorn football team SMU SMU 0 0 6 0 North Texas 7 0 7 10 Tulsa North Texas 0 3 0 0 Tulsa 0 7 14 7 Akron North Texas 0 7 6 0 Akron 20 13 0 0 Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee 14 7 7 7 North Texas 0 0 0 0 FIU FIU 0 0 13 3 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 North Texas 5 0 0 11 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 The Mean Green's contest with the FIU Golden Panthers lasted seven overtime periods before North Texas kicker Denis Hopovac made his fifth field goal of the night to bring the team ahead 25–22. Hopovac's nine field goal attempts tied an NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) single-game record.USA Today North Texas beat Fla. International in 7 OTs http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/scores106/106280/NCAAF702394.htm Associated Press 2012-11-09 April 18, 2006 Hopovac and FIU kicker Dustin Rivest combined for eight missed field goals.ESPN https://www.espn.com/college-football/news/story?id=2617123 After 8 missed FGs, North Texas prevails in 7 OTs October 7, 2006 August 17, 2021 Arkansas State North Texas 3 7 0 0 Arkansas State 0 10 13 6 Troy North Texas 0 3 0 3 Troy 0 0 7 7 Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech 21 0 10 3 North Texas 0 24 7 0 Louisiana–Lafayette North Texas 0 7 9 0 Louisiana–Lafayette 0 7 0 0 Florida Atlantic Florida Atlantic 3 14 0 0 North Texas 7 3 3 3 2006 Florida Atlantic Owls football team Louisiana–Monroe North Texas 0 3 0 0 Louisiana–Monroe 7 3 6 7 References North Texas Category:North Texas Mean Green football seasons North Texas Mean Green football