2007 North Texas Mean Green football team

American college football season February 2026 March 2012 2007 North Texas Mean Green football North Texas 2007-2010 Wordmark.png 200 Sun Belt Conference Sun Belt 2–10 1–6 Todd Dodge 1st Todd Ford 1st Spread option Ron Mendoza 1st 4–3 Fouts Field The 2007 North Texas Mean Green football team represented the University of North Texas as a member of the Sun Belt Conference during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led first-year head coach, the Mean Green compiled an overall record of 2–10 with a mark 1–6 in conference play, tying for seventh place the bottom of the Sun Belt standings. The team played home games at the Fouts Field in Denton, Texas. Schedule 2007 AP Central September 1 6:00 pm l y y Oklahoma 8 Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK FSN 10–79 84,472 UNT v. OU BoxScore ESPN https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=272440201 September 4, 2007 September 1, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20071017145211/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=272440201 October 17, 2007 live September 8 7:00 pm l y y SMU Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, TX Safeway Bowl 31–45 20,517 https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=272512567 UNT v. SMU Box Score September 10, 2007 ESPN September 22 6:00 pm l Florida Atlantic Fouts Field Denton, TX 20–30 20,479 https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=272650249 UNT v. FAU Box Score October 18, 2007 ESPN September 29 6:00 pm l y y Arkansas Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR 7–66 66,343 https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=272720008 UNT v. Arkansas Box Score October 18, 2007 ESPN October 6 6:00 pm l y Louisiana–Lafayette Cajun Field Lafayette, LA ESPN Plus 29–38 9,464 https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=272790309 UNT v. ULL Box Score October 18, 2007 ESPN October 13 6:00 pm w Louisiana–Monroe Fouts Field Denton, TX ESPN Plus 31–21 18,973 https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=272860249 UNT v. ULM Box Score October 18, 2007 ESPN https://web.archive.org/web/20071015123410/http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=272860249 October 15, 2007 live October 20 2:30 pm l y Troy Movie Gallery Stadium Troy, AL SS 7–45 23,887 https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=272932653 UNT v. Troy Box Score November 15, 2007 ESPN October 27 6:00 pm l y Middle Tennessee Fouts Field Denton, TX 28–48 18,181 https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=273000249 UNT v. MTSU Box Score November 15, 2007 ESPN November 10 3:00 pm l y Navy Fouts Field Denton, TX 62–74 26,012 https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=273140249 UNT v. Navy Box Score November 15, 2007 ESPN https://web.archive.org/web/20071113022011/http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=273140249 November 13, 2007 live November 15 6:00 pm l y Arkansas State ASU Stadium Jonesboro, AR ESPN Plus 27–31 11,736 https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=273192032 UNT v. ASU Box Score November 16, 2007 ESPN https://web.archive.org/web/20071118165615/http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=273192032 November 18, 2007 live November 24 3:00 pm w y Western Kentucky Fouts Field Denton, TX 27–26 5,027 https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=273280249 UNT vs. Western Kentucky Box Score December 2, 2007 ESPN December 1 6:00 pm l y FIU Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL 19–38 10,129 https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=273352229 UNT vs. FIU Box Score December 2, 2007 ESPN https://web.archive.org/web/20071217123459/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=273352229 December 17, 2007 live North Texas Mean Green Schedule 2007 https://www.espn.com/college-football/team/schedule/_/id/249/season/2007 ESPN August 15, 2025 2007 North Texas Mean Green Schedule and Results https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/north-texas/2007-schedule.html College Football at Sports-Reference.com Sports Reference August 15, 2025 2007 Football Schedule https://meangreensports.com/sports/football/schedule/2007 University of North Texas August 15, 2025 Preseason Coaching hires Todd Dodge was hired as head coach replacing Darrell Dickey, who was fired after going 3–9 in 2006. Dodge was regarded as one of the nation’s most successful high school football coaches amassing a 98–11 record overall at Carroll High School in Southlake, Texas. He was named National Coach of the Year by Schutt Sports in 2004 and by USA Today in 2005. His Southlake program produced five consecutive offensive players of the year in Texas. Dodge is also regarded by many FBS coaches as one of the nation's premiere offensive minds in developing a unique and effective scheme in his variation of the spread offense, in the much the same vein as Steve Spurrier and Mouse Davis.June 2009 While at Southlake, Dodge helped the University of Missouri to implement his scheme.June 2009 After being named as head coach, Dodge announced in early January the hiring of nine new assistant coaches. The new staff's combined resumes included 26 bowl game appearances, 14 bowl victories, 18 high school state titles, a Super Bowl title and a Bowl Championship Series (BCS) national title. New defensive coordinator Ron Mendoza, new offensive coordinator Todd Ford, and new special teams Robert Drake all came with Dodge from Carroll High School, where they coached the Dragons to five state titles. After a coaching in the National Football League (NFL) with the Pittsburgh Steelers and at University of Houston, Butch LaCroix, former North Texas assistant from 1987 to 1993, rejoined the Mean Green staff for a second stint as cornerbacks coach. After four seasons at the University of Tulsa, Spencer Leftwich returned as offensive line coach, a position he held at North Texas from 1994 to 2002. Former North Texas leading receiver, new receivers coach Clayton George, also served under Dodge until becoming head coach at Hillcrest High School. 2003 NCAA Division I-A assistant coach of the year, Chuck Petersen was hired as safeties coach after spending 17 years with at the United States Air Force Academy. Former Texas Longhorns and St. Louis Rams player and later Texas graduate assistant, Derek Lewis, was appointed defensive ends coach. After spending the previous two seasons at Louisiana Tech, Shelton Gandy was hired as running backs coach.http://www.meangreensports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=1800&ATCLID=746234 Dodge Completes Coaching Staff January 14, 2007 October 18, 2007 University of North Texas https://archive.today/20130128185625/http://www.meangreensports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=1800&ATCLID=746234 January 28, 2013 dead mdy-all Stadium improvements Prior to the first home game, Fouts Field received several improvements. With paint donated by local Pittsburgh Paints, the student spirit organization, Talons, repainted the entire stadium. Other changes included renovated bathrooms, signage, asphalt in and around the entry gates. This is the largest improvement to Fouts since replacement of the field's Astroturf prior to the 2005 season. Uniform changes On August 4, 2007, North Texas unveiled changes to their uniforms during the Kickoff Cookout at the Mean Green Athletic Center.http://www.meangreensports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=9058&SPID=562&DB_OEM_ID=1800&ATCLID=1147739 Hundreds Pack Athletic Center For Annual Kickoff Cookout August 5, 2007 September 5, 2007 University of North Texas https://web.archive.org/web/20110714064131/http://www.meangreensports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=9058&SPID=562&DB_OEM_ID=1800&ATCLID=1147739 July 14, 2011 dead mdy-all For away games, instead of all green jerseys, the team wore white shirts with white pants. Home games featured the university's new kelly green on top and the same white pants. The numbers and letters were green for away games and white for home with a black outline. The most notable change was the reintroduction of a white helmet not worn since Joe Greene played for North Texas in the late 1960s. Game summaries At No. 8 Oklahoma 2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team Mean Green 0 0 3 7 No. 8 Sooners 21 28 14 16 Statistics UNTOKLA First downs 13 26 Total yards 247 668 Rushing yards 15 265 Passing yards 232 403 Turnovers 3 2 Time of possession 27:58 32:02 Team Category Player StatisticsNorth Texas Passing Giovanni Vizza 4/11, 124 yards, TD, 2 INT Rushing Micah Mosley 5 rushes, 15 yards Receiving Casey Fitzgerald 7 receptions, 126 yards, TDOklahoma Passing Sam Bradford 21/23, 363 yards, 3 TD Rushing DeMarco Murray 17 rushes, 87 yards, 5 TD Receiving Juaquin Iglesias 7 receptions, 128 yards thumb|right|The Mean Green defense against the Sooners with both teams' fans looking on The Mean Green traveled to Norman, Oklahoma, for the season opener against the Oklahoma Sooners. Within :32 seconds of the first quarter, the Sooners scored on their opening drive. The Sooners put up 49 unanswered points until North Texas kicker Thomas Moreland completed the first field goal of the season late in the third quarter. After the Sooners racked up two more touchdowns, freshman (QB) Giovanni Vizza threw the Mean Green's only touchdown of the game to wide receiver (WR) Casey Fitzgerald early in the fourth quarter. The game ended with a final score of 79–10. The Mean Green finished with 15 yards rushing and 232 yards passing. Both starting quarterback junior Daniel Meager and freshman Giovanni Vizza saw game time with Meager being replaced by Vizza during the third quarter. Micah Mosley (RB) led the Mean Green in rushing 5 carries and 15 yards. Contradicting the final score, Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops admitted being worried about running up the score criticizing the Mean Green's no huddle offense.http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/story/7175440 Freshman Murray scores 5 times for OU foxsports.com September 5, 2007 April 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Coach Dodge handled the loss well and was quoted he held no ill-feelings towards to Sooners for the lopsided win.Stoops would have liked... John Rohde http://newsok.com/article/3116439 September 4, 2007 September 2, 2007 North Texas set a new record of most points given up in a single game. It also marked the second-largest margin of loss in a single game for the Mean Green. At SMU 2007 SMU Mustangs football team Mean Green 14 0 3 14 Mustangs 3 14 14 14 Statistics UNTSMU First downs 31 28 Total yards 613 534 Rushing yards 12 181 Passing yards 601 353 Turnovers 4 2 Time of possession 29:00 31:00 Team Category Player StatisticsNorth Texas Passing Daniel Meager 46/64, 601 yards, 3 TD, 3 INT Rushing Micah Mosley 12 rushes, 39 yards, TD Receiving Casey Fitzgerald 18 receptions, 327 yards, 3 TDSMU Passing Justin Willis 30/42, 353 yards, 2 TD, INT Rushing Justin Willis 10 rushes, 82 yards Receiving Devin Lowery 7 receptions, 160 yards Florida Atlantic 2007 Florida Atlantic Owls football team Owls 3 7 3 17 Mean Green 7 10 3 0 Statistics FAUUNT First downs 17 29 Total yards 406 466 Rushing yards 84 165 Passing yards 322 301 Turnovers 0 3 Time of possession 27:47 32:13 Team Category Player StatisticsFlorida Atlantic Passing Rusty Smith 21/45, 322 yards, TD Rushing Dilvory Edgecomb 5 rushes, 29 yards, TD Receiving Cortez Gent 4 receptions, 96 yards, TDNorth Texas Passing Daniel Meager 38/61, 301 yards, TD, 3 INT Rushing Jamario Thomas 14 rushes, 117 yards, TD Receiving Corey Fitzgerald 10 receptions, 89 yards At Arkansas 2007 Arkansas Razorbacks football team Mean Green 0 7 0 0 Razorbacks 24 21 7 14 Statistics UNTARK First downs 18 31 Total yards 329 713 Rushing yards 140 446 Passing yards 189 267 Turnovers 2 2 Time of possession 29:43 30:17 Team Category Player StatisticsNorth Texas Passing Giovanni Vizza 8/26, 118 yards, INT Rushing Micah Mosley 11 rushes, 68 yards Receiving Brandon Jackson 6 receptions, 84 yardsArkansas Passing Casey Dick 12/21, 210 yards, 3 TD Rushing Darren McFadden 19 rushes, 138 yards, 2 TD Receiving Robert Johnson 4 receptions, 71 yards, TD At Louisiana–Lafayette 2007 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team Mean Green 0 12 7 10 Ragin' Cajuns 7 7 14 10 Statistics UNTULL First downs 25 14 Total yards 527 414 Rushing yards 144 300 Passing yards 383 114 Turnovers 4 2 Time of possession 40:36 19:24 Team Category Player StatisticsNorth Texas Passing Giovanni Vizza 35/57, 383 yards, 3 TD, 3 INT Rushing Jamario Thomas 13 rushes, 60 yards Receiving Corey Fitzgerald 14 receptions, 131 yards, 2 TDLouisiana–Lafayette Passing Mic Desormeaux 10/20, 114 yards, 2 TD Rushing Mic Desormeaux 18 rushes, 150 yards, 2 TD Receiving Derrick Smith 4 receptions, 80 yards, TD Louisiana–Monroe 2007 Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks football team Warhawks 0 0 7 14 Mean Green 0 21 3 7 Statistics ULMUNT First downs 22 17 Total yards 421 373 Rushing yards 130 171 Passing yards 291 202 Turnovers 3 2 Time of possession 29:26 30:34 Team Category Player StatisticsLouisiana–Monroe Passing Trey Revell 14/29, 196 yards, 3 TD, INT Rushing Calvin Dawson 18 rushes, 65 yards Receiving Frank Goodin 6 receptions, 79 yards, TDNorth Texas Passing Giovanni Vizza 16/30, 202 yards, TD, INT Rushing Micah Mosley 11 rushes, 73 yards, TD Receiving Corey Fitzgerald 6 receptions, 118 yards, TD At Troy 2007 Troy Trojans football team Mean Green 0 0 7 0 Trojans 21 7 7 10 Statistics UNTTROY First downs 13 21 Total yards 205 493 Rushing yards 26 137 Passing yards 179 356 Turnovers 2 7 Time of possession 33:54 26:06 Team Category Player StatisticsNorth Texas Passing Giovanni Vizza 22/38, 172 yards, TD, INT Rushing Jamario Thomas 8 rushes, 12 yards Receiving Brandon Jackson 9 receptions, 77 yardTroy Passing Omar Haugabook 25/37, 287 yards, 3 TD, 4 INT Rushing Omar Haugabook 12 rushes, 42 yards Receiving Gary Banks 6 receptions, 95 yards, TD Middle Tennessee 2007 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team Blue Raiders 10 20 7 11 48 Mean Green 7 14 7 0 28 Statistics MTSUUNT First downs 21 21 Total yards 335 383 Rushing yards 132 87 Passing yards 203 296 Turnovers 0 5 Time of possession 36:08 23:52 Team Category Player StatisticsMiddle Tennessee Passing Dwight Dasher 16/21, 159 yards, 2 TD Rushing DeMarco McNair 11 rushes, 62 yards, 2 TD Receiving Taron Henry 6 receptions, 103 yards, TDNorth Texas Passing Giovanni Vizza 25/45, 296 yards, 2 TD, 4 INT Rushing Jamario Thomas 10 rushes, 89 yards, TD Receiving Sam Dibrell 8 receptions, 121 yards, TD Navy 2007 Navy vs. North Texas football game 2007 Navy Midshipmen football team Midshipmen 10 35 20 9 Mean Green 21 28 7 6 Statistics NAVYUNT First downs 31 29 Total yards 680 635 Rushing yards 572 157 Passing yards 108 478 Turnovers 1 2 Time of possession 26:31 33:29 Team Category Player StatisticsNavy Passing Kaipo-NoaKaheaku-Enhada 4/5, 108 yards, TD Rushing Shun White 7 rushes, 131 yards, TD Receiving Tyree Barnes 3 receptions, 61 yards, TDNorth Texas Passing Giovanni Vizza 40/50, 478 yards, 8 TD, 2 INT Rushing Giovanni Vizza 13 rushes, 93 yards Receiving Casey Fitzgerald 13 receptions, 134 yards, 5 TD With 136 total points, the game set the NCAA Division I-FBS record for most total points scored in a regulation-length game. The previous record for college football's top division (previously called Division I-A) was 133 points during San Jose State's 70 63 win over Rice in 2004. In addition to the Division I-FBS total points record set by Navy vs. North Texas, the 94 first-half points and the 63 combined points in the second quarter, both set college records. Navy came into the game with the best rushing offense, statistically, of any team in the nation. They set a school record by running for 572 yards with eight rushing touchdowns in the game. The Midshipmen tied another school record by scoring at least 30 points for the eighth consecutive game. Todd Dodge said, "I have never been a part of a game quite like this. I knew that we would have to score on nearly every possession and maybe steal a possession or two with turnovers."http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/2007-11-11-navy-northtexas_N.htm Navy, North Texas set major-college record with 136 points USA Today November 11, 2007 At Arkansas State 2007 Arkansas State Indians football team Mean Green 7 14 0 6 Indians 0 7 10 14 Statistics UNTARST First downs 23 29 Total yards 381 480 Rushing yards 221 167 Passing yards 160 313 Turnovers 2 2 Time of possession 34:11 25:49 Team Category Player StatisticsNorth Texas Passing Giovanni Vizza 22/30, 160 yards, INT Rushing Giovanni Vizza 17 rushes, 79 yards Receiving corey Fitzgerald 11 receptions, 58 yardsArkansas State Passing Corey Leonard 25/50, 305 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT Rushing Reggie Arnold 11 rushes, 75 yards, TD Receiving Levi Dejohnette 9 receptions, 108 yards Western Kentucky 2007 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team Hilltoppers 7 13 3 3 Mean Green 0 7 14 6 Statistics WKUUNT First downs 21 23 Total yards 349 397 Rushing yards 226 195 Passing yards 123 202 Turnovers 2 3 Time of possession 31:16 28:44 Team Category Player StatisticsWestern Kentucky Passing David Wolke 14/20, 129 yards Rushing Tyrell Hayden 19 rushes, 97 yards, TD Receiving Curtis Hamilton 7 receptions, 73 yardsNorth Texas Passing Giovanni Vizza 20/42, 202 yards, 3 INT Rushing Jamario Thomas 16 rushes, 147 yards, 3 TD Receiving Corey Fitzgerald 8 receptions, 80 yards At FIU 2007 FIU Golden Panthers football team Mean Green 6 6 7 0 Golden Panthers 0 21 14 3 Statistics UNTFIU First downs 16 15 Total yards 345 344 Rushing yards 92 116 Passing yards 253 228 Turnovers 3 1 Time of possession 32:32 27:28 Team Category Player StatisticsNorth Texas Passing Giovanni Vizza 31/54, 253 yards, TD, 2 INT Rushing Micah Mosley 9 rushes, 65 yards, TD Receiving Sam Dibrell 7 receptions, 60 yardsFIU Passing Paul McCall 11/19, 228 yards, 3 TD Rushing A'mod Ned 17 rushes, 74 yards Receiving Trenard Turner 2 receptions, 84 yards, TD References North Texas Category:North Texas Mean Green football seasons North Texas Mean Green football