2015 North Texas Mean Green football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 2015 North Texas Mean Green football North Texas Stacked Wordmark.png 200 Conference USA West Division C-USA 1–11 1–7 Dan McCarney 5th first 5 games Mike Canales interim, final 7 games Mike Canales 6th Pro-style Chris Cosh 1st 4–3 Apogee Stadium The 2015 North Texas Mean Green football team represented the University of North Texas as a member of Conference USA (C-USA) during the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by Dan McCarney in his fifth and final season for the first five games of the year, and then by interim head coach Mike Canales for the remainder of the season, the Mean Green compiled an overall record of 1–11 with a mark 1–7 in conference play, placing last out of six teams in C-USA's West Division. The team played home games at Apogee Stadium in Denton, Texas. On October 10, McCarney was fired after a 66–7 blowout loss to Portland State, the largest victory ever by an NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) team over an NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision FBS) opponent ever.North Texas Fires Head Coach Dan McCarney After 0–5 Start Thayer Evans https://www.si.com/college-football/2015/10/10/north-texas-mean-green-coach-dan-mccarney-fired Sports Illustrated October 10, 2015 October 10, 2015FCS wins vs. FBS teams: All-time victories, upsets, wins vs. ranked teams NCAA.com https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/fcs-wins-vs-fbs-teams-all-time-victories-upsets 2025-08-08 www.ncaa.com en Offensive coordinator Mike Canales was named interim head coach for the remainder of the season.North Texas Fires Coach McCarney After 66-7 Loss to Portland State Tom Fornelli http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/eye-on-college-football/25334743/report-north-texas-fires-mccarney-after-66-7-loss-to-portland-state CBS Sports October 10, 2015 October 12, 2015 Schedule North Texas announced their 2015 football schedule on February 2, 2015. The schedule consisted of five home and seven away games.2015 Football Schedule Features Return To Tennessee http://www.meangreensports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/020215aad.html University of North Texas Department of Athletics February 2, 2015 March 22, 2015 2015 NCAA Division I FCS STATS Central September 12 6:00 pm l y y SMU Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, TX Safeway Bowl ESPN3 13–31 25,401 September 19 1:30 pm l Rice Apogee Stadium Denton, TX FCS 24–38 19,602 September 26 2:30 pm l y y Iowa Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA ESPNU 16–62 56,041 October 3 6:00 pm l y Southern Miss M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS FCS 14–49 26,430 October 10 4:00 pm l y y Portland State 25 (FCS) Apogee Stadium Denton, TX ntTV 7–66 19,801 October 15, 2015 6:30 pm l Western Kentucky Apogee Stadium Denton, TX CBSSN 28–55 10,155 October 24 2:30 pm l y Marshall Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV FSN 13–30 27,217 October 31 6:00 pm w UTSA Apogee Stadium Denton, TX ASN 30–23 10,292 November 7 2:30 pm l y Louisiana Tech Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, LA FCS 13–56 16,986 November 14 11:00 am l y y Tennessee Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN SECN 0–24 96,197 November 21 11:00 am l y Middle Tennessee Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN ASN 7–41 13,922 November 28 2:30 pm l UTEP Apogee Stadium Denton, TX FSN 17–20 8,305 North Texas Mean Green Schedule 2015 https://www.espn.com/college-football/team/schedule/_/id/249/season/2015 ESPN August 15, 2025 2015 North Texas Mean Green Schedule and Results https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/north-texas/2015-schedule.html College Football at Sports-Reference.com Sports Reference August 15, 2025 2015 Football Schedule https://meangreensports.com/sports/football/schedule/2015 University of North Texas August 15, 2025 Preseason Conference USA media poll The Conference USA media prediction poll was released on July 15, 2015. The Mean Green were predicted to finish fifth in the West Division.https://conferenceusa.com/news/2015/7/15/C_USA_Announces_2015_Preseason_Media_Football_Poll.aspx?path=football C-USA Announces 2015 Preseason Media Football Poll July 15, 2015 September 23, 2023 Game summaries At SMU 2015 SMU Mustangs football team Mean Green 3 3 7 0 Mustangs 7 0 3 21 Statistics UNTSMU First downs 17 27 Total yards 240 444 Rushing yards 112 273 Passing yards 128 171 Turnovers 4 3 Time of possession 24:10 35:50 Team Category Player StatisticsNorth Texas Passing Andrew McNulty 16/34, 128 yards, 2 INT Rushing Andrew Tucker 10 rushes, 50 yards Receiving Turner Smiley 3 receptions, 42 yardsSMU Passing Matt Davis 17/24, 171 yards, 2 TD Rushing Matt Davis 17 rushes, 125 yards, 2 TD Receiving Courtland Sutton 5 receptions, 65 yards, TD Rice 2015 Rice Owls football team Owls 0 17 21 0 Mean Green 3 7 7 7 Statistics RICEUNT First downs 28 20 Total yards 562 478 Rushing yards 189 175 Passing yards 373 303 Turnovers 0 3 Time of possession 41:50 18:10 Team Category Player StatisticsRice Passing Driphus Jackson 29/39, 373 yards, 3 TD Rushing Jowan Davis 21 rushes, 102 yards Receiving Dennis Parks 8 receptions, 163 yards, 2 TDNorth Texas Passing Andrew McNulty 19/35, 303 yards, 2 TD, INT Rushing Antoinne Jimmerson 13 rushes, 94 yards Receiving Carlos Harris 8 receptions, 193 yards, 2 TD At Iowa 2015 Iowa Hawkeyes football team Mean Green 0 13 3 0 Hawkeyes 14 21 13 14 Statistics UNTIOWA First downs 22 23 Total yards 356 488 Rushing yards 183 210 Passing yards 173 278 Turnovers 3 2 Time of possession 28:15 31:45 Team Category Player StatisticsNorth Texas Passing Andrew McNulty 14/36, 137 yards, INT Rushing Jeff Wilson 15 rushes, 75 yards Receiving Carlos Harris 5 receptions, 43 yardsIowa Passing C. J. Beathard 18/21, 278 yards, 2 TD Rushing Jordan Canzeri 22 rushes, 115 yards, 4 TD Receiving Tevaun Smith 4 receptions, 115 yards, TD At Southern Miss 2015 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team Mean Green 0 0 0 14 Golden Eagles 7 14 14 14 Statistics UNTUSM First downs 26 24 Total yards 386 573 Rushing yards 185 248 Passing yards 201 325 Turnovers 1 0 Time of possession 29:51 30:09 Team Category Player StatisticsNorth Texas Passing Andrew McNulty 11/21, 131 yards, TD Rushing Jeff Wilson 22 rushes, 136 yards Receiving Carlos Harris 9 receptions, 136 yards, TDSouthern Miss Passing Nick Mullens 27/36, 325 yards, 4 TD Rushing Justice Hayes 16 rushes, 86 yards, TD Receiving Mike Thomas 7 receptions, 155 yards, 3 TD Portland State 2015 Portland State Vikings football team No. 25 (FCS) Vikings 14 31 14 7 Mean Green 0 0 0 7 Statistics PRSTUNT First downs 27 13 Total yards 670 198 Rushing yards 368 76 Passing yards 302 122 Turnovers 0 1 Time of possession 33:37 26:23 Team Category Player StatisticsPortland State Passing Alex Kuresa 11/19, 269 yards, 3 TD Rushing David Jones 9 rushes, 134 yards, 2 TD Receiving Darnell Adams 4 receptions, 100 yards, TDNorth Texas Passing Andrew McNulty 10/25, 57 yards Rushing Jeff Wilson 9 rushes, 49 yards Receiving Carlos Harris 9 receptions, 57 yards, TD 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.FCS Portland State Beat North Texas So Badly, the Mean Green Immediately Fired Their Head Coach Rodger Sherman https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2015/10/10/9494755/portland-state-vikings-football-washington-state-north-texas-fcs-win-records SB Nation October 10, 2015 October 10, 2015 Western Kentucky 2015 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team Hilltoppers 14 20 14 7 Mean Green 0 14 0 14 Statistics WKUUNT First downs 35 22 Total yards 683 431 Rushing yards 283 203 Passing yards 400 228 Turnovers 1 2 Time of possession 33:54 26:06 Team Category Player StatisticsWestern Kentucky Passing Brandon Doughty 26/37, 350 yards, 4 TD, INT Rushing Anthony Wales 21 rushes, 193 yards, 2 TD Receiving Taywan Taylor 7 receptions, 134 yards, 2 TDNorth Texas Passing Damarcus Smith 17/35, 228 yards, 4 TD, INT Rushing Damarcus Smith 16 rushes, 122 yards Receiving Darvin Kidsy 3 receptions, 93 yards, TD At Marshall 2015 Marshall Thundering Herd football team Mean Green 0 3 3 7 Thundering Herd 17 7 3 3 Statistics UNTMRSH First downs 22 21 Total yards 337 402 Rushing yards 209 213 Passing yards 128 189 Turnovers 1 0 Time of possession 25:03 34:57 Team Category Player StatisticsNorth Texas Passing Damarcus Smith 15/37, 128 yards, TD, INT Rushing Jeff Wilson 17 rushes, 138 yards Receiving Darvin Kidsy 4 receptions, 44 yards, TDMarshall Passing Chase Litton 19/34, 189 yards, TD Rushing Hyleck Foster 17 rushes, 105 yards, TD Receiving Deandre Reaves 6 receptions, 68 yards UTSA 2015 UTSA Roadrunners football team Roadrunners 7 3 7 6 Mean Green 0 7 7 16 Statistics UTSAUNT First downs 31 20 Total yards 477 371 Rushing yards 232 267 Passing yards 245 104 Turnovers 1 1 Time of possession 37:36 22:24 Team Category Player StatisticsUTSA Passing Dalton Sturm 27/41, 245 yards, TD Rushing Dalton Sturm 21 rushes, 78 yards Receiving Kerry Thomas Jr. 9 receptions, 75 yardsNorth Texas Passing Damarcus Smith 11/22, 104 yards Rushing Damarcus Smith 14 rushes, 137 yards, TD Receiving Carlos Harris 6 receptions, 72 yards At Louisiana Tech 2015 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team Mean Green 0 0 0 13 Bulldogs 21 7 14 14 Statistics UNTLT First downs 20 25 Total yards 316 573 Rushing yards 82 274 Passing yards 234 299 Turnovers 4 3 Time of possession 32:53 27:07 Team Category Player StatisticsNorth Texas Passing Damarcus Smith 25/45, 234 yards, 2 TD, INT Rushing Jeff Wilson 16 rushes, 67 yards Receiving Carlos Harris 5 receptions, 74 yards, TDLouisiana Tech Passing Jeff Driskel 17/26, 296 yards, INT Rushing Kenneth Dixon 22 rushes, 195 yards, 6 TD Receiving Carlos Henderson 5 receptions, 162 yards At Tennessee 2015 Tennessee Volunteers football team Mean Green 0 0 0 0 Volunteers 7 10 0 7 Statistics UNTTENN First downs 14 24 Total yards 199 409 Rushing yards 92 237 Passing yards 107 172 Turnovers 0 1 Time of possession 30:59 29:01 Team Category Player StatisticsNorth Texas Passing Damarcus Smith 12/25, 103 yards Rushing Jeff Wilson 14 rushes, 52 yards Receiving Marcus Smith 5 receptions, 46 yardsTennessee Passing Joshua Dobbs 15/23, 136 yards, INT Rushing Alvin Kamara 15 rushes, 127 yards, 2 TD Receiving Josh Malone 4 receptions, 38 yards At Middle Tennessee 2015 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team Mean Green 0 7 0 0 Blue Raiders 14 17 10 0 Statistics UNTMTSU First downs 18 30 Total yards 324 494 Rushing yards 191 165 Passing yards 133 329 Turnovers 3 2 Time of possession 28:48 31:12 Team Category Player StatisticsNorth Texas Passing Damarcus Smith 10/17, 80 yards, INT Rushing Willy Ivery 7 rushes, 59 yards Receiving Darvin Kidsy 4 receptions, 53 yardsMiddle Tennessee Passing Brent Stockstill 27/38, 322 yards, 3 TD, INT Rushing Jordan Parker 11 rushes, 55 yards, TD Receiving Richie James 11 receptions, 98 yards UTEP 2015 UTEP Miners football team Miners 0 0 13 7 Mean Green 3 0 14 0 Statistics UTEPUNT First downs 15 10 Total yards 256 205 Rushing yards 187 129 Passing yards 69 76 Turnovers 5 2 Time of possession 33:47 26:13 Team Category Player StatisticsUTEP Passing Kavika Johnson 4/11, 43 yards, TD Rushing Kavika Johnson 16 rushes, 75 yards, TD Receiving Warren Redix 3 receptions, 42 yards, TDNorth Texas Passing Andrew McNulty 7/15, 48 yards Rushing Jeff Wilson 15 rushes, 56 yards Receiving Terian Goree 3 receptions, 28 yards References North Texas Category:North Texas Mean Green football seasons North Texas Mean Green football