1981 North Texas State Mean Green football team

The 1981 North Texas State Mean Green football team was an American football team that represented North Texas State University (now known as the University of North Texas) during the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season as an independent. In their only year under head coach Bob Tyler, the team compiled a 2–9 record.

1981 North Texas State Mean Green football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–9
Head coach	Bob Tyler (1st season)
Home stadium	Fouts Field Cotton Bowl

1981 NCAA Division I-A independents football records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 4 Pittsburgh		–		–				11	–	1	–	0
No. 3 Penn State		–		–				10	–	2	–	0
No. 8 Miami (FL)		–		–				9	–	2	–	0
Southern Miss		–		–				9	–	2	–	1
No. 17 West Virginia		–		–				9	–	3	–	0
Colgate		–		–				7	–	3	–	0
Virginia Tech		–		–				7	–	4	–	0
Navy		–		–				7	–	4	–	1
Cincinnati		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
Florida State		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
Holy Cross		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
Tulane		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
UNLV		–		–				6	–	6	–	0
South Carolina		–		–				6	–	6	–	0
Temple		–		–				5	–	5	–	0
Boston College		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
East Carolina		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Northeast Louisiana		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Louisville		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Notre Dame		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Rutgers		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
William & Mary		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Syracuse		–		–				4	–	6	–	1
Richmond		–		–				4	–	7	–	0
Army		–		–				3	–	7	–	1
North Texas State		–		–				2	–	9	–	0
Georgia Tech		–		–				1	–	10	–	0
Memphis State		–		–				1	–	10	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 5	at Kentucky	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY	L 6–28	55,262
September 12	at SMU	Texas Stadium Irving, TX	L 7–34	20,400
September 19	at No. 6 Texas	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	L 10–23	58,638
September 26	at Southwestern Louisiana	Cajun Field Lafayette, LA	L 11–34	15,260
October 3	Oklahoma State	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX	L 0–9	17,500
October 10	New Mexico State	Fouts Field Denton, TX	W 38–16	13,523
October 24	vs. Texas–Arlington	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX	L 6–7	15,797
October 31	Southern Miss	Fouts Field Denton, TX	L 0–22	3,156
November 7	at Auburn	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL	L 0–20	63,000
November 14	at Northeast Louisiana	Malone Stadium Monroe, LA	W 17–14	15,800
November 28	at San Jose State	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA	L 16–28	13,091
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game