2010 North Texas Mean Green football team

The 2010 North Texas Mean Green football team represented the University of North Texas as a member of the Sun Belt Conference during the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Mean Green began the season under fourth-head coach Todd Dodge, who was fired after the team started the season with a 1–6 record. Offensive coordinator Mike Canales was appointed interim head coach and led the team for the final five games of the season. North Texas finished the year with an overall record of 3–9 and a conference mark of 3–5, placing in a three-way tie for sixth in the Sun Belt. The Mean Green played home games on campus at Fouts Field in Denton, Texas. This was the team final season at Fouts Field as the team moved to the newly-opened Apogee Stadium in 2011.

2010 North Texas Mean Green football
ConferenceSun Belt Conference
Record3–9 (3–5 Sun Belt)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMike Canales (1st season)
Offensive schemeSpread option
Defensive coordinatorGary DeLoach (6th overall season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumFouts Field
Seasons
← 2009
2011 →
2010 Sun Belt Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Troy +   6 2     8 5  
FIU +   6 2     7 6  
Middle Tennessee   5 3     6 7  
Louisiana–Monroe   4 4     5 7  
Arkansas State   4 4     4 8  
Florida Atlantic   3 5     4 8  
Louisiana–Lafayette   3 5     3 9  
North Texas   3 5     3 9  
Western Kentucky   2 6     2 10  
  • + – Conference co-champions

Dodge finished his three-and-a-half-year tenure at North Texas with a record of 6–36. Following the season, former Iowa State University head coach and University of Florida defensive coach Dan McCarney was hired the Mean Green's new head coach.[1]

Schedule edit

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 42:30 pmat Clemson*ESPNUL 10–3577,342
September 116:00 pmRice*L 31–3223,743
September 1811:00 amat Army*CBSCSL 0–2423,647
September 256:00 pmat Florida AtlanticW 21–1715,143
October 26:30 pmLouisiana–Lafayette
  • Fouts Field
  • Denton, TX
CST/CSSL 27–2817,015
October 96:00 pmArkansas State
  • Fouts Field
  • Denton, TX
L 19–2414,589
October 166:30 pmFIU 
  • Fouts Field
  • Denton, TX
CST/CSSL 10–3414,718
October 302:00 pmat Western KentuckyW 33–614,373
November 66:00 pmTroy
  • Fouts Field
  • Denton, TX
L 35–4114,289
November 133:30 pmat Middle TennesseeESPN3W 23–1714,227
November 202:30 pmat Louisiana–MonroeL 37–498,905
November 273:00 pmKansas State*
  • Fouts Field
  • Denton, TX
ESPN3L 41–4921,952
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming
  • All times are in Central time

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