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American college football season
The 2006 North Texas Mean Green football team represented the University of North Texas (UNT) during the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Mean Green played their home games at Fouts Field in Denton, Texas , competing in the Sun Belt Conference . The team was led by Darrell Dickey in his ninth and final season as the program's head coach, finishing with an overall record of 3–9, going 2–5 in conference play, finishing in 7th place in the Sun Belt.
Following the season, Dickey was fired. He finished at UNT with an overall record of 42–64.
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 2 11:00 am at No. 3 Texas * FSN L 7–5685,123 September 9 6:00 pm SMU * W 24–625,231 September 16 6:00 pm at Tulsa * L 3–2822,045 September 23 5:00 pm at Akron * L 13–3316,011 September 30 6:00 pm Middle Tennessee ESPN+ L 0–3516,986 October 7 6:00 pm Florida International CSS W 25–22 7OT 15,123 October 21 6:00 pm at Arkansas State ESPN+ L 10–2919,141 October 28 2:30 pm at Troy CSS L 6–1417,795 November 4 6:00 pm Louisiana Tech * L 31–3411,103 November 11 5:00 pm at Louisiana-Lafayette W 16–713,621 November 18 6:00 pm Florida Atlantic ESPN+ L 16–179,806 November 25 6:00 pm at Louisiana-Monroe L 3–2312,107
1
2
3
4
Total
North Texas
0
0
7
0
7
Texas
14
14
14
14
56
1
2
3
4
Total
SMU
0
0
6
0
6
North Texas
7
0
7
10
24
1
2
3
4
Total
North Texas
0
3
0
0
3
Tulsa
0
7
14
7
28
1
2
3
4
Total
North Texas
0
7
6
0
13
Akron
20
13
0
0
33
1
2
3
4
Total
Middle Tennessee
14
7
7
7
35
North Texas
0
0
0
0
0
Florida International [ edit ]
1
2
3
4 OT 2OT 3OT 4OT 5OT 6OT 7OT
Total
Florida International
0
0
13
3 0 3 0 0 3 0 0
22
North Texas
5
0
0
11 0 3 0 0 3 0 3
25
The Mean Green's contest with the Florida International 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 attempts tied an NCAA FBS record for field goal attempts in a game.[ 1] [ 2]
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2
3
4
Total
North Texas
3
7
0
0
10
Arkansas State
0
10
13
6
29
1
2
3
4
Total
North Texas
0
3
0
3
6
Troy
0
0
7
7
14
1
2
3
4
Total
Louisiana Tech
21
0
10
3
34
North Texas
0
24
7
0
31
Louisiana-Lafayette [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
North Texas
0
7
9
0
16
Louisiana-Lafayette
0
7
0
0
7
1
2
3
4
Total
Florida Atlantic
3
14
0
0
17
North Texas
7
3
3
3
16
1
2
3
4
Total
North Texas
0
3
0
0
3
Louisiana-Monroe
7
3
6
7
23
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