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2021 North Texas Mean Green football team

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2021 North Texas Mean Green football
ConferenceConference USA
DivisionWest Division
Record6–7 (5–3 C-USA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMike Bloesch (2nd season)
Co-offensive coordinatorTommy Mainord (2nd season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorPhil Bennett (1st season)
Base defense4–2–5
Home stadiumApogee Stadium
Seasons
← 2020
2022 →
2021 Conference USA football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
East Division
Western Kentucky xy   7 1     9 5  
Marshall   5 3     7 6  
Old Dominion   5 3     6 7  
Middle Tennessee   4 4     7 6  
Florida Atlantic   3 5     5 7  
Charlotte   3 5     5 7  
FIU   0 8     1 11  
West Division
UTSA xy$   7 1     12 2  
UAB   6 2     9 4  
North Texas   5 3     6 7  
UTEP   4 4     7 6  
Rice   3 5     4 8  
Southern Miss   2 6     3 9  
Louisiana Tech   2 6     3 9  
Championship: UTSA 49, Western Kentucky 41
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant

The 2021 North Texas Mean Green football team represented the University of North Texas during the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Mean Green played their home games at Apogee Stadium in Denton, Texas, and competed in the West Division of Conference USA (C-USA).

The Mean Green started the season 1–6 before winning five games in a row, including upset victories over UTEP and then-undefeated #22 UTSA, to finish the regular season at 6–6, 5–3 in C-USA play. The team was invited to the inaugural Frisco Football Classic, losing 14–27 to the Miami RedHawks.

Preseason

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C-USA media days

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The Mean Green were predicted to finish in sixth place in the West Division in the Conference USA preseason poll.[1]

Media poll (West Division)
Predicted finish Team
1 UAB
2 UTSA
3 Louisiana Tech
4 Southern Miss
5 Rice
6 North Texas
7 UTEP

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 46:30 p.m.Northwestern State*ESPN3W 44–1418,716
September 116:00 p.m.at SMU*ESPN+L 12–3529,121
September 186:30 p.m.UAB
  • Apogee Stadium
  • Denton, TX
StadiumL 6–4017,731
September 256:30 p.m.at Louisiana TechStadiumL 17–2415,488
October 93:00 p.m.at Missouri*SECNL 35–4846,985
October 156:00 p.m.Marshall
  • Apogee Stadium
  • Denton, TX
CBSSNL 21–4913,123
October 233:00 p.m.Liberty*
  • Apogee Stadium
  • Denton, TX
ESPN+L 26–3513,454
October 301:00 p.m.at RiceESPN3W 30–24 OT17,354
November 62:00 p.m.at Southern MissESPN+W 38–1422,478
November 133:00 p.m.UTEPdagger
  • Apogee Stadium
  • Denton, TX
ESPN+W 20–1720,056
November 206:00 p.m.at FIUESPN3W 49–70
November 271:00 p.m.No. 22 UTSA
  • Apogee Stadium
  • Denton, TX
ESPN+W 45–2316,933
December 232:30 p.m.vs. Miami (OH)*ESPNL 14–2711,721

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Personnel

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2021 North Texas Mean Green football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
RB 27 Oscar Adaway III  Fr
RB 39 Ayo Adeyi  Fr
TE 89 Asher Alberding  Fr
QB 2 Austin Aune So
TE 40 Edward Bautista  Fr
OL 65 Gabe Blair Fr
OL 70 Kade Bond Fr
OL 56 Jacob Brammer Jr
OL 73 Cole Brown So
WR 11 Detraveon Brown Fr
OL 79 John Brunner  Fr
WR 14 Roderick Burns So
WR 5 Tommy Bush So
OL 68 Daxton Byers  Fr
OL 78 Daizion Carroll So
OL 60 Chris Cassiday  Fr
QB 15 Bryce Drummond Fr
OL 64 Jett Duncan Fr
OL 74 Nick Gallo So
QB 8 Amani Gilmore  Fr
WR 20 Evan Greene Fr
TE 30 Var'Keyes Gumms Fr
WR 0 Bryson Jackson So
OL 52 Dane Jackson Fr
RB 21 Keith Jackson Fr
WR 19 Caleb Johnson Fr
RB 23 Isaiah Johnson Fr
TE 46 Xzavier Kauti Fr
TE 84 Christian Lee Fr
WR 13 Khatib Lyles  Fr
QB 17 Kason Martin So
WR 80 Zhighlil McMillan Fr
OL 77 Kaci Moreka So
WR 18 Dorian Morris  Fr
OL 72 Manase Mose Jr
RB 44 Dawson Nobriga So
OL 66 Febechi Nwaiwu Fr
TE 88 Jason Pirtle Sr
RB 25 Ikaika Ragsdale Fr
OL 62 Caden Reeves Fr
TE 87 Jake Roberts Fr
QB 10 Jace Ruder So
WR 16 Jyaire Shorter So
WR 6 Loronzo Thompson Fr
RB 3 DeAndre Torrey Sr
OL 58 Teeshaun Turpin Jr
WR 83 Damon Ward  Fr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB 46 Grady Brewer Fr
LB 19 Jordan Brown Fr
DT 93 Roderick Brown Fr
DL 3 Caleb Colvin Sr
DB 22 Keelan Crosby So
LB 47 Jacob Daulong Jr
DB 8 John Davis Jr
LB 1 K. D. Davis Jr
LB 5 Tyrele Davis Sr
DL 99 Kenneth Dotson  Fr
LB 25 Sean-Thomas Faulkner Jr
DB 2 Deshawn Gaddie So
DL 54 Kevin Greene Fr
DB 41 Alphie Guillory  Fr
DB 29 Braelon Hill Jr
DE 42 Kameron Hill Sr
LB 34 Kyleb Howell Sr
DL 94 Kalvin Hutchings So
DL 96 Enoch Jackson  Fr
LB 37 Taylor Jacobs  Fr
LB 40 Jacobi Johnson Fr
DB 31 Robert Johnson Fr
DL 90 Ta'Shoyn Johnson Fr
LB 15 Carson Kropp So
DL 91 Dayton LeBlanc So
LB 59 Sifa Leota Fr
LB 45 Landon Maston Jr
DL 98 Davontae McCrae Jr
LB 20 Cole McCrary So
DE 11 Gabriel Murphy  Fr
DE 9 Grayson Murphy  Fr
DB 38 Jordan Nichols Fr
LB 30 Larry Nixon III So
DL 97 Dion Novil Sr
DB 43 Trey Perdue Fr
DL 16 Jonathan Pickett Fr
DL 95 Kortlin Rausaw Fr
DB 13 Jordan Rucker So
DB 10 Makyle Sanders Sr
LB 44 Blake Slaughter Fr
DB 36 Jaylen Smith Fr
DB 7 Upton Stout Fr
DB 26 Ridge Texada Fr
DL 51 Fatafehi Vailea Fr
DL 50 Trent Ward Fr
DB 27 Harold West Fr
DB 24 Quinn Whitlock Jr
DB 17 Cinque Williams Fr
DB 4 Dillion Williams Fr
LB 21 Kevin Wood So
LB 35 Chris Wright Fr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 49 Aaron Beckham Fr
DS 29 Nate Durham Jr
K 48 Caden Gilmore Fr
P 47 Caden McNeese Fr
K 0 Ethan Mooney Jr
DS 57 Brandon Oldham Fr
P 32 Bernardo Rodriguez Jr


Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Tommy Mainord
    Associate head coach/co-offensive coordinator/Receivers
  • Mike Bloesch
    Offensive coordinator/offensive line
  • Phil Bennett
    Defensive coordinator/safeties
  • Patrick Cobbs
    Running backs
  • Jim Gush
    Linebackers
  • Jarred Holley
    Cornerbacks
  • Blake Joseph
    Quarterbacks
  • Adrian Mayes
    Tight ends
  • Matt Passwaters
    Defensive line
  • Chris Petrilli
    Outside linebackers/Special teams
  • Steven Haunga
    Offensive quality control
  • Zack Womack
    Strength and conditioning
  • Ethan Gold
    Assistant strength and conditioning

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster

Game summaries

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Northwestern State

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1 2 3 4 Total
Demons 0 14 0 0 14
Mean Green 7 17 17 3 44
Statistics NWST UNT
First downs 21 29
Total yards 418 527
Rushing yards 261 345
Passing yards 157 182
Turnovers 4 2
Time of possession 32:49 27:21
Team Category Player Statistics
Northwestern State Passing Kaleb Fletcher 13/22, 134 yards, TD, INT
Rushing Scooter Adams 12 rushes, 92 yards, TD
Receiving Kendrick Price 1 reception, 65 yards, TD
North Texas Passing Jace Rudder 10/21, 131 yards, TD, 2 INT
Rushing DeAndre Torrey 25 rushes, 244 yards, 3 TD
Receiving Roderic Burns 6 receptions, 114 yards, TD

At SMU

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1 2 3 4 Total
Mean Green 3 3 6 0 12
Mustangs 0 7 14 14 35
Pregame line Over/under
SMU –22.5 75[3]
Statistics UNT SMU
First downs 23 20
Total yards 506 536
Rushing yards 122 225
Passing yards 384 311
Turnovers 2 4
Time of possession 36:06 23:54
Team Category Player Statistics
North Texas Passing Jace Rudder 32/51, 366 yards, TD, 2 INT
Rushing DeAndre Torrey 16 rushes, 71 yards
Receiving Roderic Burns 12 receptions, 141 yards
SMU Passing Tanner Mordecai 21/33, 311 yards, 4 TD, 2 INT
Rushing Ulysses Bentley IV 10 rushes, 141 yards, TD
Receiving Rashee Rice 4 receptions, 99 yards, TD

UAB

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1 2 3 4 Total
Blazers 17 13 3 7 40
Mean Green 0 0 0 6 6
Statistics UAB UNT
First downs 17 18
Total yards 407 220
Rushing yards 173 121
Passing yards 234 99
Turnovers 0 1
Time of possession 32:06 27:54
Team Category Player Statistics
UAB Passing Dylan Hopkins 6/7, 202 yards, 3 TD
Rushing Jermaine Brown Jr. 16 rushes, 58 yards
Receiving Gerrit Prince 3 receptions, 136 yards, 2 TD
North Texas Passing Austin Aune 8/21, 65 yards
Rushing DeAndre Torrey 24 rushes, 82 yards
Receiving Roderic Burns 2 receptions, 21 yards

At Louisiana Tech

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1 2 3 4 Total
Mean Green 0 7 0 10 17
Bulldogs 14 10 0 0 24
Statistics UNT LT
First downs 24 20
Total yards 333 286
Rushing yards 241 79
Passing yards 92 207
Turnovers 1 1
Time of possession 29:25 30:35
Team Category Player Statistics
North Texas Passing Austin Aune 12/27, 79 yards, TD
Rushing DeAndre Torrey 26 rushes, 119 yards, TD
Receiving Jason Pirtle 4 receptions, 26 yards
Louisiana Tech Passing Aaron Allen 14/18, 137 yards
Rushing Marcus Williams Jr. 17 rushes, 73 yards, 2 TD
Receiving Samuel Emilus 2 receptions, 69 yards, TD

At Missouri

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1 2 3 4 Total
Mean Green 0 7 7 21 35
Tigers 14 17 0 17 48
Statistics UNT MIZ
First downs 21 22
Total yards 493 474
Rushing yards 188 306
Passing yards 305 168
Turnovers 4 0
Time of possession 28:12 31:48
Team Category Player Statistics
North Texas Passing Austin Aune 16/26, 305 yards, 4 TD, 2 INT
Rushing DeAndre Torrey 24 rushes, 85 yards
Receiving Damon Ward Jr. 2 receptions, 81 yards, TD
Missouri Passing Connor Bazelak 22/33, 168 yards, 2 TD
Rushing Tyler Badie 17 rushes, 209 yards, 2 TD
Receiving J. J. Hester 1 reception, 41 yards, TD

Marshall

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1 2 3 4 Total
Thundering Herd 14 28 0 7 49
Mean Green 0 7 0 14 21
Statistics MRSH UNT
First downs 24 18
Total yards 477 411
Rushing yards 154 277
Passing yards 323 134
Turnovers 2 2
Time of possession 32:14 27:46
Team Category Player Statistics
Marshall Passing Grant Wells 24/32, 323 yards, 2 TD, INT
Rushing Rasheen Ali 20 rushes, 109 yards, 2 TD
Receiving Xavier Gaines 5 receptions, 77 yards, TD
North Texas Passing Austin Aune 16/31, 121 yards, 2 INT
Rushing DeAndre Torrey 20 rushes, 179 yards, 2 TD
Receiving Jason Pirtle 5 receptions, 35 yards

Liberty

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1 2 3 4 Total
Flames 0 14 14 7 35
Mean Green 7 13 6 0 26
Statistics LIB UNT
First downs 21 29
Total yards 350 454
Rushing yards 45 242
Passing yards 305 212
Turnovers 0 2
Time of possession 24:10 35:50
Team Category Player Statistics
Liberty Passing Malik Willis 12/18, 217 yards, 3 TD
Rushing T. J. Green 5 rushes, 25 yards
Receiving C. J. Daniels 7 receptions, 130 yards, 2 TD
North Texas Passing Austin Aune 22/35, 212 yards, TD, 2 INT
Rushing Ayo Adeyi 16 rushes, 99 yards, TD
Receiving Damon Ward Jr. 4 receptions, 57 yards

At Rice

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1 2 3 4OT Total
Mean Green 3 7 7 76 30
Owls 0 3 7 140 24
Statistics UNT RICE
First downs 20 25
Total yards 314 368
Rushing yards 193 97
Passing yards 121 271
Turnovers 0 0
Time of possession 21:21 38:39
Team Category Player Statistics
North Texas Passing Austin Aune 11/22, 121 yards
Rushing Austin Aune 6 rushes, 65 yards
Receiving Bryson Jackson 3 receptions, 50 yards
Rice Passing Jake Constantin 16/30, 242 yards, 2 TD
Rushing Khalan Griffin 14 rushes, 47 yards
Receiving Jake Bailey 10 receptions, 143 yards, TD

At Southern Miss

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1 2 3 4 Total
Mean Green 0 7 21 10 38
Golden Eagles 14 0 0 0 14
Statistics UNT USM
First downs 25 11
Total yards 537 229
Rushing yards 321 113
Passing yards 216 116
Turnovers 1 2
Time of possession 34:14 25:46
Team Category Player Statistics
North Texas Passing Austin Aune 16/30, 216 yards, INT
Rushing Isaiah Johnson 17 rushes, 119 yards, TD
Receiving Detraveon Brown 4 receptions, 85 yards
Southern Miss Passing Jake Lange 17/25, 116 yards, TD
Rushing Frank Gore Jr. 12 rushes, 82 yards
Receiving Jason Brownlee 4 receptions, 53 yards, TD

UTEP

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1 2 3 4 Total
Miners 0 7 0 10 17
Mean Green 0 3 14 3 20
Statistics UTEP UNT
First downs 14 22
Total yards 382 423
Rushing yards 109 183
Passing yards 273 240
Turnovers 1 0
Time of possession 29:45 30:15
Team Category Player Statistics
UTEP Passing Gavin Hardison 15/29, 273 yards, TD, INT
Rushing Ronald Awatt 17 rushes, 85 yards, TD
Receiving Jacob Cowing 5 receptions, 174 yards, TD
North Texas Passing Austin Aune 15/33, 240 yards, TD
Rushing DeAndre Torrey 18 rushes, 81 yards
Receiving Roderic Burns 5 receptions, 93 yards, TD

At FIU

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1 2 3 4 Total
Mean Green 7 28 14 0 49
Panthers 0 0 7 0 7
Statistics UNT FIU
First downs 25 12
Total yards 611 245
Rushing yards 378 58
Passing yards 233 187
Turnovers 0 1
Time of possession 31:11 28:49
Team Category Player Statistics
North Texas Passing Austin Aune 6/12, 219 yards, 2 TD
Rushing DeAndre Torrey 18 rushes, 109 yards, 2 TD
Receiving Roderic Burns 3 receptions, 106 yards, TD
FIU Passing Max Bortenschlager 15/32, 167 yards, TD, INT
Rushing Shaun Peterson Jr. 5 rushes, 30 yards
Receiving Tyrese Chambers 3 receptions, 79 yards, TD

No. 22 UTSA

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 22 Roadrunners 3 10 0 10 23
Mean Green 17 14 14 0 45
Statistics UTSA UNT
First downs 16 27
Total yards 366 456
Rushing yards 205 340
Passing yards 161 116
Turnovers 3 2
Time of possession 23:16 36:44
Team Category Player Statistics
UTSA Passing Eddie Lee Marburger 2/4, 74 yards, TD
Rushing Frank Harris 10 rushes, 97 yards, TD
Receiving Tre'Von Bradley 1 reception, 67 yards, TD
North Texas Passing Austin Aune 10/17, 116 yards
Rushing Ikaika Ragsdale 20 rushes, 146 yards, 2 TD
Receiving Khatib Lyles 3 receptions, 50 yards

Vs. Miami (OH) (Frisco Football Classic)

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1 2 3 4 Total
Mean Green 7 7 0 0 14
RedHawks 10 10 7 0 27
Statistics UNT MIA
First downs 18 26
Total yards 317 431
Rushing yards 89 203
Passing yards 228 228
Turnovers 2 0
Time of possession 21:39 38:21
Team Category Player Statistics
North Texas Passing Austin Aune 15/32, 228 yards, 2 INT
Rushing Austin Aune 9 rushes, 28 yards, TD
Receiving Roderic Burns 4 receptions, 87 yards
Miami Passing Brett Gabbert 22/31, 228 yards, 2 TD
Rushing Kenny Tracy 14 rushes, 92 yards, TD
Receiving Jack Sorenson 7 receptions, 116 yards

References

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  1. ^ "C-USA Announces Media's Predicted Order of Finish For 2021". Conference USA. July 19, 2021. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  2. ^ "2021 North Texas Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  3. ^ "North Texas Mean Green vs SMU Mustangs". Odds Shark. Retrieved September 17, 2021.