University of North Texas Athletics
North Texas Announces 2011 Football Schedule
3/1/2011 12:00:00 AM | Football
DENTON, Texas - The University of North Texas will open the 2011 season with a Thursday night Sun Belt Conference game at Florida International, it was announced today. The season-opener against FIU on Sept. 1 will be the first of five games against teams that played in postseason bowl games last season.
North Texas will debut its brand new state-of-the-art football stadium in the home-opener against Houston on Sept. 10. The $78 million Mean Green Stadium will play host to six games in 2011, including Indiana on Sept. 24th as well as four Sun Belt Conference games. This will be the first time in the 96-year history of the program a Big 10 Conference opponent has played in Denton.
Non-conference road games against 2010 bowl teams Alabama and Tulsa fill out the first part of the schedule for the Mean Green. Three of the first five games of the season will pit North Texas against teams that won bowl games last season.
The Sun Belt Conference portion of the schedule will feature home games against Florida Atlantic Oct. 8; Louisiana-Monroe Oct. 22; Western Kentucky Nov. 19 and Middle Tennessee to close the season Dec. 3.
North Texas will play road games in the league at FIU Sept. 1; Louisiana-Lafayette Oct. 8; Arkansas State Oct. 29 and at Troy Nov. 12. The current schedule leaves open weeks on Nov. 5 and Thanksgiving weekend Nov. 26.
Head coach Dan McCarney will begin his first year at North Texas after becoming the 18th head coach in school history following the 2010 season. McCarney will begin spring practice with his new team March 23 and will conclude with the Green and White spring game on Saturday April 16.
2011 North Texas Football Schedule
Sept. 1 (Thursday) at Florida International*
Sept. 10 Houston#
Sept. 17 at Alabama
Sept. 24 Indiana
Oct. 1 at Tulsa
Oct. 8 Florida Atlantic*
Oct. 15 at Louisiana-Lafayette*
Oct. 22 Louisiana-Monroe*
Oct. 29 at Arkansas State*
Nv. 12 at Troy*
Nov. 19 Western Kentucky*
Dec. 3 Middle Tennessee*
* Sun Belt Conference game
# First game at Mean Green Stadium
