No. 77: North Texas Goes 10-1

No. 77 - North Texas Goes 10-1

North Texas had one of its most successful seasons in 1977, posting a 10-1 record with only a loss at Florida State on the record book. North Texas finished the season ranked 16^th in the coaches' poll, but did not make a bowl game as an independent.

North Texas started the season with a loss on the field at Mississippi State, which later was forfeited to North Texas, then rolled off seven straight wins on the field. The Mean Green pulled off a 24-13 win against SMU at Texas Stadium, giving North Texas its first win over the Mustangs since 1933.

After rolling off wins against the likes of Southern Miss, UTA and Memphis, the Mean Green faltered at Doak Campbell Stadium against Florida State. North Texas closed out the season with wins against New Mexico State and at Louisiana Tech, but were left on the outside looking in during bowl season.

Michael Jones led the Mean Green in rushing, scoring 12 touchdowns with 940 yards on 187 attempts. Ken Washington threw for 1042 yards and 6 touchdowns as quarterback of the squad.

No. 100-	100-yard fumble return for TD	No. 75-	Monday, June 27	No. 50-	Friday, July 22	No. 25	Tuesday, August 16
No. 99	Fitzgerald Goes The Distance	No. 74-	Tuesday, June 28	No. 49	Saturday, July 23	No. 24	Wednesday, August 17
No. 98	Sears Woods' Stuns Knoxville	No. 73-	Wednesday, June 29	No. 48	Sunday, July 24	No. 23	Thursday, August 18
No. 97-	NT Blows Out Decatur Baptist	No. 72-	Thursday, June 30	No. 47	Monday, July 25	No. 22	Friday, August 19
No. 96-	96 Years Of Football	No. 71-	Friday, July 1	No. 46	Tuesday, July 26	No. 21	Saturday, August 20
No. 95-	The Jump To Division I-A	No. 70-	Saturday, July 2	No. 45	Wednesday, July 27	No. 20	Sunday, August 21
No. 94-	Optimist Bowl Offense	No. 69-	Sunday, July 3	No. 44	Thursday, July 28	No. 19	Monday, August 22
No. 93-	Michael High KR Yards	No. 68-	Monday, July 4	No. 43	Friday, July 29	No. 18	Tuesday, August 23
No. 92-	Gowin 92-Yard Punt	No. 67-	Tuesday, July 5	No. 42	Saturday, July 30	No. 17	Wednesday, August 24
No. 91-	Chancellor Saves The MGRN	No. 66-	Wednesday, July 6	No. 41	Sunday, July 31	No. 16	Thursday, August 25
No. 90-	Renfro/Haynes Tally 90 pts.	No. 65-	Thursday, July 7	No. 40	Monday, August 1	No. 15	Friday, August 26
No. 89-	Redwine Bursts Onto Scene	No. 64-	Friday, July 8	No. 39	Tuesday, August 2	No. 14	Saturday, August 27
No. 88-	Mean Green Robbed	No. 63-	Saturday, July 9	No. 38	Wednesday, August 3	No. 13	Sunday, August 28
No. 87-	Fitzgerald Fries Competition	No. 62-	Sunday, July 10	No. 37	Thursday, August 4	No. 12	Monday, August 29
No. 86-	Mean Green 86 The Toads	No. 61-	Monday, July 11	No. 36	Friday, August 5	No. 11	Tuesday, August 30
No. 85-	Adrian Awasom	No. 60-	Tuesday, July 12	No. 35	Saturday, August 6	No. 10	Wednesday, August 31
No. 84-	Brown Delivers For NT	No. 59-	Wednesday, July 13	No. 34	Sunday, August 7	No. 9	Thursday, September 1
No. 83-	83 All-Conference Selections	No. 58-	Thursday, July 14	No. 33	Monday, August 8	No. 8	Friday, September 2
No. 82-	Corky Nelson	No. 57-	Friday, July 15	No. 32	Tuesday, August 9	No. 7	Saturday, September 3
No. 81-	One Of The Greats	No. 56-	Saturday, July 16	No. 31	Wednesday, August 10	No. 6	Sunday, September 4
No. 80-	Cedric The Sack-Getter	No. 55-	Sunday, July 17	No. 30	Thursday, August 11	No. 5	Monday, September 5
No. 79-	"Blow George, Blow!"	No. 54-	Monday, July 18	No. 29	Friday, August 12	No. 4	Tuesday, September 6
No. 78-	J.T. Smith Joins the NFL	No. 53-	Tuesday, July 19	No. 28	Saturday, August 13	No. 3	Wednesday, September 7
No. 77-	North Texas Goes 10-1	No. 52-	Wednesday, July 20	No. 27	Sunday, August 14	No. 2	Thursday, September 8
No. 76-	Sunday, June 26	No. 51-	Thursday, July 21	No. 26	Monday, August 15	No. 1	Friday, September 9

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