No. 44: Not A Day To Rush

No. 44- Not A Day To Rush

It was an incredible day for defense. September 24, 1966 North Texas hosted UTEP, or Texas Western as they were known as at the time. UTEP quarterback Billy Stevens and the Miners would pass for 300 yards that day, but the big number of the day was -44 yards. That was the grant total of rushing for UTEP that day.

North Texas held the Miners to minus 44 yards on the ground and was able to ground out a 12-9 victory. The game saw North Texas fall down 9-0, but 12 unanswered points gave the Mean Green the win.

The -44 yards remains a school record for fewest rushing yards allowed in a single game. Stevens, the UTEP QB, accounted for -82 yards rushing that day. Sacks weren't an official stat back then, but he went down unofficially nine times that day.

The rest of the Miners didn't do too much on the ground either as they were held to 38 yards on 25 carries.

The game against the Miners also happened to be the second of the career for defensive tackle Joe Greene, who before the year it was written in the media guide "should be able to handle the tackle spot" began his career.

100	100-yd fumble return for TD	75-	"Mean Joe" Greene	50-	Gross and Washington	25-	Tuesday, August 16
99	Fitzgerald Goes The Distance	74-	NT Downs No. 20 SDSU	49-	Keith Chapman FGs	24-	Wednesday, August 17
98	Sears Woods' Stuns Knoxville	73-	Fry & the new Mean Green	48-	Cody Spencer	23-	Thursday, August 18
97-	NT Blows Out Decatur Baptist	72-	Yaege's Stellar Season	47-	First Homecoming	22-	Friday, August 19
96-	96 Years Of Football	71-	Steve Ramsey's TDs	46-	Meager Against SMU	21-	Saturday, August 20
95-	The Jump To Division I-A	70-	Little's 1970 Season	45-	Cobb Scores 45	20-	Sunday, August 21
94-	Optimist Bowl Offense	69-	7 All-Conference in '69	44-	Not A Day To Rush	19-	Monday, August 22
93-	Michael High KR Yards	68-	A Consensus All-American	43-	Friday, July 29	18-	Tuesday, August 23
92-	Gowin 92-Yard Punt	67-	Armour Anchors NT Offense	42-	Saturday, July 30	17-	Wednesday, August 24
91-	Chancellor Saves The MGRN	66-	Love Tops 1,000 Yds	41-	Sunday, July 31	16-	Thursday, August 25
90-	Renfro/Haynes Tally 90 pts.	65-	St. Clair's Win Pct	40-	Monday, August 1	15-	Friday, August 26
89-	Redwine Bursts Onto Scene	64-	Spider's Special Season	39-	Tuesday, August 2	14-	Saturday, August 27
88-	Mean Green Robbed	63-	NT & Navy Light Up The Scoreboard	38-	Wednesday, August 3	13-	Sunday, August 28
87-	Fitzgerald Fries Competition	62-	Khoury's 62-yd FG	37-	Thursday, August 4	12-	Monday, August 29
86-	Mean Green 86 The Toads	61-	Kennedy's 61 TFL	36-	Friday, August 5	11-	Tuesday, August 30
85-	Adrian Awasom	60-	Fouts Field	35-	Saturday, August 6	10-	Wednesday, August 31
84-	Brown Delivers For NT	59-	The '59 Sun Bowl Squad	34-	Sunday, August 7	9-	Thursday, September 1
83-	83 All-Conference Selections	58-	Mitchell Claims COY	33-	Monday, August 8	8-	Friday, September 2
82-	Corky Nelson	57-	Thomas Scampers For 57	32-	Tuesday, August 9	7-	Saturday, September 3
81-	One Of The Greats	56-	Scott Davis Completion Pct	31-	Wednesday, August 10	6-	Sunday, September 4
80-	Cedric The Sack- Getter	55-	Gill, NT's First Retired Number	30-	Thursday, August 11	5-	Monday, September 5
79-	"Blow George, Blow!"	54-	Pair's Punts	29-	Friday, August 12	4	Tuesday, September 6
78-	J.T. Smith Joins the NFL	53-	OSU's 53 Passing Yards	28-	Saturday, August 13	3-	Wednesday, September 7
77-	North Texas Goes 10- 1	52-	Fouts Field Opens	27-	Sunday, August 14	2-	Thursday, September 8
76-	Blizzard Battle With FSU	51-	Bahnsen Named All-American	26-	Monday, August 15	1-	Friday, September 9

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