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No. 68: A Consensus All-American
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No. 68 - A Consensus All-American
Perhaps the most feared player to ever line-up at the defensive line position, Joe Greene turned in unquestionably the best season by a lineman at North Texas in 1968.
He was a consensus first-team All-American that year, and to this day remains the only player in school history to be a consensus All-American.
That year the Mean Green went 8-2 and Greene, besides being named an All-American scored a touchdown on defense.
In the 17-12 win over Colorado State Greene scored touchdown on a blocked punt, and the score ended up being the game winner for North Texas.
Following his dominating senior season, Greene went onto be the No. 4 overall pick in the NFL by the Pittsburgh Steelers.
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| No. 99 | Fitzgerald Goes The Distance | No. 74- | NT Downs No. 20 SDSU | No. 49 | Saturday, July 23 | No. 24 | Wednesday, August 17 |
| No. 98 | Sears Woods' Stuns Knoxville | No. 73- | Fry & the new Mean Green | No. 48 | Sunday, July 24 | No. 23 | Thursday, August 18 |
| No. 97- | NT Blows Out Decatur Baptist | No. 72- | Yaege Turns In Stellar Season | No. 47 | Monday, July 25 | No. 22 | Friday, August 19 |
| No. 96- | 96 Years Of Football | No. 71- | Steve Ramsey's TDs | No. 46 | Tuesday, July 26 | No. 21 | Saturday, August 20 |
| No. 95- | The Jump To Division I-A | No. 70- | Little's 1970 Season | No. 45 | Wednesday, July 27 | No. 20 | Sunday, August 21 |
| No. 94- | Optimist Bowl Offense | No. 69- | 7 All-Conference in '69 | No. 44 | Thursday, July 28 | No. 19 | Monday, August 22 |
| No. 93- | Michael High KR Yards | No. 68- | A Consensus All-American | 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 |
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| 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 |
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| No. 76- | Blizzard Battle With FSU | No. 51- | Thursday, July 21 | No. 26 | Monday, August 15 | No. 1 | Friday, September 9 |
