No. 40: Hayden Fry Era Win Total

No. 40- Hayden Fry Era Win Total

The first one came on Sept. 22, 1973. The last one on Nov. 18, 1978. The Hayden Fry era produced 40 wins in his time as the head coach at North Texas and two of the best seasons in school history. Fry began in 1973 by winning the Missouri Valley Conference title with a 5-5-1 record.

After a down year of 2-7-2 in 1974, the Mean Green took off by winning 33 games over the next four years and producing the second best winning percentage over a four-year stretch in school history (Mean Joe and company from 66-69 have the best four-year winning percentage).

In 1975 North Texas went 7-4, including the magical win at Tennessee and followed that up with another 7-4 year in '76. The Mean Green then had seasons of 10-1 and 9-2 to end the era of Fry.

As the head coach, the Mean Green had some of its biggest wins to this day and Fry was the engineer behind the victories.

The '75 upset of Tennessee, the school's first (and only) win over a Top-25 team in 1974 (14-9 W over San Diego St.), a victory over SMU in 1977, and 12-7 win over Oklahoma State in 1978.

Fry finished his career at North Texas with 40 wins, 23 losses and 3 ties. He went onto further cement his greatness at Iowa, but the 40 wins he chalked up at North Texas left him as a permanent legend.

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-	Patrick Cobbs	18-	Tuesday, August 23
92-	Gowin 92-Yard Punt	67-	Armour Anchors NT Offense	42-	Craig Robertson	17-	Wednesday, August 24
91-	Chancellor Saves The MGRN	66-	Love Tops 1,000 Yds	41-	Erric Pegram	16-	Thursday, August 25
90-	Renfro/Haynes Tally 90 pts.	65-	St. Clair's Win Pct	40-	Fry Win Total	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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