University of North Texas Athletics
No. 25: 25 Conference Titles
8/16/2011 12:00:00 AM | Return to Play
No. 25- Conference Titles
North Texas won eight of its last nine games in 1931 to win the Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association, and has gone on to win 24 more conference crowns since, winning one, about once every three years since.
Jack Sisco, who led North Texas to the '31 TIAA crown, rattled off titles in the Lone Star Conference after that, winning in 1932, 1935, 1936, and three in a row in 1939, 1940 and 1941.
North Texas went on a run of conference titles in the Odus Mitchell era, starting with the 1946 and 1947 Lone Star Conference crowns. Mitchell won Gulf Coast Conference championships or co-championships in 1950, 1951, 1952, 1955, and 1956. By 1958, North Texas had upgraded leagues, and Mitchell took home back-to-back Missouri Valley crowns in 1958 and 1959 and a third in 1966. Rod Rust went back-to-back in 1967 with a second straight crown.
Hayden Fry won a single Missouri Valley crown, in 1973, but much of his time at North Texas was spent as an independent. Corky Nelson led the Mean Green to the 1983 Southland title, and Matt Simon picked up an SLC title of his own in 1994.
Of course, Darrell Dickey won four straight Sun Belt titles from 2001 to 2004, winning 26 straight Sun Bel games in the process. In all, North Texas has defended a conference crown an astounding 15 times since it's first championship campaign in 1931, and has won three in a row twice (1939-41, 1950-52) and four in a row once more (2001-04).
| 100 | 100-yd fumble return for TD | 75- | "Mean Joe" Greene | 50- | Gross and Washington | 25- | Conference Titles |
| 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- | Jack Sisco and 1939 | 14- | Saturday, August 27 |
| 88- | Mean Green Robbed | 63- | NT & Navy Light Up The Scoreboard | 38- | 2002 NMSU Win | 13- | Sunday, August 28 |
| 87- | Fitzgerald Fries Competition | 62- | Khoury's 62-yd FG | 37- | Dunbar TDs (so far) | 12- | Monday, August 29 |
| 86- | Mean Green 86 The Toads | 61- | Kennedy's 61 TFL | 36- | What A Rush | 11- | Tuesday, August 30 |
| 85- | Adrian Awasom | 60- | Fouts Field | 35- | Galbreath Seals NO Bowl Win | 10- | Wednesday, August 31 |
| 84- | Brown Delivers For NT | 59- | The '59 Sun Bowl Squad | 34- | Ja'Quay Wilburn | 9- | Thursday, September 1 |
| 83- | 83 All-Conference Selections | 58- | Mitchell Claims COY | 33- | Ray Renfro | 8- | Friday, September 2 |
| 82- | Corky Nelson | 57- | Thomas Scampers For 57 | 32- | The First All-American | 7- | Saturday, September 3 |
| 81- | One Of The Greats | 56- | Scott Davis Completion Pct | 31- | 31 NT All-Americans | 6- | Sunday, September 4 |
| 80- | Cedric The Sack- Getter | 55- | Gill, NT's First Retired Number | 30- | Former NCAA Record 30 TDs | 5- | Monday, September 5 |
| 79- | "Blow George, Blow!" | 54- | Pair's Punts | 29- | 29,473 Fans | 4 | Tuesday, September 6 |
| 78- | J.T. Smith Joins the NFL | 53- | OSU's 53 Passing Yards | 28- | Abner Haynes | 3- | Wednesday, September 7 |
| 77- | North Texas Goes 10- 1 | 52- | Fouts Field Opens | 27- | Maher Destroys Passing TD Mark | 2- | Thursday, September 8 |
| 76- | Blizzard Battle With FSU | 51- | Bahnsen Named All-American | 26- | Consecutive SBC Wins | 1- | Friday, September 9 |
