No. 23: Reverend Maher Dominates The SLC

No. 23 - Reverend Maher Dominates The Southland Conference

Of the thousands packed into Fouts Field to watch Mitch Maher dominate the Southland Conference back in 1994, only a handful had any clue what his next career move would be. Then again, I’m sure the good folks at Redeemer Community Church in Katy, Texas have a hard time believing that Senior Pastor Maher used to be a Hall-of-Fame caliber QB.

Maher took the term “student-athlete” to another level, leading his Mean Green to the 1994 Southland Conference title all while planning his career in ministry. He threw for a school-record 3,103 yards and 26 touchdowns and promptly took his studies to the Dallas Theological Seminary after receiving his North Texas diploma the next spring.

Boasting the No. 23 jersey, Maher’s athletic career led him to wins over some of the top Division I-AA programs in the country. His ministries have taken him even farther.

To this day, Maher still holds NT’s single season and career passing yards records, as well as the career marks for attempts and completions. His 23 200-yard passing performances (including 10 in a row in 1994) are three more than any other player in program history.

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-	Talking About Willis
98	Sears Woods' Stuns Knoxville	73-	Fry & the new Mean Green	48-	Cody Spencer	23-	Rev. Maher Dominates Southland
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

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