No. 16: 2002 Set The All-Conference Bar

No. 16 - The 2002 squad sets all-conference record

It's a long list. J.R. Randle, Nick Zuniga, Jeff Muenchow, Kevin Galbreath, Brandon Kennedy, Darrell Daniels, Taylor Casey, Cody Spencer, Craig Jones, Don McGee, Matt Turney, Adrian Awasom, Chris McIver, Jonas Buckles, Brad Kadlubar and Ja'Mel Branch.

16 players were all named to the all-conference team for North Texas in 2002, a school record. It was a banner year for North Texas as they won the 2002 New Orleans Bowl that season and ended the year on a seven-game winning streak.

Kennedy took home the most hardware that season. The big d-lineman was named the Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year in 2002.

Of the 16 players, 10 of them were named first-team. All four defensive lineman for the Mean Green that year, Awasom, Daniels, Kennedy, and McIver were all-conference. Three of the five offensive lineman were selected.

Two of the three linebackers, and three of the four defensive backs were all-conference picks that year. In fact of the 11 regular starters on defense in 2002 for North Texas, nine of the 11 were named to the all-conference defense. Tells you how good they were.

The 2001 team set the benchmark with 14 all-conference picks as that squad got things rolling, but the 2002 shattered their record with a school record 16 all-conference picks.

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-	Walker Passes Rice
96-	96 Years Of Football	71-	Steve Ramsey's TDs	46-	Meager Against SMU	21-	Cobbs 100-Yard Games
95-	The Jump To Division I-A	70-	Little's 1970 Season	45-	Cobb Scores 45	20-	Fouts Arrives In Denton
94-	Optimist Bowl Offense	69-	7 All-Conference in '69	44-	Not A Day To Rush	19-	Haynes Scores 19 TDs
93-	Michael High KR Yards	68-	A Consensus All-American	43-	Patrick Cobbs	18-	Miracle In the Desert
92-	Gowin 92-Yard Punt	67-	Armour Anchors NT Offense	42-	Craig Robertson	17-	The Ramsey Plan
91-	Chancellor Saves The MGRN	66-	Love Tops 1,000 Yds	41-	Erric Pegram	16-	2002 All-Conference Record
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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