American college football season
The 1977 North Texas State Mean Green football team represented North Texas State University—now known as the University of North Texas —during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season . In its fifth season under head coach Hayden Fry , the team compiled a 10–1 record. The team played its home games at Fouts Field in Denton, Texas .
Game summaries
Mississippi State
SMU
SMU vs. North Texas State
1
2 3 4 Total
Mustangs
0
0 7 6
13
• Mean Green
3
7 7 7
24
Scoring summary 1 UNT Iseed Khoury 30-yard field goal UNT 3–0
2 6:37 UNT Tim Loftin 20-yard pass from Ken Washington (Khoury kick) UNT 10–0
3 6:33 UNT Ken Washington 4-yard run (Khoury kick) UNT 17–0
3 2:52 SMU 1-yard run (kick) UNT 17–7
4 5:43 UNT Mike Jones 15-yard run (Khoury kick) UNT 24–7
4 3:23 SMU TD (conversion failed) UNT 24–13
In the first meeting between the two teams at Texas Stadium , the Mean Green ended a 44-year drought against the Mustangs. Coach Hayden Fry earned a victory over the program that had controversially dismissed him in 1972.[10]
Florida State
North Texas State at Florida State
1
2 3 4 Total
Mean Green
0
7 7 0
14
• No. 20 Seminoles
7
14 7 7
35
Scoring summary 1 7:38 FSU Wally Woodham 1-yard run (Dave Cappelen kick) FSU 7–0
2 6:52 UNT Mike Jones 1-yard run (Khoury kick) Tied 7–7
2 3:08 FSU Ivory Joe Hunter 19-yard blocked punt return (Cappelen kick) FSU 14–7
2 2:24 FSU Willie Jones fumble recovery in end zone (Cappelen kick) FSU 21–7
3 6:47 FSU Wally Woodham 1-yard run (Dave Cappelen kick) FSU 28–7
3 2:24 UNT Ken Washington 4-yard run (Khoury kick) FSU 28–14
4 1:57 FSU Larry Key 1-yard run (Cappelen kick) FSU 35–14