1996 North Texas Mean Green football team

1996 North Texas Mean Green football
ConferenceBig West Conference
Record5-6 (3-2 Big West)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorFred Bleil (1st season)
Home stadiumFouts Field
(Capacity: 30,500)
Seasons
← 1995
1997 →
1996 Big West Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Nevada +   4 1     9 3  
Utah State +   4 1     6 5  
Idaho   3 2     6 5  
North Texas   3 2     5 6  
Boise State   1 4     2 10  
New Mexico State   0 5     1 10  
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1996 North Texas Mean Green football team represented the University of North Texas in the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Mean Green played their home games at the Fouts Field in Denton, Texas, and competed in the Big West Conference. They were led by third-year head coach Matt Simon. The team finished the regular season with a 5-6 overall record with a 3-2 mark in Big West play.

The 1996 campaign marked the first time North Texas had been in a Division I-A conference since leaving the Missouri Valley Conference after the 1974 season. The Mean Green had competed as a Division I-A independent from 1975 to 1982, before dropping down to the Division I-AA Southland Conference from 1983 to 1994. North Texas spent the 1995 season as a transitional Division I-A member and competed as an independent.