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| Conference | Sun Belt Conference |
| Record | 3–9 (2–5 Sun Belt) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Ramon Flanigan (5th season) |
| Offensive scheme | Pro spread |
| Defensive coordinator | Fred Bleil (3rd overall season) |
| Base defense | 3–4 |
| Home stadium | Fouts Field (Capacity: 30,500) |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Troy + | 6 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Middle Tennessee + | 6 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas State | 4 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida Atlantic | 4 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana–Lafayette | 3 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana–Monroe | 3 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Texas | 2 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIU | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | – | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2006 North Texas Mean Green football team represented the University of North Texas (UNT) during the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Mean Green played their home games at Fouts FieldinDenton, Texas, competing in the Sun Belt Conference. The team was led by Darrell Dickey in his ninth and final season as the program's head coach, finishing with an overall record of 3–9, going 2–5 in conference play, finishing in 7th place in the Sun Belt.
Following the season, Dickey was fired. He finished at UNT with an overall record of 42–64.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 2 | 11:00 am | at No. 3Texas* |
| FSN | L 7–56 | 85,123 |
| September 9 | 6:00 pm | SMU* |
| W 24–6 | 25,231 | |
| September 16 | 6:00 pm | atTulsa* |
| L 3–28 | 22,045 | |
| September 23 | 5:00 pm | atAkron* |
| L 13–33 | 16,011 | |
| September 30 | 6:00 pm | Middle Tennessee |
| ESPN+ | L 0–35 | 16,986 |
| October 7 | 6:00 pm | Florida International |
| CSS | W 25–22 7OT | 15,123 |
| October 21 | 6:00 pm | atArkansas State |
| ESPN+ | L 10–29 | 19,141 |
| October 28 | 2:30 pm | atTroy |
| CSS | L 6–14 | 17,795 |
| November 4 | 6:00 pm | Louisiana Tech* |
| L 31–34 | 11,103 | |
| November 11 | 5:00 pm | atLouisiana-Lafayette |
| W 16–7 | 13,621 | |
| November 18 | 6:00 pm | Florida Atlantic |
| ESPN+ | L 16–17 | 9,806 |
| November 25 | 6:00 pm | atLouisiana-Monroe |
| L 3–23 | 12,107 | |
Homecoming | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| North Texas | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Texas | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 56 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| SMU | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| North Texas | 7 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 24 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| North Texas | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Tulsa | 0 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 28 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| North Texas | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 13 |
| Akron | 20 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Middle Tennessee | 14 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
| North Texas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | 3OT | 4OT | 5OT | 6OT | 7OT | Total | |
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| Florida International | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| North Texas | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 25 |
The Mean Green's contest with the Florida International Golden Panthers lasted seven overtime periods before North Texas kicker Denis Hopovac made his fifth field goal of the night to bring the team ahead 25–22. Hopovac's nine attempts tied an NCAA FBS record for field goal attempts in a game.[1] Hopovac and FIU kicker Dustin Rivest combined for eight missed field goals.[2]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| North Texas | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Arkansas State | 0 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 29 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| North Texas | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Troy | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Louisiana Tech | 21 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 34 |
| North Texas | 0 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 31 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| North Texas | 0 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 16 |
| Louisiana-Lafayette | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
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| Florida Atlantic | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| North Texas | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
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| North Texas | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Louisiana-Monroe | 7 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 23 |
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