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FOR MANY
YEARS, THE CAMPUS HAS BEEN GROWING and changing to accommodate it's
increased enrollment and expanded programs. For visitors this Homecoming,
the completion of the Gateway Center will be the most visible of
those changes. And Avenue E, now the official thoroughfare onto
campus, may be sporting a new name. Come join us Oct. 12-13 as we
remember our past and celebrate our future. We’re sure you’ll
enjoy discovering what’s new as well as rediscovering some
of your favorite places.
Mean
Green Village
You’ll
notice the old practice field that was home to the Mean Green Village
in years past has become part of the Fouts Field parking lot, which
is now the place where Mean Green fans gather before all home football
games for tailgating. But, just because the field is gone doesn’t
mean the Mean Green Village went with it. This year, the village
will be staked out on the intramural field by the Physical Education
Building at Chestnut and Avenue E.
Tailgating
comes to UNT
The Texas
tailgating tradition will park itself at Fouts Field this fall before
each Mean Green home game. Here are details: Tailgating may take
place in any outdoor area on campus, except public streets. However,
alcohol consumption is limited to designated areas: the Fouts Field
parking lot; designated areas adjacent to the football practice
field; and designated areas immediately adjacent to the Gateway
Center.
Setup can
begin as early as 8 a.m., but during and after the game, parties
involving alcohol must move off campus. And all beverages must be
in plastic bottles, aluminum cans or paper or plastic cups. Glass
bottles are prohibited for safety reasons.
For complete
tailgating guidelines, visit the athletics web
site.
2001
Hall of Fame
Here's a
closer look at the seven new members of the UNT Athletic Hall of
Fame who will be inducted Oct. 13. Each inductee will be honored
at the Hall of Fame breakfast and introduced during the football
game.
Joe
Abbey: A two-sport standout in football and basketball,
Abbey starred in football in 1947 and 1948, earning All-Lone
Star Conference honors in 1947. In 1947, the Mean Green was
10-2, winning the Lone Star Conference title.
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Jordan
Case: A quarterback who lettered for Coach Hayden Fry's
Mean Green team in 1978 and 1979, Case led teams that finished
9-2 and 5-6 as a Division I-Independent. In his two years
at North Texas, he guided teams to victories over Oklahoma
State, Southern Mississippi and Memphis State. Case concluded
his North Texas career as the all-time leader in completion
percentage (.616), ranking fourth in passing efficiency (111.61)
and eighth in passing yardage (2,608 yards).
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Cedric
Hardman: Hardman was an All-Missouri Valley Conference
football defensive lineman. He recorded 38 sacks in his two
seasons at North Texas and represented UNT in the Blue-Gray
all-star game in 1970. He was the first-round NFL draft pick
of the San Francisco 49ers and accumulated 120 sacks for the
team. He finished his NFL career with the Oakland Raiders
in 1981, ending with 135 career sacks.
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Iseed
Khoury: A two-sport star at North Texas, Khoury played
three years on Fry's Mean Green football team as a placekicker
and played four years of soccer. In football, Khoury became
North Texas' all-time career leader in extra-point conversions
(69 of 70, .985), which included a stretch of 60 without a
miss. He holds the North Texas record for the longest field
goal (62 yards in 1977.) He ranks fourth in UNT school history
with 26 career field goals. When the North Texas soccer program
earned intercollegiate status in 1976, Khoury was the team's
No. 3 scorer with 14 goals and two assists. He led the nation
in goals scored (36) in 1974.
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Loyd
Lowe: A letterman in both football and track in the early
1950s, Lowe played three years of football from 1948 to 1950
and ran track for four years from 1947 to 1950. In 1948, he
was a member of the North Texas 440-yard relay team that captured
first place at the Lone Star Conference championship meet.
He enjoyed his most successful football season as a senior
in 1950 when he rushed for 512 yards, caught passes for 207
yards and scored four touchdowns. In 1949, he was a key member
of the North Texas team that captured the Lone Star football
title.
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Paul
Patterson: Patterson won four letters in track as a sprinter
who anchored for the mile and the sprint medley relay teams.
As a senior in 1955, he was a member of the Mean Green's sprint
medley relay squad that lost just one race. During the same
year, the sprint medley relay team set meet records at the
Texas Relays and Kansas Relays and established a UNT school
record with a time of 3:23.1. The mile relay team also established
a meet record at the Border Olympics in 1955. At a dual meet
at Shepard Air Force Base, Patterson raced to a North Texas
record in the 880-yard dash with a time of 1:52.
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Jesse
Ratliff: A basketball standout, Ratliff became the Mean
Green's No. 2 career scorer after amassing 2,130 points from
1990 to 1994. He is one of just two players in UNT school
history to score more than 2,000 career points. He was named
the Southland Conference Freshman of the Year in 1990 and
earned first team all-conference honors his remaining three
seasons. An 18.7 points-per-game career scorer, Ratliff is
North Texas' only basketball player to be selected player
of the week by Sports Illustrated. He earned the honor
Jan. 25, 1992, after scoring 63 points and grabbing 31 rebounds
in back-to-back games.
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