The 1968 North Texas State Mean Green football team was an American football team that represented North Texas State University (now known as the University of North Texas) during the 1968 NCAA University Division football season as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference. In their second year under head coach Rod Rust, the team compiled a 8âÂÂ2 record.
Defensive tackle Joe Greene was a consensus pick for the 1968 All-America team. Greene would be selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers 4th overall in the 1969 NFL/AFL draft. North Texas would retire Greene's no. 75 jersey in 1981 and induct him into the UNT Hall of Fame. Greene would be enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame three years later in 1984.