The 2008 North Texas Mean Green football team represented the University of North Texas as a member of the Sun Belt Conference during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led second-year head coach, the Mean Green compiled an overall record of 1âÂÂ11 with a mark 0âÂÂ7 in conference play, placing last out of eight teams in the Sun Belt. The team played home games at the Fouts Field in Denton, Texas.
Gary DeLoach was hired in the off-season as the new defensive coordinator, replacing Ron Mendoza.
Kansas State overpowered North Texas on both sides of the ball, scoring on six of its first seven possessions to take a 42âÂÂ0 lead, holding the Mean Green to 205 total yardsâÂÂ81 in the first half. Kansas State quarterback Josh Freeman threw for three touchdowns and rushed for another two. Quarterback Giovanni Vizza completed 16 of 29 passes for 100 yards, including the Mean Green's only touchdown of the game, a 9-yard pass to Alex Lott late in the third quarter.
This game was just the second meeting between the teams. The first was in 1988 when North Texas defeated Rice, 33âÂÂ17, in Houston.