NORTH TEXAS at ARMY
Saturday, September 20 | Noon ET
Michie Stadium (30,000/FieldTurf)
West Point, New York
Television
CBS Sports Network
Dave Ryan, Adam Breneman and Tina Cervasio
North Texas Radio
KEGL-FM 97.1
SiriusXM 380
Army Radio
WBNR-AM 1260
SiriusXM 145
THE GAME
Saturday’s game will be the ninth meeting between North Texas and Army in a series that dates to 1996 … Army is 6-2 against the Mean Green after last year’s 14-3 win in Denton … North Texas took the previous meeting 52-49 in 2017 … The game will be the first meeting at West Point since 2016.
NORTH TEXAS
3-0, 0-0 American
Head Coach
Eric Morris (Texas Tech ’08)
14-14, third season at North Texas
38-32, seventh season as collegiate head coach
Notes
North Texas sits at 3-0 for the first time since 2018 after the Mean Green rolled to a 59-10 win against Washington State last Saturday … That result followed a 51-0 win against Lamar in the season-opener and a 33-30 overtime decision at Western Michigan in Week 2 … The key to the early success has been a defense that has allowed only 232.3 yards per game and 40 total points through three games … QB Drew Mestemaker has completed 66 of 94 passes for 764 yards and nine touchdowns without an interception and is averaging 254.7 passing yards per game … RB Makenzie McGill II is the leading rusher with 170 yards and three touchdowns … Twelve players have scored at least one touchdown … LB Shane Whitter leads the defense with 25 tackles and an interception.
ARMY
1-1, 0-0 American
Head Coach
Jeff Monken (Millikin ’89)
83-58, 12th season at Army
119-74, 16th season as collegiate head coach
Notes
Army bounced back from a season-opening loss to Tarleton State in Week 1 with a solid 24-21 win at Kansas State in Week 2 … The Black Knights were idle last weekend … Army has seen its starting quarterback rush for at least 100 yards in each of the first two games … QB Dewayne Coleman had exactly 100 yards against Tarleton State, while QB Cale Hellums went for 124 yards against Kansas State in his first career start … Hellums leads the team with 161 rushing yards and three touchdowns through two games … S Collin Matteson was chosen as the FWAA national defensive player of the week after the win against Kansas State after he had three pass breakups and the clinching interception on the Wildcats’ final possession.