The Mean Green played their home games at the Fouts Field in Denton, Texas, and competed in the Big West Conference.
The team finished the regular season with a 4-7 overall record with a 2-3 mark in Big West play.
The Mean Green led the Red Raiders 30-27 in the dying minutes at Jones Stadium in Lubbock.
As a final desperation heave into the end zone was batted down incomplete by the North Texas secondary to secure the upset, play-by-play voice George Dunham exclaimed "Do you believe in the Mean Green?"
The call became a rallying cry for Mean Green fans, and is still prominently used by the university to this day.