The 2017 season's largest margin: North Texas 59, Lamar 14. A 45-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2017 — The Winning Chapter
North Texas's 2017 season (9-5) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Mason FineQB4,044 passing yards
- Jeffery WilsonRB1,215 rushing yards
- Nic SmithRB678 rushing yards
- Evan JohnsonRB239 rushing yards
- Michael LawrenceWR819 receiving yards
- Jalen GuytonWR775 receiving yards
- Rico Bussey Jr.WR677 receiving yards
- E.J. EjiyaLB108 tackles
- Kishawn McClainS96 tackles
- Khairi MuhammadS94 tackles
- Josh WheelerLB3.5 sacks
- Tillman JohnsonDE3 sacks
- Roderick YoungDL2 sacks
Season leaders, 2017.
The season's deepest loss: North Texas 31, Florida Atlantic 69. A 38-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: North Texas fell to Troy 30-50 in the postseason.
"GMG"
2017 is a middle chapter for North Texas — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.