Next up in our weekly look at Iowa’s 2017 football opponents is Week 3 opponent North Texas. The Mean Green won just five games a season ago, but did manage to play in the Heart of Dallas Bowl.
Let’s take a closer look:
2016 Synopsis:
By all accounts, first-year head coach Seth Littrell’s inaugural campaign at the helm of Mean Green football was a successful one. After the team only won a single game in 2015, Littrell led them to five wins and a bowl appearance. That performance netted him a five-year contract extension. Wins over Rice, Marshall, Army and Southern Miss were messages to rest of the Group of Five that North Texas was once again ready to compete at that level.