Biggest Victory in UNT Sports History?

[Harry]

The top 25 thread in the basketball forum got me to thinking, what is the signature win on the field in UNT's history? I cannot really speak to the generations before my time but I will say for me it was the 2003 New Orleans Bowl win against Cincinnati. Nationally televised, we weren't favored and it was our first bowl win in like 40 years or something? That is the biggest one that sticks out in my mind. There were some great times under Johnny but I can't recall a win of that magnitude under such a national spotlight. Perhaps if we get enough that are worthy we could come up with a top 5 or 10. Hopefully Mac and Benford will be able to surpass.

[MCMLXXX]

My avatar answers that question. Although the victory over Oregon State back in the 90's ranks up there.

Basketball win over Okie State at home was another.

Edited August 9, 2012 by MCMLXXX

[Harry]

My avatar answers that question. Although the victory over Oregon State back in the 90's ranks up there.

Basketball win over Okie State at home was another.

Great avatar btw!

[foutsrouts]

Tennessee was quite a bit before me, but I'm under the impression that this win was a biggie on campus. Personally, the Baylor blowout was a big one for me. I definitely did enjoy the Oregon State and Cincinnati wins in person btw.

[Baby Arm!]

the " North Texassus InviTAAAAAAATion" game

[NT03]

It's got to be the golf NCAA national championships

[Green Jackal]

It's got to be the golf NCAA national championships

Wow, I had not idea we have won the national championship in golf 4 years in a row and finished runner-up 3 other times. As a UNT fan, I feel ashamed for knowing that.

http://www.ncaa.com/history/golf-men/d1

[UNT 90 Grad]

Not sure if golf counts as a "win on the field". The Tennessee win is the one that jumped in my mind.

[Rudy]

I always thought the "Miracle in the Desert" game, 2001 @ NMSU was a key win, when factoring the score, last minute drive, last second score, and the way we were treated as the opposing team and fans.

[Peacock]

I would say the 2001 MTSU game. It was THE turning point which led to 4 SBC Championships. I will never forget rushing the field!

Was it justified? Probably not, but what a great day!

[Charlie NT 73]

The NO bowl win over Cincinnati was huge!

Very discouraging to lose the other 3 NO bowl games though.

There have been many other big wins for North Texas football, too many to mention.

I saw the big win over Bill Yoeman's Houston Cougars and their powerfull veer offense at Texas Stadium.

NT ran up and down the field on Houston. NT won 28-0.

I saw NT defeate # 16 San Diego St at Fouts. MLB David Deton returned 2 SD St Ints for TD's!

Fast forward to present day-The only other big football game win I remember, would be the Indiana game last year.

Coach McCarney's first win at North texas and the first win over a Big 10 team!

[MeanGreen61]

If it's any sport my vote would go to:

Twin brothers Elmer & Delmer Brown and Blaine & Wayne Rideout who set the world record in 1938 for the medley relay before 16,000 at the Millrose Games at Madison Square Garden. They received international acclaim.

[greenminer]

MLB David Deton returned 2 SD St Ints for TD's!

I think if I didn't know the game of football, something written like this would confuse the hell outta me.

[yyz28]

This may be about "were you there or not", but for me, the NO Bowl win against Cincy and the two wins against Tech IN LUBBOCK (especially with friends at Texas Tech and being in their stadium watching them realize they were losing what they thought was a sure win pair of games) are probably my two favorites.

[THOR]

the tech win in 97 is it for me...they were a from a 'power' conference and the boys took care of them on the field. the NO bowl was great, but it was against cincinnati, which was 7-6 coming into the game out of CUSA and finished second in the cusa. yes, that was better than where tech finished in the big 12, but the big 12 has reputation that the cusa doesn't. best moment that i saw in person was the catch in the end zone in the waining moments of the fourth quarter after tech had gone down and taken the lead...freaking awesome!

[oldguystudent]

Well, I started watching UNT in 2008, so it would definitely be that time Dodge...oh..nevermind.

Gotta go with the win over Indiana last season because it was the first win I ever saw in person.

[yyz28]

the tech win in 97 is it for me...they were a from a 'power' conference and the boys took care of them on the field. the NO bowl was great, but it was against cincinnati, which was 7-6 coming into the game out of CUSA and finished second in the cusa. yes, that was better than where tech finished in the big 12, but the big 12 has reputation that the cusa doesn't. best moment that i saw in person was the catch in the end zone in the waining moments of the fourth quarter after tech had gone down and taken the lead...freaking awesome!

Yeah, I was in Lubbock for both the '97 and '99 win. My buds were in shock both times... Loved kickin' their asses at home.

[scratch1976]

don't forget about being down by 10 with a minute left at the Super Pit playing U. of Thug(Texas) and we win the game...seem like this game was in 1976 77 or 78 ... what a game...

[ragpicker]

Although it was not a win, the close game we played against SMU in 1935 when they played in the Rose Bowl for the national championship is worth a mention.

[ragpicker]

Disregard previous post, (If, indeed, it was posted). I am still trying to get the hang of this thing.

What I meant to say was that although we did not win the game, we played the SMU reigning national champions in 1936 a very close game before losing 6-0. Although SMU had lost to Stanford in the Rose Bowl, this was back when the national champion was named before the bowl games were played. It is a least worth a mention for, after all, we were playing college football several years before SMU came into existence and in all those years only Rice and UNT, among Texas D-1 teams, have the distinction of never being punished for rules violations.

Who knows what we could have accomplished if we had had the desire, or at least, the wherewithal to win at any cost.

[Charlie NT 73]

greenminer- real North Texas fans understand what I have to say. I was taught this-If you cannot say anything good about anyone, keep your mouth shut.

[GrandGreen]

the tech win in 97 is it for me...they were a from a 'power' conference and the boys took care of them on the field. the NO bowl was great, but it was against cincinnati, which was 7-6 coming into the game out of CUSA and finished second in the cusa. yes, that was better than where tech finished in the big 12, but the big 12 has reputation that the cusa doesn't. best moment that i saw in person was the catch in the end zone in the waining moments of the fourth quarter after tech had gone down and taken the lead...freaking awesome!

Actually Cincinnati was the conference champion that year.

The biggest win I have seen was the big victory over a ranked Drake basketball team that earned the Men's Gym the nickname the Snake Pit. The place was packed as usual and I remember NT was up 18-4 before Drake got a little competitive.

The crappy old gym provided a home advantage that was close to unparalleled. Most night games were sell outs and probably two thirds of the attendees were students who stood and yelled through most of the game. A fan experience that I have never seen equaled at NT or elsewhere.

[Grant.UNT]

Well, I started watching UNT in 2008, so it would definitely be that time Dodge...oh..nevermind.

Gotta go with the win over Indiana last season because it was the first win I ever saw in person.

I'm in the exact same boat as you, but it would have been awesome if we had beaten K-State at Fouts in 2010, last home game. We lost 49-41. It would have been so awesome to see that sea of purple walk to their car defeated.

Edited August 10, 2012 by Grant.UNT

[KRAM1]

Maybe a tad different way of thinking here...but I think the biggest victory in recent memoory had to the THE OPENING OF APOGEE STADIUM!!!!

:goodjob: :thumbsu:

[Censored by Laurie]

greenminer- real North Texas fans understand what I have to say. I was taught this-If you cannot say anything good about anyone, keep your mouth shut.

Easy there, champ. He was simply making light of the fact there were more abbreviations in your one, ten word sentence than an adolescent girl uses in a text. There's bound to be plenty of other items of (kinda) merit to get all hopped up and defensive about. Save your ire for something of slightly more importance than a poster having some fun with the English language.