History of the North Texas Mean Green Mascot

Coach Andy Mac · April 12, 2023

The North Texas Mean Green mascot is one of the more confusing nickname/mascot mismatches in college football, so we attempted to explain it.

As the North Texas Mean Green prepare for their first season in the AAC, we dive into the history of the Mean Green mascot — one of the more confusing mascot/nickname mismatches in college football.

What Is the North Texas Mean Green Mascot?

“Scrappy” is the Mean Green mascot, a larger-than-life eagle with a pointed, ferocious, beak that encapsulates the “mean” element of the program’s moniker. Unlike most eagles you’ll find in a zoo or the wild, the North Texas mascot has an impressive wingspan in a shade of the team’s distinctive green, while sporting the uniform of the sports team it represents.

We know what you’re thinking. What on earth has an eagle got to do with “Mean Green”? Well, the Mean Green mascot actually refers to the program’s long-held official nickname rather than the current and well-known moniker.

Although the program was formed in 1913, North Texas spent its first years without a formal mascot. Having been referred to as “the Normal Boys” and “Normalities” early on, it was decided in the early 1920s that the program needed an official mascot.

Like in-state rivals Texas State, the student body wanted to find a nickname that was unique to the program. The focus for North Texas was discovering a name that would be unique in the state of Texas. As a result, Eagles was chosen over Dragons and Hawks.

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North Texas was officially known as the Eagles in 1922, but the Mean Green mascot remained absent until 1950, when a live Golden Eagle made an appearance at an October clash with Oklahoma Tech.

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