Editing University of North Texas (section)

===Nickname for intercollegiate athletics===
The name "Mean Green," now in its {{ordinal to word|{{age|format=raw|1966|11|20}}}} year, was adopted by fans and media in 1966 for a North Texas football defensive squad that finished the season second in the nation against the [[Rush (American football)|rush]].{{Sfn|''DRC'', Sep. 21,|1967|p=10}} That season, [[Joe Greene]],{{Sfn|''DRC'', Aug. 30,|1967|p=13}}{{Sfn|Fowler, February 16,|1992|p=6D}} then a sophomore at North Texas, played left [[defensive tackle]] on the football team and competed in track and field ([[shot put]]). The nickname "Mean Joe Greene" caught-on during his first year with the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] in 1969 when Pittsburgh fans wrongly assumed that "Mean Green" was derived from a nickname Joe Greene had inherited while at North Texas. The North Texas athletic department, media, and fans loved the novelty of the national use of its nickname, and its association with Joe Greene's surname and university's official school color. By 1968, "Mean Green" was branded on the backs of shirts, buttons, bumper stickers, and the cover of the North Texas football brochure.{{Sfn|Cochran, Sep. 1,|1968|loc=p. 2 (sect. D)}}