UNT flight

The North Texas football team was forced to change its travel plans and take a bus to San Antonio for its game against UTSA on Saturday after its travel plans were interrupted by the Federal Aviation Administration’s nationwide ground stop of flights.

 Marco Barrera/For the DRC

North Texas was among a host of college football teams across the country that saw their travel plans interrupted Friday by the Federal Aviation Administration’s nationwide ground stop of flights.

The stop was put in place due to communications problems at regional air traffic control centers, according to the FAA.

UNT is set to play at UTSA on Saturday.

A school spokesman confirmed to the Denton Record-Chronicle late Friday afternoon that the FAA had grounded UNT’s flight before the team was able to depart.

The team was en route to San Antonio via bus Friday evening.

UNT and UTSA are set to kick off their game at 8 p.m. in a high-stakes contest in the race for a spot in the American Conference title game.

The Mean Green are the last unbeaten team in the American at 5-0 and are 7-2 on the season after winning their last six games. Memphis and UTSA are also in the race and are sitting at 5-1 and 4-1 in league play, respectively.

Baylor and Texas are among the other teams who had their travel plans altered by the ground stop.

BRETT VITO can be reached at 940-566-6870 and bvito@dentonrc.com.

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