SMU Mustangs (6-3, 4-2 C-USA) vs. Navy Midshipmen (3-6) Saturday, November 12, 2011 2:30 p.m. CT Gerald J. Ford Stadium (32,000) Dallas, Texas Fox Sports/SMU Radio Network/SMUMustangs.com SMU Mustangs Setting The Scene 9/4 at No. 8 Texas A&M ............ L, 46-14 • With a 6-3 mark - its best since 1986 - SMU hosts Navy in a nationally-televised match-up on Saturday, 9/10 UTEP * ..............................W, 28-17 Nov. 12. 9/17 NORTHWESTERN ST. ................W, 40-7 9/24 at Memphis * .......................W, 42-0 • SMU is 13-3 in its last 16 home games, dating back to the start of the 2009 season, but one of those losses came to Navy in overtime in 2009. 10/1 at No. 20 TCU ............W, 40-33 (OT) 10/15 UCF * ................................W, 38-17 • Zach Line continues to lead C-USA in rushing and has topped the 100-yard mark in seven of nine games 10/22 at Southern Miss * ................. L, 27-3 in 2011. 10/29 at Tulsa * .............................. L, 38-7 11/5 TULANE * ...................................W, 45-24 • SMU is 6-0 this season when leading after the first quarter and 6-0 when scoring 21+ points. 11/12 NAVY ..........................2:30 p.m. CT 11/19 at Houston * .................2:30 p.m. CT • Since 2006, attendance at SMU home football games has increased 52 percent. 11/26 RICE * ...................................... TBD • SMU made nearly $3 million in Ford Stadium improvements over the summer, including upgrades to the football locker room and team meeting rooms as well as a new playing surface. Navy Midshipmen 9/3 DELAWARE ...............................W, 40-17 • Located in the nation’s fifth-largest media market, SMU boasts an impressive resume with 138 Conference 9/10 at Western Kentucky ..................W, 40-14 Championships, 147 NCAA Top-10 Finishes, eight NCAA Team Championships (three in football), over 9/17 at South Carolina ......................... L, 24-21 100 individual NCAA Championships, hundreds of All-Americans and one Heisman Trophy Winner, 10/1 AIR FORCE .........................L, 35-34 (OT) and has won its conference’s Director’s Cup in 11 out of the past 14 years. 10/8 SOUTHERN MISS ...................... L, 63-35 • SMU is one of just 20 schools that has both a Heisman Trophy winner and multiple national championships. 10/15 at Rutgers .................................... L, 21-20 10/22 EAST CAROLINA ........................ L, 38-35 • SMU is in the midst of its Centennial Celebration, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Uni- 10/29 at Notre Dame ............................. L, 56-14 versity’s founding and opening. January 1, 2011 was designated as the start of the celebration period, 11/5 TROY .........................................W, 42-14 running through 2015. SMU was founded in 1911 and opened in 1915. 11/12 at SMU .................................3:30 p.m. ET 11/19 at San Jose State .................4:00 p.m. ET 12/10 vs. Army ................................2:30 p.m. ET About The Midshipmen • After dropping six straight games, Navy rebounded to trounce Troy last week, 42-14. The Midshipmen are TV/Radio/Internet led by Kriss Proctor, who has run for 10 TDs and thrown for seven in 2011. • Fox Sports will air the game live. Ron Thulin (PBP), J.C. Pearson (analyst) and Jeremy Bloom The Series (sidelines) will have the call. • SMU and Navy are meeting for the 16th time, with Navy holding a slim 8-7 series lead. The Mustangs have struggled against the Midshipmen in recent years, though, going just 1-7 against Navy in meetings since • Rich Phillips (PBP), John Hampton (analyst) and 1995. Perhaps the “biggest” game in series history was played in Dallas in 1963 when SMU topped Roger Sean Bass (sidelines) will call the action on the Staubach and the fourth-ranked Midshipmen, 32-28. Mustang Radio Network. This week’s game will air on KTCK 1310 AM in Dallas. The pregame will begin at 1:30 p.m. CT. The Coaches • June Jones is in his fourth season at the SMU helm. His SMU record is 22-26 and his career mark is now 98-67. Jones has led SMU to back-to-back Conference USA Western Division Championships and • SMUMustangs.com will stream audio and stats. bowl berths. Jones went 76-41 in nine seasons at Hawaii, leading the Warriors to the All-State Sugar Bowl following the 2007 season. Prior to heading to Hawaii, Jones had a 12-year coaching career in the NFL, including head coaching stops at Atlanta and San Diego. • Navy Head Coach Ken Niumatalolo is in his fourth season at the Midshipmen helm, where he has posted a 30-20 career record. Niumatalolo was a redshirt freshman quarterback at Hawaii in 1983 where SMU Coach June Jones was in his first year coaching quarterbacks after his five-year NFL career had ended. SMU Athletic Public Relations • 214-768-2883 • SMUMustangs.com • Facebook.com/SMUMustangs • Twitter.com/SMUMustangs Last Time Vs. Navy All-Time Vs. Navy (7-8) MEDIA INFORMATION ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Navy’s Alexander Teich ran for 1930 * ............................W .................................20-7 a career-high 95 yards and two touchdowns, including 1931...............................W .................................13-6 SMU ATHLETIC PUBLIC RELATIONS the tiebreaking score with 1:38 left, and Navy rallied 1959^ .............................W .................................20-7 Sr. Associate A.D./Primary FB Contact: Brad Sutton to beat SMU 28-21 on Oct. 16, 2010. 1960 #.............................L ..................................7-26 Office Phone: 214-768-2883 Navy scored 21 straight points in the second half to 1963^ .............................W ...............................32-28 Cell Phone: 214-914-8705 take a 21-14 lead, but the Mustangs moved 57 yards 1966^ .............................W .................................21-3 E-Mail: [email protected] in 10 plays to tie it at 21 with 2:51 to go. 1993...............................W ...............................42-13 Director/Secondary FB Contact: Herman Hudson After SMU forced Navy to punt, Kyle Padron’s first 1995^ ..............................L ..................................2-33 Office Phone: 214-768-1304 pass was picked off by Simmons and returned six 1996................................L ................................17-19 Cell Phone: 214-924-0358 yards to the SMU 13, setting up a 4-yard touchdown 1997^ ..............................L ...............................16-46 E-Mail: [email protected] run by Teich. 1998...............................W ...............................24-11 Press Box Phone: 214-768-7730 2002^ ..............................L ..................................7-38 Scoring Summary 2008................................L ..................................7-34 FORD STADIUM PRESS BOX SMU 7 7 0 7 - 21 2009^ ......................... L (OT) ...........................35-38 The main press box at Gerald J. Ford Stadium is Level 5. Navy 0 0 14 14 - 28 2010................................L ................................21-28 Admittance is strictly limited to members of the working * at Baltimore, Md./# at Norfolk, Va./^ SMU home game press. Two elevators to the press box are located on the 1st 10:20 TU KINNE 6 yd run (FITZPATRICK kick) west side of the stadium just inside of Gate 2. Priority 1st 3:05 SMU BEASLEY 5 yd pass from PADRON The Gansz Trophy seating will be determined according to the following (SZYMANSKI kick) criteria: Local daily newspapers covering SMU on a regular When SMU and Navy meet on the gridiron, they 2nd 10:05 SMU JOHNSON 4 yd pass from PADRON basis; Daily newspapers designated by the visiting SID; battle for the Gansz Trophy, a traveling trophy created Local radio and TV stations with daily sportscasts that (SZYMANSKI kick) to honor late coaching legend Frank Gansz. cover SMU on a regular basis; National publications and 3rd 9:52 NAVY Santiago 3 yd pass from Dobbs Considered perhaps the top special teams coach newspapers filing for Sunday editions; All others on a (Buckley kick) in the history of the NFL, Gansz spent time at both space available basis. 1:57 NAVY Greene 1 yd run (Buckley kick) SMU and the Naval Academy. Gansz was starting 4th 12:52 NAVY Teich 2 yd run (Buckley kick) his second season as special teams coach on the POSTGAME PROCEDURES 2:51 SMU ROBINSON 10 yd pass from PADRON Hilltop when he passed away on April 27, 2009. As The locker rooms are located in the Loyd All-Sports Center (SZYMANSKI kick) a collegian, Gansz played center and linebacker for at the north end of Ford Stadium. After a brief cooling down 1:38 NAVY Teich 4 yd run (Buckley kick) the Naval Academy from 1957 to 1959 and graduated period, SMU head coach June Jones and key Mustang in 1960. He also spent four seasons as an assistant players in the game will be available in the interview room. Team Stats SMU Navy The SMU locker room will be closed to the media. coach at Navy (1969-72). First Downs 21 18 In all, Gansz was a veteran of 38 seasons of coach- Rushes-Yards (Net) 24-121 55-253 ing - 24 in the NFL and 14 in the collegiate ranks. PRACTICES Passing Yds (Net) 254 84 Members of the media are welcome to attend practice, Prior to coming to SMU in 2008, Gansz was with the Passes Att-Comp-Int 42-28-1 9-6-0 but please notify the Athletics Public Relations office in Jacksonville Jaguars, where he was special teams advance. Check the practice time and site on a daily Total Offense Plays-Yards 66-375 64-337 coordinator in 2000 and 2001. He served as the special basis. Videographers may shoot warm-ups and individual Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 teams coach of the St. Louis Rams for three seasons, drills but are not allowed to shoot group formations. All Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 1-4 helping the team to its victory in Super Bowl XXXIV. interviews should be coordinated through the Athletics Kickoff Returns-Yards 4-121 3-58 In 1986, Gansz’s first year as the assistant head Public Relations office.