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Of PR [email protected] [email protected] Office: 214-768-1651 Office: 214-768-4970 Cell: 214-914-8705 Twitter: @SMUMustangs, @SMU_Football SMU Postgame Notes – September 19, 2020 [rv/rv] SMU 65, [-/rv] North Texas 35 SMU (2-0), North Texas (1-1) Apogee Stadium – Denton, Texas NEXT GAME vs Stephen F Austin – Saturday, September 26 – 6 p.m. – Ford Stadium – Dallas, Texas TV: ESPN+ Radio: KTCK The Ticket 96.7 FM/1310 AM or KLIF 570 AM | TuneIn app | SMU Mobile App | XM 387 TEAM NOTES Captains: Shane Buechele (#7, QB, Sr.), Reggie Roberson, Jr. (#8, WR, Sr.), Hayden Howerton (#75, OL, Sr.), Delano Robinson (#3, LB, Sr.), Brandon Stephens (#23, CB, Sr.) SMU is 2-0 for the second straight season (started 8-0 in 2019) - Has won 7 straight regular-season non-conference games. - 12-3 in last 15 games overall - 17-7 in last 24 games overall SMU had 65 points th - 5 overall at SMU th - 4 game of at least 59 points under Sonny Dykes - Most in a road game for SMU (was 62 at Connecticut (62-50), 11-10-2018) SMU SINGLE-GAME SCORING 1 Houston (W, 72-42), 10-18-2012 72 2 Daniel Baker (W, 70-0), 9-25-1920 70 3 North Texas State (W, 68-0), 9-24-1927 68 4 North Texas State (66-0), 10-7-1922 66 5 at North Texas (65-35), 9-19-2020 65 SMU had 33 first downs – most since 33 vs ECU 11/9/19 (one short of SMU record) SMU was 8-8 in the red zone (6 TDs, 2 FGs) SMU had 710 total yards (344 passing, 366 rushing) - 2nd in a game at SMU (6 of the top 10 have been under Sonny Dykes) - 8th time in past 15 games with at least 500 yards - 1,254 yards in the first two games this season (544 at Texas State) - 366 rushing yards is most since 390 vs Texas State 9/14/19 The Mustangs had 4 rushing TDs (have 7 this season after an SMU-record 35 rushing TDs in 2019) - Shane Buechele - Ulysses Bentley IV (3 TDs, most since Xavier Jones had 3 vs ECU 11/9/19) Ulysses Bentley IV was 19-227 rushing with 3 TDs - He had an 84-yard TD run (T-7th longest in SMU history; first run of at least 80 yards since 2002 (Kris Briggs 96-yd TD vs Tulsa) - SMU SINGLE-GAME RUSHING YARDS Att YDS TD 1 Mike Richardson, 11/9/1968 vs. Texas A&M 39 244 3 2 ShanDerrick Charles, 10/13/2001 at San Jose State 27 243 1 3 Eric Dickerson, 10/16/1982 vs. Houston 27 241 1 4 Ulysses Bentley IV, 9/19/2020 at North Texas 19 227 3 5 Craig James, 12/19/1980 vs. BYU 23 225 2 The Mustangs had 2 takeaways (1 interception, 1 fumble) - Had at least one takeaway in 24 of past 26 games - Fumble recovery: Tyler Lavine - Interceptions: Brandon Stephens SMU had 4 players with at least 100 all-purpose yards - Ulysses Bentley IV 248 (227 rushing, 21 receiving) - Danny Gray 132 (57 receiving, 75 kickoff return) - Reggie Roberson Jr. 128 (103 receiving, 25 kickoff return) - Rashee Rice 102 receiving SMU led 21-0 at the end of the first quarter and 34-7 at halftime. - SMU has been tied or leading after the first quarter in 13 of the past 14 games. - SMU has been tied or leading at halftime in 11 of the past 14 games. Series History: 33-6-1 (5 of last 6) Video Highlights - Shane Buechele 15-yard TD to Reggie Roberson Jr. https://twitter.com/CBSSportsNet/status/1307442260691292161 - Shane Buechele 62-yard TD to Danny Gray https://twitter.com/CBSSportsNet/status/1307446615771406336 - Shane Buechele 7-yard TD to Kylen Granson https://twitter.com/CBSSportsNet/status/1307450728294871047 - Shane Buechele rush for 4th-down conversion https://twitter.com/CBSSportsNet/status/1307452478577926145 - Brandon Stephens interception https://twitter.com/CBSSportsNet/status/1307448338581786626 - Shane Buechele 2-yard TD run https://twitter.com/CBSSportsNet/status/1307467970197716995 - Ulysses Bentley IV 4-yard TD run https://twitter.com/CBSSportsNet/status/1307477527137529858 - Shane Buechele 2-yard TD pass to Reggie Roberson Jr. https://twitter.com/CBSSportsNet/status/1307481362136530944 - Ulysses Bentley IV 9-yard TD run https://twitter.com/CBSSportsNet/status/1307486726353551362 - Ulysses Bentley IV 84-yard TD run https://twitter.com/CBSSportsNet/status/1307490834510753792 - SMU Radio Network Highlights https://soundcloud.com/user-274538678/sets/2020-09-19-smu-65-north-texas-35 Head Coach Sonny Dykes postgame https://soundcloud.com/user-274538678/sonny-dykes-interview?in=user-274538678/sets/2020- 09-19-smu-65-north-texas-35 SMU INDIVIDUAL RECORDS Shane Buechele (#7, QB, Sr.) – Maxwell Award Watch List, Davey O’Brien Award Watch List, Manning Award Watch List, Wuerffel Trophy Watch List, CFPA Watch List, Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Watch List - 24-33 passing for 344 yards and 4 TDs plus 5-29 rushing with a TD Multiple passing TDs in 12 of past 14 games o th th o 9 career 300-yard game, 7 300-yard game at SMU 69 career TD passes, 39 TD passes at SMU o th o The 62-yd TD to Danny Gray was his 7 50-plus yard TD pass at SMU - Accounted for 5 TDs (4 passing, 1 rushing) th 4 time in the past 11 games he has accounted for at least 4 TDs o st - Was 10-12 for 176 yards and 3 TDs in the 1 quarter th 8 100-yard first quarter at SMU o st o 176 is most 1 quarter yards for him at SMU (had 173 in first quarter vs Temple 10/19/19) SMU CAREER 300-YD PASSING GAMES 1 Ben Hicks, 2016-18 12 2 Garrett Gilbert, 2012-13 9 3 Chuck Hixson, 1968-70 8 Kyle Padron, 2009-11 8 5 Shane Buechele, 2019- 7 SMU CAREER TD PASSES 1 Ben Hicks, 2016-18 71 2 Justin Willis, 2006-08 51 3 Kyle Padron, 2009-11 41 4 Chuck Hixson, 1968-70 40 5 Shane Buechele, 2019 39 SMU CAREER PASSING YARDS 1 Ben Hicks, 2016-18 9081 2 Chuck Hixson, 1968-70 7179 3 Garrett Gilbert, 2012-13 6460 4 Mike Ford, 1977-80 6239 5 Mike Romo, 1989-92 6041 6 Kyle Padron, 2009-11 5902 7 Ramon Flanigan, 1992-97 5640 8 Justin Willis, 2006-09 4991 9 Shane Buechele, 2019- 4640 Kylen Granson (#83, TE, Sr.) - Biletnikoff Award Watch List, Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Watch List - 2-25 receiving with a TD - 10th career TD at SMU, most at SMU by a tight end SMU CAREER RECEIVING TDs - TIGHT ENDS 1 Kylen Granson, 2019- 10 2 Rickey Bolden, 1971-83 9 3 John Hampton, 2000-02 8 Oscar Roan, 1972-74 8 Reggie Roberson, Jr. (#8, WR, Sr.) - Maxwell Award Watch List, Biletnikoff Award Watch List, Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Watch List - 9-103 receiving with 2 TDs rd o 3 career multi-TD game th o 15 career TDs at SMU (T-9 at SMU) th o 8 100-yard game - Had 128 all-purpose yards (103 receiving, 25 kickoff return yards) th o 10 career games with 100+ all-purpose yards including both this season SMU CAREER RECEIVING TDs 1 James Proche, 2016-19 39 2 Emmanuel Sanders, 2006-09 34 3 Courtland Sutton, 2014-17 31 4 Aldrick Robinson, 2007-10 30 5 Emanuel Tolbert, 1976-79 25 6 Jerry LeVias, 1966-68 22 7 Darius Johnson, 2009-12 20 8 Jason Wolf, 1989-92 17 9 Ron Morris, 1983-86 15 Reggie Roberson Jr. 2018- 15 ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUAL NOTES Ulysses Bentley IV (#26, RB, Fr.) - 19-227 rushing with 3 TDs (227 yards is 4th in program history) - Had an 84-yard TD run (Tie for 7th-longest in program history) Danny Gray (#5, WR, Jr.) - 2-57 receiving with a TD (First career TD) - 132 all-purpose (57 receiving, 75 KOR) Shaine Hailey (#9, LB, Sr.) - Had a sack and a career-high 2.5 TFLs TJ McDaniel (#25, RB, So.) - 15-59 rushing Tyler Lavine (#31, RB, So.) - Was 8-48 rushing with a long of 21 (all career highs) Chris Naggar (#34, K, Sr.) - 3-3 FGs (37, 22, 46) - 8-8 PATs Tyler Page (#4, WR, Sr.) - Campbell Trophy Nominee - 1-9 receiving Rashee Rice (#11, WR, So.) - 5-102 receiving - 2nd straight 100-yard game, third of his career Delano Robinson (#3, LB, Sr.) - Team-high 10 tackles Brandon Stephens (#23, DB, Sr.) - First career interception Jaylon Thomas (#71, OL, Jr.) - Outland Trophy Watch List - 21st straight start .