3 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS | 26 FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICANS | 112017 CONFERENCE SMU FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS GAME NOTES | 15 BOWL GAMES | 1 HEISMAN TROPHY WINNER | 166 NFL DRAFT PICKS #PONYUP #PONYUPTEMPO @SMUMUSTANGS, @SMU_FOOTBALL & @COACHCHADMORRIS 2017 SMU FOOTBALL /SMUMUSTANGS & /SMUFOOTBALL @SMU.MUSTANGS & @SMUFB GAME 10 SMU at NAVY SMU MUSTANGS 2017 SCHEDULE 9/2 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN W, 58-14 9/9 NORTH TEXAS W, 54-32 9/16 at [20/20] TCU L, 56-36 9/23 ARKANSAS STATE W, 44-21 9/30 CONNECTICUT * W, 49-28 10/7 at Houston * L, 35-22 10/21 at Cincinnati * W, 31-28 (OT) 10/27 TULSA * W, 38-34 11/4 [15/14] UCF * L, 31-24 SMU (6-3, 3-2 AAC) at NAVY (5-3, 3-3 AAC) 11/11 at Navy * 2:30 p.m. 11/18 at [20/19] Memphis * 11 a.m. SATURDAY, NOV. 11, 2017 • 2:30 P.M. CT • ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND 11/25 TULANE * TBD NAVY-MARINE CORPS MEMORIAL STADIUM (34,000) • TV: CBSSN HOME | Away | *Conference game | All Times Central | Rankings: AP/Coaches 2017 TEAM LEADERS Series: 19th Meeting (Navy leads 11-7) PASSING G CMP-ATT-I PCT YDS TD AVG/G TV: CBSSN HICKS, Ben 9 202-342-6 59.1 2588 20 287.6 John Sadak (PxP), Randy Cross (Analyst) & Sheehan Stanwick-Burch (Sideline Reporter) RUSHING G ATT NET AVG TD AVG/G JONES, Xavier 9 123 700 5.7 6 77.8 Radio: SMU Radio Network (KTCK 1310 AM / 96.7 FM) / Sirius 133 XM 201 WEST, Braeden 8 59 468 7.9 2 58.5 FREEMAN, Ke’Mon 9 95 417 4.4 9 46.3 Available on the App (Search SMU) RECEIVING G No. Yds AVG TD AVG/G Rich Phillips (PxP) & Scott Garner (Analyst) & Steve Lansdale (Reporter) QUINN, Trey 9 90 921 10.2 7 102.3 SUTTON, Courtland 9 48 752 15.7 9 83.6 SETTING THE SCENE PROCHE, James 9 30 639 21.3 4 71.0 • The Mustangs take on Navy in American Athletic Conference action Saturday at 2:30 p.m. on CBSSN. WEST, Braeden 8 12 141 11.8 0 17.6 TACKLES G Tkls TFL Sacks Int BRUP QBH FF • Jordan Wyatt posted a 36-yard interception return for a touchdown against UCF, giving him an SMU- ONU, Mikial 9 74 1.0 - 2 4 - - record five career defensive TDs and tying him for the most among active FBS players. His four LAWLER, Justin 9 55 13.0 7.5 - 2 10 2 MITCHELL, Kyran 9 53 13.0 3.0 1 3 2 - interception return TDs are tied for the program record. CLEMONS, Rodney 9 49 3.0 1.0 1 8 - - • The FBS high for receptions in a game this season is 17, with Trey Quinn posting two of three of those RHONE, Anthony 9 46 4.0 1.5 - 1 3 - WYATT, Jordan 8 39 4.5 1.0 3 6 - 1 performances. He also leads the nation with 10.0 catches per game and is 5th in receiving yards (921) WILLIAMS, Jordon 9 30 3.5 - - 1 - - and 6th in receiving ypg (102.3). • Justin Lawler is tied for the national lead with a pair of blocked kicks this season. NAVY MIDSHIPMEN THE SERIES 2017 SCHEDULE 9/1 at Florida Atlantic W, 42-19 • SMU and Navy are meeting for the 19th time, with the Midshipmen holding the 11-7 advantage. Navy 9/9 TULANE * W, 23-21 has won the last seven meetings, and SMU’s last win in Annapolis came in 1998 with a 24-11 defeat of 9/23 CINCINNATI * W, 42-32 the Midshipmen. 9/30 at Tulsa * W, 31-21 10/7 AIR FORCE W, 48-45 10/14 at Memphis * L, 30-27 ABOUT THE MIDSHIPMEN 10/21 UCF * L, 31-21 • Navy comes into Saturday’s game having lost three straight after opening the season 5-0. Its three 11/2 at Temple * L, 34-26 losses have come to American Athletic Conference opponents, most recently a 34-26 loss at Temple. 11/11 SMU * 2:30 p.m. Navy is 5-3 overall and 3-3 in conference, sitting fourth in the West Division. 11/18 at [3/5] Notre Dame 2:30 p.m. 11/24 at Houston * TBD 12/9 vs. [rv/rv] Army 2 p.m. THE COACHES HOME | Away | *Conference game | All Times Central • Chad Morris is in his third season at the SMU helm and has led the Mustangs to bowl eligibility for the 2017 TEAM LEADERS first time since 2012. In his first season on the Hilltop, Morris engineered an offensive turnaround, as PASSING G CMP-ATT-I PCT YDS TD AVG/G ABEY, Zach 8 25-60-6 41.7 717 6 89.6 the Mustangs increased their scoring output by 16.7 points per game – the second-largest increase in LEWIS, Garret 3 9-18-1 50.0 166 2 55.3 the nation in 2015. Year two saw even more improvement, as SMU won five games and came within RUSHING G ATT NET AVG TD AVG/G one win of bowl eligibility. SMU produced a 1,000-yard rusher (Braeden West 1,036) and 1,000-yard ABEY, Zach 8 233 1202 5.2 13 150.2 PERRY, Malcolm 8 44 454 10.3 3 56.8 receiver (Courtland Sutton 1,246) for the first time since 2011 and had three players with at least 1,000 HIGH, Chris 7 101 440 4.4 1 62.9 all-purpose yards for the first time since 2011 (Sutton, West, James Proche). Following the campaign, RECEIVING G No. Yds AVG TD AVG/G Justin Lawler, Darrion Millines, Horace Richardson and Sutton were named first-team All-AAC, the most CARMONA, Tyler 8 12 333 27.8 4 41.6 PERRY, Malcolm 8 10 267 26.7 2 33.4 Mustangs to be named first-team All-Conference since 2011. His career record stands at 13-20. BONNER, Darryl 6 7 182 26.0 1 30.3 • Ken Niumatalolo is in his 10th season as the head coach at Navy. He entered the 2017 season as the TACKLES G Tkls TFL Sacks Int BRUP QBH FF all-time winningest coach in Navy history (77-42, .647), and has led the Midshipmen to at least a share WILLIAMS, Sean 8 57 1.5 - - 4 - 1 THOMAS, Micah 8 52 1.5 - 2 2 - 1 of the AAC West Division title the last two seasons. PALMORE, D.J. 8 47 9.5 2.5 - 1 - 1 SMUMUSTANGS.COM • #PONYUPTEMPO 2017 SMU FOOTBALL GAME NOTES LAST TIME VS. NAVY PASSING: Navy-WORTH, Will 5-7-0-104; TEAM 0-2-0-0. MEDIA INFORMATION DALLAS (AP) -- Will Worth accounted for four touch- SMU-HICKS, Ben 31-44-2-331; COLBERT JR., Darrel 0-1-0-0; FREEMAN, Ke’Mon 0-1-0-0. For all media information, including credential application downs as the Midshipmen beat SMU 75-31 on Nov. 26, information and more, visit: 2016. Worth ran 15 times for 107 yards and three touchdowns, RECEIVING: Navy-CARMONA, Tyler 1-35; BONNER, SMUMUSTANGS.COM/MEDIA increasing his FBS-leading total to 25 rushing scores while Darryl 1-27; ROMINE, Dishan 1-21; CASS Jr., C 1-13; TILL- playing only three quarters. The senior was 5 of 7 for 104 MAN, Jamir 1-8. SMU-CASTILLE, Xavier 8-86; SUTTON, SMU ATHLETICS PUBLIC RELATIONS yards and the go-ahead TD just before halftime. Courtland 6-60; PROCHE, James 6-49; WALKER, Shelby The Midshipmen, who had already clinched the West 3-29; FREEMAN, Ke’Mon 2-36; THOMAS, Kevin 2-32; Brad Sutton: Sr. Associate A.D. Division title, had a season-high 496 yards rushing and their WEST, Braeden 2-11; KAUFMAN, Mitchell 1-16; ROLFE, Office: 214-768-1651/Cell: 214-914-8705 most points since scoring 76 against East Carolina in 2010. Austin 1-12. E-mail: [email protected] They have consecutive 60-point games for the first time ALL-TIME VS. NAVY (7-11) Herman Hudson: Director since 1917. They will play USF or Temple next Saturday 1930 * W 20-7 Office: 214-768-1304/Cell: 214-924-0358 in the American Athletic Conference championship game. E-mail: [email protected] 1931 W 13-6 After Navy’s first lost fumble in five games led to a 1959^ W 20-7 touchdown that put SMU up 24-21 late in the first half, the Lindsey Olsen: Associate Director 1960 # L 7-26 Midshipmen responded with 47 unanswered points. Office: 214-768-4970/Cell: 847-344-0389 1963^ W 32-28 E-mail: [email protected] 1966^ W 21-3 Main Public Relations Office: 214-768-2883 Scores by Quarter: Navy 14 14 28 19 - 75 1993 W 42-13 Ford Stadium Press Box: 214-768-7730 1995^ L 2-33 Athletics Website: SMUMustangs.com SMU 7 17 0 7 - 31 Twitter: @SMUMustangs, @SMU_Football 1996 L 17-19 Facebook: /SMUMustangs, /SMUFootball Scoring Summary: 1997^ L 16-46 1st 10:41 SMU SUTTON 19 yd pass from HICKS 1998 W 24-11 (WILLIAMS kick) 2002^ L 7-38 CREDENTIALS 9:25 NAVY WORTH 29 yd run (MOEHRING kick) 2008 L 7-34 All requests for credentials should be received by the 1:20 NAVY WORTH 5 yd run (MOEHRING kick) 2009^ L (OT) 35-38 SMU Athletics Public Relations office no later than Wednesday 2nd 11:40 SMU WILLIAMS 26 yd field goal of game week. Requests should be submitted via www.