SMU Athletics Public Relations Brad Sutton – Sr. Assoc. A.D. Lindsey Olsen – Assoc. Dir. 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 26, 2020 [rv/rv] SMU 50, SFA 7 SMU (3-0), SFA (0-3) Apogee Stadium – Denton, Texas NEXT GAME vs [17/20] Memphis – Saturday, October 3 – 2:30 p.m. – Ford Stadium – Dallas, Texas TV: ESPN2 Radio: KTCK The Ticket 96.7 FM/1310 AM | TuneIn app | SMU Mobile App TEAM NOTES Attendance 7,898 (Sellout) 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 3-0 for the second straight season (started 8-0 in 2019) - Has won 8 straight regular-season non-conference games. - 13-3 in last 16 games overall - 18-7 in last 25 games overall SMU had 50 points, has 146 through the first three games which is the second-highest in program history (148 in 2017) SMU was 6-6 in the red zone (6 TDs), now is 18-19 for the season (15 TDs, 3 FGs) SMU had 432 total yards (172 passing, 260 rushing) - 1686 yards in the first 3 games this season (544 at Texas State, 710 at North Texas) (562.0 average) The Mustangs had 5 rushing TDs (have 12 this season after an SMU-record 35 rushing TDs in 2019) - Ulysses Bentley IV (2), Danny Gray, Terrance Gipson, TaMerik Williams SMU had two 100-yard rushers (Ulysses Bentley IV 6-104-2 TDs, TJ McDaniel 17-104) for the first time since 9/14/19 vs Texas State (McDaniel 159, Xavier Jones 108) Ulysses Bentley IV had 2 rushing TDs – Has 7 in the past 3 games, which is tied for 6th in a three-game span at SMU. (10 Zach Line 2011; 9 Eric Dickerson 1982; 8 Line 2011 (2x) & Dickerson 1981; 7 Xavier Jones 2019) Danny Gray had a rushing and receiving TD for SMU. First with a rushing and a receiving TD since Xavier Jones at TCU 11/21/19 SMU had 4 sacks and 12 TFLs, now have 7 sacks and 24 TFLs on the season (SMU-record 51 sacks [3.9/game] & 111 TFLs [8.5/game] in 2019) - Sacks: Junior Aho, Elijah Chatman, DeVere Levelston, Will Jones - TFLs: Junior Aho (2), Elijah Chatman (2), Ar’mani Johnson, Will Jones, DeVere Levelston, Harrison Loveless, Richard McBryde, Nelson Paul, Brandon Stephens, Gary Wiley The Mustangs had a takeaways (interception) - Had at least one takeaway in 25 of past 27 games - Interceptions: Brandon Crossley - Forced Fumble: Trevor Denbow, Gary Wiley SMU led 22-0 at the end of the first quarter and 29-0 at halftime. - SMU has been tied or leading after the first quarter in 14 of the past 15 games. - SMU has been tied or leading at halftime in 12 of the past 15 games. Keke Burns had a blocked punt that resulted in a safety at 4:49 of the first quarter. - First blocked punt for SMU since Ryan Becker on 9/30/17 vs Connecticut - First safety since 11/16/18 vs Memphis Series History: 4-0 SMU INDIVIDUAL RECORDS Ulysses Bentley IV (#26, RB, Fr.) - 6-104 rushing with 2 TDs - Second straight 100-yard game (227 at North Texas) - Ulysses Bentley IV had 2 rushing TDs – Has 7 in the past 3 games, which is tied for 6th in a three-game span at SMU. (10 Zach Line 2011; 9 Eric Dickerson 1982; 8 Line 2011 (2x) & Dickerson 1981; 7 Xavier Jones 2019) 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 - 14-25 passing for 141 yards and 2 TDs o Multiple passing TDs in 13 of past 15 games o 71 career TD passes, 41 TD passes at SMU SMU CAREER TD PASSES 1 Ben Hicks, 2016-18 71 2 Justin Willis, 2006-08 51 3 Kyle Padron, 2009-11 41 Shane Buechele, 2019 41 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- 4781 Kylen Granson (#83, TE, Sr.) - Biletnikoff Award Watch List, Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Watch List - 5-38 receiving with a TD - Second straight game with a TD - 11 career TD at SMU, most at SMU by a tight end SMU CAREER RECEIVING TDs - TIGHT ENDS 1 Kylen Granson, 2019- 11 2 Rickey Bolden, 1978-83 9 3 John Hampton, 2000-02 8 Oscar Roan, 1972-74 8 SMU CAREER RECEPTIONS - TIGHT ENDS 1 John Hampton, 2000-02 114 2 Ryan Kennedy, 2004-06 55 3 Kylen Granson, 2019- 51 4 Oscar Roan, 1972-74 48 SMU CAREER RECEIVING YARDS - TIGHT ENDS 1 John Hampton, 2000-02 1485 2 Oscar Roan, 1972-74 888 3 Kylen Granson, 2019- 795 Reggie Roberson, Jr. (#8, WR, Sr.) - Maxwell Award Watch List, Biletnikoff Award Watch List, Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Watch List - 2-29 receiving and 2-43 on kickoff returns ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUAL NOTES Junior Aho (#33, DL, So.) – Had 4 tackles, 2 TFLS and his first career sack Brandon Crossley (#1, CB, So.) – Had his first career interception Elijah Chatman (#40, NT, So.) – Had 2 TFLs and a sack, has 4 TFLs & 2 sacks on the season Donald Clay (#21, S, Fr.) - Career-high 4 tackles Trevor Denbow (#16, LB, Sr.) – Had a forced fumble, second of the season Danny Gray (#5, WR, Jr.) - 2-27 receiving with a TD and 2-(-2) rushing with a TD o second straight game with a receiving TD - Was also 2-26 on punt returns and 1-32 on kickoff returns for 83 all-purpose yards Will Jones (#95, NT, Sr.) -Had 2 tickles including the first sack of his career TJ McDaniel (#25, RB, So.) - 17-104 rushing; second 100-yard game this season, third of career Jimmy Phillips Jr. (#24, LB, Jr.) - Career-high tying 4 tackles Roderick Roberson Jr. (#13, S, Fr.) - Career-high tying 4 tackles Delano Robinson (#3, LB, Sr.) - Team-high 5 tackles Jaylon Thomas (#71, OL, Jr.) - Outland Trophy Watch List - 22nd straight start .