Numbers and notes: SMU beats Houston, 45-31

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SMU Postgame Notes – November 3, 2018
SMU 45, [17/17] Houston 31
SMU (4-5, 3-2 American), Houston (7-2, 4-1 American),
Gerald J. Ford Stadium – Dallas, Texas – SMU Homecoming

NEXT GAME

At Connecticut – Saturday, November 10 – 12 p.m. ET/11 a.m. CT
TV: ESPN3 / WatchESPN
Radio: ESPN 103.3 FM (TuneIn App / SMU App)

TEAM NOTES

Captains: William Brown (#9, QB, Fr.), Ben Hicks (#8, QB, Sr.), Elijah McQueen (#6, S, So.), Jordan Wyatt (#23, CB, Sr.)

SMU had a season-high against FBS opponents for scoring (45), total offense (514), rushing yards (196), first downs (25)

Ben Hicks had 318 passing yards and a career-high tying 4 TD passes, his sixth career game of 4 TD passes, and he set an SMU record with his 10th career 300-yard passing game.

Ke’Mon Freeman was 20-107 rushing with 2 TDs.
- SMU’s second 100-yard rusher of the season (Braeden West 26-145 vs Navy 9/22)

Reggie Roberson Jr. had a career-high 9 catches for 134 yards and a TD (4th straight with 99+ yards, 3rd straight with a TD)

SMU had 4 sacks for 20 yards (Houston had only allowed 5 sacks for 20 yards this season entering the game)
- Kyran Mitchell (2.0), Richard Moore, Turner Coxe

SMU had two takeaways on fumbles; has had multiple takeaways in 3 straight games and 6 total games this season

Houston punted 7 times, including on its first four possessions (had only punted 3 times total in the previous two games)

SMU’s largest lead was 38-17 (1:39 of the 3rd Qtr) after also leading 17-0 (14:35 2nd Qtr) & 31-14 (0:06 2nd Qtr)

SMU led 31-14 at halftime
- Led in first downs 18-5
- Led in total offense 379-153

This is SMU’s fourth game against a ranked team this season ([16/16] TCU 9/7, at [19/22] Michigan 9/15, at [12/13] UCF 10/6)
- SMU’s first win over a ranked team since defeating [11/11] Houston 38-16 on 10/22/16

Video Highlights
- Ryan Becker 7-yard pass from Ben Hicks http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=25169341
- James Proche 1-yard TD pass from Ben Hicks http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=25169539
- Reggie Roberson Jr. 59-yard pass from Ben Hicks http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=25170086

SMU Radio Network Highlights https://soundcloud.com/user-274538678/s ... houston-31







SMU INDIVIDUAL RECORDS

Ben Hicks (#8, Jr., QB)
- Was 28-43 for 318 yards with 4 TDs
o SMU record 10th career 300-yard game (Garrett Gilbert had 9)
- Extended SMU career record to 8142 passing yards
- Extended SMU career records for TD passes (67) and career TD responsibility (70 total; 3 run, 67 passing)
- Set the SMU career record for completions at 644 (was 642 by Chuck Hixson, 1968-70)

James Proche (#3, Jr., WR) – Biletnikoff Award Watch List
- Was 9-90 receiving with a TD and 3-20 on punt returns
- 13th career game with 100+ all-purpose (6th this season)
- Now has 2306 career receiving yards, moves to 8th at SMU

SMU CAREER RECEIVING TDs


1
Emmanuel Sanders, 2006-09
34
2
Courtland Sutton, 2014-17

31
3
Aldrick Robinson, 2007-10

30
4
Emanuel Tolbert, 1976-79

25
5
Jerry LeVias, 1966-68

22
6
James Proche, 2016

21

SMU CAREER RECEIVING YARDS

1
Emmanuel Sanders, 2006-09
3791
2
Aldrick Robinson, 2007-10

3314
3
Courtland Sutton, 2014-

3220
4
Cole Beasley, 2008-11

2959
5
Darius Johnson, 2009-12

2854
6
Emanuel Tolbert, 1976-79

2784
7
Ron Morris, 1983-86

2410
8
James Proche, 2016-

2306
9
Jerry LeVias, 1966-68

2275
10
Jason Wolf, 1989-92

2232

Braeden West (#6, Jr., RB) – Paul Hornung Award Watch List
- Had 69 all-purpose yards (9-53 rushing, 2-16 receiving)
- Has 2462 career rushing yards, 10th at SMU
- Has 4274 career all-purpose yards, 7th at SMU

SMU CAREER ALL-PURPOSE YARDS
Total
1
Arthur Whittington, 1974-77
4888
2
Zach Line, 2009-12


4784
3
Eric Dickerson, 1979-82

4640
4
Emmanuel Sanders, 2006-09
4596
5
Reggie Dupard, 1982-85

4456
6
Craig James, 1979-82

4421
7
Braeden West, 2015-

4274
8
Jerry LeVias, 1966-68

4226
9
Doak Walker, 1945, 47-49

4084

SMU CAREER RUSHING YARDS


1
Eric Dickerson, 1979-82

4,450
2
Zach Line, 2009-12


4,185
3
Reggie Dupard, 1982-85

3,772
4
Craig James, 1979-82

3,743
5
Jeff Atkins, 1983-86

3,260
6
Wayne Morris, 1972-75

3,044
7
Keylon Kincade, 2000-03

3,038
8
Donte Womack, 1994-97

2,790
9
Alvin Maxson, 1971-73

2,734
10
Braeden West, 2015-

2,462


INDIVIDUAL NOTES

Ryan Becker (#14, TE, Jr.) – Was 2-26 receiving with a TD (2nd TD of the season, 3rd of career)

Turner Coxe (#97, DE, Fr.) - Had his first career sack and first career forced fumble

Ke’Mon Freeman (#2, RB, Jr.)
- Was 20-107 rushing with a TD (had 48 rushing yards on the season entering the game)
- Career-long 44 yard run
- Second career 100-yard game (had 111 at ECU 11/12/16)
- Second career 2 TD game (had 2 at TCU 9/16/17)

Kyran Mitchell (#11, LB, Sr.)
- Had 7 tackles, including 3 TFLs and a career-high tying 2 sacks
- Had 2 fumble recoveries (4th & 5th of his career)

Richard Moore (#14, LB, Jr.)
- Career-high 11 tackles (was 10)
- Also had 1 sack, 2 TFLs and 1 pass breakup

Tyler Page (#4, WR, So.) – Was 2-22 receiving with a TD (2nd TD of the season)

Reggie Roberson Jr. (#21, WR, So.)
- 9-134 receiving with 1 TD
o Third straight game with a receiving TD
o Has 5 TDs this season (6 for his career)
o 4th straight game with at least 99 yards
o Career-high receptions (was 7)

Gary Wiley (#55, DE, Fr.) – Had a forced fumble, first of his career

[indianmustang]

so Ben Hicks the first guy to get 8000 passing yards at SMU

[DanFreibergerForHeisman]

so Ben Hicks the first guy to get 8000 passing yards at SMU

That's a lot of yards