Postgame notes (9/4/11)

[PonyPride]

SMU Postgame Notes – September 4, 2011
at Texas A&M 46, SMU 14
at Texas A&M (1-0), SMU (0-1)
Kyle Field
College Station, Texas

NEXT GAME

SMU hosts UTEP on Saturday, Sept. 10, at 6 p.m. CT. – Tickets 214-768-4263 (214-SMU-GAME) or SMUMustangs.com

NCAA RECORDS

Margus Hunt (DE) (Pony Express Award watch list)
- Blocked 2 PATs
- Now has 12 career blocked kick (6 FGs, 6 PATs), which ties for 4th in NCAA history, it also extends his SMU record
- Now has 6 career blocked PATs, which ties for 2nd in NCAA history

INDIVIDUAL NOTES

Chris Banjo (FS)
- Had 11 tackles, his 5th career 10-plus tackle game; it was one off his career high (12 in the 2010 C-USA Championship game at UCF)

Kelvin Beachum (OT) (watch lists for: Outland Trophy, Rotary Lombardi Award)
- Started his 40th consecutive game at SMU

Cole Beasley (WR) (Biletnikoff Award watch list)
- Had 56 receiving yards; now has 1975 career receiving yards, which moves him into 7th at SMU
- Had 7 receptions; now has 176 career receptions, which moves him into 5th at SMU

Richard Crawford (CB)
- Had a forced fumble, the 2nd of his career
- Had 4 tackles

Ja’Gared Davis (LB) (Rotary Lombardi Award watch list)
- Had 6 tackles and pass breakup

Chase Hover (K)
- Was 2-2 on PATs in his SMU debut

Keenan Holman (WR)
- Had a 27-yard receiving TD, the 2nd TD of his career

Margus Hunt – See NCAA Records

Darius Johnson (WR) (Biletnikoff Award watch list)
- Had 75 yards receiving to cross 1000 for his career; now has 1024

Victor Jones (LB)
- Had a career-high 5 tackles, including one for loss

Zach Line (RB) (watch lists for: Doak Walker, Maxwell Award)
- Had 128 rushing yards and now has 1811 yards in his career, which moves him to16th at SMU
- Had a rushing TD, the 18th of his career
- This is his 8th career 100-yard rushing game (had 7 in 2010)
- He has at least 100 yards rushing in 4 of the last 5 games and 6 of the last 8 games

J.J. McDermott (QB)
- Had 1 passing TD; his first at SMU and the 3rd of his career
- Set career highs of 21 completions, 34 attempts and 254 passing yards

Blake McJunkin (C) (Rimington Trophy watch list)
- Played in his 37th game with 26 starts

Taylor Reed (LB) (Rotary Lombardi Award watch list)
- Had 6 tackles

Ryan Smith (SS)
- Had a career-high 10 tackles (was 9 vs. Houston in 2010)

Taylor Thompson (DE) (watch lists for: Bronko Nagurski Trophy, Pony Express Award, Rotary Lombardi Award, Hendricks Award)
- Had a career-high 8 tackles

Terrance Wilkerson (WR)
- Had 85 receiving yards, the 2nd-highest of his career (113 at Washington State in 2009)
- Had 6 receptions, one off his career high (had 7 twice)

[ponyte]

Wish I could get excited but too many safeties making tackles.