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SMU Postgame Notes

October 25, 2008

SMU 7, at Navy

TEAM

Jessie Henderson now has 2729 career KOR yards to become the NCAA active career leader (was Brandon Tate of North Carolina 2688 – out for rest of the season) and Conference USA career record holder (C-USA record was Chris Johnson, ECU)

The 56-yard pass from Bo Levi Mitchell to Aldrick Robinson is Mitchell’s fifth pass play of 50 or more yards, four of them to Aldrick Robinson.

Aldrick Robinson now has 11 receiving TDs this season to tie the SMU record (Emanuel Tolbert 11 in 1978)

Aldrick Robinson now has 1003 receiving yards on the season, becoming just the third player at SMU to have a 1000-yard season at SMU (Jerry LeVias 1131 in 1968, Emanuel Tolbert 1041 in 1978)

Receiving Tandems
- Aldrick Robinson (1003) and Emmanuel Sanders (851) now have 1854 combined receiving yards for the season to extend the SMU record for a tandem (was 1719 - Jerry LeVias (1131) & Ken Fleming (588), 1968)
- Aldrick Robinson (11) and Emmanuel Sanders (8) now have 19 combined receiving TDs for the season, which is tied for first at SMU for a tandem (19 by Zack Sledge (10) & Emmanuel Sanders (9), 2007)

INDIVIDUAL

Chris Banjo - Had a season-high 13 tackles

Will Bonilla
- Had a fumble recovery, his first of the season and third of his career
- Had a season-high tying 11 tackles

Serge Elizee - Had a career-high 11 tackles

Pete Fleps - Had a career-high 23 tackles, which is tied for fourth in a game in Conference USA

Jessie Henderson
- Had 3 kickoff returns for 58 yards
- Now has 2729 career KOR yards to become the NCAA active career leader (was Brandon Tate of North Carolina 2688 – out for rest of the season) and Conference USA career record holder (C-USA record was Chris Johnson, ECU, at 2715)
- Now has 113 kickoff returns, extending his SMU record and is second in C-USA history (C-USA record is Chris Johnson, ECU, at 115)

Bo Levi Mitchell
- Was 16-28 passing for 157 yards, 1 TD, and an interception
- Has 196 completions, which is eighth in a season at SMU
- Has 2434 passing yards, which is tied for sixth in a season at SMU
- Had 1 TD pass and now has 22 on the season, which is third in a season at SMU

Thomas Morstead - Had a season-best 67-yard punt and a 57-yard punt and has had at least one 50-yard punt in 16 straight games and 31 of the last 33 games

Aldrick Robinson
- Had 7 receptions for 94 yards with 1 TD
- Has 1003 receiving yards on the season, becoming just the third player at SMU to have a 1000-yard season at SMU
- Had a TD catch for the fifth straight game, setting a career-best and is the second-longest streak at SMU (record is six straight games with a TD catch by Emmanuel Sanders in 2006)
- He has a TD catch in eight of nine games this season
- Now has 11 TD catches this season, which ties the season record at SMU (11 by Emanuel Tolbert in 1978)
- His 56-yard catch is his fourth of 50 or more yards this season

Emmanuel Sanders
- had 3 receptions for 28 yards
- He now has 62 receptions on the season, which is tied for sixth at SMU
- Has 851 receiving yards on the season, which is seventh in a season at SMU
- now has 2345 career receiving yards, which is third at SMU (record is 2784 by Emanuel Tolbert followed by 2410 for Ron Morris)
- now has 182 career receptions, which is third at SMU (record is 235 by Jason Wolf followed by 186 for Mick Rossley)

Youri Yenga - Had a career-high 11 tackles

Jesse has certainly had plenty of opportunities to return kicks during his time on the Hilltop.

The Pony defense also held the Midshipmen to 0 passing yards!

you forgot to mention SMU got 27 yards Total Offense in the Second Half.

you forgot to mention Smu has not won against a div 1 team in forever and has one of the worst defenses in smu history...y

how could that be with all those defensive stats?

Kudos to JJ for trying to change some things on offense to offset the rainy,windy conditions-oh wait a minute he didn't.

Morstead did not come up with big punts when the team needed them. The weather was not good, but he did not kick like an All-American/All-Conference player.

MiracleOnMockingbird wrote:Morstead did not come up with big punts when the team needed them. The weather was not good, but he did not kick like an All-American/All-Conference player.

The first punt was as close to being blocked as it gets. He had to rush it and not get all of it. It was also into a stiff breeze. He did a good job by making adjustments. He kept the next kicks low to try to keep them out of the wind.

Billy Joe wrote:you forgot to mention Smu has not won against a div 1 team in forever and has one of the worst defenses in smu history...y

Hey Billy Joe, you forgot to mention that since 1985, SMU has won only 9 games against teams with a winning record...

Billy Joe wrote:you forgot to mention Smu has not won against a div 1 team in forever and has one of the worst defenses in smu history...

you didn't have to say "smu history"...could have left out smu

Does Henderson have more attempts than anyone in history?