SMU Postgame Notes — C-USA Championship Game

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SMU Postgame Notes – December 4, 2010
Conference USA Championship
at UCF 17, SMU 7
UCF (10-3, 7-1C-USA), SMU (7-6, 6-2 C-USA)
Bright House Networks Stadium
Orlando, Fla.

TEAM NOTES & HIGHLIGHTS

SMU finishes as the runner-up in Conference USA after playing in its first C-USA Championship game.

SMU will be in a bowl for the second straight year after winning the 2009 Sheraton Hawaii Bowl 45-10 over Nevada. This marks the first consecutive bowl trips for the program since 1983 (Sun Bowl) and 1984 (Aloha Bowl).

SMU won its second straight C-USA Western Division Championship, but was in its first championship game. SMU tied with Houston in 2009, but did not advance to the Championship game due to the head-to-head tiebreaker.

SMU has 11 conference titles with the most recent being the 1984 Southwest Conference Co-Championship

SMU had 4 sacks, which marks the fourth time this season SMU had at least 4 sacks

Aldrick Robinson now has 1225 yards receiving yards this season, which is 2nd at SMU. He is the only Mustang to have two 1000-yard seasons (1047 in 2009). Cole Beasley now has 1036 yards, which is 6th at SMU. This marks the first time SMU has had two 1000-yard receivers in the same season.

Aldrick Robinson extends SMU season records with 13 TD receptions and seven consecutive games with a TD catch. He has a TD in 10 of 13 games this year.

Kyle Padron extends his SMU records with 3526 yards passing, 29 TD passes and 33 TDs responsible for (29 pass, 4 run) and sets the SMU record for total offense with 3780 yards this year

Zach Line now has 1391 yards for the season, which is 3rd at SMU.

RECORDS

Team
- Has 5391 yards of total offense, which sets the RECORD at SMU
- Has 29 passing TDs for the season, which ties the RECORD at SMU
- Has 168 passing first downs for the season, which sets the RECORD at SMU
- Has 346 points on the season, 4th at SMU
- Has 3559 passing yards this season, which ranks 2nd at SMU
- Has 269 total first downs for the season, which ranks 2nd at SMU
- Has 281 completions for the season, which is 4th at SMU
- Has 481 completions for the season, which is 3rd at SMU

Aldrick Robinson (1225) & Cole Beasley (1036) have combined for 2261 receiving yards this season, which is the record by a tandem at SMU

Darius Johnson (69) & Cole Beasley (84) have combined for 153 receptions this season, which sets the record by a tandem at SMU

Cole Beasley (WR)
- Had 60 receiving yards; now has 1895 career receiving yards, which is 9th at SMU
- Has 1036 yards for the season, which is 6th at SMU. He is the 5th SMU player with a 1000-yard season.
- Had 5 receptions; now has 166 career receptions, which is 6th at SMU; has 84 catches for the season, which is 2nd at SMU

Darryl Fields (KR) - Had 46 kickoff return yards and now has 799 for the season, which is 5th at SMU. That also ranks 11th for a career at SMU.

Zach Line (RB) - Had 94 rushing yards and now has 1391 yards for the season, which is 3rd at SMU

Kyle Padron (QB)
- Responsible for 1 TDs (passing) and now has 33 TDs (29 pass, 4 rush) for the season, which is the SMU record; Now has 45 TDs for his career, which ties for 5th at SMU
- Had 1 TD passes; he now has 39 for his career, which is 3rd at SMU; now has 29 for the season, which is the SMU record
- Had 220 passing yards and now has 5448 for his career; that is 5th at SMU; has 3526 for the season, which is the record at SMU
- Had 18 completions and now has 414 for his career; that ranks 6th at SMU; has 279 for the season, that moves him into 2nd at SMU
- Had 223 yards of total offense and now has 5744 for his career, that ranks 5th at SMU; has 3780 for the season, that sets the record at SMU

Aldrick Robinson (WR)
- Has 1225 receiving yards this season. He is the only Mustang with two 1000-yard seasons (1047 in 2009)
- Had 43 receiving yards and now has 3238 for his career; that ranks 2nd at SMU; has 1225 yards for the season which ranks 2nd at SMU; he now ranks 6th in career yards in C-USA
- Had 3 receptions and now has 176 receptions for his career; that ranks 4th at SMU
- Had 1 TD reception; has 29 for his career; that is 2nd at SMU; has 13 for the season, which extends the SMU record
- Has a receiving TD in seven straight games, which sets the record at SMU.
- With 6 points, he now has 174 for his career; that is 10th at SMU


INDIVIDUAL NOTES

Captains for today: Kelvin Beachum (#70 OL), Pete Fleps (#52 LB)

Cole Beasley (WR) – see RECORDS

Darryl Fields (KR) – see RECORDS

Marquis Frazier (DT) – had a sack and now has 2.5 for the season and 6.5 for his career

Darius Johnson (WR) – had his 3rd 100-yard receiving game of the season

Zach Line (RB) – see RECORDS

Kyle Padron (QB) – see RECORDS

Taylor Reed (LB)
- Had his first two sacks of the season and now has three for his career
- Had a team-high 12 tackles

Aldrick Robinson (WR) – see RECORDS

Justin Smart (LB) – had his first sack of the season and has three for his career