www.smumustangs.com Red-Blue Scrimmage Summary
Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2004 11:04 amDALLAS (SMU) - The SMU football team wrapped up its spring practice with the annual Red-Blue Scrimmage on Saturday, April 17, at Gerald J. Ford Stadium with the Red emerging as 42-20 victors.
The game, which pitted SMU starters against their backups, began with the reserves being spotted 17 points for an early lead. The starting Red squad quickly etched into the lead however, as starting quarterback Chris Phillips marched the starters down the field on an 80-yard scoring drive, capped by running back Foy Munlin’s three-yard touchdown rush. The score cut the reserves’ lead to 17-7.
After a quick three-and-out for the reserves, Phillips again took the Red team down the field and scored another touchdown on a 16-yard pass completion to newcomer Devin Lowery, making the score 17-14.
The reserves answered with a 20-yard field goal by backup placekicker Ryan Wolcott to push the margin to 20-14. It would mark the only points the backups would score all day.
Phillips gave the Red side a 21-20 halftime lead when he scored on a one-yard keeper with less than a minute left in the first stanza.
SMU’s defensive starters got on the board to start the second half, as Red safety Alvin Nnabuife returned a Jerad Romo interception 28 yards for a score and a 28-20 Red lead.
Munlin scored his second TD of the day to push the mark to 35-20 on a two-yard scamper in the third quarter, and Lowery capped the scoring on an 11-yard touchdown reception from Phillips in the fourth quarter.
For the day, Phillips finished 13-of-29 for 145 yards and two scores while adding 72 yards and a touchdown on the ground. Second-team quarterback Tony Eckert was also impressive, going 13-of-22 for 142 yards.
Munlin was perhaps the most impressive performer on the day, however, finishing with 96 yards on 13 carries with two scores and caught three passes for 51 yards. Lowery was the top receiver with six catches for 79 yards and two scores.
The game, which pitted SMU starters against their backups, began with the reserves being spotted 17 points for an early lead. The starting Red squad quickly etched into the lead however, as starting quarterback Chris Phillips marched the starters down the field on an 80-yard scoring drive, capped by running back Foy Munlin’s three-yard touchdown rush. The score cut the reserves’ lead to 17-7.
After a quick three-and-out for the reserves, Phillips again took the Red team down the field and scored another touchdown on a 16-yard pass completion to newcomer Devin Lowery, making the score 17-14.
The reserves answered with a 20-yard field goal by backup placekicker Ryan Wolcott to push the margin to 20-14. It would mark the only points the backups would score all day.
Phillips gave the Red side a 21-20 halftime lead when he scored on a one-yard keeper with less than a minute left in the first stanza.
SMU’s defensive starters got on the board to start the second half, as Red safety Alvin Nnabuife returned a Jerad Romo interception 28 yards for a score and a 28-20 Red lead.
Munlin scored his second TD of the day to push the mark to 35-20 on a two-yard scamper in the third quarter, and Lowery capped the scoring on an 11-yard touchdown reception from Phillips in the fourth quarter.
For the day, Phillips finished 13-of-29 for 145 yards and two scores while adding 72 yards and a touchdown on the ground. Second-team quarterback Tony Eckert was also impressive, going 13-of-22 for 142 yards.
Munlin was perhaps the most impressive performer on the day, however, finishing with 96 yards on 13 carries with two scores and caught three passes for 51 yards. Lowery was the top receiver with six catches for 79 yards and two scores.