Postgame notes (11/19/11)

Post by **PonyPride** » Sat Nov 19, 2011 9:31 pm

SMU Postgame Notes - November 19, 2011
No. 10/11 Houston 37, SMU 7
Houston (11-0, 7-0 C-USA), SMU (6-5, 4-3 C-USA)
Robertson Stadium
Houston, Texas

NEXT GAME

SMU hosts Rice on Nov. 26 at 11 a.m. CT
TV: FSN
RADIO: KTCK 1310 AM

TEAM NOTES

Captains for today: #70 Kelvin Beachum (OT), #93 Aaron Davis (DT), #64 Bryce Tennison (C), #6 Richard Crawford (DB)

Held Houston to 37 points, its second-lowest point total of the season (was 35 at Louisiana Tech) and lowest at Robertson Stadium (was 38 vs. UCLA)

ESPN College GameDay aired from Robertson Stadium, marking SMU’s debut on the show.

SMU is 6-5 and is bowl-eligible for the third straight season

SMU is 16-7 in its last 23 Conference USA games overall

SMU was without Zach Line (season ending foot injury). Line is leading C-USA in rushing and has topped the 100-yard mark in eight of 10 games in 2011. The junior back is one of 10 semifinalists for the Doak Walker Award.

The 54-yard kickoff return by J.R. Richardson in the second quarter was a career-best and the longest for SMU this season

SMU TEAM RECORDS

SMU Team Season Records
- 281 points, 10th at SMU
- 4384 yards of total offense, 4th at SMU
- 3155 passing yards, 4th at SMU
- 249 completions, T-9th at SMU
- 144 passing first downs, 4th at SMU

Cole Beasley and Darius Johnson have combined for 136 receptions and 1771 receiving yards this season
- That is 7th for combined receptions (Beasley 72, Johnson 64)
- That is 8th for combined yards (Beasley 896, Johnson 875)

SMU RECORDS

Cole Beasley (#11, WR) (Biletnikoff Award watch list)
- Had 6 receptions for 84 yards
- Has 241 career receptions, which is 2nd at SMU (record - 285 by Emmanuel Sanders) and 7th in C-USA
- Has 2815 career receiving yards, which is 3rd at SMU and 10th in C-USA
- His 72 receptions this season ranks 7th at SMU
- His 896 receiving yards this season ranks 9th at SMU

Darius Johnson (#3, WR) (Biletnikoff Award watch list)
- Had 5 receptions for 56 yards and 1 TD
- Had 1 receiving TD; has 6 this season and 13 for his career
- Has 153 career receptions, which is 10th at SMU
- Has 1824 career receiving yards, which is 10th at SMU
- His 875 receiving yards this season ranks 11th at SMU
- Has 64 receptions this season, tied for 10th at SMU

Zach Line (#48, RB) (Doak Walker semifinalist, Maxwell Award watch lists)
- DNP - out for season; foot injury
- Had 8 games with 100+ rushing yards this season (T-3rd at SMU); has 15 in his career (T-4th at SMU)
- His 1224 rushing yards this season ranks 8th at SMU; 5th player at SMU with multiple 1000-yard seasons (Reggie Dupard (3), Eric Dickerson (2), Keylon Kincade (2), Alvin Maxson (2))
- His 2907 career rushing yards rank 7th at SMU
- His 17 rushing TDs this season are tied for 2nd at SMU (Eric Dickerson 19 in 1981, Eric Dickerson 17 in 1982)
- His 34 career rushing TDs rank 3rd at SMU
- Has 102 points this season, which is tied for 3rd at SMU
- His 204 career points rank 8th at SMU

J.J. McDermott (#15, QB)
- Finished 23-40, 239 yds, 1 TD, 1 int
- Is 6-4 as the starting quarterback at SMU
- Had 1 TD pass. Has 15 TD passes this seaso, tied for 8th at SMU
- Has 3003 passing yards this season, 4th at SMU for a season and the most by a senior at SMU
- Has 2916 yard of total offense this season, 5th at SMU
- Has 240 completions this season, 6th at SMU

INDIVIDUAL NOTES

Chris Banjo (#23, FS) - Had 9 tackles (6 solo)

Kelvin Beachum (#70, OT) (watch lists for: Outland Trophy, Rotary Lombardi Award)
- Started his 50th consecutive game at SMU

Cole Beasley (#11, WR) - See SMU Records

Richard Crawford (#6, DB) - Had 6 tackles, one off his season high

Ja’Gared Davis (#56, LB) - Had a career-high 11 tackles (8 solo)

Darius Johnson (#3, WR) - See SMU Records

Zach Line (#48, RB) - See SMU Records

J.J. McDermott (#15, QB) - See SMU Records

Torlan Pittman (#91, DT) - Has a career-high 1.5 tackles for loss; has 6.0 this season and 7.5 for his career

Taylor Reed (#44, LB)
- Had 11 tackles; his 4th game with 10+ this season and 11th with 10+ for his career
- Had 0.5 TFL; has 6.5 this season and 15.5 for his career

J.R. Richardson (#24, KR)
- Had 5 kickoff returns for 136 yards
- Has 532 KOR yards for the season, 16th at SMU
- Had a career-best 54-yard kickoff return, it is also the longest for SMU this year

Der’rikk Thompson (#7, WR) - Had a career-high 7 receptions (64 yards)

Taylor Thompson (#8, DE) (watch lists: Bronko Nagurski Award, Rotary Lombardi Award, Pony Express Award)
- Had 6 tackles, his second-highest total of the season (8 at Texas A&M)
- Had 0.5 TFL; has 7.5 on the season and 20.5 for his career

Terrance Wilkerson (#18, WR) - Had 4 receptions for 25 yards; has 43 catches for 545 yards this season

GiddyUp · Post by **GiddyUp** » Sat Nov 19, 2011 9:38 pm

SMU is 16-7 in its last 23 Conference USA games overall - not bad.

Great kickoff returns by Richardson. Where has this been all year?

Gotcha · Post by **Gotcha** » Sat Nov 19, 2011 10:07 pm

Padron 4-1 in C-USA games in 2009 tied for West Div Title.
6-2 in 2010 Tied for West Div Title and plays in C-USA championship game. With the loss of the Championship game, 6-3.
Total 10-4 71.4%
Take away the championship game because McD won't have a conf championship appearance, Kp is 10-3. 76.9%

McD is 4-3, with no championship appearance, nor West Div title 57.1% Assume we beat Rice. 5-3, 62.5%. If we lose 4-4 50%.

Nice decision Jones.

PonyKai · Post by **PonyKai** » Sun Nov 20, 2011 11:15 am

SMU is 1-9 against UH over the last ten games.

Dutch · Post by **Dutch** » Sun Nov 20, 2011 11:18 am

ouch. but they've had Case Keenum for 6 of those. and we had Phil Bennet & mike Cavan for the other 3

Dutch · Post by **Dutch** » Sun Nov 20, 2011 11:19 am

Dutch wrote:ouch. but they've had Case Keenum for 6 of those. and we had Phil Bennet & mike Cavan for the other 4

S....M....U · Post by **S....M....U** » Sun Nov 20, 2011 11:42 am

Yikes

huskerpony · Post by **huskerpony** » Sun Nov 20, 2011 11:48 am

S....M....U wrote:Yikes

Still funny today

FrogsRKings · Post by **FrogsRKings** » Sun Nov 20, 2011 11:51 am

Is Padron still on the team? I went to the game yesterday with an SMU buddy and we couldn't even find him on the sideline.

smupony94 · Post by **smupony94** » Sun Nov 20, 2011 12:00 pm

He didn't travel due to injury

FrogsRKings · Post by **FrogsRKings** » Sun Nov 20, 2011 12:06 pm

smupony94 wrote:He didn't travel due to injury

That explains it. What is his injury? Also, Let me say that SMU's defense played well. Except for a hand full of big runs, it seemed to me they held Houston's dink and dunk attack in check.

Now the offense...yeesh...

huskerpony · Post by **huskerpony** » Sun Nov 20, 2011 12:10 pm

FrogsRKings wrote:That explains it. What is his injury?

medicalwaiveritis

FIVE-O-FAN · Post by **FIVE-O-FAN** » Sun Nov 20, 2011 12:12 pm

FrogsRKings wrote:
smupony94 wrote:He didn't travel due to injury

That explains it. What is his injury? Also, Let me say that SMU's defense played well. Except for a hand full of big runs, it seemed to me they held Houston's dink and dunk attack in check.

Now the offense...yeesh...

Back injury.

FIVE-O-FAN · Post by **FIVE-O-FAN** » Sun Nov 20, 2011 12:13 pm

huskerpony wrote:
FrogsRKings wrote:That explains it. What is his injury?

medicalwaiveritis

Or that.

smupony94 · Post by **smupony94** » Sun Nov 20, 2011 12:15 pm

garrettgilbert-titis