SMU Postgame Notes
November11, 2017

Navy 43, SMU 40

Navy (6-3, 4-3 American), SMU (6-4, 3-3 American)

Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium

Annapolis, Maryland

NEXT GAME

At [20/19] Memphis– Saturday, Nov. 18 – 11 a.m. CT – Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium

TV: ESPNews

Radio:KTCK 1310 AM/96.7 FM “The Ticket” or KLIF 570 AM (TuneIn app)

TEAM NOTES

Captains: Evan Brown (#63, Sr., OL), Justin Lawler (#99, Sr., DE), Courtland Sutton (#16, Jr., WR), Jordan Wyatt (#15, Jr., DB)

Just the second time this season Navy has allowed 40 or more points

SMU had rallied from 23points down (34-11) to tie the game 40-40 with 3:32 left in the 4th quarter

-Ben Hicks 29-yard TD to Courtland Sutton and Ben Hicks to Trey Quinn 2-point conversion

SMU stopped Navy on 4th down twice in the fourth quarter (4th & 1 at 12:25 and 4th & 3 at 4:40)

-Entering the game, Navy had only been stopped once this season on 4th & 3 or fewer

SMU blocked a PAT (Justin Lawler) and returned it for a 2-point defensive PAT (by Mikial Onu). First defensive PAT for SMU since Texas State 9/6/2008 (Darius Bell on the return after a Youri Yenga block)

-Lawler leads the nation with 3 blocked kicks this season (2 FGs, PAT), has 6 for his career (5 FGs, PAT)

Five different Mustangs found the end zone

-Receiving TDs (Courtland Sutton [2], Trey Quinn, James Proche) – all from Ben Hicks

-Rushing TD (Xavier Jones)

-2-point defensive PAT (Mikial Onu off of a blocked PAT by Justin Lawler)

-2-point conversion (Trey Quinn from Ben Hicks)

SMU had 426 total yards (165 rushing, 261 passing)

-Over the past 13 games, SMU has

  • 39.2 points per game
  • 496.4 yards per game (400 in all 13 games – 3rd longest active streak in FBS of 400+; Oklahoma 21 entering today, Oklahoma State 15)

SMU was 4-4 in the red zone, all TDs (34-39 on the season)

SMU had 2 takeaways (interceptions by Delano Robinson, fumble recovery by Delano Robinson)

-SMU was even for the game (entered the game with an average +1.33 turnover margin, 5thin FBS, 2ndAAC)

VIDEOS:

-Blocked PAT (Justin Lawler)/2-point defensive PAT (Mikial Onu)

-Ben Hicks 19-yard passing TD to Trey Quinn

-Ben Hicks 14-yard passing TD to Courtland Sutton

-Ben Hicks 17-yard TD pass to James Proche

-Ben Hicks 29-yard TD pass to Courtland Sutton

-Ben Hicks 2-point conversion to Trey Quinn

SMU SCORING AVG
--- / 2017 / 39.6
1 / 1981 / 33.2
2 / 2012 / 30.5
3 / 2009 / 29.2
4 / 1982 / 28.9
5 / 2007 / 28.3
6 / 2015 / 27.8
7 / 2016 / 27.7
SMU SCORING
1 / 2012 / 397
2 / 2017 / 396
3 / 2009 / 380
4 / 1981 / 365
5 / 2010 / 360
6 / 1982 / 347
7 / 2007 / 340
8 / 2011 / 336
9 / 2015 / 333
10 / 2016 / 332
TOT OFF - YDS/GM
--- / 2017 / 497.1
1 / 2013 / 435.2
2 / 2016 / 427.3
3 / 2007 / 422.3
4 / 2010 / 414.6
5 / 1968 / 394.0
TOT OFF - YDS/PLAY
--- / 2017 / 6.54
1 / 2010 / 6.31
2 / 2011 / 6.08
3 / 2009 / 5.99
4 / 1984 / 5.83
5 / 2007 / 5.62

SMU INDIVIDUAL RECORDS

Ben Hicks (#8, So., QB) – Manning Award Watch List

-16-29passing for 261yards with4TDs

  • Tied career high with 4 TDs
  • 24passing TDs on the season, T-4th at SMU
  • 3rd game this season with 4 TDs
  • TD passes to 3 different receivers (Courtland Sutton, Try Quinn, James Proche)

-5-14 rushing

-Now has 5779 career passing yards total offense, 6that SMU

-Now has 43 career passing TDs, 2nd at SMU

-Now has 452 career completions, 5th at SMU

-Now has 5733 yards of total offense, 7th at SMU

-VIDEO: Ben Hicks 19-yard passing TD to Trey Quinn

-VIDEO: Ben Hicks 14-yard passing TD to Courtland Sutton

-VIDEO: Ben Hicks 17-yard TD pass to James Proche

-VIDEO: Ben Hicks 29-yard TD pass to Courtland Sutton

-VIDEO: Ben Hicks 2-point conversion to Trey Quinn

SEASON TD PASSES
1 / Kyle Padron, 2010 / 31
2 / Justin Willis, 2006 / 26
3 / Justin Willis, 2007 / 25
4 / Bo Levi Mitchell, 2008 / 24
Ben Hicks, 2017 / 24
CAREER TD PASSES
1 / Justin Willis, 2006-08 / 51
2 / Ben Hicks, 2016- / 43
3 / Kyle Padron, 2009-11 / 41
4 / Chuck Hixson, 1968-70 / 40
CAREER TOTAL OFFENSE - YARDS / Total / Pass / Run
1 / Ramon Flanigan, 1992-97 / 7437 / 5640 / 1797
2 / Garrett Gilbert, 2012-13 / 7073 / 6460 / 613
3 / Chuck Hixson, 1968-70 / 6884 / 7179 / -295
4 / Kyle Padron, 2009-11 / 6189 / 5902 / 287
5 / Mike Ford, 1977-80 / 6055 / 6239 / -184
6 / Justin Willis, 2006-08 / 6054 / 4991 / 1063
7 / Ben Hicks, 2016- / 5733 / 5779 / -46
CAREER PASSING YARDS
1 / Chuck Hixson, 1968-70 / 7179
2 / Garrett Gilbert, 2012-13 / 6460
3 / Mike Ford, 1977-80 / 6239
4 / Mike Romo, 1989-92 / 6041
5 / Kyle Padron, 2009-11 / 5902
6 / Ben Hicks, 2016- / 5779

Justin Lawler (#99, Sr., DE) – Nagurski Watch List, Bednarik Watch List, Wuerffel Trophy Watch List, Hendricks Award Watch List, Senior CLASS Award Candidate

-Had a blocked PAT (3rdblocked kick of the season [2 FGs, PAT], 6th of his career [5 FGs, PAT])

  • Returned by Mikial Onu for a 2-point defensive PAT

-Had a career-high 10 tackles (was 9)

Trey Quinn (#18, Jr., WR) - Biletnikoff Award Watch List

-6-87receiving with 1 TD

  • 1008 season receiving yards (12th at SMU) (entered game6th in FBS at 102.3 yards/game)
  • Has 96 receptions, 4th in a season at SMU(entered game as leader in FBS at 10.0/gm)

-VIDEO: Ben Hicks 19-yard passing TD to Trey Quinn

-VIDEO: Ben Hicks 2-point conversion to Trey Quinn

SEASON RECEPTIONS
1 / Jeremy Johnson, 2013 / 112
2 / Darius Joseph, 2013 / 103
3 / Emmanuel Sanders, 2009 / 98
4 / Trey Quinn, 2017 / 96
5 / Cole Beasley, 2010 / 87
SEASON RECEIVING YARDS
1 / Emmanuel Sanders, 2009 / 1339
2 / Aldrick Robinson, 2010 / 1301
3 / Courtland Sutton, 2016 / 1246
4 / Jerry LeVias, 1968 / 1131
5 / Darius Johnson, 2011 / 1118
6 / Jeremy Johnson, 2013 / 1112
7 / Cole Beasley, 2010 / 1060
8 / Aldrick Robinson, 2008 / 1047
9 / Emanuel Tolbert, 1978 / 1041
10 / Cole Beasley, 2011 / 1040
11 / Keenan Holman, 2013 / 1037
12 / Trey Quinn, 2017 / 1008

Courtland Sutton (#16, Jr., WR) – Biletnikoff Award Watch List, Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Watch List

-Was 7-123receiving with 2 TDs

  • 4th game this season with multiple TDs
  • 5th 100-yard game this season
  • 13th 100-yard game of his career (T-3rd at SMU)

-Has 30 career receiving TDs (T-2nd at SMU) (entered game 3rd among active FBS)

-Has3010 career receiving yards (3rd at SMU, entered game 6thamong active in FBS)

-Has 182 career receptions, 7th at SMU

-Has a reception in 34straight games (entered game 9thin FBS)

-VIDEO: Ben Hicks 14-yard passing TD to Courtland Sutton

-VIDEO: Ben Hicks 29-yard TD pass to Courtland Sutton

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SMU CAREER 100-YARD RECEIVING GAMES
1 / Emmanuel Sanders, 2006-09 / 16
2 / Aldrick Robinson, 2007-10 / 14
3 / Darius Johnson, 2009-12 / 13
Courtland Sutton, 2014- / 13
SMU CAREER RECEIVING YARDS
1 / Emmanuel Sanders, 2006-09 / 3791
2 / Aldrick Robinson, 2007-10 / 3314
3 / Courtland Sutton, 2014- / 3010
4 / Cole Beasley, 2008-11 / 2959
5 / Darius Johnson, 2009-12 / 2854
CAREER RECEPTIONS
1 / Emmanuel Sanders, 2006-09 / 285
2 / Cole Beasley, 2008-11 / 255
3 / Jason Wolf, 1989-92 / 235
4 / Darius Johnson, 2009-12 / 232
5 / Jeremy Johnson, 2010-13 / 196
6 / Mick Rossley, 1991-94 / 186
7 / Courtland Sutton, 2014- / 182
CAREER RECEIVING TOUCHDOWNS
1 / Emmanuel Sanders, 2006-09 / 34
2 / Aldrick Robinson, 2007-10 / 30
Courtland Sutton, 2014- / 30

INDIVIDUAL NOTES

Evan Brown (#63, Sr., C) – Rimington Trophy Watch List, Outland Trophy Watch List

-Has started all 44 games played as a Mustang

Xavier Jones (#5, SO., RB) - 18-106 rushing with 1 TD (7 TDs this season, 18 for his career)

-2nd 100-yard game this season, 4th of his career

Cedric Lancaster (#3, Sr., DB) –Career-high 11 tackles with a TFL

Mikial Onu (#4, So, S)

-Had a 2-point defensive PAT (on a block by Justin Lawler)

-3 tackles

Delano Robinson (#24, FR, S) - Had his first career interception and a fumble recovery (2nd of the season) w/ 4 tackles

James Proche (#3So., WR)

-3-51 receiving with 1 TD

-VIDEO: Ben Hicks 17 yard TD pass to James Proche

Anthony Rhone (#48, Sr., LB) - Career-high 14 tackles (was 10)