SMU at TULSA
Friday, Oct. 7 • 7 p.m. • ESPN2
H.A. Chapman Stadium (30,000/FieldTurf)
Tulsa, Okla.
Television
ESPN2 -
WATCH LIVE -
LIVE STATS
Mike Corey and Rene Ingoglia
SMU Radio - KTCK-FM 98.7 (flagship)
Tulsa Radio - KXBL-FM 99.5 (flagship)
THE GAME
Friday’s game between SMU and Tulsa will be the 23rd meeting between the schools … SMU leads the series, 13-9, but Tulsa has taken the last two meetings, including a 40-31 win last year in Dallas behind three short touchdown runs by RB ZacK Langer … The schools met annually from 1996-2012 and renewed the series in 2014.
SMU
2-3, 0-1 American
Head Coach
Chad Morris (Texas A&M ’92)
4-13, second season
NOTES
SMU looks to snap a two-game slide after the Mustangs fell 45-20 at Temple … SMU leads the nation with 12 defensive interceptions in 2016, or two more than the Mustangs’ entire 2015 total … S Jordan Wyatt has four interceptions of his own, including two that were returned for touchdowns … RB Braden West has 397 rushing yards and two touchdowns in five games … QB Ben Hicks, who assumed the starting role after QB Matt Davis was lost for the year with a knee injury in the season-opener, has thrown for 1,026 yards and four TDs with nine interceptions … WR Courtland Sutton has 22 catches for 492 yards and four touchdowns … Sutton’s average of 22.4 yards per reception leads all NCAA FBS players with at least 20 catches … DE Justin Lawler has 27 tackles, 4.5 sacks and 5.5 tackles for loss.
TULSA
3-1, 0-0 American
Head Coach
Philip Montgomery (Tarleton State ’95)
9-8, second season
NOTES
Tulsa is off to a 3-1 start to the 2016 season following a 48-41 win in double overtime at Fresno State Sept. 24 … The Golden Hurricane had an open date this past weekend … The win against Fresno State saw Tulsa overcome a 31-0 deficit for the largest come-from-behind win in program history … RB D’Angelo Brewer set an American Athletic Conference record with 46 rushing attempts against Fresno State and had 252 rushing yards, good for second on the conference’s single-game chart … Brewer leads The American in rushing with 133.5 yards per game … QB Dane Evans has completed 68 of 116 passes for 880 yards and eight touchdowns with six interceptions … WR Keevan Lucas has 22 receptions for 387 yards and five TDs … The defense is led by LB Trent Martin, who has 29 tackles, and LB Petera Wilson, who has 3.5 sacks.