TULSA at SMU
Friday, Oct. 27 • 9 p.m. • ESPN
Gerald J. Ford Stadium (32,000/FieldTurf)
Dallas, Texas
Television
ESPN
Dave Lamont, Dusty Dvoracek and Alex Corddry
Radio
KXBL-FM 99.5 (Tulsa)
KTCK-FM 96.7 (SMU)
THE GAME
Friday’s game will be the 24th meeting between Tulsa and SMU … SMU leads the series 13-10, but Tulsa has taken the last three meetings, including a 43-40 overtime decision in Oklahoma last year in a game that featured seven lead changes after halftime … Tulsa had two 100-yard rushers and two 100-yard receivers in last year’s game.
TULSA
2-6, 1-3 American
Head Coach
Philip Montgomery (Tarleton State ’95)
18-16, third season
Notes
Tulsa, which had put together a huge second half in a 45-17 win against Houston two weeks ago, nearly overcame a 20-0 deficit against UConn last week, but the Golden Hurricane fell 20-14 in East Hartford … Tulsa is 0-3 in road games this season … The Golden Hurricane has 28 rushing touchdowns and four passing TDs this season … RB D’Angelo Brewer leads the squad with 824 rushing yards and seven TDs, but missed last week’s game at UConn due to injury … RB Shamari Brooks has rushed for 668 yards and nine TDs in his freshman season … QB Luke Skipper has started the last two games and has thrown for 653 yards and two touchdowns with two interceptions … WR Justin Hobbs has a team-high 38 receptions for 545 yards and two TDs … S McKinley Whitfield leads the squad with 76 tackles and four pass breakups.
SMU
5-2, 2-1 American
Head Coach
Chad Morris (Texas A&M ’92)
12-19, third season
Notes
SMU returned from a bye week to score a 31-28 overtime win at Cincinnati last Saturday … SMU is 4-0 at home this season … SMU has scored at least 30 points in all but one game this season … The Mustangs rank seventh nationally in scoring offense with 42.0 points per game … QB Ben Hicks has thrown for 1,967 yards and 17 touchdowns with six interceptions … RB Xavier Jones has rushed for 547 yards and four touchdowns … WR Trey Quinn is the national leader in receptions at 10.1 per game … Quinn has 71 catches for 773 yards and five touchdowns, while WR Courtland Sutton has 37 catches for 570 yards and nine TDs … The defense has been led by CB Jordan Wyatt, who has two interceptions and four pass breakups … LB Kyran Mitchell leads The American with 12.0 tackles for loss, while DE Justin Lawler leads the league with 6.5 sacks.