SMU at HOUSTON
Saturday, Oct. 7 • 7 p.m. • CBS Sports Network
TDECU Stadium (40,000/Synthetic Turf)
Houston, Texas
Television
CBS Sports Network
Dave Ryan, Corey Chavous and Melanie Collins
Radio
KTCK-FM 96.7 (SMU)
KPRC-AM 950 (Houston)
THE GAME
Saturday’s game will be the 33rd meeting between SMU and Houston in a series that dates to 1975 … Houston holds a 20-11-1 series lead, though SMU took last year’s meeting with a 38-16 win in Dallas … QB Ben Hicks threw three touchdown passes for the Mustangs, who snapped the Cougars’ three-game winning streak in the series.
SMU
4-1, 1-0 American
Head Coach
Chad Morris (Texas A&M ’92)
11-18, third season
Notes
SMU is off to a 4-1 start for the first time since the 2011 season … The Mustangs have won back-to-back games on the heels of a 49-28 decision against UConn this past Saturday … SMU is 4-0 at home and 0-1 on the road this season … SMU is the only team in the nation that has scored at least 36 points in every game this year … QB Ben Hicks has thrown for 1,275 yards and a league-leading 14 touchdowns with three interceptions … RB Xavier Jones has rushed for 368 yards and three touchdowns … WR Trey Quinn leads the team with 37 receptions for 431 yards and four touchdowns … WR Courtland Sutton has 20 catches for 329 yards and seven TDs … The defense has been led by CB Jordan Wyatt, who has two interceptions and four pass breakups, while DE Justin Lawler leads The American with 6.0 sacks to go with 8.0 tackles for loss.
HOUSTON
3-1, 1-0 American
Head Coach
Major Applewhite (Texas ’02)
3-2, first full season
Notes
Houston bounced back from its first loss of the season with a 20-13 win at Temple last Saturday … The Cougars had won 16 straight games at TDECU Stadium before the streak ended against Texas Tech Sept. 23 (27-24) … QB Kyle Postma made his first start of the season in last week’s game against Temple … Postma has thrown for 371 yards and two touchdowns with one interception this season … RB Duke Catalon has a team-high 182 rushing yards with a touchdown … WR Linell Bonner has averaged 75.0 receiving yards per game and has a team-high 32 receptions … All-America DT Ed Oliver has 23 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss and two forced fumbles … Oliver left last week’s game against Temple in the first quarter with a knee injury and is considered day-to-day … LB Matthew Adams leads The American with 10.8 tackles per game.