SMU v. Texas Tech
I travelled to Lubbock to watch SMU’s season opener against the Texas Tech Red Raiders. It was a very hot day, but I really enjoyed the atmosphere at Jones AT&T Stadium. Loud crowd and a good game that came down to the final possession with Tech hanging on for a 35-27 victory.
Darius Johnson leaps to attempt a catch late in the 4th quarter
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- Kyle Padron and Cole Beasley celebrate a fourth quarter touchdown
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- Cole Beasley and Kyle Padron celebrate a TD
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- Darius Johnson leaps to attempt a catch late in the 4th quarter
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- Kyle Padron
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- Zach Line
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- Zach Line
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- Bryce Tennison
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- Darius Johnson
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- Taylor Reed
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- June Jones talks to Shelly Smith coming out of the tunnel
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- Bradley Haynes
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- Zach Line
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- Zach Line
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- Blake McJunkin
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- SMU attempts to block a kick
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- Raider Red
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- Tommy Tubberville leads Texas Tech onto the field
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- The Masked Rider
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- SMU DE Taylor Thompson
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- SMU players stretch
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- SMU LB Ja'Gared Davis
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- Bryce Lunday
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- Kyle Padron
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- Keenan Holman
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- Kelly Turner
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- Ryan Smith
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- SMU RB Darryl Fields
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- J.J. McDermott takes his first snap for SMU
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- Aldirck Robinson
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- CHris Butler is tackled
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- Youri Yenga looks at the replay
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- Mike O'Guinn
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- Kenneth Acker
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- Darius Johnson and Jeremy Johnson
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- SMU DT Marquis Frazier pressures Tech QB Taylor Potts
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- Pete Fleps (52) and Ryan Smith (20) celebrate a 4th down stop
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- E.J. Drewery
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- SMU LB Youri Yenga battles a Tech lineman
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- Zach Line
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- Darryl Fields returns a kick
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- Kyle Padron
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- Aldrick Robinson
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- Taylor Thompson
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- J.J. McDermott warms up
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- Darryl Fields returns a kick
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- Taylor Thompson rushes the QB
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- Robert Mojica (34) assists on the tackle
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- Taylor Thompson takes down Tech QB Taylor Potts
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- SMU DE Taylor Thompson comes around the corner
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- Margus Hunt (92) works against the Tech linemen
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- SMU LB Pete Fleps
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- Taylor Reed
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- Margus Hunt
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- Cole Besley is tackled after a catch
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- Zach Line rumbles forward
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- Kevin Grenier
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- Offensive line coach Adrian Klemm
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- Kelly Turner
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- J.J. McDermott
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- Taylor Thompson looks for a way through the line
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- Chris Butler is tackled
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- Kyle Padron preparing to throw
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- J.T. Brooks
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- Zach Line
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- Randy McKinnon (16) and Youri Yenga (45) make the tackle
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- Ryan Smith looks to make the tackle
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- Kelvin Beachum
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- Kyle Padron
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- Kyle Padron
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- Kyle Padron
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- Kyle Padron fakes the hand-off
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- Kyle Padron
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- SMU WR Darius Johnson
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- Margus Hunt
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- Margus Hunt
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- Chris Butler turns it upfield
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- Margus Hunt rushes the QB
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- Sterling Moore
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- June Jones
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- Texas Tech QB Taylor Potts
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- Pete Fleps and Mark Voosen make the tackle
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- Sterling Moore tips away the pass
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- Margus Hunt (92) rushes Tech QB Taylor Potts
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- Sterling Moore
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- Mark Voosen
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- Kyle Padron tries to avoid the Tech defense
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- Chris Banjo
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- Coach McKnight awaits the first kickoff
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- Josh Emshoff
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- Matt Szymanski
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- SMU's Bryce Tennison
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- Marquis Frazier
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- Margus Hunt & Marquis Frazier
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- Kevin Pope
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- Darryl Fields
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- Kyle Padron warms up
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- Pete Fleps
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- Margus Hunt
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- Coach June Jones & kicker Matt Szymanski
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- Aldrick Robinson
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- Kyle Guinyard
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- J.T. Brooks
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- Kelly Turner
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- Kyle Padron stretches before the game
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- Mickey Dollens
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- Jeremy Johnson
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- J.J. McDermott
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- Ja'Gared Davis
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- Margus Hunt
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- Kelvin Beachum
SMU v. Tulane
The SMU Mustangs beat Tulane to end the season at 7-5. With the victory SMU ensured its first bowl berth in 25 years. Congratulations to the Mustang football team and good luck in the Aloha Bowl.
SMU Seniors Bryan McCann & Emmanuel Sanders
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- SMU RB Zach Line
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- SMU RB Zach Line celebrates his TD
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- SMU RB Zach Line scores a TD
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- SMU LB Youri Yenga pressures the Tulane QB
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- SMU LB Youri Yenga
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- SMU LB Youri Yenga
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- SMU WR Terrance Wilkerson
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- SMU DE Taylor Thompson
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- SMU Athletic Director Steve Orsini & Coach Jones celebrate the win and the bowl bid
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- SMU Defense talks it over
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- Tulane celebrates a TD
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- SMU Defensive line
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- SMU RB Shawnbrey McNeal looks up field
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- SMU RB Shawnbrey McNeal
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- SMU RB Shawnbrey McNeal
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- SMU RB Shawnbrey McNeal
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- SMU RB Shawnbrey McNeal
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- SMU RB Shawnbrey McNeal
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- SMU RB Shawnbrey McNeal
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- SMU RB Shawnbrey McNeal celebrates a TD
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- SMU RB Shawnbrey McNeal celebrates a TD
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- SMU RB Shawnbrey McNeal follows his blocker
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- SMU RB Shawnbrey McNeal
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- SMU RB Shawnbrey McNeal heads for the end zone
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- SMU RB Shawnbrey McNeal heads into the endzone
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- Tulane QB Ryan Griffin
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- Tulane QB Ryan Griffin
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- Tulane QB Ryan Griffin
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- SMU LB Pete Fleps
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- SMU LB Pete Fleps and CB J.R. McConnico make the tackle
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- SMU LB Pete Fleps hits the QB
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- SMU's Patrick Fleming
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- SMU C Mitch Enright
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- SMU DE Marquis Frazier
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- SMU DE Margus Hunt
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- SMU DE Margus Hunt
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- SMU DE Margus Hunt
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- SMU tries to block a kick
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- SMU QB Kyle Padron and Coach June Jones
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- SMU QB Kyle Padron
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- SMU QB Kyle Padron
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- SMU Coach June Jones during the senior walk
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- SMU OL Josh LeRibeus
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- SMU's Jimmy Chase
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- Tulane's Jeremy Williams receives the kickoff
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- SMU CB J.R. McConnico
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- SMU WR Emmanuel Sanders & CB Bryan McCann
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- SMU WR Emmanuel Sanders
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- SMU WR Emmanuel Sanders returns a punt
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- SMU WR Emmanuel Sanders
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- SMU WR Emmanuel Sanders
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- SMU Senior WR Emmanuel Sanders & family
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- SMU Senior WR Emmanuel Sanders
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- SMU WR Emmanuel Sanders
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- SMU WR Cole Beasley
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- SMU Senior DT Chris Parham
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- SMU Senior DT Chris Parham & family
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- SMU Senior LB Chase Kennemer & family
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- SMU Senior LB Chase Kennemer
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- SMU OL Bryce Tennison
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- SMU Senior S Bryce Hudman & Family
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- SMU Senior S Bryce Hudman
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- SMU Senior CB Bryan McCann & family
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- SMU WR Aldrick Robinson
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- Tulane RB Albert Williams
SMU v. UTEP 11-14-09
SMU held on to defeat the UTEP Miners by a score of 35-31. It took as stop on 4th and goal for the Miners, but the win made the Mustangs bowl eligible and has them sitting atop the West of Conference USA.
SMU v. Rice
November 7, 2009 – It was Homecoming at SMU as the Mustangs took on the Rice Owls. SMU took at early lead but were soon down to the winless Owls. It wasn’t until Sterling Moore blocked a Rice field goal attempt and Bryan McCann returned it for a touchdown on the last play of the first half that SMU would take the lead for good. It wasn’t easy, but the Mustangs were able to hold out for a 31-28 win. Next week the Mustangs face the UTEP Miners, and a victory will make the Mustangs bowl eligible!
Rice intercepts a pass
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- SMU cheerleader
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- SMU Cheerleader
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- SMU Cheerleader
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- SMU's Bryce Hudman
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- SMU WR Emmanuel Sanders
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- Here come the Mustangs
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- Bowl Bound???
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- SMU RB Shawnbrey McNeal turns the corner
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- SMU RB Shawnbrey McNeal
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- SMU RB Shawnbrey McNeal scores the touchdown
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- SMU RB Shawnbrey McNeal and WR Terrence Wilkerson celebrate
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- SMU LB Chase Kennermer recovers the fumble
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- Rice intercepts a pass
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- SMU S Rock Dennis tries to break up the pass
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- SMU CB Bryan McCann returns the kick
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- SMU Coach June Jones calls the play
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- SMU WR Cole Beasley lines up
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- SMU QB Kyle Padron loses the ball
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- SMU QB Kyle Padron & RB Shawnbrey McNeal
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- SMU DE Margus Hunt celebrates another blocked field goal
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- SMU QB Kyle Padron scrambles
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- SMU cheerleader
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- SMU cheerleader
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- SMU WR Cole Beasley
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- SMU RB Shawnbrey McNeal turns up field
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- SMU DE Margus Hunt
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- SMU S Rock Dennis makes the tackle
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- The Mustangs try to block the extra point
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- SMU WR Aldrick Robinson
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- SMU RB Shawnbrey McNeal leaps for the first down
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- SMU QB Kyle Padron congratulates WR Emmanuel Sanders on his TD
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- SMU WR Emmanuel Sanders celebrates his TD
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- SMU cheerleader
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- SMU cheerleader
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- SMU Cheerleader
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- SMU Coach June Jones interviewed at halftime
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- Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison
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- SMU baton twirler
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- SMU DE Margus Hunt celebrates another blocked field goal
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- SMU LB Youri Yenga
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- SMU DE Taylor Thompson knocks down the pass
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- SMU OL Jimmy Chase
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- SMU DE Margus Hunt
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- SMU Defense
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- SMU QB Kyle Padron
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- SMU Punter Matt Szymanski
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- SMU P Matt Szymanski
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- SMU RB Shawnbrey McNeal pulled down by the facemask
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- SMU QB Kyle Padron runs for the first down
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- SMU RB Shawnbrey McNeal runs to the endzone
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- SMU RB Shawnbrey McNeal scores his 2nd TD
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- SMU RB Shawnbrey McNeal scores his 2nd TD
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- SMU RB Shawnbrey McNeal scores his 2nd TD
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- SMU RB Shawnbrey McNeal celebrates his 2nd TD
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- SMU DE Margus Hunt
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- SMU DEs Taylor Thompson and Marquis Frazier
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- SMU LB Pete Fleps
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- SMU WR Emmanuel Sanders returns a punt
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- SMU WR Emmanuel Sanders returns a punt
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- SMU WR Emmanuel Sanders returns the punt
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- SMU WR Emmanuel Sanders returns a punt
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- SMU WR Emmanuel Sanders returns a punt
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- SMU QB Kyle Padron
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- SMU QB Kyle Padron
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- SMU RB Zach Line takes the hand off
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- SMU RB Zach Line loses his helmet
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- SMU QBs Kyle Padron & Bo Levi Mitchell
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- SMU CB Bryan McCann
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- SMU student section
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- Final Score - SMU 31 Rice 28
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- SMU LB Chase Kennemer throws the ball into the crowd at the end of the game
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- SMU cheerleader
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- SMU S Chris Banjo with the Mayor's Cup
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- SMU CB Bryan McCann & Rock Dennis with the Mayor's Cup
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- SMU players with the Mayor's Cup
SMU v. Navy
October 17, 2009 – Dallas, Texas - SMU battled Navy for the Frank Gansz Trophy. President & Mrs. Bush were on hand for the coin toss, the Navy Seals parachuted in the game ball and there was a fly by from three F-18s during the National Anthem. The game lived up to the hype with Navy and SMU battling into overtime. Navy came out on top 38-35.
SMU v. East Carolina
October 10, 2009 – Dallas, Texas – SMU faced off against the defending Conference USA champion East Carolina Pirates. East Carolina went into the game as the favorites, but it was SMU who ended up on top 28-21 in a back and forth game that wasn’t decided until the last minutes of the fourth quarter. The victory sees SMU go 2-0 in conference for the first time since 1986 when SMU was 3-0 in the old Southwest Conference.
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- SMU LB Chase Kennemer
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- SMU's Kelvin Beachum
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- SMU WR Emmanuel Sanders
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- SMU DT Marquis Frazier
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- SMU offensive lineman Kelvin Beachum
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- Coin toss
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- SMU LB Chase Kennemer
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- SMU QB Bo Levi Mitchell
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- SMU QB Bo Levi Mitchell
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- SMU QB Bo Levi Mitchell warms up
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- SMU Safety Chris Banjo
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- SMU defense
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- SMU CB Bryan McCann makes the play
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- SMU QB Bo Levi flushed out of the pocket
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- SMU safety Rock Dennis tries to fire up the crowd
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- SMU Safety Rock Dennis makes the tackle
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- SMU DE Taylor Thompson
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- SMU's Margus Hunt tries to block the kick
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- SMU RB Shawnbrey McNeal runs upfield
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- SMU WR Darius Johnson
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- SMU LB Youri Yenga
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- SMU's Margus Hunt celebrates his blocked field goal
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- SMU DE Margus Hunt
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- SMU CB Bryan McCann
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- SMU DT Chris Parham
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- SMU's Josh LeRibeus
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- SMU receiver coach Jeff Reinbold
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- SMU's Kelvin Beachum
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- SMU's Chase Kennemer makes 1 of his 14 tackles
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- SMU QB Kyle Padron
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- SMU's offensive line takes a break
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- SMU Safety Chris Banjo
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- Former SMU and current New Orleans saint punter Thomas Morestead
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- SMU's Rock Dennis returns an INT for a touchdown
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- SMU's Rock Dennis heads for the endzone
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- SMU's Youri Yenga makes the tackle
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- SMU DE Taylor Thompson
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- SMU DT Marquis Frazier makes the tackle
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- SMU LB Chase Kennemer with another tackle
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- SMU's Terrance Wilkerson & Emmanuel Sanders celebrate a TD
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- SMU WR Terrance Wilkerson celebrates his TD
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- SMU WR Emmanuel Sanders celebrates the victory
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- SMU CB Chris Banjo
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- SMU WR Bradley Haynes
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- SMU WR Emmanuel Sanders
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- SMU OL Bryce Tennison
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- SMU Safety Rock Dennis
Battle for the Iron Skillet – SMU v. TCU
October 3, 2009 – Fort Worth, Texas – SMU travelled to Fort Worth to take on the 11th ranked TCU Horned Frogs in the annual battle for the Iron Skillet. In a rain soaked game, SMU forced three first half turnovers and scored the first touchdown of the game to take a 7-0 lead, but then TCU scored 25 unanswered points to put the game out of reach. The final score was TCU 39- SMU 14.
SMU v. Stephen F. Austin
Saturday, September 5, 2009 – Dallas, Texas: SMU defeated Stephen F. Austin for their first opening game victory since 2000. The victory against SFA was not a pretty one with the game still in doubt well into the second half. With two minutes left, and SMU up 24-23 SFA’s kicker missed a field goal, and on the subsequent possession Miami transfer RB Shawbrey McNeal broke a 49 yard touchdown run to preserve the victory for SMU.
On a day when SMU’s passing attack was not very effective McNeal, who was granted permission by the NCAA to play this year only the day before, rushed for 158 yards on 19 carries and scored one touchdown.
