Golden Hurricane falls to SMU in Dallas
DALLAS –– The league-leading Southern Methodist University Mustangs cruised to a 69-10 victory over Tulsa on Saturday afternoon in front of an SMU Homecoming crowd of 20,800 fans at Gerald J. Ford Stadium.
UNIVERSITY OF TULSA FOOTBALL
DALLAS –– The league-leading Southern Methodist University Mustangs cruised to a 69-10 victory over Tulsa on Saturday afternoon in front of an SMU Homecoming crowd of 20,800 fans at Gerald J. Ford Stadium.
The Mustangs (6-2 overall, 4-0 in conference play) scored on all but one of its first-half possessions to take a 52-3 lead into halftime. It was the most points given up by a Tulsa team since a 48-0 halftime deficit against Houston in an 82-28 loss in 1988. Tulsa’s three first-half points came on Chase Meyer’s 35-yard field goal to make the score 14-3 in the first period.
In the first 30 minutes, SMU held a 440 to 110 edge in total offensive yards with 371 of those yards coming in the passing game and 69 on the ground.
SMU scored on its first second-half possession to give the Ponies a 59-3 lead at the 8:21 mark of the third period. The Mustangs added 10 more second-half points, while the Golden Hurricane (3-5, 1-3) scored its first TD in the fourth quarter on a 5-yard TD toss from Cardell Williams to Kamdyn Benjamin.
SMU ended the game with 638 yards, while Tulsa had 247 yards of total offense.
Tulsa will host AAU newcomer the North Carolina-Charlotte 49ers Saturday for Homecoming in a 3 p.m. game at Skelly Field at H.A. Chapman Stadium.
