Southern Methodist 40, Navy 34
Associated Press
DALLAS - Tanner Mordecai passed for 336 yards and three touchdowns, and he rushed for 74 yards and a score to help SMU beat Navy 40-34.
All four of Mordecai's touchdowns went for 20-plus yards. Mordecai raced up the middle for a 60-yard touchdown run to begin SMU's 20-point scoring run in the third quarter. Mordecai also had a short pass to Jordan Kerley, who used two good blocks along the sideline to race for a 33-yard touchdown.
Mordecai connected with Roderick Daniels Jr. from 27-yards out for a 40-20 lead midway through the fourth. SMU recovered Navy's onside kick with 2:30 left but went three-and-out before the Midshipmen scored with nine seconds left to cap the scoring.
Dylan Goffney had a team-high four catches for 116 yards, including a 24-yard touchdown for SMU (3-3, 1-1 American Athletic Conference).
Quarterback Tai Lavatai carried it 25 times for 121 yards and two touchdowns for Navy (2-4, 2-2). Lavatai was 9-of-22 passing for 137 yards with two touchdowns and an interception.
Navy's third pass attempt of the game went to Vincent Terrell Jr. for a 24-yard touchdown with 14 seconds left before halftime. Navy opened the second half with a 75-yard drive, ending in Lavatai's 15-yard touchdown run.
| Scoring Summary |
| First Quarter |
Navy | SMU |
| SMU |
FG |
11:01 |
Collin Rogers 40 yard field goal |
0 |
3 |
| SMU |
TD |
7:00 |
Dylan Goffney 24 yard TD pass from Tanner Mordecai (Collin Rogers Extra Point) |
0 |
10 |
| Second Quarter |
Navy | SMU |
| SMU |
FG |
11:49 |
Collin Rogers 46 yard field goal |
0 |
13 |
| Navy |
TD |
0:14 |
Vincent Terrell II 24 yard TD pass from Tai Lavatai (Daniel Davies Extra Point) |
7 |
13 |
| Third Quarter |
Navy | SMU |
| Navy |
TD |
11:13 |
Tai Lavatai 15 yard TD run (Daniel Davies Extra Point) |
14 |
13 |
| SMU |
TD |
10:40 |
Tanner Mordecai 60 yard TD run (Rashee Rice 2pt conversion attempt is NO GOOD) |
14 |
19 |
| SMU |
TD |
5:49 |
TJ McDaniel 1 yard TD run (Collin Rogers Extra Point) |
14 |
26 |
| SMU |
TD |
2:49 |
Jordan Kerley 33 yard TD pass from Tanner Mordecai (Collin Rogers Extra Point) |
14 |
33 |
| Fourth Quarter |
Navy | SMU |
| Navy |
TD |
14:21 |
Jayden Umbarger 26 yard TD pass from Tai Lavatai (Maquel Haywood 2pt conversion attempt is NO GOOD) |
20 |
33 |
| SMU |
TD |
8:28 |
Roderick Daniels Jr. 27 yard TD pass from Tanner Mordecai (Collin Rogers Extra Point) |
20 |
40 |
| Navy |
TD |
2:31 |
Logan Point 3 yard TD run (Daniel Davies Extra Point) |
27 |
40 |
| Navy |
TD |
0:09 |
Tai Lavatai 1 yard TD run (Daniel Davies Extra Point) |
34 |
40 |
| Team Stats |
| |
Navy |
SMU |
| First downs |
33 |
16 |
| Rushing |
24 |
5 |
| Passing |
5 |
10 |
| Penalty |
4 |
1 |
| 3rd Down Efficiency |
11-22, 50% |
4-9, 44% |
| 4th down efficiency |
5-7, 71% |
0-0, -% |
| Rushes-Yards |
77-373 |
22-101 |
| Passing Yards |
136 |
339 |
| Return Yards |
16 |
26 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int |
9-23-1 |
19-26-0 |
| Sacks-Yards Lost |
2-6 |
0-0 |
| Punts |
2 |
3 |
| Fumbles Lost |
2-1 |
2-0 |
| Penalties - Yards |
6-35 |
5-55 |
| Navy Passing |
| Player |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
TDs |
Int |
| T. Lavatai |
9 |
20 |
136 |
2 |
1 |
| SMU Passing |
| Player |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
TDs |
Int |
| T. Mordecai |
19 |
26 |
339 |
3 |
0 |
| Navy Rushing |
| Player |
Carries |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| T. Lavatai |
24 |
125 |
5.2 |
2 |
| M. Haywood |
10 |
93 |
9.3 |
0 |
| D. Fofana |
20 |
59 |
3.0 |
0 |
| V. Terrell II |
11 |
35 |
3.2 |
0 |
| D. Jones |
3 |
25 |
8.3 |
0 |
| K. Puailoa-Rojas |
2 |
19 |
9.5 |
0 |
| N. Kent |
1 |
7 |
7.0 |
0 |
| A. Hall Jr. |
3 |
5 |
1.7 |
0 |
| L. Point |
3 |
5 |
1.7 |
1 |
| SMU Rushing |
| Player |
Carries |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| T. Mordecai |
5 |
74 |
14.8 |
1 |
| T. Lavine |
6 |
28 |
4.7 |
0 |
| C. Wheaton |
3 |
5 |
1.7 |
0 |
| T. McDaniel |
4 |
0 |
0.0 |
1 |
| M. Dixon |
1 |
-3 |
-3.0 |
0 |
| Navy Receiving |
| Player |
Rec |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| J. Umbarger |
5 |
59 |
11.8 |
1 |
| M. Walker |
1 |
34 |
34.0 |
0 |
| V. Terrell II |
1 |
24 |
24.0 |
1 |
| K. Puailoa-Rojas |
1 |
12 |
12.0 |
0 |
| M. Haywood |
1 |
7 |
7.0 |
0 |
| SMU Receiving |
| Player |
Rec |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| D. Goffney |
4 |
116 |
29.0 |
1 |
| R. Rice |
3 |
74 |
24.7 |
0 |
| J. Kerley |
3 |
62 |
20.7 |
1 |
| M. Dixon |
1 |
47 |
47.0 |
0 |
| R. Daniels Jr. |
2 |
30 |
15.0 |
1 |
| A. Upshaw |
1 |
10 |
10.0 |
0 |
| T. McDaniel |
3 |
6 |
2.0 |
0 |
| R. Maryland |
1 |
-3 |
-3.0 |
0 |
| T. Knox |
1 |
-3 |
-3.0 |
0 |
| Navy Interceptions |
| Player |
Int |
Yards |
| SMU Interceptions |
| Player |
Int |
Yards |
| I. Slade-Matautia |
1 |
-3 |
| Navy Punting |
| Player |
Punts |
Yards |
Avg |
| K. Grave de Peralta |
2 |
76 |
38.0 |
| SMU Punting |
| Player |
Punts |
Yards |
Avg |
| R. Bujcevski |
3 |
142 |
47.3 |
| Navy Punt Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| SMU Punt Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| R. Roberson Jr. |
1 |
-9 |
-9.0 |
| Navy Kick Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| M. Moore |
1 |
16 |
16.0 |
| SMU Kick Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| D. Goffney |
2 |
15 |
7.5 |
| T. McDaniel |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| R. Daniels Jr. |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| B. Massey |
1 |
10 |
10.0 |
| G. Haskin |
1 |
13 |
13.0 |
| Navy Missed FG |
| Player |
Length |
| D. Davies |
36 |
| SMU Missed FG |
| Player |
Length |
