Southern Methodist 48, North Texas 10
Associated Press
DENTON, Texas - Tanner Mordecai threw for 432 yards and four touchdowns and SMU defeated North Texas 48-10 in Rhett Lashlee's debut as coach of the Mustangs.
Mordecai's first TD pass, 51 yards to Jordan Kerley gave the Mustangs a 24-3 lead in the second quarter and a 75-yard catch-and-run pass to Roderick Daniels made it 31-10 at halftime.
Rashee Rice and Kelvontay Dixon caught TD passes in the second half. Rice had 166 receiving yards and Kerley 103.
Tre Siggers and Tyler Lavine had short scoring runs for SMU. Siggers led SMU with 54 yards on the ground.
Oscar Adaway had a 35-yard run for the Mean Green's only touchdown. Adaway had 20 carries for a game-high 117 yards.
SMU had the advantage in total offense with 576 yards to 422 for North Texas (1-1).
| Scoring Summary |
| First Quarter |
SMU | NorTx |
| SMU |
TD |
7:04 |
Tre Siggers 9 yd run (Collin Rogers kick) |
7 |
0 |
| SMU |
TD |
3:05 |
Tyler Lavine 5 yd run (Collin Rogers kick) |
14 |
0 |
| Second Quarter |
SMU | NorTx |
| NorTx |
FG |
11:14 |
Ethan Mooney 33 yd FG |
14 |
3 |
| SMU |
TD |
10:58 |
Jordan Kerley 51 yd pass from Tanner Mordecai (Collin Rogers kick) |
21 |
3 |
| SMU |
FG |
4:52 |
Collin Rogers 39 yd FG |
24 |
3 |
| NorTx |
TD |
2:08 |
Oscar Adaway III 35 yd run (Ethan Mooney kick) |
24 |
10 |
| SMU |
TD |
1:57 |
Roderick Daniels Jr. 75 yd pass from Tanner Mordecai (Collin Rogers kick) |
31 |
10 |
| Third Quarter |
SMU | NorTx |
| SMU |
TD |
3:54 |
Rashee Rice 24 yd pass from Tanner Mordecai (Collin Rogers kick) |
38 |
10 |
| Fourth Quarter |
SMU | NorTx |
| SMU |
TD |
14:16 |
Moochie Dixon 8 yd pass from Tanner Mordecai (Collin Rogers kick) |
45 |
10 |
| SMU |
FG |
6:47 |
Brendan Hall 32 yd FG |
48 |
10 |
| Team Stats |
| |
SMU |
North Texas |
| First downs |
23 |
21 |
| Rushing |
8 |
10 |
| Passing |
15 |
9 |
| Penalty |
0 |
2 |
| 3rd Down Efficiency |
7-13, 54% |
6-18, 33% |
| 4th down efficiency |
0-0, -% |
1-3, 33% |
| Rushes-Yards |
32-150 |
47-202 |
| Passing Yards |
426 |
220 |
| Return Yards |
69 |
44 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int |
25-34-0 |
16-34-2 |
| Sacks-Yards Lost |
1--10 |
1--5 |
| Punts |
4 |
5 |
| Punts-Average |
45.8 |
40.2 |
| Fumbles Lost |
2-2 |
2-1 |
| Penalties - Yards |
4-42 |
6-40 |
| Time of Possession |
23:56 |
33:53 |
| SMU Passing |
| Player |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
TDs |
Int |
| T. Mordecai |
23 |
32 |
432 |
4 |
0 |
| P. Stone |
2 |
2 |
-6 |
0 |
0 |
| North Texas Passing |
| Player |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
TDs |
Int |
| A. Aune |
14 |
29 |
186 |
0 |
2 |
| G. Gunnell |
2 |
5 |
34 |
0 |
0 |
| SMU Rushing |
| Player |
Carries |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| T. Siggers |
12 |
54 |
4.5 |
1 |
| C. Wheaton |
6 |
41 |
6.8 |
0 |
| T. McDaniel |
6 |
41 |
6.8 |
0 |
| P. Stone |
1 |
8 |
8.0 |
0 |
| B. Epton Jr. |
3 |
5 |
1.7 |
0 |
| T. Lavine |
1 |
5 |
5.0 |
1 |
| A. Upshaw |
1 |
3 |
3.0 |
0 |
| T. Mordecai |
2 |
-7 |
-3.5 |
0 |
| North Texas Rushing |
| Player |
Carries |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| O. Adaway III |
20 |
117 |
5.9 |
1 |
| A. Adeyi |
10 |
42 |
4.2 |
0 |
| I. Johnson |
8 |
34 |
4.3 |
0 |
| I. Ragsdale |
6 |
23 |
3.8 |
0 |
| A. Aune |
1 |
6 |
6.0 |
0 |
| G. Gunnell |
1 |
-5 |
-5.0 |
0 |
| SMU Receiving |
| Player |
Rec |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| R. Rice |
8 |
166 |
20.8 |
1 |
| J. Kerley |
4 |
103 |
25.8 |
1 |
| R. Daniels Jr. |
2 |
76 |
38.0 |
1 |
| G. Haskin |
2 |
41 |
20.5 |
0 |
| R. Maryland |
2 |
19 |
9.5 |
0 |
| M. Dixon |
2 |
15 |
7.5 |
1 |
| A. Upshaw |
2 |
6 |
3.0 |
0 |
| T. Siggers |
1 |
4 |
4.0 |
0 |
| B. Redding |
1 |
2 |
2.0 |
0 |
| T. Knox |
1 |
-6 |
-6.0 |
0 |
| North Texas Receiving |
| Player |
Rec |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| J. Maclin |
1 |
53 |
53.0 |
0 |
| J. Roberts |
3 |
41 |
13.7 |
0 |
| V. Gumms |
2 |
38 |
19.0 |
0 |
| R. Burns |
4 |
35 |
8.8 |
0 |
| J. Shorter |
2 |
29 |
14.5 |
0 |
| T. Bush |
1 |
12 |
12.0 |
0 |
| I. Johnson |
2 |
11 |
5.5 |
0 |
| I. Ragsdale |
1 |
1 |
1.0 |
0 |
| SMU Interceptions |
| Player |
Int |
Yards |
| N. Roberts |
1 |
27 |
| S. Wright |
1 |
1 |
| North Texas Interceptions |
| Player |
Int |
Yards |
| SMU Punting |
| Player |
Punts |
Yards |
Avg |
| R. Bujcevski |
4 |
183 |
45.8 |
| North Texas Punting |
| Player |
Punts |
Yards |
Avg |
| B. Rodriguez |
5 |
201 |
40.2 |
| SMU Punt Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| J. Kerley |
1 |
-7 |
-7.0 |
| North Texas Punt Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| SMU Kick Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| J. Record |
1 |
48 |
48.0 |
| North Texas Kick Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| K. Horton |
2 |
40 |
20.0 |
| C. Lee |
1 |
4 |
4.0 |
| SMU Missed FG |
| Player |
Length |
| North Texas Missed FG |
| Player |
Length |
| E. Mooney |
31 |
