SMU Beats Tulsa 28-14
Nov 20 | Football
The SMU football team won its fourth consecutive game with a convincing 28-14 Western Athletic Conference win over Tulsa Saturday afternoon at Skelly Stadium.
"I was pleased with our effort today," said SMU head coach Mike Cavan. "We played extremely well in the first half and I really liked our intensity. Tulsa is a dangerous team and we're happy to gain a WAC win on the road."
Sophomore QB Josh McCown set a school record by completing 19 consecutive passes, going 24-of-29 for 300 yards and three touchdowns.
He began his streak with 11:00 remaining in the first quarter with a 9-yard pass to Chris Cunningham. He passed for 253 yards during the streak, which ended when he overthrew his pass to Bryan McDearman on the first play of the fourth quarter. The streak broke the previous school record of 13, set by Bobby Watters against Rice in 1986.
McCown, who has thrown for 11 touchdowns and 1,384 yards this season, was intercepted on the next play by Taquan Gullet, giving Tulsa the ball at the SMU 46. Tulsa (2-9, 1-6 WAC), which trailed 28-0 at that point, scored on Ken Bohanon's 1-yard run with 11:56 remaining.
SMU (4-5, 3-2 WAC), which held Tulsa to one first down in the first half, has won four straight, the longest current winning streak in the WAC.
Freshman WR Cody Cardwell caught 10 passes for 146 yards and one touchdown, while fellow freshman WR Cunningham caught eight passes for 141 yards and two touchdowns.
SMU had 354 yards of total offense to Tulsa's 204.
Tulsa freshman quarterback Josh Blankenship completed 20 of 34 passes for 167 yards, one interception and one touchdown, and its leading rusher was Bohanon, who gained just 27 yards. John Mosley, who needed 144 yards on the ground for 1,000 this season, carried the ball eight times for only 17 yards.
Tulsa only had 39 yards of total offense in the first half to the Mustangs' 223.
SMU scored on its first possession, driving 69 yards and scoring on a 25-yard pass to Cunningham. Rodnick Phillips scored on a 3-yard run to make it 14-0 just 11:44 into the game. In the second quarter, the Mustangs drove 80 yards to score on a 3-yard pass to Cardwell for a 21-0 lead.
