SMU fell to 0-2 after a 53-19 loss to Tulane (1-1) in New Orleans. The Mustangs found themselves down 23-0 by the seven-minute mark of the first quarter and could not recover. Tulane registered 539 yards of total offense - 404 through the air - en route to its seventh consecutive home victory.
"I did a poor job of coaching," said SMU head coach Mike Cavan. "Put the blame on me. Did you see us play? I did a poor job of getting us ready for their passing game. I wasn't pleased with anything, maybe Johnnie Freeman. He did a good job."
Offensively, SMU had 414 yards. True freshman Johnnie Freeman had seven carries for 146 yards, including a 61-yard TD run on his first collegiate carry in the second quarter to make the score 29-12. Josh McCown was SMU's leading passer, completing 10 of 21 for 138 yards and one touchdown.
Several of SMU's offensive freshmen showed they've made progress. In addition to Freeman's scoring play, freshman Cody Cardwell was on the receiving end of his first career touchdown, a 33-yarder from McCown. In the third quarter, rookie QB Kelan Luker (6-of-18-2 interceptions) connected on a 38-yard scoring strike to freshman Chris Cunningham.
Tulane's Patrick Ramsey was 32-for-49 through the air for 404 yards and three TDs. JaJuan Dawson established Tulane and Conference USA records with 16 receptions and 218 receiving yards.
The game was similar to the 1998 contest between the two schools. In that contest, Tulane jumped ahead 31-0 before SMU rallied to score 21 points in the last 19 minutes.
The Mustangs will enjoy their first open week since the 1997 season on September 18. SMU returns to action on September 25 in the Cotton Bowl vs. Hawaii on Family Weekend. Kickoff is set for 2:00 PM Central time.
SMU vs Tulane - Box Score (Sep 11, 1999)
Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score
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SMU................. 6 6 7 0 - 19 Record: (0-2)
Tulane.............. 23 6 17 7 - 53 Record: (1-1)
Scoring Summary:
1st 12:42 TULANE - Mitch Mouton 11 yd blocked punt return (Seth Marler kick), , SMU 0 - TULANE 7
12:36 TULANE - TEAM safety, , SMU 0 - TULANE 9
12:03 TULANE - Adrian Burnette 6 yd pass from Patrick Ramsey (Seth Marler kick), 2-66 0:33, SMU 0 - TULANE 16
07:18 TULANE - Adrian Burnette 26 yd pass from Patrick Ramsey (Seth Marler kick), 5-34 1:48, SMU 0 - TULANE 23
05:48 SMU - Cardwell, C. 33 yd pass from McCown, J. (Crowley, J. kick failed), 5-56 1:30, SMU 6 - TULANE 23
2nd 13:34 TULANE - Toney Converse 1 yd run (Seth Marler kick blockd), 19-79 7:14, SMU 6 - TULANE 29
10:09 SMU - Freeman, J. 61 yd run (McCown, J. rush failed), 1-61 0:12, SMU 12 - TULANE 29
3rd 11:11 TULANE - Adrian Burnette 8 yd pass from Patrick Ramsey (Seth Marler kick), 12-80 3:49, SMU 12 - TULANE 36
09:24 TULANE - Toney Converse 53 yd run (Seth Marler kick), 2-59 0:43, SMU 12 - TULANE 43
07:06 SMU - Cunningham, C. 38 yd pass from Luker, K. (Crowley, J. kick), 7-66 2:18, SMU 19 - TULANE 43
04:07 TULANE - Seth Marler 29 yd field goal, 9-57 2:59, SMU 19 - TULANE 46
4th 14:57 TULANE - Toney Converse 1 yd run (Seth Marler kick), 7-28 2:43, SMU 19 - TULANE 53
SMU TULANE
FIRST DOWNS................... 19 26
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............ 30-181 42-135
PASSING YDS (NET)............. 233 404
Passes Att-Comp-Int........... 39-16-3 52-32-1
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS..... 69-414 94-539
Fumble Returns-Yards.......... 0-0 0-0
Punt Returns-Yards............ 3-21 6-54
Kickoff Returns-Yards......... 8-199 4-55
Interception Returns-Yards.... 1-14 3-43
Punts (Number-Avg)............ 6-30.3 5-34.0
Fumbles-Lost.................. 1-0 2-1
Penalties-Yards............... 4-29 5-38
Possession Time............... 24:53 35:07
Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 1-2 4-45
RUSHING: SMU-Freeman, J. 7-146; Briggs, K. 9-52; Phillips, R. 8-13;
Pennington, J. 1-3; Luker, K. 2-minus 15; McCown, J. 3-minus 18.
Tulane-Toney Converse 15-90; Brant Hocke 4-16; Jeff Sanchez 4-13; Gee
Reshard 3-12; Patrick Ramsey 5-9; John Wilson 6-7; Okie Woods 2-2; TEAM
1-minus 5; Derrick Joseph 2-minus 9.
PASSING: SMU-McCown, J. 10-21-1-138; Luker, K. 6-18-2-95.
Tulane-Patrick Ramsey 32-49-1-404; Derrick Joseph 0-3-0-0.
RECEIVING: SMU-Cunningham, C. 5-90; Newsome, T. 5-61; Cardwell, C.
2-48; Freeman, J. 2-19; Pennington, J. 1-9; Phillips, R. 1-6. Tulane-JaJuan
Dawson 16-218; Adrian Burnette 9-136; Mike Turner 3-17; John Wilson 2-21;
Toney Converse 1-10; Kerwin Jones 1-2.
INTERCEPTIONS: SMU-Brown, R. 1-14. Tulane-Delando Davis 1-30; Ky
Joseph 1-5; Meldon Barnes 1-8.
Stadium: Louisiana Superdome Attendance: 20097
Kickoff time: 5:07 pm End of Game: 8:27 Total elapsed time: 3:20
Officials: Referee: Art Massey; Umpire: Rich McMahan; Linesman: Kyle Hunter;
Line judge: Pat Ratesizt??.; Side judge: ??zt???s??l???;
Temperature: 72 Wind: Calm Weather: Indoors
SACKS (UA-A): SMU-Schavrda, C. 1-0. Tulane-Percy Branon 1-0; Sam
Knight 1-0; Noel Ellis 1-0; Floyd Dorsey 1-0.
TACKLES (UA-A): SMU-Garrett, K. 18-1; Simonton, J. 6-5; Hart, T. 5-1;
O'Neill, Sh. 5-1; Patman, J. 3-2; Brown, R. 4-0; Johnson, L. 4-0; Orr, J.
3-0; Aldridge, K. 3-0; Pettit, J. 2-1; Pratt, M. 2-0; Birdwell, W. 2-0;
Ford, B. 2-0; Cardwell, C. 2-0; Williams, J. 1-1; Riley, C. 1-1; Evans, J.
1-1; Schavrda, C. 1-1; Phillips, R. 1-0; Beard, K. 1-0; Dorsey, T. 1-0;
Randle, D. 1-0; Peterson, E. 1-0; Coats, R. 1-0; Post, C. 1-0; Williams, B.
1-0. Tulane-Noel Ellis 8-0; Meldon Barnes 5-1; Delando Davis 4-2; Sam Knight
4-0; Quentin Brown 4-0; Terry Fontenot 3-0; Ky Joseph 3-0; Sedric Clemons
2-1; Tim Carter 2-1; David Dorsey 2-0; Kevin Dukes 2-0; Floyd Dorsey 2-0;
Allen Phillips 1-1; Kenan Blackmon 1-1; Roxie Shelvin 0-2; Glenn Lemoine
1-0; Cory Green 1-0; David Dunlap 1-0; D.Crockett 1-0; Derrick Elzy 1-0;
Terrell Harris 1-0; Brant Hocke 1-0; Adrian Burnette 1-0; Percy Branon 1-0;
Mitch Mouton 0-1; Ryan Brewer 0-1.
Player participation:
SMU: 1-Garrett, K., 4-Brown, R., 5-Freeman, J., 6-Newsome, T., 7-Luker, K., 9-Crowley, J., 11-Aldridge, K., 13-Schavrda, C.,
15-McCown, J., 16-Walterscheid, A, 17-Ford, B., 19-Beard, K., 20-Hart, T., 21-Cunningham, C., 22-O'Neill, Sh., 24-Briggs, K.,
25-Cardwell, C., 26-Dorsey, T., 27-Baha, N., 28-Phillips, R., 30-Woods, J., 32-Coats, R., 33-McDearman, B., 34-McGraw, B.,
36-Simonton, J., 38-Johnson, D., 39-Orr, J., 40-Gardner, T., 41-Brown, M., 42-Williams, B., 43-Ellen, D., 44-Williams, J.,
45-Johnson, L., 46-Pennington, J., 48-Vadheim, C., 50-Birdwell, W., 51-Patman, J., 52-Nichols, R., 53-Riley, C., 54-Evans, J.,
55-Viloria, V., 56-Pratt, M., 59-Pettit, J., 65-Fross, C., 67-Slaten, J., 70-Adami, A., 71-Erxleben, J., 72-Gober, K.,
74-McCarthy, J., 78-Holder, B., 80-Riddle, R., 89-Randle, D., 92-Croy, L., 95-Post, C., 97-Peterson, E., 99-Chandler, T..
Tulane: 1-John Wilson, 3-Jeff Sanchez, 4-Kerwin Jones, 5-Quentin Brown, 6-Darlvon Bracy, 7-Patrick Ramsey, 11-Derrick Joseph,
13-Burl Burns, 14-Adrian Mitchell, 15-Tim Carter, 17-Kevin Dukes, 18-Terry Fontenot, 20-JaJuan Dawson, 21-Gee Reshard,
22-Terrell Harris, 23-Toney Converse, 24-Sam Knight, 25-James Dunn, 27-Brant Hocke, 28-Noel Ellis, 29-Allen Phillips,
31-Ky Joseph, 33-Meldon Barnes, 34-David Dorsey, 35-David Dunlap, 36-Casey Roussel, 38-Sedric Clemons, 39-Delando Davis,
42-Corey Jones, 43-Mike Truax, 44-Glenn Lemoine, 46-Mike Turner, 47-Seth Marler, 49-Okie Woods, 50-Percy Branon, 53-B.Westbrook,
54-Marlon Tickles, 55-Kapua Conley, 56-Corey Sewell, 57-Tony Cunningham, 58-Cory Green, 59-Ryan Brewer, 61-Derick Bugg,
66-Torie Taulli, 71-C.Caldwell, 74-B.Robertson, 75-Chrys Bullock, 77-Jerry Godfrey, 80-Joseph Akin, 81-Terrence Tarver,
83-Adrian Burnette, 84-Kerwin Cook, 85-Floyd Dorsey, 86-Zander Robinson, 88-Matt Glapion, 89-Roxie Shelvin, 91-Kenan Blackmon,
94-C.Washington, 97-Mitch Mouton, 98-D.Crockett, 99-Derrick Elzy.
