Friday, October 20, 2023 – 6 p.m. CT
SMU (4-2. 2-0 American) vs. Temple (2-5, 0-3 American)
Lincoln Financial Field - Philadelphia, Pa.

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SETTING THE SCENE
• The Mustangs remained unbeaten in conference play, picking up their first road win of the year, 31-10 at ECU on Oct. 12. 
• The SMU defense continued its dominant ways, forcing two turnovers and holding its fourth opponent to 16-or-fewer points this season. 
• The Mustangs have outscored their opponents 65-26 in two conference games this year. 

QUICK HITS
• SMU is 4-0 this year when they have scored at least 30 points in a game. 
• The Mustangs have had at least eight receivers catch a pass in every game in 2023. 
• Preston Stone ranks 15th in the NCAA in touchdown passes with 14 on the season. 
• RJ Maryland continued to cement his legacy as one of the best tight ends in program history, moving into second place all-time for receiving touchdowns for a tight end with nine in his career in just 19 games. 
• SMU's defense has been on another level this year, ranking in the top-20 in NCAA in defensive touchdowns (7th, 2), scoring defense (18th, 17.0), total defense (19th, 311.3 yards per game) and passing yards allowed (19th, 183.5 yards per game).

THE SERIES
• This is the eighth meeting in the all-time series. 
• SMU leads the series 3-2-2. 
• The teams last met up on Nov. 7, 2020, a 47-23 victory for the Mustangs in Philadelphia. 
• SMU has won the last two games in the series, scoring at least 45 points in each win. 

ABOUT THE OWLS
• Temple has a record of 2-5 on the year. 
• The Owls have lost four straight games. 
• Temple is 2-2 at home this season. 
• The Owls are giving up 30.0 points per game at home. 

THE COACHES
• Rhett Lashlee is in his second season as the head coach at SMU and has a 11-8 career record. Lashlee, who served as offensive coordinator for the Mustangs for two seasons (2018-19), also served as the offensive coordinator at Miami in 2020 and 2021. A one-time finalist (2013) and two-time semifinalist (2019, 2020) for the Broyles Award, Lashlee has the distinction of being the only coach ever nominated for the Broyles Award four different times at four different schools (Arkansas State, Auburn, SMU, Miami).

• Stan Drayton is in his second season as head coach of the Owls. He has a career record of 5-14. Drayton came to Temple from the University of Texas where he was the associate head coach and run game coordinator for both Tom Herman (2017-20) and Steve Sarkisian (2021).