Memphis 31, SMU 26

 

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	24	20
Total Yards	436	349
Passing	130	311
Rushing	306	38
Penalties	6-62	3-32
3rd Down Conversions	9-15	3-9
4th Down Conversions	1-2	0-1
Turnovers	1	0
Possession	36:56	23:04

Air/Ground Leaders
Memphis Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Toney 9/19 130 2 1	Southern Methodist Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Turner 19/31 228 2 0 Mitchell 5/7 83 1 0
Memphis Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Steele 19 123 1 35 Ross 22 111 1 26	Southern Methodist Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG McKinney 7 25 0 11 Turner 3 25 0 11
Memphis Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Singleton 3 71 1 28 Jones 1 20 0 20	Southern Methodist Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Sanders 5 107 1 53 Beasley 6 66 2 21

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				MEM	SMU
	TD	08:31	Curtis Steele 2 Yd Run (Matt Reagan Kick)	7	0
	TD	02:22	Brandon Ross 10 Yd Run (Matt Reagan Kick)	14	0
	TD	01:37	Emmanuel Sanders 53 Yd Pass From Bo Levi Mitchell (Thomas Morstead Kick)	14	7
SECOND QUARTER				MEM	SMU
	FG	09:16	Thomas Morstead 40 Yd	14	10
	FG	00:00	Thomas Morstead 38 Yd	14	13
THIRD QUARTER				MEM	SMU
	TD	06:51	Steven Black 4 Yd Pass From Brett Toney (Matt Reagan Kick)	21	13
	TD	03:39	Cole Beasley 21 Yd Pass From Logan Turner (Thomas Morstead Kick)	21	20
FOURTH QUARTER				MEM	SMU
	TD	12:59	Carlos Singleton 18 Yd Pass From Brett Toney (Matt Reagan Kick)	28	20
	FG	01:31	Matt Reagan 24 Yd	31	20
	TD	00:38	Cole Beasley 8 Yd Pass From Logan Turner (Two-Point Conversion Failed)	31	26

DALLAS -- Curtis Steele ran for 123 yards and a touchdown, and Brandon Ross added 111 more on the ground and another score to lead Memphis to a 31-26 win over SMU on Saturday.

Steele sat out the fourth quarter with a hamstring injury. It was the first time since 2005 that two Memphis players have rushed for over 100 yards in the same game. Maurice Avery and DeAngelo Williams did it in 2005 against Houston.

Memphis (5-5, 3-3 C-USA) rushed for 306 yards and finished with 436 yards of total offense.

Logan Turner, who replaced an injured Bo Levi Mitchell, threw an 8-yard touchdown pass to Cole Beasley with 38 seconds left to cut the Tigers lead to 31-26. The Mustangs failed to convert on the two-point conversion and Memphis recovered the Mustangs' onside kick attempt.

SMU (1-9, 0-6 C-USA) has lost 15 consecutive Conference USA games.

Memphis grabbed a 31-20 lead with 1:31 remaining after a 10-play, 77-yard drive which lasted 6:09 ended with a 24-yard field goal by Matt Reagan.

Brett Toney threw an 18-yard touchdown pass to Carlos Singleton for a 28-20 Memphis lead with 12:59 left. Toney completed 9 of 19 passes for 130 yards and two touchdowns.

Turner's 21-yard touchdown pass to Beasley narrowed Memphis' lead to 21-20 with 3:31 left in the third quarter. Turner completed 19 of 31 passes for 228 yards and two touchdowns.

Mitchell injured his shoulder early in the second quarter when he attempted to throw a stiff-arm on a quarterback sneak. Mitchell was 5 of 7 for 83 yards.

Steele and Ross each ran for a touchdown in the first quarter to give the Tigers a 14-0 lead.

Mitchell connected with Emmanuel Sanders for a 53-yard touchdown pass with 1:37 left in the first quarter and Thomas Morstead converted on field goal attempts of 38 and 40 yards to narrow Memphis' lead to 14-13 at halftime.

Sanders led all receivers with 107 yards on five receptions.