SMU appears to seek out some consistency when it hosts FCS up-and-comer Houston Christian on Saturday night in Dallas.
The Mustangs (1-0) carry momentum into their second sport after a 29-24 comeback win at Nevada of their season opener final Saturday.
SMU obtained 254 yards passing from Preston Stone, with 162 of these going to RJ Maryland. The tight finish had eight receptions, together with the game-winning landing.
Stone hit Maryland for a 34-yard TD move with 1:18 left to cap the Mustangs’ 16-point fourth quarter, which they entered trailing 24-13.
LJ Johnson Jr. and Brashard Smith rushed for TDs of 1 and 4 yards, respectively, for SMU in its first sport as a member of the Atlantic Coast Convention.
The Mustangs overcame 125 yards on 11 penalties, with 10 of these flags coming over the primary three quarters.
“First sport of the season, they’re all the time loopy and peculiar,” SMU coach Rhett Lashlee stated Tuesday.
” … Now that we have had summer season, fall camp and an precise sport in an adversarial scenario, we all know how our crew will reply. We simply need not put ourselves in these positions any greater than we’ve to.”
Houston Christian travels to Dallas to kick off its eleventh season since debuting in 2014.
The Huskies posted their first successful marketing campaign in 2023, going 6-5 below head coach Braxton Harris earlier than he left for a similar job at Campbell College.
Jason Bachtel takes over at Houston Christian after beforehand serving because the crew’s offensive coordinator.
The Huskies had been picked within the Southland Convention preseason ballot to complete seventh within the nine-team league.
Houston Baptist’s assault might be led by its operating again trio of Jesse Valenzuela, Darrlye Evans and Champ Dozier, who mixed to amass 1,272 dashing yards and 10 touchdowns in 2023. Dozier had the very best yards per sport common, with 73.5 throughout 4 contests.
Bachtel says he desires the Huskies to push the tempo in 2024.
“Offensively, we need to be a power-spread, energy operating crew and vertical passing,” Bachtel stated. “We need to attempt to snap it 85, 90 instances a sport. We need to play as quick as we presumably can, get after it and create a enjoyable model of soccer with tough-minded and bodily gamers on each side of the ball.”
The groups have performed simply as soon as, a 63-27 win by the Mustangs in Dallas in 2018.
–Area Degree Media
