2019 SMU Mustangs football team

2019 SMU Mustangs football
Conference	American Athletic Conference
Division	West Division
2019 record	0–0 (0–0 American)
Head coach	Sonny Dykes (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Rhett Lashlee (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Kevin Kane (2nd season)
Home stadium	Gerald J. Ford Stadium (Capacity: 32,000)
Seasons

Template:2019 American Athletic Conference football standings The 2019 SMU Mustangs football team will represent Southern Methodist University during the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Mustangs will be led by second-year head coach Sonny Dykes and will play their home games at Gerald J. Ford Stadium in Dallas, Texas. They will compete as members of the West Division of the American Athletic Conference.

Preseason

AAC media poll

The AAC media poll was released on July 16, 2019, with the Mustangs predicted to finish fourth in the AAC West Division.

Media poll (West)
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Memphis	165 (15)
2	Houston	162 (14)
3	Tulane	108
4	SMU	87 (1)
5	Navy	70
6	Tulsa	38

Schedule

SMU's 2019 schedule will begin with four non-conference games: first on the road against Arkansas State of the Sun Belt Conference, then at home against North Texas of Conference USA, then at home against Texas State, also of the Sun Belt Conference, and finally on the road against cross-town rival TCU of the Big 12 Conference. In American Athletic Conference play, the Mustangs will play the other members of the West Division and draw East Carolina, South Florida, and Temple from the East Division. They will not play Cincinnati, Connecticut, or UCF as part of the regular season.

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	6:00 p.m.	at Arkansas State*	Centennial Bank Stadium Jonesboro, AR	ESPN+
September 7	6:00 p.m.	North Texas*	Gerald J. Ford Stadium Dallas, TX (Safeway Bowl)	ESPN3
September 14	6:00 p.m.	Texas State*	Gerald J. Ford Stadium Dallas, TX	ESPN3
September 21		at TCU*	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (Battle for the Iron Skillet)
September 28		at South Florida	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL
October 5		Tulsa	Gerald J. Ford Stadium Dallas, TX
October 19		Temple	Gerald J. Ford Stadium Dallas, TX
October 24	6:30 p.m.	at Houston	TDECU Stadium Houston, TX	ESPN
November 2		at Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN
November 9		East Carolina	Gerald J. Ford Stadium Dallas, TX
November 23	2:30 p.m.	at Navy	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD (Gansz Trophy)	CBSSN
November 30		Tulane	Gerald J. Ford Stadium Dallas, TX
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Central time

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Roster

2019 SMU Mustangs football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 1 Sanders, C. J.C. J. Sanders File:Redshirt.svg 4.5 !Sr RB 2 Freeman, Ke'MonKe'Mon Freeman 7.0 !Sr WR 3 Proche, JamesJames Proche 7.0 !Sr WR 4 Page, TylerTyler Page 5.0 !Jr RB 5 Jones, XavierXavier Jones 7.0 !Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Sonny Dykes Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Game summaries

at Arkansas State

	1	2	3	4	OT
Mustangs					0
Red Wolves					0

See also: 2019 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–1	Sept. 23, 2017	W, 44–21

North Texas

	1	2	3	4	OT
Mean Green					0
Mustangs					0

See also: 2019 North Texas Mean Green football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
31–6–1	Sept. 1, 2018	L, 23–46

Texas State

	1	2	3	4	OT
Bobcats					0
Mustangs					0

See also: 2019 Texas State Bobcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	Sept. 6, 2008	W, 47–36

at TCU

	1	2	3	4	OT
Mustangs					0
Horned Frogs					0

See also: 2019 TCU Horned Frogs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
40–51–7	Sept. 7, 2018	L, 12–42

at South Florida

	1	2	3	4	OT
Mustangs					0
Bulls					0

See also: 2019 South Florida Bulls football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–3	Nov. 19, 2016	L, 27–35

Tulsa

	1	2	3	4	OT
Golden Hurricane					0
Mustangs					0

See also: 2019 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
14–11	Nov. 24, 2018	L, 24–27

Temple

	1	2	3	4	OT
Owls					0
Mustangs					0

See also: 2019 Temple Owls football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–2–2	Oct. 1, 2016	L, 20–45

at Houston

	1	2	3	4	OT
Mustangs					0
Cougars					0

See also: 2019 Houston Cougars football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–21–1	Nov. 3, 2018	W, 45–31

at Memphis

	1	2	3	4	OT
Mustangs					0
Tigers					0

See also: 2019 Memphis Tigers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–8	Nov. 16, 2018	L, 18–28

East Carolina

	1	2	3	4	OT
Pirates					0
Mustangs					0

See also: 2019 East Carolina Pirates football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–4	Nov. 12, 2016	W, 55–31

at Navy

	1	2	3	4	OT
Mustangs					0
Midshipmen					0

See also: 2019 Navy Midshipmen football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
8–12	Sept. 22, 2018	W, 31–30

Tulane

	1	2	3	4	OT
Green Wave					0
Mustangs					0

See also: 2019 Tulane Green Wave football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–13	Oct. 20, 2018	W, 27–23