2019 SMU Mustangs football team

SMU Mustangs football
	2019 SMU Mustangs football
Conference	American Athletic Conference
	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 ← 2018 2020 →

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.^[1]

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
Media poll (West)
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
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

Source:^[2]

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tulsa[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Golden Hurricane					0
Mustangs					0

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

Temple[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Owls					0
Mustangs					0

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

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

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

East Carolina[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Pirates					0
Mustangs					0

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

at Navy[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Mustangs					0
Midshipmen					0

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

Tulane[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Green Wave					0
Mustangs					0

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

References[]

[1] "UCF chosen as Favorite in 2019 Preseason Media Poll". http://theamerican.org/news/2019/7/16/football-ucf-chosen-as-favorite-in-2019-preseason-media-poll.aspx. Retrieved 16 July 2019.

[2] "2019 SMU Football Schedule". https://fbschedules.com/ncaa-2019/team/smu.

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