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Washington State Lose in Gut-Wrenching Fashion to SMU

Posted on July 17, 2010 at 02:08 AM.

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UNIVERSITY PARK, TX - September 11, 2010, the Washington State football team travels to Texas to take on SMU. It wasn't going to be an easy one against the Mustangs, who have mastered the Run and Shoot offense.
It certainly started well for SMU, as they took a 21-3 lead through the early portions of the third quarter. The WSU defense could not stop the pass, which would eventually accumulate over 400 yards. While many were feeling down, Coach O'Hern continued to push his team, and midway through the third quarter, we got an answer.
HB James Montgomery broke a 50 yard run for a TD, untouched the entire way. This cut SMU's lead down to 21-10 with just over half of the third to go. The defense was stepping it up, stopping SMU's offense and forcing 3 and outs. Early in the fourth quarter, Jeff Tuel is able to lead a huge drive that culminated in a 27 yard Jeffrey Solomon TD reception. WSU was in striking distance, they could smell victory.
It wasn't over yet, as SMU's QB Pardon came up huge going 8/10 on a 10 play drive ending in a 10 yard pass to WR Wilkerson. 28-17, SMU lead, 3:40 to go.
WSU answers 59 seconds later, thanks to a huge pass play of 47 yards that set up the Cougars for a quick TD with 2:41 to go.
A 2 point attempt, to make it a 3 point game, failed, however the Cougars would not get the ball back. Coach O'Hern simply put, "Heartbreaking, tough loss." WSU falls to 1-2 heading into conference play in Week 5, as they will take on UCLA following the Week 4 bye.

NCAA Scoreboard - Washington State Cougars (1-2) at SMU Mustangs (2-1)

September 11, 2010	1	2	3	4	F
Washington State Cougars	3	0	7	13	23
SMU Mustangs	7	0	14	7	28

Top Performers

Washington State Cougars - Stats

J. Montgomery - 11 carries, 92 yards, TD

SMU Mustangs - Stats

K. Pardon - 25/44, 310 yards, 3 TD

Team Stats Comparison

	WSU	SMU
First Downs	13	17
3rd Down Efficiency	1-8	8-16
4th Down Efficiency	1-1	0-1
Total Yards	356	509
Passing Yards	177	463
Rushing Yards	179	46
Penalties-Penalty Yards	0-0	0-0
Turnovers	2	1
Time of Possession	17:39	19:53

Scoring Summary

First Quarter			WSU	SMU
WSU	5:09	FG WSU: N. Grasu, 32 yard FG	3	0
SMU	2:39	TD SMU: C. Joubert, 3 yard pass from K. Pardon(M. Szymanski kick)	3	7
Third Quarter			WSU	SMU
SMU	7:05	TD SMU: D. Johnson, 17 yard pass from K. Pardon(M. Szymanski kick)	3	14
SMU	5:13	TD SMU: T. Wilkerson, 82 yard pass from B. Smith(M. Szymanski kick)	3	21
WSU	4:38	TD WSU: J. Montgomery, 50 yard run(N. Grasu kick)	10	21
Fourth Quarter			WSU	SMU
WSU	6:45	TD WSU: J. Solomon, 27 yard pass from J. Tuel(N. Grasu kick)	17	21
SMU	3:40	TD SMU: T. Wilkerson, 10 yard pass from K. Pardon(M. Szymanski kick)	17	28
WSU	2:41	TD WSU: S. Stormo, 14 yard pass from J. Tuel(2 pt failed)	23	28

Washington State Cougars

Passing	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
J. Tuel	9/20	177	2	1
Rushing	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
J. Montgomery	11	92	8.3	1
C. Winston	8	29	3.6	0
L. Mitz	6	66	11.0	0
Receiving	REC	YDS	AVG	TD
S. Stormo	3	45	15.0	1
J. Solomon	2	36	18.0	1
J. Montgomery	1	23	23.0	0
G. Simone	1	18	18.0	0
I. Barton	1	47	47.0	0
Defense	TKL	SACK	INT	TD
C. Nwachukwu	11	0	0	0
A. Houston	4	1	0	0
C. Hamlett	4	1	0	0
C. Burk	6	0	0	0
J. Matthews	6	0	0	0
Kick Returning	NO.	YDS	TD	LONG
J. Montgomery	4	96	0	29
J. Solomon	1	15	0	15
Punt Returning	NO.	YDS	TD	LONG
J. Montgomery	3	43	0	18
Kicking	FGM/A	XPM/A	PTS	LONG
N. Grasu	1/2	2/2	5	32
Punting	NO.	YDS	AVG	IN 20
R. Forrest	4	179	44.7	3

SMU Mustangs

Passing	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
K. Pardon	25/44	310	3	0
B. Smith	6/8	153	1	0
Rushing	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
Z. Line	8	36	4.5	0
K. Pardon	6	1	0.1	0
B. Lunday	1	8	8.0	0
Receiving	REC	YDS	AVG	TD
C. Beasley	10	192	19.2	0
T. Wilkerson	4	116	29.0	2
C. Joubert	4	35	8.7	1
B. Lunday	3	29	9.6	0
D. Johnson	2	23	11.5	1
Defense	TKL	SACK	INT	TD
J. Davis	3	0	1	0
M. Frazier	2	1	0	0
C. Banjo	4	0	0	0
T. Reed	4	0	0	0
J. McConico	5	0	0	0
Kick Returning	NO.	YDS	TD	LONG
D. Johnson	5	98	0	20
Punt Returning	NO.	YDS	TD	LONG
D. Johnson	1	7	0	7
C. Castro	1	0	0	0
Kicking	FGM/A	XPM/A	PTS	LONG
M. Szymanski	0/2	4/4	4
Punting	NO.	YDS	AVG	IN 20
M. Szymanski	3	137	45.6	0