SMU Mustangs football under Phil Bennett

Phil Bennett was the coach of the Southern Methodist University's football team from 2002 to 2007. He compiled a 19–52–0 record, and was succeeded by June Jones.[1]

2002 Season

2002 SMU Mustangs football
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
2002 record	3–9 (3–5 WAC)
Head coach	Phil Bennett
Offensive coordinator	Larry Edmondson
Defensive coordinator	Jim Gush
Home stadium	Gerald J. Ford Stadium (c. 32,000)

2002 Western Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 15 Boise State $		8	–	0					12	–	1
Hawaii		7	–	1					10	–	4
Fresno State		6	–	2					9	–	5
San Jose State		4	–	4					6	–	7
Nevada		4	–	4					5	–	7
Rice		3	–	5					4	–	7
Louisiana Tech		3	–	5					4	–	8
SMU		3	–	5					3	–	9
UTEP		1	–	7					2	–	10
Tulsa		1	–	7					1	–	11
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	7:00 p.m.	Navy*	Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, Texas		L 7–38	25,744
September 7	7:00 p.m.	Texas Tech*	Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, Texas		L 14–24	32,000
September 14	6:00 p.m.	at TCU*	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, Texas (Battle for the Iron Skillet)		L 6–17	30,621
September 21	6:00 p.m.	at Oklahoma State*	Lewis Field Stillwater, Oklahoma		L 16–52	41,190
September 28	10:05 p.m.	at Hawaii	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI		L 10–42	36,096
October 5	2:00 p.m.	San Jose State	Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, Texas		L 23–34	13,016
October 12	9:30 p.m.	at Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium Fresno, California	FSN	L 7–30	41,031
October 19	2:00 p.m.	Louisiana Tech	Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, Texas		W 37–34	14,836
October 26	2:00 p.m.	at Rice	Rice Stadium Houston, Texas (Battle for the Mayor's Cup)		L 15–27	10,845
November 2	2:00 p.m.	Nevada	Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, Texas		L 6–24	11,832
November 16	4:05 p.m.	at UTEP	Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, Texas		W 42–35	21,765
November 23	2:00 p.m.	Tulsa	Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, Texas		W 24–21	12,324
*Non-conference game Homecoming

Roster

2002 SMU Mustangs football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 2 ShanDerrick Charles So WR 5 Johnnie Freeman Sr WR 7 Daniel Francis Fr QB 11 Tate Wallis Fr QB 13 Richard Bartel Fr WR 15 Jay Taylor So WR 17 Billy Ford Sr RB 20 Derron Brown So RB 24 Kris Briggs Sr WR 25 Cody Cardwell Sr RB 32 Keylon Kincade Jr TE 49 Trent Hrncir Jr OL 63 Grant Eidson Fr T 75 Sterling Harris Jr T 76 Judson Davis Sr WR 81 Cedric Vison Fr TE 86 John Hampton Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 1 Kevin Garrett Sr S 8 Leroy Price Jr DE 9 Khalid Beard Sr DB 12 Charles Akinyemi So DT 14 Allan Adami Jr DB 26 Rolando Humphrey Fr SS 27 Alvin Nnabuife So S 29 Brent Briggs Sr DE 30 Don Ieremia-Stansbury Fr LB 35 D. D. Lee So LB 38 D. D. Johnson Sr CB 39 James Orr Sr LB 42 Billy Jack Williams Sr LB 45 Jarrian James Jr LB 46 Brian Bischoff Jr DT 92 Lute Croy Sr DT 93 Brent Karrington Fr DE 95 Brad Bean Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 41 Ryan Mentzel Fr	Head coach Phil Bennett Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 2002-10-05

Team players drafted into the NFL

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
Kevin Garrett	Defensive Back	5	172	St. Louis Rams

2003 Season

2003 SMU Mustangs football
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
2003 record	0–12 (0–8 WAC)
Head coach	Phil Bennett
Offensive coordinator	Larry Edmondson
Defensive coordinator	Jim Gush
Home stadium	Gerald J. Ford Stadium (c. 32,000)

2003 Western Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 16 Boise State $		8	–	0					13	–	1
Fresno State		6	–	2					9	–	5
Tulsa		5	–	2					7	–	5
Hawaii		5	–	3					9	–	5
Rice		5	–	3					5	–	7
Nevada		4	–	4					6	–	6
Louisiana Tech		3	–	5					5	–	7
San Jose State		2	–	6					3	–	8
UTEP		1	–	6					2	–	10
SMU		0	–	8					0	–	12
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	6:00 p.m.	at Texas Tech*	Jones SBC Stadium Lubbock, Texas		L 10–58	44,364
September 13	6:00 p.m.	at Baylor*	Floyd Casey Stadium Waco, Texas		L 7–10	30,256
September 20	7:00 p.m.	Oklahoma State*	Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, Texas	FSN	L 6–52	27,106
September 27	9:00 p.m.	at Nevada	Mackay Stadium Reno, Nevada		L 9–12	21,128
October 4	7:00 p.m.	UTEP	Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, Texas	ESPNGP	L 19–21	21,412
October 11	9:00 p.m.	at San Jose State	Spartan Stadium San Jose	SPW	L 14–31	12,403
October 18	2:00 p.m.	Boise State	Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, Texas		L 3–45	10,109
October 25	2:00 p.m.	at Tulsa	Skelly Stadium Tulsa, Oklahoma		L 16–35	16,733
November 1	2:00 p.m.	Fresno State	Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, Texas		L 11–20	14,014
November 8	2:00 p.m.	at Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, Louisiana		L 6–41	14,872
November 15	3:00 p.m.	Rice	Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, Texas (Battle for the Mayor's Cup)	SPW	L 20–41	11,856
November 29	2:00 p.m.	No. 19 TCU*	Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, Texas (Battle for the Iron Skillet)		L 13–20	20,112
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Roster

2003 SMU Mustangs football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 13 Richard Bartel So RB 32 Keylon Kincade Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DT 14 Allan Adami Sr SS 27 Alvin Nnabuife  So DE 40 Justin Rogers Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 41 Ryan Mentzel So	Head coach Phil Bennett Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 2003-08-31

Team players in the NFL

No SMU players were selected in the 2004 NFL Draft.

The following finished their college career in 2003, were not drafted, but played in the NFL.

Player	Position	First NFL team
Keylon Kincade	Running back	New York Giants

2004 Season

2004 SMU Mustangs football
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
2004 record	3–8 (3–5 WAC)
Head coach	Phil Bennett
Offensive coordinator	Rusty Burns
Defensive coordinator	Jim Gush
Home stadium	Gerald J. Ford Stadium (c. 32,000)

2004 Western Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 12 Boise State $		8	–	0					11	–	1
UTEP		6	–	2					8	–	4
No. 22 Fresno State		5	–	3					9	–	3
Louisiana Tech		5	–	3					6	–	6
Hawaii		4	–	4					8	–	5
Nevada		3	–	5					5	–	7
Tulsa		3	–	5					4	–	8
SMU		3	–	5					3	–	8
Rice		2	–	6					3	–	8
San Jose State		1	–	7					2	–	9
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	7:00 p.m.	Texas Tech*	Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, Texas		L 13–27	34,689
September 11	6:05 p.m.	at TCU*	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, Texas (Battle for the Iron Skillet)		L 0–44	33,458
September 18	6:00 p.m.	at Oklahoma State*	Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, Oklahoma		L 7–59	46,073
September 25	7:00 p.m.	San Jose State	Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, Texas		W 36–13	17,841
October 2	7:05 p.m.	at No. 23 Boise State	Bronco Stadium Boise, Idaho	SPW	L 20–38	30,322
October 9	7:00 p.m.	at Rice	Rice Stadium Houston, Texas (Battle for the Mayor's Cup)		L 10–44	15,367
October 16	5:00 p.m.	Louisiana Tech	Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, Texas	SPW	L 10–41	13,117
October 30	9:00 p.m.	at Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium Fresno, California		L 0–42	37,604
November 6	2:00 p.m.	Tulsa	Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, Texas		W 41–35 ^OT	12,677
November 13	5:00 p.m.	Nevada	Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, Texas	ESPNGP	W 38–20	10,206
November 20	4:05 p.m.	at No. 24 UTEP	Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, Texas		L 27–57	45,095
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

2004 SMU Mustangs football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 12 Ashton Nixon Fr QB 13 Jerad Romo Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class SS 27 Alvin Nnabuife Jr DE 40 Justin Rogers So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 41 Ryan Mentzel Jr	Head coach Phil Bennett Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 2004-10-13

2005 Season

2005 SMU Mustangs football
Conference	Conference USA
	West
2005 record	5–6 (4–4 CUSA)
Head coach	Phil Bennett
Offensive coordinator	Rusty Burns
Defensive coordinator	Jim Gush
Home stadium	Gerald J. Ford Stadium (c. 32,000)

2005 Conference USA football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
UCF x		7	–	1					8	–	5
Southern Miss		5	–	3					7	–	5
Memphis		5	–	3					7	–	5
East Carolina		4	–	4					5	–	6
Marshall		3	–	5					4	–	7
UAB		3	–	5					5	–	6
West Division
Tulsa x$		6	–	2					9	–	4
UTEP		5	–	3					8	–	4
Houston		4	–	4					6	–	6
SMU		4	–	4					5	–	6
Tulane		1	–	7					2	–	9
Rice		1	–	7					1	–	10
Championship: Tulsa 44, UCF 27
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	7:00 p.m.	Baylor*	Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, Texas		L 23–28	29,538
September 10	8:30 p.m.	No. 22 TCU*	Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, Texas (Battle for the Iron Skillet)	CSTV	W 21–10	22,416
September 17	11:30 a.m.	at Texas A&M*	Kyle Field College Station, Texas	FSN	L 8–66	75,128
September 24	1:00 p.m.	Tulane	Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, Texas		L 10–31	15,681
October 1	3:00 p.m.	at Marshall	Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, West Virginia	CSTV	L 13–16	25,218
October 8	6:00 p.m.	at UAB	Legion Field Birmingham, Alabama		W 28–27	23,255
October 15	2:00 p.m.	East Carolina	Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, Texas		L 17–24	11,715
October 22	2:00 p.m.	at Tulsa	Skelly Stadium Tulsa, Oklahoma		L 13–20	22,502
November 5	2:00 p.m.	Rice	Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, Texas (Battle for the Mayor's Cup)		W 27–7	15,236
November 19	5:00 p.m.	at Houston	Robertson Stadium Houston, Texas (Rivalry)		W 29–24	14,650
November 26	2:00 p.m.	UTEP	Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, Texas		W 40–27	17,194
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Roster

2005 SMU Mustangs football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 13 Jerad Romo Sr WR 17 Emmanuel Sanders Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class SS 27 Alvin Nnabuife Sr DE 40 Justin Rogers Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 41 Ryan Mentzel Sr	Head coach Phil Bennett Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 2005-12-15

2006 Season

2006 SMU Mustangs football
Conference	Conference USA
	West
2006 record	6–6 (4–4 CUSA)
Head coach	Phil Bennett
Offensive coordinator	Rusty Burns
Defensive coordinator	Jim Gush
Home stadium	Gerald J. Ford Stadium (c. 32,000)

2006 Conference USA football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
Southern Miss x		6	–	2					9	–	5
East Carolina		5	–	3					7	–	6
Marshall		4	–	4					5	–	7
UCF		3	–	5					4	–	8
UAB		2	–	6					3	–	9
Memphis		1	–	7					2	–	10
West Division
Houston x$		7	–	1					10	–	4
Rice		6	–	2					7	–	6
Tulsa		5	–	3					8	–	5
SMU		4	–	4					6	–	6
UTEP		3	–	5					5	–	7
Tulane		2	–	6					4	–	8
Championship: Houston 34, Southern Miss 20
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	6:00 p.m.	at No. 25 Texas Tech*	Jones AT&T Stadium Lubbock, Texas		L 3–35	50,362
September 9	6:00 p.m.	at North Texas*	Fouts Field Denton, Texas (Safeway Bowl)		L 6–24	25,231
September 16	7:00 p.m.	Sam Houston State*	Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, Texas		W 45–14	17,421
September 23	7:00 p.m.	Arkansas State*	Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, Texas		W 55–9	12,979
September 30	6:30 p.m.	at Tulane	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans	CSTV	W 33–28	21,565
October 7	8:05 p.m.	at UTEP	Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, Texas		L 21–24	41,258
October 14	2:00 p.m.	Marshall	Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, Texas		W 31–21	14,032
October 21	2:00 p.m.	at East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, North Carolina		L 21–38	34,141
October 31	6:30 p.m.	UAB	Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, Texas	ESPN2	W 22–9	13,125
November 11	2:00 p.m.	Houston	Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, Texas (Rivalry)		L 27–37	20,350
November 18	2:00 p.m.	Tulsa	Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, Texas		W 34–24	14,658
November 25	2:00 p.m.	at Rice	Rice Stadium Houston, Texas (Battle for the Mayor's Cup)		L 27–31	12,867
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Roster

2006 SMU Mustangs football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 17 Emmanuel Sanders So	Defense Pos. # Name Class DE 40 Justin Rogers Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 11 Andrew Galloway Jr P/K 15 Thomas Morstead Jr	Head coach Phil Bennett Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

2007 Season

2007 SMU Mustangs football
Conference	Conference USA
	West
2007 record	1–11 (0–8 CUSA)
Head coach	Phil Bennett
Offensive coordinator	Rusty Burns
Defensive coordinator	Jim Gush
Home stadium	Gerald J. Ford Stadium (c. 32,000)

2007 Conference USA football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
UCF x$		7	–	1					10	–	4
East Carolina		6	–	2					8	–	5
Memphis		6	–	2					7	–	6
Southern Miss		5	–	3					7	–	6
Marshall		3	–	5					3	–	9
UAB		1	–	7					2	–	10
West Division
Tulsa xy		6	–	2					10	–	4
Houston x		6	–	2					8	–	5
Tulane		3	–	5					4	–	8
Rice		3	–	5					3	–	9
UTEP		2	–	6					4	–	8
SMU		0	–	8					1	–	11
Championship: UCF 44, Tulsa 25
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	3:00 p.m.	Texas Tech*	Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, Texas	ESPN	L 9–49	26,969
September 8	7:00 p.m.	North Texas*	Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, Texas (Safeway Bowl)		W 45–31	20,517
September 15	6:00 p.m.	at Arkansas State*	ASU Stadium Jonesboro, Arkansas	KTXA	L 28–45	17,465
September 22	7:30 p.m.	at TCU*	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, Texas (Battle for the Iron Skillet)	CSTV	L 7–21	31,511
September 29	3:30 p.m.	UTEP	Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, Texas	CSTV	L 45–48 ^OT	16,464
October 13	6:30 p.m.	at Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, Mississippi	CSTV	L 7–28	31,253
October 20	7:00 p.m.	Tulane	Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, Texas	FSN	L 34–41 ^OT	14,901
October 27	2:00 p.m.	at Tulsa	Chapman Stadium Tulsa, Oklahoma	KTXA	L 23–29	18,853
November 4	7:00 p.m.	at Houston	Robertson Stadium Houston, Texas (Rivalry)	ESPN	L 28–38	22,774
November 10	2:00 p.m.	Rice	Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, Texas (Battle for the Mayor's Cup)		L 42–43	13,902
November 17	2:00 p.m.	Central Florida	Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, Texas		L 20–49	10,271
November 24	1:00 p.m.	at Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, Tennessee	KTXA	L 52–55 ^3OT	20,184
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Central time

Roster

2007 SMU Mustangs football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class OL 70 Kelvin Beachum Fr OL 79 J.T. Brooks Fr WR 83 Phillip Burley So OL 69 Calvin Crockett So RB 31 Travis DeJohn Fr WR 88 Bradley Haynes Fr WR 9 Jessie Henderson Sr WR 25 La'Cori Johnson Sr OL 77 Josh LeRibeus Fr OL 78 Derek Lilly Fr OL 74 Sean Lobo Sr RB 20 James Mapps Jr TE 45 Andrew McKinney Sr QB 6 Michael Morse Fr QB 10 Daniel Miller Fr OL 72 Ross Nigh Jr WR 24 Aldrick Robinson So WR 17 Emmanuel Sanders Jr QB 12 Zach Rhodes So WR 16 Simeon Thomas Fr OL 71 Kelly Turner Fr QB 14 Logan Turner Fr WR 25 Morgan Hudnall So WR 5 Zach Zimmerman Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 12 Derrius Bell So LB 54 Taylor Bon So LB 27 Will Bonilla Sr DB 23 Chris Castro Fr DB 35 Tim Crosby So DB 20 Chase Courtney So DB 10 Rock Dennis Jr DL 95 Mickey Dollens Fr LB 52 Pete Fleps So LB 29 Chase Kennemer Jr DL 98 Szymon Czerniak Fr DT 99 Serge Elizee Sr DB 32 K. J. Ellis Jr DE 96 Josh Geldert So DL 97 Ben Goldthorpe Fr DL 94 Patrick Handy Sr DB 7 David Haynes Sr DE 90 Rush Hughes So CB 6 Bryan McCann Jr LB 55 John Nwisienyi So LB 52 Garrett Olson Fr DE 93 Chris Parham Jr DB 13 DeMikel Shankle Fr DB 33 Seth Sloan Fr DB 18 Terrance Wilkerson Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P/K 4 Kellis Cunningham Jr P 11 Andrew Galloway Sr P/K 15 Thomas Morstead Sr	Head coach Phil Bennett Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

References

1. http://www.collegefootballdatadvds.com/guides/smu2008.pdf

• "2008 Football Media Guide" (PDF). SMU Athletic Department. p. 145.