SMU team stats
2008 season totals across 12 games, beside what opponents did.
General
| SMU | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time of possession | 3:10:46 | 15:54 | 3:43:42 | 18:39 |
| Offensive plays | 693 | 57.8 | 888 | 74.0 |
| Total yards | 3,772 | 314.3 | 5,754 | 479.5 |
| Penalties–yards | 73–570 | — | 71–638 | — |
| First downs | 205 | 17.1 | 273 | 22.8 |
| Third down | 48–13934.5% | — | 86–16053.8% | — |
| Fourth down | 4–944.4% | — | 8–1457.1% | — |
Passing
| SMU | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Completions–attempts | 269–47656.5% | — | 218–34064.1% | — |
| Passing yards | 3,463 | 288.6 | 3,157 | 263.1 |
| Yards per attempt | 7.3 | — | 9.3 | — |
| Passing TDs | 29 | — | 33 | — |
| Interceptions thrown | 8 | — | 24 | — |
Rushing
| SMU | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carries | 217 | 18.1 | 548 | 45.7 |
| Rushing yards | 497 | 41.4 | 2,707 | 225.6 |
| Yards per carry | 2.3 | — | 4.9 | — |
| Rushing TDs | 3 | — | 24 | — |
Turnovers
| SMU | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giveaways | 33 | 2.8 | 20 | 1.7 |
| Fumbles lost | 8 | — | 12 | — |
| Interceptions thrown | 8 | — | 24 | — |
Defense and takeaways
| SMU | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interceptions | 25 | — | 8 | — |
| Interception yards | 83 | — | 287 | — |
| Interception TDs | 0 | — | 2 | — |
| Fumbles recovered | 12 | — | 8 | — |
Returns
| SMU | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kick returns | — | — | 7 | — |
| Kick return yards | — | — | 149 | — |
| Yards per kick return | — | — | 21.3 | — |
| Kick return TDs | — | — | 0 | — |
| Punt returns | 21 | — | 30 | — |
| Punt return yards | 101 | — | 209 | — |
| Yards per punt return | 4.8 | — | 7.0 | — |
| Punt return TDs | 0 | — | 0 | — |
⚠ An em dash is not a zero. A measure a team has not recorded — a fumble recovery, a punt return — has no row at the source rather than a zero, and these are categories where not happening is ordinary. Where a season total exists, every rate beside it is computed from that season’s own denominator rather than averaged across games.