Chase Kennemer News

SMU has nominated Mustang linebacker Chase Kennemer for the Rudy Award, it was announced today by The Rudy Foundation 501 charitable organization.

The SMU women's basketball team hosts rival TCU at 7 p.m. today at Moody Coliseum.

SMU RB Zach Line running through the Rice defense Homecoming weekend. The SMU football team will face the Nevada Wolf Pack in the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl on Dec.

Mustangs Mitch Enright and Chase Kennemer have been named to the Conference USA All-Academic Team, as selected by the league's Sports Information Directors for football, the league office announced Thursday.

So this is different, to say the least. SMU enters its final regular-season game today against struggling Tulane knowing it's going bowling no matter what happens on the field.

When: Saturday, November 21, 3:30 p.m. Where: Huntington, W. Va., Joan C. Edwards Stadium Radio: The Ticket -- 1310 AM Webcast: SMUMustangs.com Series: Tied 1-1 Line: Marshall -4/49 After going 1-11 in Coach June Jones' first season, SMU leads the Conference-USA West with a 5-1 record and has reached its goal of winning six games in 2009.

Big news from the Hilltop! SMU is all alone in first place in the Conference-USA West division standings and bowl-eligible for the first time in three years, thanks to Saturday's 35-31 victory over UTEP.

SMU hosts UTEP Saturday When: Saturday, November 14, 2 p.m. Where: Gerald J. Ford Stadium Television: TWC Metro Sports Radio: The Ticket - 1310 AM Series: SMU leads 9-7 Line: SMU -7/60 Just one year after winning only one of 12 games, SMU's "All Grit, No Quit" Mustangs are anticipating a huge game Saturday at home against UTEP.

June Jones does not bring up SMU's dreadful history to his players. He figures they're fully aware of everything that has gone wrong the past two decades.

The Mustangs celebrate their 31-28 defeat of the Rice Owls last Saturday at Ford Stadium hoisting the Mayors' Cup overhead.

One of the nicknames being tossed out for 6-8 kick-blocking machine Margus Hunt is "The Terminator." JOHN F. RHODES/DMN Bryan McCann is held aloft by Mustangs teammate Aaron Davis after his 74-yard touchdown return, the result of a blocked field goal attempt by Sterling Moore .

SMU senior linebacker Chase Kennemer flung the football into the student section in celebration.

The mustangs made their bow during halftime of SMU-Navy on October 17. a A couple of weeks back, during halftime of the SMU-Navy game at Ford Stadium, the university debuted two new mustangs donated by the National Wild Horse Foundation, on behalf of Madeleine and T. Boone Pickens.

Keywords: SMU's Shawnbrey McNeil stretches for the endzone as Tulsa defender DeAundre Brown makes the late tackle.

Line: Tulsa by 15 1/2. Series Record: SMU leads 10-6. Last meeting: 2008, Tulsa 37-31. SMU and Tulsa enter the game part of a four-way tie atop the Conference USA West standings.

Senior, wide receiver SMU's career receiving leader with 246 catches, 3,080 yards and 29 touchdowns.

Line: Houston by 16 1/2. Series record: Houston 14-9-1. Last meeting: 2008, Houston 44-38. What's At Stake No.

Senior linebacker, Chase Kennemer watches the Mustangs' special teams unit take to the field during a 2009 season game at Ford Stadium.

The 17th-ranked Houston Cougars are set to play their first home game in nearly a month, as they square off against the SMU Mustangs in Conference USA action this weekend at Robertson Stadium.

Chase Kennemer, the heart and center of SMU's improved defense, is a guy who has learned the value of patience.