Nevada vs. SMU: All-Time Football Data

Nevada (8-4, 7-1 WAC) vs. Southern Methodist (7-5, 6-2 C-USA), Sheraton Hawai'i Bowl, December 24, 2009.

These two teams had no history with one another prior to Nevada joining forces with the Western Athletic Conference for the 2000 season, and have not played one another since the Mustangs jumped ship for Conference USA (how's that workin' out?!).  The Wolf Pack leads this series with three wins sandwiched between two losses; Chris Ault is 0-1 vs. SMU.

For the record, Nevada is 3-6 and Chris Ault is 1-4 all-time vs. June Jones, all while Jones served as the head coach at Hawai'i.

Scoring vs. SMU:
Nevada: 98 SMU: 88 (Nevada +10)
Nevada PPG: 19.6
SMU PPG: 17.6

Scoring vs. Jones:
Nevada: 258 Jones: 313 (Jones +55)
Nevada PPG: 28.666666666666666666666666666667
Jones PPG: 37.777777777777777777777777777778

Scoring Ault-led Nevada vs. Jones-led Hawai'i:
Ault-Nevada: 155 Jones-Hawai'i: 183 (Jones-Hawai'i +28)
Ault-Nevada PPG: 31
Jones-Hawai'i PPG: 36.6

The Series:

October 28, 2000
Southern Methodist: 21 vs. Nevada: 7

November 3, 2001
Nevada: 35 vs. Southern Methodist: 14

November 2, 2002
Nevada: 24 at Southern Methodist: 6

September 27, 2003
Nevada: 12 vs. Southern Methodist: 9

November 13, 2004
Southern Methodist: 38 vs. Nevada: 20

The series vs. Jones (Ault-coached games denoted with an asterisk):

November 11, 2000
at Jones-Hawai'i: 37 Nevada: 17

September 22, 2001
at Nevada: 28 Hawai'i: 20

October 12, 2002
at Jones-Hawai'i: 59 Nevada: 34

November 15, 2003
at Nevada: 24: Hawai'i 14

October 9, 2004*
at Jones-Hawai'i: 48 Nevada: 26

November 5, 2005*
at Nevada: 38 Hawai'i: 28

October 7, 2006*
at Jones-Hawai'i: 41 Nevada: 34

November 16, 2007*
Jones-Hawai'i: 28 at Nevada: 26

October 25, 2008*
at Jones-Hawai'i: 38 Nevada: 31

By the way, this is Stalin; non sequitur? Fire Chris Ault? NEVER!