WATCH: SMU vs Navy delayed after horse defecated on field
The Navy and SMU game on Friday night was not expected to be one of the more entertaining games of the weekend. But rest assured, the SMU mascot had other plans. The Mustangs’ pony decided to bring some fun to the party and spice things up a bit. In one of the more hilarious things a mascot has ever done — SMU’s official mascot, “Peruna” decided to defecate all over the field while it was running across it.
Check it out below.
That’s flat out hilarious. The game was delayed by over 15 minutes due to the horse answering the nature call on the field. Props to the hard-working staffers at SMU to make sure the game proceeded, and the field was cleaned up. Because let’s be honest, nobody wants to do that job. Credit to them for cleaning it up before the players got tackled in the stuff.
SMU won Friday night’s game 40-34, after Navy scored a touchdown late in the fourth quarter. The Mustangs improved to 3-3 overall on the season.
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SMU quarterback Tanner Mordecai made some history of his own
While the SMU pony made some history of its own tonight, SMU quarterback Tanner Mordecai plastered his name on the record books as well. For the 2022 season, he became the first FBS quarterback with three 20-plus yard passing touchdowns and a 20-plus yard rushing touchdown in the same game, according to the broadcasters on ESPN. Mustangs’ star receiver Rashee Rice hauled in three catches for 74 receiving yards. Coming into Friday night’s game, Rice was second in the country in receiving yards per game (137.4).
SMU also had their first game of the 2022 season with over 440 yards of offense and no turnovers against Navy.
The Mustangs have another great quarterback waiting in the wings for next season, Preston Stone. When he signed with SMU in 2021, he was one of the highest rated prospects in program history. According to the On3 Consensus Rankings, Stone was rated as the No. 15 quarterback prospect in America. Coming out of Parish Episcopal (Dallas, Texas) his body of work in high school spoke for itself. He’s going to be an exciting prospect to watch in the coming years.