Kevin Jennings Throws Five Touchdowns as SMU Routs UC Davis 56-10
Kevin Jennings went 14 of 16 for 337 yards and five touchdown passes, and SMU led 42-0 at the half on the way to a 56-10 win over UC Davis.
Kendrick Raphael ran in from 5 yards for the first score, and Jennings hit Derrick McFall for 52 yards with 1:18 left in the first to make it 14-0. The second quarter was all Jennings: 2 yards to Theo Melin Ohrstrom, 2 yards to Randy Pittman Jr., 14 yards to Ohrstrom again and 44 yards to Yannick Smith in the final minute. Four touchdown passes in one quarter, and the Mustangs were up 42-0.
Ty Hawkins took over in the second half and threw touchdowns of 8 yards to Zack Turner and 3 yards to Aljour Miles II. UC Davis finally scored in the fourth on a 4-yard pass from Jackson Kollock to Coby Herman, and Robert Meyer added a 33-yard field goal with 3:35 left. SMU threw for 454 yards, ran for only 93 on 24 carries, and did not turn the ball over. The defense sacked UC Davis twice. SMU threw 454 yards against 93 on the ground, so this was a passing show from the first quarter on. UC Davis did keep playing and got the last points of the day with a field goal, which counts for something against a team that scored 56. SMU did not allow a point until the fourth quarter.
SMU is 2-0 and UC Davis is 0-1. The fantasy takeaway: Jennings now has 8 touchdown passes in two games, and Hawkins put up a respectable 17.7 in the second half.