SMU Erases a 10-point Deficit and Beats Missouri State
Kevin Jennings threw an interception that was returned 60 yards for a touchdown, and SMU still won by ten. The quarterback finished 33 of 39 for 464 yards, which tells you what he did with the rest of the afternoon.
Missouri State had a 10-0 lead before the first quarter was over, a 35-yard Yousef Obeid field goal and Joel Boamah's pick-six. SMU answered with Kendrick Raphael's 1-yard run, then Jennings found Theo Melin Ohrstrom from 19 yards with four seconds left in the half for a 14-10 lead. That was the only lead change in the game, and the Mustangs never gave it back.
Jennings sneaked one in from the 1 in the third for 21-10. The Bears pulled back within a score in the fourth on Isaiah Myers' 15-yard catch, but Yamir Knight grabbed a 28-yard touchdown pass and Ohrstrom caught a 23-yarder less than a minute and a half apart. That made it 34-18. Dillon Hipp scored an 18-yard touchdown with 1:09 left, and it was 34-24 at the end.
The yardage was not close. SMU had 593 total yards, 464 of them through the air, against 239 for Missouri State. The Mustangs still turned it over twice, an interception and a lost fumble (Knight's), and the Bears turned that into 7 points. Without the pick-six it is a 34-17 game, and I do not think anyone is losing sleep over that.
SMU is 3-1. Missouri State drops to 1-3.
Fantasy takeaway: Knight had 11 catches for 164 yards and the fumble, and still finished second in the game with 33.4 points.