SMU Beats Boston College 25-16 Despite Being Outgained by 101 Yards
SMU gained 221 yards. Boston College gained 322. SMU won 25-16 anyway, and moved to 4-1 while Boston College fell to 2-3.
SMU scored first on a 2-yard run from Kendrick Raphael, though the two-point try failed, and Boston College took the lead 10-6 with a Luca Lombardo 52-yard field goal and a 43-yard touchdown from Mason McKenzie to Evan Dickens late in the first quarter. SMU responded in the second with a 4-yard run from Kevin Jennings and led 13-10 at the half. Nobody scored in the rest of that quarter or the beginning of the third.
The second half belonged to Jennings's arm. He hit Randy Pittman Jr. from 14 yards in the third quarter (the extra point failed, so 19-10) and Derrick McFall from 20 yards at 4:37 of the fourth (another failed two-point try, 25-10). Boston College got a 6-yard touchdown from McKenzie to Danny Edgehille with 2:07 left, but the two-point conversion failed there too, leaving the final at 25-16. By my count that is three missed tries for SMU and one for Boston College. Two lead changes in all.
Jennings was 20 of 30 for just 160 yards, so the offense was efficient rather than loud, and SMU's defense did the heavy lifting with five sacks. Boston College lost a fumble. McKenzie had 21 carries for 74 yards and 20 of 31 passing for 208, and still came up nine short.
For fantasy purposes, McKenzie's 27.7 points, from a losing quarterback, were the top mark of the game, with Jennings next at 23.7.