SMU 27, Syracuse 30 · Box Score

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Final · Week 9 · Sat, Oct 31, 2026

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SMU	10	0	7	10	27
SYR	7	13	0	10	30

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Team stats

SMU		SYR
25	First downs	20
421	Total yards	338
351	Passing yards	200
29-37	Comp-Att	21-34
9.5	Yards per pass	5.9
70	Rushing yards	138
31	Rushes	37
2.3	Yards per rush	3.7
6-13	3rd down	4-16
0-0	4th down	4-4
9-90	Penalties-yards	7-50
2	Turnovers	0
2	Fumbles lost	0
0	Interceptions thrown	0
30:26	Time of possession	29:34
1	Sacks	4
3	Tackles for loss	6
1	QB hurries	0
3	Passes defended	4
0	Defensive TDs	0
60	Kick return yards	25
4	Punt return yards	36
2	Passing TDs	1
1	Rushing TDs	2
5	Kicking points	12

Advanced stats

SMU		SYR
+0.28	EPA per play	+0.16
49%	Success rate	43%
1.15	Explosiveness	0.99
-0.11	Rushing EPA per play	+0.10
50%	Rushing success rate	40%
+0.52	Passing EPA per play	+0.25
49%	Passing success rate	46%
57%	Standard downs success	50%
30%	Passing downs success	27%
2.85	Line yards per rush	2.95
1.12	Second-level yards	0.83
0.69	Open-field yards	0.71
19%	Stuff rate	14%
80%	Power success	56%
8%	Havoc caused	18%
5	Scoring chances	6
6.60	Points per chance	5.00
Own 29	Avg. starting field position	Own 31
6	Explosive plays	2
58%	Postgame win expectancy	42%

Offense unless noted. EPA, success rate, explosiveness and the rushing numbers leave out garbage time. The better number in each row is bold. Hover or tap-and-hold a stat for what it means.

Scoring summary

Q110:04
SyracuseTD
(10:11) No Huddle-Shotgun #9 S.Angeli rush right for 26 yards gain to the SMU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 10:04, 1ST DOWN #47 T.Woody kick attempt good (H: #41 J.Gregg, LS: #21 F.Brown Jr.)
Drive: 7 plays, 55 yds
0-7
Q16:10
SMUFG
(06:10) #97 B.Baird field goal attempt from 40 yards GOOD (H: #96 W.Olson, LS: #48 M.Tribbett), clock 06:10
Drive: 9 plays, 52 yds
3-7
Q10:12
SMUTD
(00:11) No Huddle-Shotgun #7 K.Jennings pass complete short middle to #2 J.Hale caught at SYR00, for 9 yards to the SYR00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 00:12, 1ST DOWN #97 B.Baird kick attempt good (H: #96 W.Olson, LS: #48 M.Tribbett)
Drive: 12 plays, 88 yds
10-7
Q29:08
SyracuseFG
(09:11) #47 T.Woody field goal attempt from 29 yards GOOD (H: #41 J.Gregg, LS: #21 F.Brown Jr.), clock 09:08
Drive: 13 plays, 64 yds
10-10
Q26:35
SyracuseFG
(06:39) #47 T.Woody field goal attempt from 25 yards GOOD (H: #41 J.Gregg, LS: #21 F.Brown Jr.), clock 06:35
Drive: 5 plays, 15 yds
10-13
Q20:22
SyracuseTD
(00:26) No Huddle-Shotgun #22 A.Miller rush middle for 1 yard gain to the SMU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 00:22 #47 T.Woody kick attempt good (H: #41 J.Gregg, LS: #21 F.Brown Jr.)
Drive: 9 plays, 50 yds
10-20
Q38:52
SMUTD
Yamir Knight 14 Yd pass from Kevin Jennings (Brendan Baird Kick)
Drive: 10 plays, 85 yds
17-20
Q412:07
SMUSF
Team Safety
19-20
Q49:04
SMUTD
Kendrick Raphael 13 Yd Run (Kevin Jennings Pass to Derrick McFall for Two-Point Conversion)
Drive: 7 plays, 67 yds
27-20
Q45:26
SyracuseFG
Tripp Woody 26 Yd Field Goal
Drive: 10 plays, 67 yds
27-23
Q43:36
SMUPUNT
Drive: 3 plays, -6 yds
33-23
Q40:17
SyracuseTD
Noah Meyers 2 Yd pass from Steve Angeli (Tripp Woody Kick)
Drive: 11 plays, 68 yds
33-30
Q40:03
SMUFUMBLE
Drive: 3 plays, 2 yds
27-30

Score shown SMU-SYR.

Player stats

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Int	QBR
Kevin Jennings	29/36	351	9.8	2	0	80.6
Team	0/1	0	0.0	0	0	--

Rushing

Player	Car	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Kendrick Raphael	14	51	3.6	1	13
Christian Rhodes	3	22	7.3	0	19
Derrick McFall	1	2	2.0	0	2
Kevin Jennings	13	-5	-0.4	0	13

Receiving

Player	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Yannick Smith	5	95	19.0	0	32
Yamir Knight	6	80	13.3	1	19
Jalen Cooper	5	53	10.6	0	25
Derrick McFall	1	43	43.0	0	43
Kendrick Raphael	5	33	6.6	0	13
Christian Rhodes	2	17	8.5	0	14
Jalen Hale	3	16	5.3	1	9
Randy Pittman	2	14	7.0	0	12

Defense

Player	Tot	Solo	Sacks	TFL	PD	QB Hur
Sael Reyes	10	4	0	1	0	0
Jimmy Wyrick	8	7	0	0	0	0
Brandon Booker	8	3	0	0	0	0
Jonathan Jefferson	5	3	0	0	1	0
Jamal Anderson	5	2	0	0	0	0
Malcolm Alcorn-Crowder	5	2	0.5	0.5	0	0
Marcellus Barnes Jr.	4	3	0	0	0	0
Jayvon Thomas	3	3	0	0	0	0
Christian Davis	3	2	0	0	0	0
Jarvis Lee Jr.	2	2	0	0	0	0
Alex Kilgore	2	2	0	0	0	0
Kevin Allen	2	1	0	0	0	0
Jahkai Lang	2	0	0.5	0.5	0	0
Tavion Atkinson	2	0	0	0	0	0
Brandon Miyazono	1	1	0	0	0	0
Will Locke	1	1	0	0	0	0
Jake Ballard	1	1	0	0	0	0
La'Modrick Spencer	1	1	0	1	0	0
Marques White	1	0	0	0	2	1
Aakil Washington	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jaden Milliner-Jones	1	0	0	0	0	0

Fumbles

Player	Fum	Lost	Rec
Jalen Hale	1	1	0
Randy Pittman	1	1	0

Kicking

Player	FG	Pct	Long	XP	Pts
Brendan Baird	1/1	100.0	40	2/2	5

Punting

Player	No	Yds	Avg	TB	In 20	Long
Wade McSparron	5	226	45.2	0	2	49

Kick returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Christian Rhodes	2	43	21.5	23	0
Yamir Knight	1	17	17.0	17	0

Punt returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Yamir Knight	2	4	2.0	4	0