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SMU Postgame Notes – September 7, 2026 [19/20] SMU 27, [-/rv] Florida State 24 SMU (1-0, 1-0 ACC), FSU (1-1, 0-1 ACC) Doak Campbell Stadium – Tallahassee, Florida Game Captains: Brandon Booker (#28, LB, Jr.), Kevin Jennings (#7, QB, 5th), Alexander Kilgore (#23, LB, Sr.), PJ Williams (#59, OL, 5th) NEXT GAME UC Davis - Saturday, September 12 – 3pm CT – Gerald J. Ford Stadium – Dallas, Texas TV: ACCNX Tickets: smumustangs.com/tickets GAME TOTALS Score: SMU 27, FSU 24 Total yards: SMU 585, FSU 330 First downs: SMU 23, FSU 16 Third downs: SMU 8-14, FSU 2-15 Rushing yards: SMU 155, FSU 199 Sacks: SMU 3 (19), FSU 0 (0) Tackles for Loss: SMU 8 (30), FSU 4 (10) SMU recorded 585 yards (430 passing / 125 rushing yards) SMU outgained FSU by 173 yards in the first half (328-165) SMU’s 585 yards was the most against an ACC opponent in program history TOUCHDOWNS SMU scored 3 touchdowns Jalen Cooper 50-yard touchdown reception in the first quarter First touchdown of the season for SMU Third career receiving touchdown Randy Pittman 10-yard touchdown reception First touchdown as a Mustang, sixth career receiving touchdown Yannick Smith 79-yard touchdown First touchdown as a Mustang, ninth career receiving touchdown OFFENSE Kevin Jennings had a career-high 430 passing yards, 3 passing TDs Jennings became the first Mustang to throw for over 400 yards since Tanner Mordecai (432) at UNT, Sept. 3, 2022 It was his 10th career 3+ passing TD game SMU recorded 6 total explosive plays in the game SMU recorded 4 explosive plays in the first half 50-yard TD pass (Kevin Jennings to Jalen Cooper) 30-yard pass (Kevin Jennings to Randy Pittman)\ 64-yard pass (Kevin Jennings to Jalen Hale) Career-long reception from Jalen Hale 23-yard rush by Kendrick Raphael SMU recorded 2 explosive plays in the second half 79-yard TD pass (Kevin Jennings to Yannick Smith) Career-long reception for Yannick Smith 29-yard pass (Kevin Jennings to Dramekco Green) Career-long reception Dramekco Green DEFENSE SMU had 8 Tackles for Loss in the game SMU had 4 TFLs in the first half Jimmy Wyrick recorded the first sack of his career SMU held FSU to only 65 yards in the first quarter FSU was 0-8 on third down to start the game 0-6 in the first half SMU had 4+ TFLs in the second half - Aakil Washington recorded the first sack of his Mustang career and now has 8.5 overall - Malcom Alcorn-Crowder recorded his first sack for the Mustangs and now has 2.5 total SPECIAL TEAMS SMU and Nick Reed was 2-for-3 in the game Nick Reed scored his first points as a Mustang 100 CLUB Yannick Smith hauled in a 107 receiving yards His 4th career 100-yard receiving game Dramekco Green finished with 103 all-purpose yards RUNNING WILD SMU ran for 155 yards on 31 carries Kevin Raphael ran for 75 yards on 12 carries – 6.3 ypr. Fourth 100-yard game of his career Dramekco Green ran for 43 yards on 13 carries – 3.3 ypr Kevin Jennings ran for 33 yards on 5 carries – 6.6 ypr. Jalen Hale ran for 4 yards on 1 carry – 4 ypr. TEAM NOTES Scoring quickly SMU had 2 scoring drives under 2 minutes (had 15 in 2025) SMU is: SMU is 39-16 under Rhett Lashlee (5-0 in season openers) SMU is 28-5 in road conference games under Rhett Lashlee SMU is 15-2 in ACC games SMU is 28-5 in last 33 regular-season games SMU is 29-8 in the last 37 games overall SMU is 13-2 in the last 15 road conference games 8 straight season-opening wins SMU had 8 Mustangs catch a pass At least 7 players have a catch in 41 of the past 44 games SMU had 1 takeaway (1 fumble) 51 takeaways since the start of the 2024 season (entered the game second in the ACC in that stretch) Fumble Recovery: La’Modrick Spencer (1) SMU had 3 sacks, 8 TFLs and 3 pass breakups Sacks: Jimmy Wyrick (1), Aakil Washington (1), Malcom Alcorn-Crowder (1) SMU has 127 sacks since the start of 2023 (2nd highest in FBS) TFLs: Jimmy Wyrick (1), Alexander Kilgor (1), Ira Singleton (0.5), Aakil Washington (1.5), Christian Davis (1), Jarvis Lee (1), Malcom Alcorn-Crowder (1), Brandon Miyazono (1) PBUs: Jimmy Wyrick (1), Malcom Alcorn-Crowder (1), William Nettles (1) Series History: SMU is 2-0 vs Florida State (W, 42-16 in 2024) SMU SINGLE-GAME TOTAL YARDS 1 — Temple, 10-26-2013 (W, 59-49) — 728 2 — at North Texas, 9-19-2020 (W, 65-35) — 710 3 — Temple, 10-19-2019 (W, 45-21) — 655 4 — Houston Baptist, 9-29-2018 (W, 63-27) — 653 5 — Houston, 11-5-2022 (W, 77-63) — 642 6 — Texas State, 9-14-1019 (W, 47-17) — 639 7 — Tulsa, 10-28-2023 (W, 69-10) — 638 8 — at TCU, 9-28-1985 (W, 56-21) — 636 ECU 9-19-2019 (W, 59-51) — 636 10 — UCF, 11-13-2021 (W, 55-28) — 631 11 — at Rice, 11-11-1978 (W, 58-0) — 618 12 — Tulane, 10-21-2021 (W, 55-26) — 612 13 — at TCU, 9-25-2021 (W, 42-34) — 595 Houston Christian, 8-31-2024 (W, 59-7) — 595 15 — at Connecticut 11-10-2018 (W, 62-50) — 594 16 — Texas A&M, 11-11-1950 (L, 25-20) — 586 SINGLE-GAME TOTAL YARDS UNDER RHETT LASHLEE 1 — Houston, 11-5-2022 (W, 77-63) — 642 2 — Tulsa, 10-28-2023 (W, 69-10) — 638 3 — Houston Christian, 8-31-2024 — 595 4 — at Florida State, 9-7-2026 — 585 5 — at North Texas, 9-3-2022 — 576 6 — at Boston College, 11-8-2025 — 574 LAST TIME: SMU and Kevin Jennings had 3 passing touchdowns. The last time SMU had 3 passing touchdowns was vs. Louisville in 2025 Kevin Jennings became the first Mustang to throw for over 400 yards since Tanner Mordecai (432) at UNT, Sept. 3, 2022 Kevin Jennings’ 463 total yards of offense (430/33) is the sixth-most yards in a single game in program history. The most since Shane Buechele vs Memphis, 2020, 501 (474/27) SMU had 430 yards passing. It was the first time the Mustangs had 400 total passing yards since combining for 446 against Tulsa (Oct. 28, 2023). Kevin Jennings (#7, QB, 5th) – Phil Steele Preseason All-ACC Second Team, DCTF All-Texas Second Team, Athlon Sports Preseason All-ACC Second Team, Maxwell Award Preseason Watch List, Walter Camp Player of the Year Preseason Watch List, Senior Bowl Top 300 Watch List, Johnny Unitas Gold Arm Award Preseason Watch List, Manning Award Preseason Watch List, Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Preseason Watch List 20-7 as a starter 26-36 passing for a career high 430 yards with 3 TDs TDs to Yannick Smith, Randy Pittman Jr., Jalen Cooper. Multiple passing TDs in four of his past five games played 5-33 rushing with 430 yards passing for 463 yards of total offense Sixth most single-game yards in program history, most since Shane Buechele vs Memphis, 2020 501 (474/27) 10th-career 3 Passing TD game CAREER PASSING YARDS 1 — Ben Hicks, 2016-18 — 9,081 2 — Kevin Jennings 2022-26 — 8,139 SMU CAREER TOTAL OFFENSE - YARDS (Pass | Run) 1 — Ben Hicks, 2016-18 — 8,977 (9,081 | -104) 2 — Kevin Jennings, 2022- — 8,731 (8,139 | 592) CAREER COMPLETIONS 1 — Ben Hicks, 2016-18 — 718 2 — Kevin Jennings, 2022- — 651 3 — Chuck Hixson, 1968-70 — 642 CAREER TD PASSES 1 — Tanner Mordecai, 2021-22 — 72 2 — Ben Hicks, 2016-18 — 71 3 — Kevin Jennings, 2022-26 — 58 4 — Shane Buechele, 2019-20 — 57 CAREER TDs RESPONSIBLE FOR (Pass/Run) 1 — Tanner Mordecai, 2021-22 (72/4) — 76 2 — Ben Hicks, 2016-18 (71/3) — 74 3 — Kevin Jennings, 2022- — 68 ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUAL NOTES Josh Bates (#64, OL, Sr.) - Phil Steele Preseason All-ACC First Team, Athlon Sports Preseason All-ACC First Team, All-ACC Preseason Team, Outland Trophy Preseason Watch List, Rimmington Trophy Preseason Watch List Has started all 14 games at SMU Brandon Booker (#28, LB, Jr.) - Phil Steele Preseason All-ACC Fourth Team, Athlon Sports Preseason All-ACC Fourth Team 4 tackles Jalen Cooper (#10, WR, So.) 4-71 receiving, 1 TD 50-yard touchdown reception Dramekco Green (#4, RB, So.) 13-43 rushing, 2-35 receiving Career-long 29-yard reception Jalen Hale (#2, WR, Sr.) - College Football Comeback Player of the Year Preseason Watch List 2-70 receiving Jonathan Jefferson (#94, DL, 5th) - College Football Comeback Player of the Year Preseason Watch List ____ tackles Alexander Kilgore (#54, LB, Sr.) - DCTF All-Texas First Team, Athlon Sports Preseason All-ACC Fourth Team, Allstate AFCA Good Works Team nominee, Allstate Wuerffel Trophy Watch List 3 tackles Yamir Knight (#8, WR, Sr.) - Phil Steele Preseason All-ACC Third Team, DCTF All-Texas Second Team, Athlon Sports Preseason All-ACC Second Team, Bruce Feldman’s College Football’s Freaks List 6-49 receiving, long of 18 yards Jarvis Lee (#1, S, Sr.) - Phil Steele Preseason All-ACC Fourth Team 3 tackles, 1 TFL Brandon Miyazano (#29, LB, Sr.) 3 tackles, 1 TFL Randy Pittman (#5, TE, Sr.) - Mackey Award Preseason Watch List 5-75 receiving, 1TD, long of 30 yards 10-yard touchdown reception Addison Nichols (#63, OL, 5th) - Athlon Sports Preseason All-ACC Second Team Has started all 14 games at SMU Theo Melin Ohrstrom (#18, TE, 5th) - Senior Bowl Top 300 Watch List Tyren Polley Jr. (#10, S, So.) Career-high 10 tackles Kendrick Raphael (#6, RB, Sr.) - Phil Steele Preseason All-ACC Third Team, Athlon Sports Preseason All-ACC Third Team, Doak Walker Award Preseason Watch List 12-75 yards rushing, avg 6.3 yards a carry Nick Reed (#99, K, Sr.) - Phil Steele Preseason All-ACC Second Team, DCTF All-Texas First Team 3-3 PAT 2-3 FG (22, 20) Made go-ahead 20-yard field goal with 21 seconds left in the game Yannick Smith (#3, WR, Jr.) 5-107 receiving, 1 TD Career-long 79-yard reception Morgan Tribbett (#48, LS, Jr.) - Phil Steele Preseason All-ACC First Team, Patrick Mannelly Award Preseason Watch List 1-49 punts