Regular season ·
SMU beat Louisiana Tech
Records are after this game.
SMU beat Louisiana Tech by 2 points.
How the game turned
Q4 0:00 SMU 39, Louisiana Tech 37
SMU 100% to win
Mordecai 33-yd TD pass to Roberson
Big moments
- 1Q1 6:22 · SMU 0, Louisiana Tech 7SMU's win chance fell from 74% to 60%.Kendall 62-yd TD pass to Harris, Louisiana Tech goes ahead 7-0
- 2Q2 6:49 · SMU 7, Louisiana Tech 14SMU's win chance fell from 62% to 57%.Kendall 11-yd TD pass to Emilus, Louisiana Tech goes ahead 14-7
- 3Q2 0:00 · SMU 16, Louisiana Tech 14Mazza 29-yd field goal, SMU goes ahead 16-14
- 4Q3 5:25 · SMU 26, Louisiana Tech 28SMU's win chance fell from 76% to 62%.Kendall 3-yd TD run, Louisiana Tech goes ahead 28-26
- 5Q3 0:24 · SMU 33, Louisiana Tech 28SMU's win chance rose from 74% to 85%.Mordecai 5-yd TD pass to Rice, SMU goes ahead 33-28
- 6Q4 5:07 · SMU 33, Louisiana Tech 34SMU's win chance fell from 80% to 68%.Kendall 6-yd TD pass to Williams, two-point try fails, Louisiana Tech goes ahead 34-33
- 7Q4 0:00 · SMU 39, Louisiana Tech 37SMU's win chance rose from 77% to 100%.Mordecai 33-yd TD pass to Roberson
SMU's lowest chance to win was 35 percent. Win chance is our own calculation from the play-by-play, with each game's start set from the pregame expectation.
How the lead changed
SMU took the lead for good with 0:00 left in the 4th quarter, SMU 39, Louisiana Tech 37.
It was SMU's first win over Louisiana Tech since the 2002 season, after 3 straight losses in the series, counted since 1970 in our games data.
What happened next
SMU's next game: W 42-34 at TCU, Sep 25
7 days laterLouisiana Tech's next game: W 24-17 vs North Texas, Sep 25
7 days laterThe teams' next meeting after Sep 18, 2021: SMU 38, Louisiana Tech 14, Sep 2, 2023
about 23 months later
Related pages
Scores, dates and the stage: ESPN. Win chance: our curve from play-by-play; the turn is its largest one-play change that moved with the score.