The 2020 season's largest margin: SMU 50, Stephen F. Austin 7. A 43-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2020 — The 2020 Season
SMU's 2020 season (7-3) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Shane BuecheleQB3,095 passing yards
- Ulysses Bentley IVRB898 rushing yards
- Tyler LavineRB310 rushing yards
- TJ McDanielRB297 rushing yards
- Rashee RiceWR683 receiving yards
- Kylen GransonTE536 receiving yards
- Reggie Roberson Jr.WR474 receiving yards
- Delano RobinsonLB77 tackles
- Richard McBrydeLB51 tackles
- Chace CromartieS48 tackles
- Nelson PaulDE3.5 sacks
- Elijah ChatmanDT3 sacks
- Turner CoxeDE3 sacks
Season leaders, 2020.
The season's deepest loss: SMU 13, Cincinnati 42. A 29-point margin the season is remembered by.
"Pony up"
2020 is a middle chapter for SMU — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.