The 2021 season's largest margin: SMU 56, Abilene Christian 9. A 47-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2021 — The Winning Chapter
SMU's 2021 season (8-4) 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
- Tanner MordecaiQB3,628 passing yards
- Tre SiggersRB727 rushing yards
- Ulysses Bentley IVRB610 rushing yards
- Tyler LavineRB257 rushing yards
- Danny GrayWR803 receiving yards
- Rashee RiceWR670 receiving yards
- Reggie Roberson Jr.WR625 receiving yards
- Delano RobinsonLB78 tackles
- Jimmy PhillipsLB60 tackles
- Shaine HaileyLB56 tackles
- DeVere LevelstonDT6.5 sacks
- Turner CoxeDE6 sacks
- Gary WileyDE4.5 sacks
Season leaders, 2021.
The season's deepest loss: SMU 14, Cincinnati 48. A 34-point margin the season is remembered by.
"Pony up"
2021 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.