The 2022 season's largest margin: SMU 48, North Texas 10. A 38-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2022 — The 2022 Season
SMU's 2022 season (7-6) 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 MordecaiQB3,524 passing yards
- Preston StoneQB388 passing yards
- Tyler LavineRB642 rushing yards
- Velton GardnerRB368 rushing yards
- Camar WheatonRB322 rushing yards
- Rashee RiceWR1,355 receiving yards
- Jordan KerleyWR588 receiving yards
- Dylan GoffneyWR369 receiving yards
- Jimmy PhillipsLB76 tackles
- Nick RobertsS62 tackles
- Isaac Slade-MatautiaLB62 tackles
- Nelson PaulDE5 sacks
- Elijah ChatmanDT3 sacks
- Isaiah SmithDE3 sacks
Season leaders, 2022.
The season's deepest loss: SMU 24, Tulane 59. A 35-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: SMU fell to BYU 23-24 in the postseason.
"Pony up"
2022 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.