The 2023 season's largest margin: SMU 69, Prairie View A&M 0. A 69-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2023 — The Ten-Win Year
SMU's 2023 season (11-3) 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
- Preston StoneQB3,197 passing yards
- Kevin JenningsQB618 passing yards
- Jaylan KnightonRB745 rushing yards
- LJ Johnson Jr.RB576 rushing yards
- Camar WheatonRB410 rushing yards
- Jake BaileyWR528 receiving yards
- R.J. MarylandTE518 receiving yards
- Kelvontay DixonWR441 receiving yards
- Kobe WilsonLB73 tackles
- Isaiah NwokobiaS56 tackles
- Ahmad WalkerLB55 tackles
- Elijah RobertsDE8.5 sacks
- Isaiah SmithDE5 sacks
- Nelson PaulDE4.5 sacks
Season leaders, 2023.
The season's deepest loss: SMU 11, Oklahoma 28. A 17-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: SMU fell to Boston College 14-23 in the postseason.
"Pony up"
2023 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.