The 2024 season's largest margin: SMU 59, Houston Christian 7. A 52-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2024 — The Ten-Win Year
SMU's 2024 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
- Kevin JenningsQB3,189 passing yards
- Preston StoneQB421 passing yards
- Brashard SmithRB1,330 rushing yards
- LJ Johnson Jr.RB303 rushing yards
- Roderick DanielsWR601 receiving yards
- Keyshawn SmithWR527 receiving yards
- Jordan HudsonWR422 receiving yards
- Kobe WilsonLB102 tackles
- Isaiah NwokobiaS95 tackles
- Ahmad WalkerLB88 tackles
- Jahfari HarveyDE7.5 sacks
- Isaiah SmithDE7 sacks
- Jared Harrison-HunteDL6.5 sacks
Season leaders, 2024.
The season's deepest loss: SMU 10, Penn State 38. A 28-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: SMU fell to Penn State 10-38 in the postseason.
"Pony up"
2024 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.