FINAL SCORE
Boston College Eagles at SMU Mustangs game details
Saturday, October 3, 2026 at 12:00 PM ET
Gerald J. Ford Stadium · Attendance 27,942
Put the final score in perspective.
SMU finished 9 points ahead. The teams combined for 41 points. This is an unadjusted scoring comparison, with no allowance for possessions, opponent strength or overtime.
The reported halftime score was Boston College 10, SMU 13. Across the 4 regulation quarters with line-score data for both teams, SMU outscored its opponent in 2 and Boston College in 1. A quarter advantage counts scoring in that quarter only.
How these comparisons are calculated ↗QUARTER BY QUARTER
Line score
 Boston College | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16 |
 SMU | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 25 |
THE MATCHUP IN NUMBERS
Team statistics
| 1st Downs | 19 | 21 |
| 3rd down efficiency | 7-16 | 7-14 |
| 4th down efficiency | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| Total Yards | 322 | 218 |
| Passing | 208 | 160 |
| Comp/Att | 20/32 | 20/30 |
| Yards per pass | 6.5 | 5.3 |
| Rushing | 114 | 58 |
| Rushing Attempts | 33 | 32 |
| Yards per rush | 3.5 | 1.8 |
| Penalties | 11-95 | 7-74 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 0 |
| Fumbles lost | 1 | 0 |
| Interceptions thrown | 0 | 0 |
| Possession | 33:05 | 26:55 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Boston College Eagles
passing
| Mason McKenzie | 20/31 | 208 | 6.7 | 2 | 0 | 48.7 |
| Landon Wright | 0/1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | -- |
rushing
| Mason McKenzie | 21 | 74 | 3.5 | 0 | 40 |
| Evan Dickens | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 0 | 10 |
| Bo MacCormack III | 6 | 10 | 1.7 | 0 | 3 |
| Landon Wright | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 |
receiving
| Evan Dickens | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 1 | 43 |
| Javarius Green | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 0 | 16 |
| Jaedn Skeete | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 0 | 18 |
| Danny Edgehille | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 1 | 20 |
| Johnathan Montague Jr. | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | 23 |
| Nedrick Boldin Jr. | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | 15 |
| Dawson Pough | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 14 |
| Bo MacCormack III | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 |
fumbles
defensive
| Charlie Comella | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| KP Price | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kemori Dixon | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Upton | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ashton Cunningham | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Demetrius Ballard | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Anthony Palano | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Hudson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| TJ Green | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cameron McGee | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| KJ Sampson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Onye Nwosisi | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Favor Bate | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Michael Mankaka | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Max Tucker | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kameron Howard | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bo MacCormack III | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcelous Townsend | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zacari Thomas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rae Sykes Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Klein | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
puntReturns
| Charlie Comella | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
kicking
| Luca Lombardo | 1/1 | 100.0 | 52 | 1/1 | 4 |
punting
| Bryce LaFollette | 4 | 147 | 36.8 | 0 | 1 | 47 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
SMU Mustangs
passing
| Kevin Jennings | 20/30 | 160 | 5.3 | 2 | 0 | 65.5 |
rushing
| Kendrick Raphael | 15 | 45 | 3.0 | 1 | 20 |
| Derrick McFall | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 0 | 23 |
| Team | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Jennings | 10 | -7 | -0.7 | 1 | 10 |
receiving
| Jalen Cooper | 5 | 45 | 9.0 | 0 | 16 |
| Derrick McFall | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 1 | 20 |
| Yannick Smith | 5 | 30 | 6.0 | 0 | 13 |
| Randy Pittman Jr. | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 1 | 14 |
| Yamir Knight | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | 12 |
| Jalen Hale | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 8 |
fumbles
| Team | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jalen Cooper | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Aakil Washington | 0 | 0 | 1 |
defensive
| Jarvis Lee | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marques White | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyren Polley Jr. | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexander Kilgore | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Booker | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| La'Modrick Spencer | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aakil Washington | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jimmy Wyrick | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamal Anderson | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sael Reyes | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcellus Barnes Jr. | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jahkai Lang | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tavion Atkinson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jayvon Thomas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Miyazono | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| William Nettles | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Jefferson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malcolm Alcorn-Crowder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
kickReturns
| Dramekco Green | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
puntReturns
| Yamir Knight | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 24 | 0 |
kicking
| Brendan Baird | 0/0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1/2 | 1 |
punting
| Wade McSparron | 5 | 228 | 45.6 | 1 | 2 | 52 |
HOW IT HAPPENED
Scoring summary
| 1 | 11:33 | Kendrick Raphael 2 Yd Run (Two-Point Run Conversion Failed) | 0 – 6 |
| 1 | 5:43 | Luca Lombardo 52 Yd Field Goal | 3 – 6 |
| 1 | 1:41 | Evan Dickens 43 Yd pass from Mason McKenzie (Luca Lombardo Kick) | 10 – 6 |
| 2 | 10:05 | Kevin Jennings 4 Yd Run (Brendan Baird Kick) | 10 – 13 |
| 3 | 7:25 | Randy Pittman Jr. 14 Yd pass from Kevin Jennings (Brendan Baird PAT failed) | 10 – 19 |
| 4 | 4:37 | Derrick McFall 20 Yd pass from Kevin Jennings (Two-Point Run Conversion Failed) | 10 – 25 |
| 4 | 2:07 | Danny Edgehille 6 Yd pass from Mason McKenzie (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed) | 16 – 25 |
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