SMU bowl-eligible after victory against Stanford

Following the Mustangs’ 40-10 win over Stanford on Saturday, SMU is bowl-eligible for the sixth straight season.

SMU jumped out to an early lead via Moochie Dixon’s (WR) 87-yard receiving touchdown from Kevin Jennings (QB) on the first play from scrimmage. SMU continued their trend of starting fast and striking first. After going up 7-0 in the first minute of the game, the Mustangs never looked back. After Jennings threw touchdown passes to Key’Shawn Smith (WR) and RJ Maryland (TE), in the blink of an eye, the score was 21-0.

The Ponies’ hot start set them up for success the rest of the way. Jennings threw for over 200 yards and three touchdowns in the first quarter alone. While Jennings had…