Memphis stuns SMU 28-25 in Seth Henigan’s return to action

Petre Thomas-USA TODAY Sports One week ago, SMU was sitting on a pedestal at No. 19 in the country, thriving as one of college football’s nine unbeatens. After dropping a heartbreaker to Houston by allowing a kick return touchdown in the final seconds, Sonny Dykes’ team had a prime opportunity to bounce back and possibly invade the College Football Playoff rankings.

Memphis entered Saturday with four losses in its previous five outings, but the Tigers didn’t mind rebounding from a disastrous stretch to play the spoiler role. After a much-needed bye week which allowed the team to return starting quarterback Seth Henigan, Memphis upended SMU in 28-25 fashion at the Liberty Bowl on Saturday…