No. 16 SMU Hosts Baylor | Saturday 11 AM

Saturday, September 6, 2025 – 11 a.m. CT

[17/16] SMU (1-0, ACC) vs. [RV/-] Baylor (0-1, Big 12)

Gerald J. Ford Stadium – Dallas, Texas

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SETTING THE SCENE

• The Mustangs are set to tackle Baylor for the primary time since 2016 on Saturday. 

• SMU is coming off a 42-13 victory towards East Texas A&M on Aug. 30 in Gerald J. Ford Stadium.

• Senior large receiver Romello Brinson led the way in which, ending with profession highs in receptions (7) and yards (121) whereas recording one landing. 

• Safety Ahmaad Moses and linebacker Alexander Kilgore every recorded defensive touchdowns for the Mustangs within the victory. 

• Kevin Jennings helped energy the SMU offense to 400 whole yards whereas throwing two touchdowns and dashing for an additional. 

• Cameron Robertson completed with 4 tackles, two TFLs, one sack and one compelled fumble.

• The Mustangs had been chosen third within the convention’s annual preseason ballot on July 30, garnering 2,612 factors and two first-place votes.

QUICK HITS

• SMU has been explosive on offense in Ford Stadium in its final 16 house video games relationship again to 2022, scoring 773 factors, a median of 48.3 factors per recreation throughout the 16-game span with a 15-1 document. 

• The accolades have come pouring in throughout the preseason with 20 Mustangs incomes a preseason honor. 

• Isaiah Nwokobia has been acknowledged as one of many premier safeties within the nation heading into 2025, being named preseason All-America by a number of publications (Athlon Sports, Phil Steele, Sporting News and Walter Camp). 

• Nwokobia has additionally appeared on quite a few watch lists together with the Paycom Jim Thorpe Award, Bronco Nagurski Trophy, Chuck Bednarik Award, Senior Bowl and East-West Shrine Bowl. 

• Kevin Jennings appears to be like to construct on his breakout marketing campaign final yr, being chosen to a number of premier watch lists that embrace the Maxwell Award, Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, Davey O’Brien Award, Manning Award, East-West Shrine Bowl and the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award.

• SMU’s 55 wins within the final six years are essentially the most by any FBS Texas group. In addition, the Mustangs have received 24 of these on the street, tops for any group within the state since 2019.

• The Mustangs are 21-4 of their final 25 video games, and 20-1 of their final 21 regular-season contests.

• SMU has posted a document of 26-2 throughout Lashlee’s three seasons in cost after they rating 30-or-more factors in a recreation.

• The Mustangs have had at the very least seven receivers catch a go in 28 of the previous 31 video games.

• Rhett Lashlee boasts a 21-3 convention document in his profession. His 21-3 document in his first 24 league video games on the Hilltop is the very best in SMU historical past.

• SMU entered the yr ranked sixteenth in each the US LBM Coaches and Associated Press Preseason Polls, its highest preseason rank since 1985.

THE SERIES

• This is the 83rd assembly between SMU and Baylor with the all-time sequence document of 36-39-7.

• The Bears have a 13-game successful streak within the sequence. 

• The sequence has taken place over 11 a long time, relationship again to the primary recreation in 1916.

• The two groups haven’t performed one another since Sept. 9, 2016, a win for the Bears. 

ABOUT THE BEARS

• Baylor completed the 2024 season with an 8-5 document and a 6-3 convention mark.

• The Bears performed towards LSU within the 2024 Kinder’s Texas Bowl in Houston, Texas, finally falling to the Tigers 31-44.

• Baylor dropped its season opener to Auburn at house, 38-24 on Aug. 29.

THE COACHES

• Rhett Lashlee is in his fourth season as the top coach at SMU and has a 30-12 profession document, with 29 wins the second most for a head coach in his first three years in program historical past. Lashlee, who served as offensive coordinator for the Mustangs for 2 seasons (2018-19), additionally served because the offensive coordinator at Miami in 2020 and 2021. A one-time finalist (2013) and two-time semifinalist (2019, 2020) for the Broyles Award, Lashlee has the excellence of being the one coach ever nominated for the Broyles Award 4 completely different occasions at 4 completely different faculties (Arkansas State, Auburn, SMU, Miami).

• Lashlee was named a finalist final season for the distinguished Paul “Bear” Bryant Coach of the Year Award, handed out the nation’s high coach as voted on by the National Sports Media Association, the Bryant Awards’ Executive Leadership Team, and the Bryant Family. The Arkansas native was additionally named Coach of the Year by Dave Campbell’s Texas Football publication, a finalist of the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award, and a semi-finalist for the George Munger National Coach of the Year.

• Dave Aranda, a 28-year soccer teaching veteran, was appointed Baylor’s twenty eighth head soccer coach on January 16, 2020. Now in his sixth season at Baylor, Aranda’s all-time document with the Bears is 31-31 with a 21-24 convention mark. 

MUSTANG CAPTAINS

• Kevin Jennings, Alexander Kilgore, Ahmaad Moses, Isaiah Nwokobia, Logan Parr and PJ Williams had been named captains for the 2025 season. 

OPENING STATEMENT 

• The Mustangs have a current historical past of beginning the yr proper. 

• SMU has received its final seven season openers relationship again to 2019, the longest since a program-record 15-game stretch from 1972-1986.

SEASON OPENERS SINCE 2019

Aug. 30, 2025    East Texas A&M    W, 42-13

Aug. 24, 2024    at Nevada        W, 29-24

Sept. 2, 2023    Louisiana Tech    W, 38-14

Sept. 3, 2022    at North Texas    W, 48-10

Sept. 4, 2021    Abilene Christian    W, 56-9

Sept. 5, 2020    at Texas State    W, 31-24

Aug. 31, 2019    at Arkansas State    W, 37-30

BEST IN TEXAS 

• SMU has loved a lot success up to now six seasons.

• The Mustangs have recorded 55 wins since 2019, are essentially the most by any of the 13 FBS groups within the state. 

• Of these 55 wins, 24 have come on the street, tops for any group within the state since 2019.

FIREWORKS IN FORD

• SMU has been explosive on offense in Ford Stadium in its final 16 house video games, scoring 773 factors.

• The Mustangs are averaging 48.3 factors per recreation throughout the 16-game span relationship again in 2022 whereas posting a document of 15-1. 

LAST 16 GAMES IN FORD STADIUM 

Nov. 5, 2022        Houston        W, 77-63

Nov. 26, 2022    Memphis        W, 34-31

Sept. 2, 2023    Louisiana Tech    W, 38-14

Sept. 16, 2023    Prairie View A&M    W, 69-0

Sept. 30, 2023    Charlotte        W, 34-16

Oct. 28, 2023    Tulsa        W, 69-10

Nov. 10, 2023    North Texas        W, 45-21

Nov. 25, 2023    Navy        W, 59-14

Aug. 31, 2024    HCU        W, 59-7

Sept. 6, 2024    BYU        L, 18-15

Sept. 21, 2024    TCU        W, 66-42

Sept. 28, 2024    Florida State        W, 42-16

Nov. 2, 2024        #18 Pitt        W, 48-25

Nov. 16, 2024    Boston College    W, 38-28

Nov. 30, 2024    Cal        W, 38-6

Aug. 30, 2025    East Texas A&M    W, 42-13

LUCKY NUMBER 30 

• SMU has posted a document of 27-2 throughout Lashlee’s 4 seasons in cost after they rating 30 or extra factors in a recreation.

CLUB TAKEAWAY

• Club Takeaway was again and open for enterprise once more in 2025. 

• SMU has compelled a turnover in 22 of the previous 25 video games.

HOME SWEET HOME

• SMU is 31-5 at house because the begin of the 2019 season, which included a 6-1 document in 2024, 6-0 in 2023, 5-1 in 2021 and a 6-0 document in 2019.

• Attendance of 33,044 for the season-opening win towards East Texas A&M was the most important for an SMU house opener since 2014.

• SMU set a document for scholar attendance with 5,176 on the recreation.

• Four of the highest 5 scholar attendances in Ford Stadium historical past have come because the begin of the 2024 season.

• The Mustangs improved their present house successful streak to 6 video games relationship again to Sept. 21, 2024 with the win towards the Lions. 

SUCCESS IN SEPTEMBER 

Since 2019, SMU has been one robust group to beat within the month of September. The Mustangs have posted a document of 18-5 (.782) over the previous 5 seasons within the first official month of the autumn. 

2024: 2-1

2023: 3-2

2022: 2-2

2021: 4-0 

2020: 3-0

2019: 4-0

OVERALL: 18-5 (.782)