SMU
3-0
Texas State
0-3
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas State | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| SMU | 7 | 6 | 21 | 13 | 47 |
Mustangs Defeat Texas State 47-17
Sep 14 | Football
McDaniel, Jones Both Rush For Over 100 Yards
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DALLAS (AP) -- Shane Buechele threw for two touchdowns and TJ McDaniel rushed for 159 yards and three scores as SMU sprinted to a 47-17 victory over Texas State on Saturday evening.
The Mustangs started the season 3-0 for the first time since 1984. The Ponies opened this year with wins over Arkansas State, 37-30, and North Texas, 49-27. They will face TCU in Fort Worth next week.
Buechele was 14-of-18 passing for 219 yards but also had two interceptions. McDaniel had just eight carries with his longest being 48 yards. Xavier Jones added 108 yards and one score on 20 carries.
The Mustangs took the opening kickoff and drove 74 yards for the score when Buechele hit James Proche from the 4. They added a field goal and another touchdown to go up 13-0 at the half. Jones and McDaniel had a TD apiece in the third to go ahead 27-3 before the Bobcats would cross the goal line.
SMU amassed 639 yards while limiting the Bobcats to 241 total yards. Gresch Jensen threw for 285 yards and one score for Texas State (0-3).
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Team Stats
TXST 0, SMU 7
SMU - PROCHE, James 4 yd pass from BUECHELE, Shane (HOGAN, Luke kick) 7 plays, 74 yards, TOP 3:13
TXST 3, SMU 7
TXST - Rowland, Joshua 27 yd field goal 4 plays, 9 yards, TOP 1:17
TXST 3, SMU 13
SMU - McDANIEL, TJ 10 yd run (HOGAN, Luke kickblocked), 6 plays, 78 yards, TOP 2:09
TXST 3, SMU 20
SMU - JONES, Xavier 1 yd run (HOGAN, Luke kick), 4 plays, 64 yards, TOP 1:09
TXST 3, SMU 27
SMU - McDANIEL, TJ 39 yd run (HOGAN, Luke kick), 4 plays, 64 yards, TOP 1:30
TXST 10, SMU 27
TXST - Taylor,AnthonyD 10 yd pass from Jensen, Gresch (Rowland, Joshua kick) 7 plays, 65 yards, TOP 2:57
TXST 10, SMU 34
SMU - McDANIEL, TJ 42 yd run (HOGAN, Luke kick), 3 plays, 51 yards, TOP 1:09
TXST 10, SMU 40
SMU - GRANSON, Kylen 58 yd pass from BUECHELE, Shane (HOGAN, Luke kickfailed) 1 plays, 58 yards, TOP 0:10
TXST 17, SMU 40
TXST - Twyford,Caleb 35 yd pass from Vitt,Tyler (Rowland, Joshua kick) 3 plays, 37 yards, TOP 1:02
TXST 17, SMU 47
SMU - PIERCE, Merek 4 yd run (HOGAN, Luke kick), 10 plays, 68 yards, TOP 5:11
