SMU team stats
2021 season totals across 12 games, beside what opponents did.
General
| SMU | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time of possession | 5:50:41 | 29:13 | 6:08:57 | 30:45 |
| Offensive plays | 890 | 74.2 | 842 | 70.2 |
| Total yards | 5,591 | 465.9 | 4,987 | 415.6 |
| Penalties–yards | 67–627 | — | 88–654 | — |
| First downs | 297 | 24.8 | 240 | 20.0 |
| Third down | 73–16843.5% | — | 68–17938.0% | — |
| Fourth down | 16–2466.7% | — | 13–3043.3% | — |
Passing
| SMU | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Completions–attempts | 313–46866.9% | — | 239–40459.2% | — |
| Passing yards | 3,654 | 304.5 | 3,337 | 278.1 |
| Yards per attempt | 7.8 | — | 8.3 | — |
| Passing TDs | 39 | — | 27 | — |
| Interceptions thrown | 10 | — | 12 | — |
Rushing
| SMU | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carries | 422 | 35.2 | 438 | 36.5 |
| Rushing yards | 1,937 | 161.4 | 1,650 | 137.5 |
| Yards per carry | 4.6 | — | 3.8 | — |
| Rushing TDs | 20 | — | 15 | — |
Turnovers
| SMU | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giveaways | 18 | 1.5 | 15 | 1.3 |
| Fumbles lost | 6 | — | 5 | — |
| Interceptions thrown | 10 | — | 12 | — |
Defense and takeaways
| SMU | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sacks | 27.0 | — | 16.0 | — |
| Tackles for loss | 67.0 | — | 71.0 | — |
| Interceptions | 12 | — | 10 | — |
| Interception yards | 120 | — | 107 | — |
| Interception TDs | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| Fumbles recovered | 5 | — | 8 | — |
Returns
| SMU | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kick returns | 36 | — | 27 | — |
| Kick return yards | 956 | — | 572 | — |
| Yards per kick return | 26.6 | — | 21.2 | — |
| Kick return TDs | 2 | — | 1 | — |
| Punt returns | 14 | — | 13 | — |
| Punt return yards | 75 | — | 119 | — |
| Yards per punt return | 5.4 | — | 9.2 | — |
| Punt return TDs | 0 | — | 0 | — |
⚠ An em dash is not a zero. A measure a team has not recorded — a fumble recovery, a punt return — has no row at the source rather than a zero, and these are categories where not happening is ordinary. Where a season total exists, every rate beside it is computed from that season’s own denominator rather than averaged across games.