Smu Fans Rush Field After Mustangs Deal Miami A Second Loss

Last Saturday, SMU yet mislaid an ACC crippled to Wake Forest—its first since joining nan conference.

This Saturday, nan Mustangs returned to nan triumph file arsenic if they'd ne'er left.

They did it against No. 10 Miami—once formed arsenic a imaginable nationalist title contender but now conscionable hoping to sneak into its first College Football Playoff. An alarmingly undisciplined Hurricanes squad mislaid 26–20 to SMU successful overtime a small complete 2 weeks aft falling to Louisville.

The Mustangs had not beaten an AP Top 10 squad astatine location since 1974, erstwhile they knocked disconnected No. 5 Texas A&M 18–14. Their fans celebrated accordingly, flooding nan Gerald J. Ford Stadium playing surface.

SMU is presently 5–3, and sits successful a four-way necktie for 4th spot successful nan ACC. The Mustangs gave coach Rhett Lashlee a contract extension Friday, and it paid disconnected quickly pinch a triumph complete his erstwhile team.

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