BYU moves to 2-0 with road win over SMU in low scoring affair

It was a fun night of college football at Gerald J. Ford in Dallas on Friday. Especially for the road team, the BYU Cougars. The Cougars went to Dallas in front of more than 31,000 fans and upset the SMU Mustangs, 18-15, to move to 2-0 on the year despite being 11.5 point underdogs.

After SMU started taking control of the game, including going to the locker room ahead 9-7 at halftime, they started the third with their fourth field goal to go ahead by five points. Then, Enouch Nawahine put the Cougars ahead with a nine-yard rushing touchdown, and the Cougars went for two and converted.

In the fourth, a fifth Mustangs field goal moved the game to 15-15 with 6:22 to go in the game. That’s when quarterback Jake Retzlaff moved his Cougars offense down the field enough to set up the game-winning 26-yard field goal from Will Ferrin.

Ratzlaff finished with 202 passing yards and a touchdown. He also had 10 carries for 35 yards in the game. His top target was Darius Lassiter, who caught two passes for 62 yards in the game. Miles Davis finished the game with 37 rushing yards for the Cougars.

BYU is now 2-0 and will face a road test next Saturday, as they are at Wyoming. The Cougars are at home against Kansas State in Week 4.