SMU's Kevin Jennings Reveals How Mustangs Took Down Boston College

The SMU Mustangs' 25-16 win over Boston College won't live long in the memory of fans, but it might be an important footnote in the 2026 season for Rhett Lashlee's team.

One of the biggest bugaboos of the Mustangs, particularly on offense, has been the consistent self-inflicted wounds.

The Kevin Jennings interceptions, the fumbles, the flags, it all adds up and through the season so far, the 4-1 Mustangs have managed to still win despite that.

But as we know, there will come a time when those mistakes will come back to bite SMU at the worst possible moment.

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Which is why the win over Boston College was good for the soul, because the Mustangs didn't have a turnover despite the weather. 

Yes, they had seven flags, but they weren't crippling, and for Kennings, the biggest thing for the offense was that they didn't beat themselves, even though they were struggling against Boston College's defense.

"Yeah, Boston College had a good defense, we knew that coming in," Jennings said. "So, just execute the basics, being ourselves, not turning the ball over, and not getting too much flags. I think that was the main thing we did. We didn't beat ourselves."

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Now, the next question that fans want to know is whether this performance is an outlier from the offense.

Or is it a sign of things to come for the rest of the season?

We know that going turnover-free isn't exactly the easiest thing to do consistently, but limiting them could go a long way toward the Mustangs having a very good season.

The penalties ideally would also shrink, but you can't expect to have such a clean game week in, week out, but the Mustangs can take solace in the fact that even though they weren't playing well on offense (just 218 total yards), they did what they had to do.

And more importantly, didn't have those crippling self-inflicted wounds.