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Shane Buechele, DS #14 QB, Southern Methodist 
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Name: Shane Buechele (Transfer from Texas)
College: Southern Methodist Number: 7
Height: 6-0 Weight: 210
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Class/Draft Year: rSr/2021
40 Low: 4.87 40 Time: 4.96 40 High: 5.04
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Height: 6002
Weight: 210
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Dates: 03/25/21
Hand: 09 3/8 Arm: 30 1/4
Wingspan: 72 1/2
Height: 6002
Weight: 210
40 Yrd Dash: 4.96
20 Yrd Dash: 2.86
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Broad Jump: 09'06"
20 Yrd Shuttle: 4.60
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40 Time Range: 4.95-4.96/Projected 4.78
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Data Scout Notes: 2020: NAC...PManning/PMaxwell/POBrien/PWuerffel...2019: 1stC...Transfer from Texas...1st team All-AAC w/307-490-3929-34-10-62.7 pass, 64-105-1.6-2 rush, TT in 13 gms in '19. Announced he would transfer to SMU on Feb 7 '18. Grad transferred in May '19. An n
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Shane Buechele, Southern Methodist, Player News
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SMU quarterback Shane Buechele will enter the NFL draft, marking the end of a long college career. Buechele helped lead the Mustangs to their first 10-win season in decades. He announced his decision via Twitter on Friday evening. Buechele had one year o f eligibility remaining, as the NCAA granted a blanket year of eligibility to all athletes in 2020. Buechele is considered a late-round/priority free agent prospect. - The Dallas Morning News
(DS#14 QB) rSr/2021  QB Shane Buechele, Southern Methodist
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Shane Buechele threw four touchdown passes, two to Tyler Page, and No. 18 SMU broke away from undermanned Temple 47-23 Saturday. The game was pushed back from its original Thursday date while Temple dealt with virus-related issues. The Owls were missing 15 players who were in COVID-19 protocol. SMU led 20-16 before Buechele connected with Kylen Granson on a 24-yard TD pass on the first play of the fourth quarter. The Mustangs (7-1, 4-1 American Athletic Conference) scored four touchdowns in the first 7 1/2 minutes of the period. Temple (1-4, 1-4) scored on the first play of the game, with wide receiver Randle Jones going 75 yards on a screen pass from Trad Beatty. Page, who came into the game fifth on the Mustangs this year in yards receiving, caught n ine passes for 131 yards.Playing in the slot most of the game, Page took advantage of a soft middle of the Temple defense and then used his speed to rack up most of his yards after making the catch. Buechele was 24 for 35 for 355 yards. Tayvon Rul ey's 3-yard touchdown run helped Temple build a 13-10 halftime lead. Buechele put SMU ahead for good when he found Page with a 44-yard strike on the first drive of the second half. In the fourth quarter, Buechele added a 33-yard TD toss to Rashee Rice wh ile Tyler Lavine had a 2-yard touchdown plunge and TaMerik Williams added a 49-yard scoring scamper. - AP College Football
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In one week, Shane Buechele went from his worst passer efficiency rating in two seasons at SMU to his best. The Mustangs enjoyed a pretty good bounce-back as well. Buechele threw three touchdown passes, Ulysses Bentley IV and Tyler Lavine ran for two sco res apiece and No. 22 SMU rebounded from its first loss with a 51-37 victory over Navy on Saturday night. The Mustangs (6-1, 3-1 American Athletic) scored 30 consecutive points from late in the second quarter to early in the fourth, a run that started wi th 10 points in the final 7 seconds of the first half. After the first of Buechele's two scoring tosses to Rashee Rice with 7 seconds to go before halftime, Nelson Smith fumbled a handoff and SMU's Gary Wiley won the scramble for the loose ball at the Na vy 18 with a second remaining. Chris Naggar's 34-yard field goal made it 31-17. - SMU/AP College Football
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Brandon Crossley ended the first overtime possession with an interception and Chris Naggar made a 34-yard field goal to give No. 17 SMU a 37-34 victory over Tulane on Friday night. Crossley intercepted Tulane freshman Michael Pratt's pass to put the Must angs (5-0, 3-0 American Athletic) in position to win with the field goal. SMU is 5-0 for the second straight season, a feat it last accomplished in 1983. The Green Wave (2-3, 0-3) rallied to force overtime on Merek Glover's 27-yard field goal with 1:30 l eft. "We went blow for blow with them," Tulane coach Willie Fritz said. "Unfortunately, they get the last one in. I saw a lot of good things from our guys. Really was impressed with the way we battled and fought back." After Tulane took a 31-27 lead earl y in the fourth quarter on Pratt's 7-yard touchdown, the Mustangs pulled ahead 34-31 lead on Shane Buechele's 10-yard pass to Danny Gray. Buechele completed 23 of 37 passes for 384 yards and two touchdowns. He entered the game second nationally in passin g yards. Rashee Rice had seven receptions for 139 yards and a touchdown, and Gray added five catches for 133 yards and a touchdown and had a 32-yard scoring run. Ulysses Bentley ran for 94 yards and a touchdown on 25 carries. - SMU/AP College Football
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OCT 5 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Shane Buechele, SMU, Sr., QB, Arlington, Texas,...Buechele led SMU to a 30-27 win against No. 25/24 Memphis, leaving the Mustangs as the nation's only 4-0 team in 2020. Buechele completed 3 2 of 45 passes for a career-high 474 yards and three touchdowns and had a career-high 501 yards of total offense, good for second on SMU's single-game chart. Buechele, who registered his eighth career game with 300 passing yards and his fourth career 400 -yard game, ended Week 5 with 1,326 passing yards, which leads all NCAA FBS players. - American Athletic Conference Football
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Chris Naggar kicked a 43-yard field goal with nine seconds left and SMU beat No. 25 Memphis 30-27 on Saturday, after the Mustangs blew an early three-touchdown lead against a team playing its first game in four weeks. Memphis (1-1), which because of COVI D-19 issues hadn't played since winning its opener Sept. 5, was driving for a potential go-ahead score when Brady White was sacked and fumbled with 1:25 left. That set up the final drive for SMU (4-0), which never trailed. Shane Buechele was 32-of-45 pas sing for 474 yards and three touchdowns. That included catch-and-run scores of 70 and 85 yards to Reggie Roberson before the star receiver left the game with an apparent left knee injury late in the third.Roberson finished with five catches for 24 3 yards. White was 29-of-42 for 380 yards, three touchdowns and two interceptions. Damonte Coxie had eight catches for 169 yards. Memphis last played a month agao against Arkansas State. The Tigers didn't play their next two scheduled games and had an 11 -day gap without practicing because of positive COVID-19 tests in the program. SMU had a 24-3 led after Roberson's 85-yard score early in the second quarter. Buechele stepped up in the pocket and hit Roberson near the 25, where the receiver made a defend er miss and then took off down the sideline. - SMU/AP College Football
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Shane Buechele threw two touchdown passes, Ulysses Bentley IV ran for two more scores and SMU beat Stephen F. Austin 50-7 on Saturday night. Buechele was 14-of-25 passing for 141 yards with short scoring throws to Danny Gray and Kylen Granson. Gray also had a 6-yard touchdown run. Bentley, who entered with a nation-leading five touchdowns, finished with 104 yards rushing on just six carries. TJ McDaniel added 104 yards on the ground for SMU (3-0). Terrance Gipson and TaMerik Williams each had a touchdow n run in the fourth quarter. Bentley scored the first time he touched the ball, running for 33 yards after catching Buechele's screen pass, capping the Mustangs' opening drive. Bentley added a 13-yard TD run that made it 36-0 with 9:36 left in the third quarter. Trae Self completed 14 of 23 passes for 133 yards and ran for a 6-yard touchdown for Stephen F. Austin (0-3). Capacity was limited to 25% at 32,000-seat Gerald J. Ford Stadium. Face masks were required and tailgating was prohibited. - AP College Football
(DS#14 QB) rSr/2021 QB Shane Buechele, Southern Methodist
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Shane Buechele threw three of his four touchdown passes in the first quarter and SMU cruised to a 65-35 win over North Texas on Saturday night. Buechele completed 24 of 33 passes for 344 yards with no interceptions and added a 2-yard touchdown run. The s enior moved into fourth on SMU's career list with seven 300-yard passing games and into fifth at the school with 39 career TD passes. North Texas went three-and-out on the game's opening possession and then on SMU's first play from scrimmage Buechele hit Rashee Rice for a 50-yard gain. Three plays later Reggie Roberson Jr.'s 15-yard touchdown catch made it 7-0 with 12:33 less than 2 1/2 minutes into the game.Buechele hit Danny Gray for a 62-yard touchdown about three minutes later and Kylen Grans on's 7-yard scoring reception gave the Mustangs a 21-0 lead with 3:27 left in the quarter. SMU (2-0) is 33-6-1 all-time against the Mean Green, but is just 2-4 playing at North Texas. Roberson finished with nine receptions for 103 yards and Rice had five catches for 102 yards. The teams combined for 1,200 total yards, including 710 by SMU. UNT (1-1) went three-and-out five times, failed two convert to fourth downs and committed two turnovers. - AP College/SMU Football
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Shane Buechele threw for 367 yards and a touchdown and SMU held on despite two second-half turnovers to win its first game at Texas State, 31-24 on Saturday in the season opener for both teams. Buechele threw a 51-yard touchdown pass to Reggie Roberson J r. in the third quarter that gave the Mustangs the lead for good, 24-21 late in the third quarter. TJ McDaniel ran for 130 yards and a 9-yard touchdown early in the third quarter for the Mustangs. Ulysses Bentley IV had two touchdown runs from 6 and 12 y ards in the second quarter and finished with 49 yards rushing. Roberson finished with six catches for 99 yards. Rashee Rice added five catches for 101 yards for the Mustangs.Brady McBride was 21-of-39 passing for 227 yards and two touchdowns in hi s first start at Texas State. McBride tossed a 3-yard TD pass Jeremiah Haydel, who made a spectacular one-handed diving catch in the corner of the end zone in the second quarter. The Bobcats played without tight ends due to quarantine restrictions and ha d offensive linemen fill the position. Calvin Hill ran for 100 yards and Brock Sturges added 95 yards rushing and a 4-yard touchdown run for Texas State. - SMU/AP College Football
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2021 SENIOR BOWL WATCH LIST: Shane Buechele, SMU,...Buechele threw for 3,929 yards and 34 touchdowns in 2019, both SMU records. His passing TD total, passing yards per game (302.2) and points responsible for (222) all led the league. Buechele posted thre e games of 400+ yards and registered 4,034 yards of total offense, which ranks second in a season for a Mustang. Heading into the season, Buechele ranks in the top 10 on active career FBS lists for completions (2nd, 710), passing yards (2nd, 8,565), tota l offense (2nd, 8,928), TD passes (3rd, 64), passing yards per game (5th, 237.9), total TDs responsible for (5th, 70) and completions per game (6th, 19.72). - SMU Football
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2020 MANNING AWARD PRESEASON WATCH LIST: Shane Buechele, Sr., SMU,...Buechele returns for his second season on the Hilltop as SMU's all-time leader in single-season passing yards (3,929) and passing touchdowns (34). He also set the program record for sin gle-game passing touchdowns with six against Temple. Buechele registered 4,034 yards of total offense last season, which ranks second for a Mustang. Along with Buechele's touchdown total, he also led the American Athletic Conference in passing yards per game at 302.2 and points responsible for at 222.Buechele posted three games of 400+ yards and set the SMU record for consecutive games with 2+ touchdown passes with 11. Heading into the season, Buechele ranks in the top 10 on active career FBS lis ts for completions (2nd, 710), passing yards (2nd, 8,565), total offense (2nd, 8,928), TD passes (3rd, 64), passing yards per game (5th, 237.9), total TDs responsible for (5th, 70) and completions per game (6th, 19.72). - SMU Football
(DS#14 QB) rSr/2021 QB Shane Buechele, Southern Methodist
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2020 WUERFFEL TROPHY PRESEASON WATCH LIST: Shane Buechele, SMU, senior, quarterback,...Buechele and girlfriend Paige Vasquez recently raised over $50,000 to be donated to the Mayor's Disaster Relief Fund for COVID-19 relief in the City of Dallas. "Dallas is home. I grew up here," Buechele said. "It's been amazing to see how many people have sent in donations. Everyone wants to help and give back in some way and I'm glad they're able to do that through the donation page Paige and I started." Throughout h is collegiate career, Buechele has also regularly participated at Boys and Girls Club events, visits to Dell Children's Hospital, elementary school visits and various youth football camps while at SMU and Texas. - SMU Football
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2020 PRESEASON MAXWELL AWARD WATCH LIST: QB Shane Buechele, SMU,...Buechele threw for 3,929 yards and 34 touchdowns in 2019, both SMU records. His passing TD total, passing yards per game (302.2) and points responsible for (222) all led the league. Buech ele posted three games of 400+ yards and registered 4,034 yards of total offense, which ranks second in a season for a Mustang. Heading into the season, Buechele ranks in the top 10 on active career FBS lists for completions (2nd, 710), passing yards (2n d, 8,565), total offense (2nd, 8,928), TD passes (3rd, 64), passing yards per game (5th, 237.9), total TDs responsible for (5th, 70) and completions per game (6th, 19.72). - SMU Football
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2020 PRESEASON DAVEY O'BRIEN AWARD WATCH LIST: Shane Buechele, SMU,...Buechele returns for his second season the Hilltop as SMU's all-time leader in single-season passing yards (3,929) and passing touchdowns (34). He also set the program record for singl e-game passing touchdowns with six against Temple. Buechele registered 4,034 yards of total offense last season, which ranks second for a Mustang. Along with Buechele's touchdown total, he also led the American Athletic Conference in passing yards per ga me at 302.2 and points responsible for at 222.Buechele posted three games of 400+ yards and set the SMU record for consecutive games with 2+ touchdown passes with 11. Heading into the season, Buechele ranks in the top 10 on active career FBS lists for completions (2nd, 710), passing yards (2nd, 8,565), total offense (2nd, 8,928), TD passes (3rd, 64), passing yards per game (5th, 237.9), total TDs responsible for (5th, 70) and completions per game (6th, 19.72). - SMU Football
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Shane Buechele's fundraiser hit paydirt for the city of Dallas. The Texas quarterback who transferred to SMU started a GoFundMe campaign in April with the goal of raising $50,000 for coronavirus relief. Buechele and his girlfriend, Paige, will deliver th at money to Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson at 11 a.m. Thursday. SMU announced that Buechele's fundraiser had reached its monetary goal, and the $50,000 check will go to the Mayor's Disaster Relief Fund. "I was impressed with Shane Buechele's performance on th e field last season for SMU, but I am far more impressed with his commitment to his community here in the city of Dallas," Johnson said in a statement released by SMU. "Dallas is a resilient city. We will recover from COVID-19, and the funds raised by Sh ane and Paige will help us get there." - Austin American Statesman
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SMU has hired Garrett Riley as co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach and promoted offensive line coach AJ Ricker to co-offensive coordinator. The younger brother of Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley was set to be promoted to offensive coordinator at Appalachian State after serving as running backs coach in 2019. Like his older brother, Garrett Riley spent time on the Texas Tech roster as a quarterback before going into coaching. The younger Riley also played a season at Stephen F. Austin. Garrett R iley was the position coach of Sun Belt Conference offensive player of the year Darrynton Evans, who scored 20 points while rushing for 1,250 yards and compiling 1,740 all-purpose yards. Appalachian State went 13-1 and beat UAB in the New Orleans Bowl. - AP College Football
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2019 ALL-AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM (COACHES): QB Shane Buechele, SMU, Jr.,...A Maxwell and Davey O'Brien Award semifinalist, Buechele leads the AAC in passing yards (3,626, 6th NCAA), passing touchdowns (33, 5th NCAA), completions per game (23.33, 10th NCAA) and points responsible for (216, 8th NCAA). He also ranks second in total offense (310.9) and third in passing efficiency (152.5). In his first season on the Hilltop, the junior has tied the SMU record for single-season touchdowns and set a program record with 11 straight games with multiple passing TDs. His single-season passing yard total only trails Kyle Padron's 3,828 in 2010. - Southern Methodist Football
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Shane Buechele passed for three touchdowns, Xavier Jones ran for two scores, and SMU closed the regular season with a 37-20 win over Tulane on Saturday night. Buechele threw a 26-yard TD pass to James Proche with 10:23 left in the fourth quarter and Jone s ran for a 25-yard TD less than three minutes later, giving the Mustangs (10-2, 6-2 American) a 34-17 lead. Tulane (6-6, 3-5) and SMU traded field goals in the final five minutes. Buechele was 15 of 27 for 180 yards with an interception. He had TD passe s of 30 yards to Myron Gailliard and 8 yards to Kylen Granson to give the Mustangs a 14-0 lead in the first quarter. Jones ran 18 times for 125 yards. His first TD run made it 21-7 with 2:32 left in the first half. Justin McMillan completed 22 of 37 pass es for 242 yards for the Green Wave. - SMU/AP College Football
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Shane Buechele threw five touchdown passes, Xavier Jones broke one of Eric Dickerson's school records and No. 23 SMU bounced back from a first loss that dramatically changed the course of its season, outscoring East Carolina 59-51 on Saturday. The Mustan gs (9-1, 5-1 American Athletic) played from ahead and kept it that way in a second straight game with more than 1,000 combined yards. SMU had fallen behind and failed to close the gap last week in a 54-48 loss to No. 19 Memphis.Kylen Granson caugh t three touchdowns, including a 31-yarder on fourth-and-20 with SMU leading 45-44 midway through the fourth quarter. Granson had 138 yards on seven receptions, while James Proche finished with 14 catches for 167 yards. On the ensuing kickoff, East Caroli na's Jsi Hatfield couldn't pick up the loose ball around his 15-yard line and SMU recovered. That led to Proche's second touchdown catch. Proche, a senior, had broken Emmanuel Sanders' school record with his 35th career touchdown catch on his first score of the day. Buechele threw for 414 yards as the Mustangs finished with 636 total yards to 644 for the Pirates (3-7, 0-6). - AP College Football
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OCT 21/WEEK 8 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE CO-OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Shane Buechele, SMU, Jr., QB, Arlington, Texas,...Buechele, who was chosen as the Walter Camp National Offensive Player of the Week Sunday, completed 30 of 53 passes for a career -high 457 yards and six touchdowns in a 45-21 win against No. 25 Temple keeping the Mustangs undefeated. Buechele became one of five FBS players with at least six touchdown passes in a game this season. - American Athletic Conference Football
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OCT 20 WALTER CAMP FOOTBALL NATIONAL FBS OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: SHANE BUECHELE, SMU, Junior GT, Quarterback, Arlington, TX/Lamar HS,...Shane Buechele set career highs in touchdowns (6) and passing yardage (457) as 19th-ranked SMU recorded a 45-21 victory over Temple. Buechele completed 30-of-53 passes as the Mustangs improved to 7-0, 3-0 in the American Athletic Conference. Notes: Shane Buechele is the fourth SMU player to receive Walter Camp National Player of the Week honors since 2004, and the second this season, joining teammate and WR James Proche (Oct. 6). - The Walter Camp Football Foundation
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The undefeated Mustangs are in the Top 25 for the first time since 1986 and haven't been held below 37 points all year. Not bad for a team that was picked to finish fourth out of six teams in the American Athletic Conference's West Division. - AP College Football
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SMU quarterback Shane Buechele and leading tackler Richard McBryde were on Top 25 teams before joining the Mustangs this season. The former Texas starting quarterback and the linebacker who played for Auburn in the SEC championship game two seasons ago w ill now be part of SMU's first game as a ranked team in 33 years. The No. 24 Mustangs (5-0, 1-0 American) are home against Tulsa on Saturday night. “There's been some rough seasons around here through the years. There's also been some good ones,” sec ond-year coach Sonny Dykes said. “Winning helps, but you've got to win consistently, and I think sometimes it may be a little slower process than people want it to be.” SMU quarterback Shane Buechele and leading tackler Richard McBryde were on Top 25 teams before joining the Mustangs this season.The former Texas starting quarterback and the linebacker who played for Auburn in the SEC championship game two seasons ago will now be part of SMU's first game as a ranked team in 33 years. The No. 2 4 Mustangs (5-0, 1-0 American) are home against Tulsa on Saturday night. SMU's roster has changed drastically since that last meeting with Tulsa. Dykes said there are 65 new players, including scholarship freshmen, walk-ons and transfers. Buechele and Mc Bryde are among seven graduate transfers, four them starters, playing this season. - AP College Football
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SMU's appearance in the rankings is historic, considering where that program has been. After returning from the death penalty in 1989, the Mustangs managed one winning season (6-5 in 1997) over the next 20 years. The program had an uptick under June Jone s from 2009-12, going to four straight bowl games and topping out at eight victories. There has been only one winning season since. Under second-year coach Sonny Dykes, the Mustangs are playing their best ball since the Pony Express days of Eric Dickerso n and Craig James in the early 1980s. SMU is not a national championship contender, but the Mustangs head into the second month of the season looking like a team that should push for an American Athletic Conference crown. The Mustangs (5-0) are off to th eir best overall start since 1983, are 3-0 on the road and 10-4 in their last 14 games overall. - AP College Football
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While SMU coach Sonny Dykes and new quarterback Shane Buechele are focused on this season, they do understand the historical context of a win over longtime rival TCU that has the Mustangs 4-0 for the first time since 1984. That was back in the old Southw est Conference days, only a few years from crippling sanctions that kept the Mustangs from even fielding a team in 1987 and 1988 after the NCAA's so-called death penalty. "I haven't been here 35 years. It's a big deal for our fans, and I get it," said Dy kes, in his second season on the Hilltop after being an offensive analyst at TCU. "I don't try to get caught up in all of that stuff during the season, just because I think it's a bit of a distraction...Look, I appreciate winning."Shane Buechele w as 23-of-34 passing for 288 yards with two touchdowns and ran for another score as SMU held on to beat the 25th-ranked Horned Frogs 41-38 on Saturday, ending a seven-game losing streak in the 99th meeting between the schools. "It's important for our fans to stay behind us. It's really important for those guys to have our back," said Buechele, the former Texas quarterback who is one of SMU's seven graduate transfers. "We have their back. We need to roll together as a team." The Mustangs went ahead to sta y after jumping ahead 15-0 in less than 10 minutes. They held on after true freshman Max Duggan's third touchdown pass of the second half for TCU with 3:37 left. - SMU/AP College Football
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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 th is 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. Jo nes 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). - SMU /AP College Football
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Shane Buechele threw three touchdowns, Xavier Jones ran for three scores and SMU was never threatened in its 49-27 home-opening win over North Texas on Saturday. The Mustangs (2-0) scored three touchdowns in the first quarter when Buechele threw a 5-yard er to Reggie Roberson Jr., Jones had a 24-yard run and Ke'Mon Freeman added a 2-yard touchdown run. Jones carried the ball 16 times and gained 127 yards and the Mustangs overall ran for 211 yards. James Proche had 115 yards receiving on seven receptions for a score, and Roberson had 94 yards receiving on six receptions and two touchdowns. Buechele was 21 of 31 for 292 yards and completed passes to eight different receivers. Tre Siggers led North Texas (1-1) with 164 yards rushing on 18 carries (9.1 aver age) and the Mean Green also amassed 211 yards on the ground. The Mustangs now have won three of their last four home openers. - AP College Football
(DS#14 QB) rSr/2021 QB Shane Buechele, Southern Methodist
News Source: AP College Football
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