Syracuse beats SMU 30-27 on Angeli's TD pass with 17 seconds left

Player of the game

Kevin Jennings 29/36, 349 YDS, 2 TD

7.8

Syracuse beat SMU 30-27 at the JMA Wireless Dome. Steve Angeli threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to N. Meyers with 17 seconds left. SMU had led 27-23 after Kendrick Raphael's 13-yard touchdown run and a two-point conversion. Syracuse (4-4) answered in the final minutes. Angeli finished 21 of 34 for 200 yards and a score.

SMU (6-2) lost despite a big day from Kevin Jennings, the player of the game (Chirp Rating 7.8). He went 29 of 36 for 349 yards and two touchdowns. Yannick Smith caught five passes for 95 yards.

Syracuse built a 20-10 halftime lead. Ahmad Miller ran in from a yard out with 22 seconds left in the second quarter, and T. Woody added field goals of 29 and 25 yards. SMU rallied in the second half. Jennings found Y. Knight for a 14-yard touchdown and D. McFall for the two-point try. Woody's 26-yard field goal kept Syracuse close in the fourth.

Chirp's Sim had SMU at 54% before kickoff.

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