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DALLAS (AP) — Kevin Jennings threw three touchdowns to break SMU’s career record, Kendrick Raphael ran for 104 yards while accounting for three scores, two on fourth-down plays, and the No. 23 Mustangs beat California 59-20 on Saturday.
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Mustangs → throw → Saturday
The Mustangs (6-1, 4-1 ACC) trailed at halftime before scoring touchdowns on their first six drives after the break.
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Mustangs → trail → break
The second of those scores was Jennings’ record-breaking 73rd career TD pass, a 21-yarder to Derek McFall, and the third-year starting quarterback added to that with a 17-yarder to Jalen Hale with 6:29 left.
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quarterback → break → 6:29
Jennings, already SMU’s career leader for passing yards (9,766) and completions (781), surpassed the 72 TD passes by Tanner Mordecai from 2021-22.
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Jennings → surpass → 2021
Jennings had tied that mark with his 22-yard fourth-down pass to Raphael in the first quarter and finished 16 of 23 passing for 223 yards.
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Jennings → tie → yards
Freshman running back Christian Rhodes had TD runs of 5 and 3 yards in SMU’s scoring surge in the second half, which Cal (3-5, 2-3) opened with three consecutive three-and-outs.
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Cal → have → outs
SMU had 306 of its 492 total yards after halftime.
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SMU → have → halftime
Raphael’s other fourth-down touchdown came on a 1-yard run that tied the game at 17-17 with 1:57 left before halftime.
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1:57 → come → halftime
Towns McGough then made a half-ending field goal to put Cal up 20-17.
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McGough → make → Cal
When California beat SMU 38-35 in last year’s regular-season finale, a loss that kept the Mustangs from making the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game for the second year in a row
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that → beat → row
, Raphael scored a game-winning 2-yard TD run in the final minute for the Bears.
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Raphael → score → Bears
Cal’s left-handed quarterback Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele started for the first time in three games since a concussion late in the first half Oct. 3 at UNLV.
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Sagapolutele → start → UNLV
He completed 27 of 37 passes for 265 yards and a touchdown.
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He → complete → yards
He threw for 330 yards and four TDs in last year’s win over SMU.
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He → throw → SMU
The Bears have lost four of their last five games.
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Bears → lose → games
Sagapolutele missed the win over Virginia Tech two weeks ago, and Jackson Brousseau started again last week, though Sagapolutele threw a touchdown in the fourth quarter of the 41-7 loss to Wake Forest.
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Sagapolutele → miss → Forest
The Mustangs, who scored TDs on seven consecutive drives overall, are 11-0 at home and 18-3 overall in ACC games since joining that league in 2024.
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who → score → 2024
... SMU is 24-2 in its last 26 home games while averaging 44 points in those games.
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SMU → average → games
SMU plays its only road game in a seven-week stretch at Syracuse.
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SMU → play → Syracuse
The Mustangs also had five home games and an open date in that span.
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Mustangs → have → span