SMU at California
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Score | Status |
| SMU | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 35 | |
| California | 3 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 38 | Final |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Quarter | |
| 3:23 | California field goal. Chase Meyer 40 Yd Field Goal |
| 1:37 | SMU touchdown. Chris Johnson Jr. 54 Yd Run (Sam Keltner Kick) |
| 2nd Quarter | |
| 13:33 | California touchdown. Jaiven Plummer 35 Yd pass from Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele (Chase Meyer Kick) |
| 10:29 | California REC. Jacob De Jesus 7 Yd pass from Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele (Chase Meyer Kick) |
| 3rd Quarter | |
| 8:25 | California REC. Cole Boscia 15 Yd pass from Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele (Chase Meyer Kick) |
| 4:52 | SMU touchdown. Matthew Hibner 6 Yd pass from Kevin Jennings (Sam Keltner Kick) |
| 4th Quarter | |
| 14:54 | California touchdown. QuaRon Adams 32 Yd pass from Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele (Chase Meyer Kick) |
| 12:58 | SMU touchdown. Kevin Jennings 3 Yd Run (Sam Keltner Kick) |
| 7:59 | SMU touchdown. Jordan Hudson 20 Yd pass from Kevin Jennings (Sam Keltner Kick) |
| 2:22 | SMU touchdown. T.J. Harden 1 Yd Run (Sam Keltner Kick) |
| 0:43 | California touchdown. Kendrick Raphael 2 Yd Run (Chase Meyer Kick) |
| Team stats | ||
| First down | SMU | California |
| Total first downs | 23 | 27 |
| First downs from rushing | ||
| First downs from passing | ||
| First downs from penalties | ||
| Third down | SMU | California |
| Third downs attempted | 11 | 13 |
| Third downs converted | 7 | 7 |
| Third down percentage | 64 % | 54 % |
| Fourth down | SMU | California |
| Fourth downs attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth downs converted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth down percentage | 0 % | 0 % |
| Offense | SMU | California |
| Total yards | 477 | 452 |
| Total rushing yards | 227 | 122 |
| Total passing yards | 250 | 330 |
| Total offensive plays | ||
| Average yards per play | ||
| Time of possession | 23:04 | 36:56 |
| Rushing | SMU | California |
| Total rushing plays | 31 | 37 |
| Total rushing yards | 227 | 122 |
| Average yards per rush | 7.3 | 3.3 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 3 | 1 |
| Passing | SMU | California |
| Passes attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Passes completed | 0 | 0 |
| Average yards per completion | 6.9 | 8.3 |
| Passing touchdowns | 2 | 4 |
| Penalties | SMU | California |
| Penalties committed | 9 | 7 |
| Penalty yards | 94 | 72 |
| Turnovers | SMU | California |
| Passes intercepted | 1 | 0 |
| Interception returns | 1 | 0 |
| Interception return yards | ||
| Fumbles | ||
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 0 |
| Rushing | |||||||||
| SMU | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Chris Johnson Jr. | 10 | 128 | 12.8 | 1 | 54 | ||||
| T.J. Harden | 10 | 44 | 4.4 | 1 | 14 | ||||
| Derrick McFall | 5 | 32 | 6.4 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Kevin Jennings | 6 | 23 | 3.8 | 1 | 26 | ||||
| California | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Kendrick Raphael | 33 | 111 | 3.4 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| Anthony League | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Passing | |||||||||
| SMU | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Kevin Jennings | 36 | 24 | 67 % | 250 | 6.9 | 2 | 1 | ||
| California | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele | 40 | 31 | 78 % | 330 | 8.3 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Receiving | |||||||||
| SMU | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Matthew Hibner | 5 | 87 | 17.4 | 1 | 32 | ||||
| Jordan Hudson | 6 | 58 | 9.7 | 1 | 20 | ||||
| RJ Maryland | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | 21 | ||||
| Yamir Knight | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| T.J. Harden | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Derrick McFall | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Jalen Cooper | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Chris Johnson Jr. | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| California | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Jacob De Jesus | 12 | 97 | 8.1 | 1 | 20 | ||||
| QuaRon Adams | 5 | 65 | 13.0 | 1 | 32 | ||||
| Kendrick Raphael | 5 | 53 | 10.6 | 0 | 31 | ||||
| Cole Boscia | 4 | 49 | 12.3 | 1 | 23 | ||||
| Jaiven Plummer | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 1 | 35 | ||||
| Trond Grizzell | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Jayden Dixon-Veal | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Anthony League | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Fumbles | |||||||||
| SMU | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| California | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Jayden Wayne | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Interceptions | |||||||||
| SMU | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| California | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| Aiden Manutai | 1 | 14 | 0 | ||||||
| Defense | |||||||||
| SMU | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Ahmaad Moses | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Alexander Kilgore | 9 | 5 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cameron Robertson | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Brandon Booker | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Marcellus Barnes Jr. | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jeffrey M'ba | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Terry Webb | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kyron Chambers | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Isaiah Smith | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tyren Polley | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jaylen Moses | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Deuce Harmon | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Isaiah Nwokobia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Keveion'ta Spears | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Zakye Barker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Brandon Miyazono | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Matthew Hibner | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| William Nettles | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jahkai Lang | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jaelyn Davis-Robinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| DJ Warner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Link Rhodes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| California | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Aiden Manutai | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chris Victor | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cade Uluave | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Aidan Keanaaina | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Luke Ferrelli | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Brent Austin | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jasiah Wagoner | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Quimari Shemwell | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| T.J. Bollers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dru Polidore Jr. | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Harrison Taggart | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| TJ Bush Jr. | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ja'ir Smith | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Derek Wilkins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Hezekiah Masses | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kick returns | |||||||||
| SMU | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Daylon Singleton | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 24 | 0 | ||||
| California | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Jacob De Jesus | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | ||||
| Jayden Wayne | 1 | -20 | -20.0 | -20 | 0 | ||||
| Punt returns | |||||||||
| SMU | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Yamir Knight | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | ||||
| California | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| None | |||||||||
| Kicking | |||||||||
| SMU | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Sam Keltner | 0/1 | 0 | 5/5 | 5 | |||||
| California | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Chase Meyer | 1/1 | 40 | 5/5 | 8 | |||||
| Abram Murray | 0/1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | |||||
| Punting | |||||||||
| SMU | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Wade McSparron | 3 | 119 | 39.7 | 0 | |||||
| California | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Michael Kern | 3 | 123 | 41.0 | 0 | |||||
Last updated on Wednesday, December 3, 2025 6:20 AM.