Houston 44, GGSM{SMU} 38

Argh! The Mustangs came agonizingly close to giving June Jones his first victory over a I-A team, only to let it slip away at the end. SMU jumped out to an early lead thanks to two TD drives led by freshman QB Bo Levi Mitchell, who scored his first career rushing touchdown near the end of the first quarter to take a 14-0 lead. Mitchell had his best game in college, going 29-39 for 375 yards and 4 TDs against only two interceptions, and he added a carreer high 3 yards rushing.

Houston cut the lead in half, ending the second quarter trailing only 21-14. However, the could only manage a touchdown and field goal in the third quarter against two more TD passes from Mitchell, including a 70-yarder to Aldrick Robinson, the leading receiver in the nation, on the final play of the quarter. Thus, with fifteen minutes left, the Mustangs were up 35-23.

After trading punts to open the fourth, Houston's Casey Keenum started his rally. A quick Cougar touchdown was countered by an SMU field goal, but then Keenum led Houston quickly down the field, covering 60 yards in just five plays, capped by a 1-yard TD run by Bryce Beall with 2:34 left. SMU now lead just 38-36, but they were able to successfully stop the game tying two point conversion. Unfortunately, they could only run 12 seconds off the clock on their next drive, which left Keenum plenty of time to complete his second TD pass of the game with 24 seconds left. Keenum's 404 yards were a season high for the nation's second leading passer. He has thrown for at least 360 yards in all seven games this season.

Next up for SMU is a game of contrasting styles. SMU takes their second worst in the nation rushing attack into Annapolis where Navy boasts the fourth best. On the other hand, SMU is seventh in the nation in passing, whereas Navy is next-to-last. Could this be the breakthrough the Mustangs need? They've lost 17 straight against I-A opponents.