A play that gains 15 to 20 yards to set up a field goal try seems like the common sense call. But Matt Davis spun away from a rusher to heave a pass to the end zone, a Hail Mary in a non-Hail Mary situation. Improbably, it landed in the arms of Courtland Sutton, who reached over three Mean Green defensive backs to haul in the touchdown.
“There’s not many [plays] on your sheet when that happens,” SMU head coach Chad Morris said. “Throw it to your All-American is what you do.”
The unusual touchdown was one of only 13 completions for SMU quarterbacks in Saturday’s 34-21 win at North Texas.