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In 1987, SMU became the first and only football program in collegiate athletic history to receive the "death penalty" for repeated serious violations of NCAA rules. The NCAA forced SMU to cancel its football program for the 1987 season because the university had been paying some of the players—approximately $61,000 was paid from 1985 until 1986.
SMU’s billionaire backers, however, hardly blinked. Shortly before receiving the invite, David Miller, the chairman of the school’s board, quickly organized a meeting of 12 wealthy donors.
The 2025 SMU Mustangs football team will represent Southern Methodist University (SMU) as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They are led by Rhett Lashlee in his fourth year as head coach. The Mustangs will play their home games at Gerald J. Ford Stadium in University Park, Texas.
Penn State will play its first ever College Football Playoff game when it takes on the SMU Mustangs in the first round on Saturday. The Nittany Lions will play the game at home in Beaver Stadium.
The Mustangs got the final at-large berth in the College Football Playoff over Alabama. SMU lost 34-31 to Clemson on Saturday night in the ACC title game to drop to 11-2. Alabama (9-3) didn't play ...
The 2021 SMU Mustangs football team represented Southern Methodist University during the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season.The Mustangs played their home games at Gerald J. Ford Stadium in University Park, Texas, a separate city within the city limits of Dallas, competed as members of the American Athletic Conference (AAC).
The SMU Mustangs are the athletic teams that represent Southern Methodist University in University Park, Texas, United States. [a] SMU was founded in 1911 and joined the Southwest Conference, competing against Baylor, Rice, Texas, Texas A&M, Arkansas and Oklahoma A&M (which later became Oklahoma State).
Celebrating Clemson and SMU in the College Football Playoff as a verifying and flag-planting moment for the conference on the verge of collapse. Clemson, the ACC champion and automatic qualifier ...