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In the winter of 1975, SMU hired Ron Meyer, an up-and-coming football coach who had previous success at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. [4] In the late 1970s, attention around SMU football grew, and in the 1978 offseason the university launched a media campaign which caused its average home attendance to double from 26,000 to 52,000. [5]
The 1981 SMU Mustangs football team represented Southern Methodist University (SMU) as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by Ron Meyer in his sixth and final season as head coach, the Mustangs compiled an overall record 10–1 with a mark of 7–1 in conference play, winning the SWC ...
The 1982 SMU Mustangs football team represented the Southern Methodist University in the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the first year for the team under head coach Bobby Collins and the Mustangs finished undefeated at 11–0–1, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and were Southwest Conference champions (7–0–1).
Why did CFP select SMU over Alabama? Alabama came into Sunday's rankings with a 9-3 overall but a 5-3 record in SEC play, with two of those losses coming against then-unranked Vanderbilt and ...
Oftentimes in college football, it’s not about losing. It’s about how you lose. Most college fans understand their program isn’t Alabama or Ohio State and don’t expect 12-0 seasons every year.
SMU holds a 3-2-1 all-time record against Pitt, with wins in the past three meetings between the two programs. Here’s a look at how each of the previous six games unfolded: Oct. 22: 1938 : Pitt ...
SMU (11-2) showed it could compete against a traditional power, losing to Clemson 34-31 on a 56-yard field goal on the final play of the ACC championship game. The late-game rally probably did the trick. “I just think America saw SMU belongs," Mustangs coach Rhett Lashlee told ESPN on Sunday after his team got in.
SMU's first football Betting ID game was a 43-0 loss against future rival Texas Christian University (TCU) on October 9, 1915. SMU won their first game on October 14, 1915, with a 13–2 victory over Hendrix College. SMU finished its first season with a record of 2-5.