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class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Conference affiliations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Conference_affiliations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Championships" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Championships"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Championships</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Championships-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Championships subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Championships-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-National_championships" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#National_championships"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>National championships</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-National_championships-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Conference_championships" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Conference_championships"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Conference championships</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Conference_championships-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Division_championships" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Division_championships"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Division championships</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Division_championships-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bowl_games" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bowl_games"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Bowl games</span> 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line-height: 1.5em; font-size:125%">SMU Mustangs football</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="40px"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/AmericanFootball_current_event.svg/40px-AmericanFootball_current_event.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/AmericanFootball_current_event.svg/60px-AmericanFootball_current_event.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/AmericanFootball_current_event.svg/80px-AmericanFootball_current_event.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span></td><td class="center" style="vertical-align:middle;border:0;font-style:italic;"><a href="/wiki/2024_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="2024 SMU Mustangs football team">2024 SMU Mustangs football team </a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SMU_Mustang_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/SMU_Mustang_logo.svg/150px-SMU_Mustang_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/SMU_Mustang_logo.svg/225px-SMU_Mustang_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/SMU_Mustang_logo.svg/300px-SMU_Mustang_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="129" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First season</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1915_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1915 SMU Mustangs football team">1915</a>; 109 years ago</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Athletic director</th><td class="infobox-data">Rick Hart</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Head coach</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rhett_Lashlee" title="Rhett Lashlee">Rhett Lashlee</a> <br />3rd season, 28–10 (.737)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Stadium</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gerald_J._Ford_Stadium" title="Gerald J. 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titles</th><td class="infobox-data">3 (<a href="/wiki/1935_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1935 SMU Mustangs football team">1935</a>, <a href="/wiki/1981_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1981 SMU Mustangs football team">1981</a>, <a href="/wiki/1982_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1982 SMU Mustangs football team">1982</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Conference titles</th><td class="infobox-data">12 (11 <a href="/wiki/Southwest_Conference" title="Southwest Conference">SWC</a>, 1 <a href="/wiki/American_Athletic_Conference" title="American Athletic Conference">AAC</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Division titles</th><td class="infobox-data">2 (<a href="/wiki/Conference_USA" title="Conference USA">C-USA</a> West Division)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rivalries</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/TCU_Horned_Frogs_football" title="TCU Horned Frogs football">TCU</a> (<a href="/wiki/SMU%E2%80%93TCU_football_rivalry" title="SMU–TCU football rivalry">rivalry</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Houston_Cougars_football" title="Houston Cougars football">Houston</a> (<a href="/wiki/Houston%E2%80%93SMU_rivalry#Football" title="Houston–SMU rivalry">rivalry</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/North_Texas_Mean_Green_football" title="North Texas Mean Green football">North Texas</a> (<a href="/wiki/Safeway_Bowl" title="Safeway Bowl">rivalry</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Navy_Midshipmen_football" title="Navy Midshipmen football">Navy</a> (<a href="/wiki/Gansz_Trophy" title="Gansz Trophy">rivalry</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Rice_Owls_football" title="Rice Owls football">Rice</a> (<a href="/wiki/Rice%E2%80%93SMU_football_rivalry" title="Rice–SMU football rivalry">rivalry</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Heisman winners</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Doak_Walker" title="Doak Walker">Doak Walker</a> – 1948</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Consensus All-Americans</th><td class="infobox-data">17</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#354CA1;color:#FFFFFF;">Current uniform</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Smu_mustangs_football_unif.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Smu_mustangs_football_unif.png/250px-Smu_mustangs_football_unif.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="241" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Smu_mustangs_football_unif.png/375px-Smu_mustangs_football_unif.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Smu_mustangs_football_unif.png/500px-Smu_mustangs_football_unif.png 2x" data-file-width="875" data-file-height="842" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Colors</th><td class="infobox-data">Red and blue<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#CC0035"> </span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#354CA1"> </span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Fight song</th><td class="infobox-data">"<a href="/wiki/Peruna" title="Peruna">Peruna</a>"<br />"<a href="/w/index.php?title=Pony_Battle_Cry&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pony Battle Cry (page does not exist)">Pony Battle Cry</a>"</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Mascot</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Peruna" title="Peruna">Peruna</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Marching band</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Southern_Methodist_University_Mustang_Band" title="Southern Methodist University Mustang Band">Mustang Band</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Outfitter</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nike,_Inc." title="Nike, Inc.">Nike</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://smumustangs.com/sports/football">smumustangs.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>SMU Mustangs football</b> team is a <a href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">college football</a> team representing <a href="/wiki/Southern_Methodist_University" title="Southern Methodist University">Southern Methodist University</a> (SMU) in <a href="/wiki/University_Park,_Texas" title="University Park, Texas">University Park</a> in <a href="/wiki/Dallas_County,_Texas" title="Dallas County, Texas">Dallas County, Texas</a>. The Mustangs compete in the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Football_Bowl_Subdivision" title="NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision">NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision</a> (FBS) as a member of the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Conference" title="Atlantic Coast Conference">Atlantic Coast Conference</a> (ACC). SMU joined the ACC in July 2024 after eleven years as a member of the <a href="/wiki/American_Athletic_Conference" title="American Athletic Conference">American Athletic Conference</a> (AAC). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SMU_Mustangs_football&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/SMU_Mustangs#History" title="SMU Mustangs">SMU Mustangs § History</a>, and <a href="/wiki/List_of_SMU_Mustangs_football_seasons" title="List of SMU Mustangs football seasons">List of SMU Mustangs football seasons</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_history_(1915–1917)"><span id="Early_history_.281915.E2.80.931917.29"></span>Early history (1915–1917)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SMU_Mustangs_football&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early history (1915–1917)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In June 1915, <a href="/wiki/Ray_Morrison" title="Ray Morrison">Ray Morrison</a> became <a href="/wiki/SMU_Mustangs" title="SMU Mustangs">SMU</a>'s football, baseball, basketball, and track coach, in addition to being a math instructor. The football team was initially a member of the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Intercollegiate_Athletic_Association" title="Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association">Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association</a> and played at <a href="/wiki/Armstrong_Field" title="Armstrong Field">Armstrong Field</a>. Due to rules of the TIAA that prohibited graduate and transfer students from playing, the first season was played with only freshmen. During this time, the football team was known as "the Parsons", due to the large number of theology students on the team. <sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>SMU's first football game was a 43-0 loss against future rival TCU on October 9, 1915. SMU won their first game on October 14, 1914 with a 13–2 victory over <a href="/wiki/Hendrix_College" title="Hendrix College">Hendrix College</a>. SMU finished its first season 2-5. After winning two games in a span of two seasons, Morrison left SMU for service in the United States Army upon the United States’ entry into World War I.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On October 17, 1917, the name "Mustangs" was selected as the school's mascot. For the 1917 season, Morrison was replaced by <a href="/wiki/J._Burton_Rix" title="J. Burton Rix">J. Burton Rix</a>, who led the Mustangs to a 3–2–3 record in their final season in the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Intercollegiate_Athletic_Association" title="Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association">TIAA</a>. <sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Joining_the_Southwest_Conference_(1918–1921)"><span id="Joining_the_Southwest_Conference_.281918.E2.80.931921.29"></span>Joining the Southwest Conference (1918–1921)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SMU_Mustangs_football&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Joining the Southwest Conference (1918–1921)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 1918 season was the first of many seasons for the SMU Mustangs as a member of the <a href="/wiki/Southwest_Conference" title="Southwest Conference">Southwest Conference</a>, joining <a href="/wiki/Baylor_University" title="Baylor University">Baylor University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rice_University" title="Rice University">Rice University</a>, the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Texas">University of Texas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas_A%26M_University" title="Texas A&M University">Texas A&M University</a>, the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Arkansas" title="University of Arkansas">University of Arkansas</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_State_University" title="Oklahoma State University">Oklahoma A&M University</a>. The Mustangs’ first season in the conference ended with a 4–2 record. <a href="/wiki/J._Burton_Rix" title="J. Burton Rix">J. Burton Rix</a> continued to coach the team in the 1921 season, but after two games, Rix resigned and E. William (Bill) Cunningham took over as interim head coach for the remainder of the season. The team went on to finish with a 1-6-1 record.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_return_of_Morrison_(1922–1934)"><span id="The_return_of_Morrison_.281922.E2.80.931934.29"></span>The return of Morrison (1922–1934)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SMU_Mustangs_football&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: The return of Morrison (1922–1934)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Ray_Morrison" title="Ray Morrison">Ray Morrison</a> returned to SMU in 1920 to work in the department of physical education before co-coaching the team starting in 1922 with former <a href="/wiki/Vanderbilt_Commodores_football" title="Vanderbilt Commodores football">Vanderbilt</a> teammate <a href="/wiki/Ewing_Y._Freeland" title="Ewing Y. Freeland">Ewing Y. Freeland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the 1922 and 1923 seasons, Morrison focused on the backfield and ends while Freeland focused on the linemen.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The team became known as the "Aerial Circus" by sportswriters due to the team's use of passing on first and second downs, instead of as a play of last resort. At the time, most teams utilized the forward pass five to six times in one game, while SMU did so between 30 and 40 times.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 1922 season, the Mustangs compiled a 6–3–1 record. Furthermore, end <a href="/wiki/Gene_Bedford" title="Gene Bedford">Gene Bedford</a> and back <a href="/w/index.php?title=Logan_Stollenwerck&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Logan Stollenwerck (page does not exist)">Logan Stollenwerck</a> were named first-team All-Southwest Conference, becoming the first SMU football players to receive that honor. Bedford was the first player to play in the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a>, for the <a href="/wiki/Rochester_Jeffersons" title="Rochester Jeffersons">Rochester Jeffersons</a>. In the 1923 season, the SMU Mustangs achieved a perfect 9–0 record, winning their first conference football title in school history. After this season, Freeland left the SMU football team, later becoming <a href="/wiki/Head_coach" title="Head coach">head coach</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Tech_Red_Raiders_football" title="Texas Tech Red Raiders football">Texas Technological College</a> football team, leaving Morrison as the sole head coach for SMU. SMU played in their first bowl game in 1924, in the <a href="/wiki/1925_Dixie_Classic" title="1925 Dixie Classic">Dixie Classic</a> against <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_Wesleyan_College" title="West Virginia Wesleyan College">West Virginia Wesleyan College</a>, but lost that game 7–9.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By 1926, the team began playing their home games at <a href="/wiki/Ownby_Stadium" title="Ownby Stadium">Ownby Stadium</a>. In their first game at Ownby Stadium, the Mustangs defeated <a href="/wiki/North_Texas_State_Teachers_College" class="mw-redirect" title="North Texas State Teachers College">North Texas State Teachers College</a> 42–0, led by quarterback <a href="/wiki/Gerald_Mann" title="Gerald Mann">Gerald Mann</a>. The first Homecoming game was also played in 1926, resulting in a 14–13 victory over <a href="/wiki/Texas_Christian_University" title="Texas Christian University">Texas Christian University</a>. <sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The team continued to have winning seasons until the 1932 season. The Mustangs won their second conference title in 1926, compiling an 8–0–1 record, and a third conference title in 1931, compiling a 9–0–1 record. In 1928, guard <a href="/wiki/Choc_Sanders" title="Choc Sanders">Choc Sanders</a> became SMU's first <a href="/wiki/All-American" class="mw-redirect" title="All-American">All-American</a>, as well the first All-American from the Southwest Conference. In 1929, tackle Marion Hammon became SMU's second All-American. After a winning 1934 season, Morrison left SMU to take over the <a href="/wiki/Vanderbilt_Commodores_football" title="Vanderbilt Commodores football">Vanderbilt Commodores football</a> team after the retirement of <a href="/wiki/Dan_McGugin" title="Dan McGugin">Dan McGugin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="A_national_championship_(1935–1941)"><span id="A_national_championship_.281935.E2.80.931941.29"></span>A national championship (1935–1941)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SMU_Mustangs_football&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: A national championship (1935–1941)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Morrison was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Matty_Bell" title="Matty Bell">Matty Bell</a> in 1935. In his first season, Bell led the Mustangs to a 12–1 record. During this season, the Mustangs were crowned national champions by <a href="/wiki/Dickinson_System" title="Dickinson System">Frank Dickinson</a><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Houlgate_System" title="Houlgate System">Deke Houlgate</a>, two of seven contemporaneous selectors, all math systems, that chose five different national champions that year.<sup id="cite_ref-ncaabook_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ncaabook-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To play in the <a href="/wiki/Rose_Bowl_Game" title="Rose Bowl Game">Rose Bowl</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Stanford_Indians_football" class="mw-redirect" title="Stanford Indians football">Stanford Indians football</a> team for the unofficial national championship, SMU faced off against the <a href="/wiki/TCU_Horned_Frogs" title="TCU Horned Frogs">TCU Horned Frogs</a>, who featured star quarterback <a href="/wiki/Sammy_Baugh" title="Sammy Baugh">Sammy Baugh</a>. </p><p>The Mustangs had three more winning seasons from 1936 to 1939. SMU failed to win the Southwest Conference title in 1940, despite having the same conference record as the <a href="/wiki/Texas_A%26M_Aggies" title="Texas A&M Aggies">Texas A&M Aggies</a>. After a 5–5 season in 1941, Bell left SMU to serve in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> during World War II. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_war_years_(1942–1944)"><span id="The_war_years_.281942.E2.80.931944.29"></span>The war years (1942–1944)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SMU_Mustangs_football&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: The war years (1942–1944)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>With Bell in the Navy, <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Stewart_(American_football)" title="Jimmy Stewart (American football)">Jimmy Stewart</a> took his place as head coach. In his three seasons as head coach, Stewart compiled an overall record of 10–18–2. Bell returned as head coach for the 1945 season. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Doak_Walker_era_(1945–1949)"><span id="Doak_Walker_era_.281945.E2.80.931949.29"></span>Doak Walker era (1945–1949)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SMU_Mustangs_football&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Doak Walker era (1945–1949)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Upon Bell's return as SMU's head coach, the team also gained halfback and placekicker <a href="/wiki/Doak_Walker" title="Doak Walker">Doak Walker</a>. Walker won All-Southwest Conference honors his freshman year in 1945 and played in the <a href="/wiki/East%E2%80%93West_Shrine_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="East–West Shrine Game">East–West Shrine Game</a> in San Francisco. Walker did not play for the 1946 season due to serving in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a>, yet re-enrolled at SMU and rejoined the football team for the 1947 season. </p><p>The Mustangs posted a 9–0–2 record in 1947, winning their sixth Southwest Conference title. In the same season, the team played against the <a href="/wiki/Penn_State_Nittany_Lions" title="Penn State Nittany Lions">Penn State Nittany Lions</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="Cotton Bowl Classic">Cotton Bowl Classic</a>, resulting in a 13–13 tie. Walker threw a 53-yard touchdown pass and scored on a two-yard run in this game. Walker earned the <a href="/wiki/Maxwell_Award" title="Maxwell Award">Maxwell Award</a> during this season.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the 1948 season, the Mustangs won their seventh conference title, posting a 9–1–1 record. The team played in the Cotton Bowl Classic once more, defeating the <a href="/wiki/Oregon_Webfoots" class="mw-redirect" title="Oregon Webfoots">Oregon Webfoots</a>, who were led by quarterback <a href="/wiki/Norm_Van_Brocklin" title="Norm Van Brocklin">Norm Van Brocklin</a>, 21–13, making it their first victory in a bowl game in school history. Doak Walker, winning All-American honors, also won the <a href="/wiki/Heisman_Trophy" title="Heisman Trophy">Heisman Trophy</a>, the only Mustang ever to do so. Additionally, the Mustangs permanently moved to the <a href="/wiki/Cotton_Bowl_(stadium)" title="Cotton Bowl (stadium)">Cotton Bowl</a> for their home games this season, after playing only limited numbers of games in that stadium in years previous. In their final game at <a href="/wiki/Ownby_Stadium" title="Ownby Stadium">Ownby Stadium</a>, the Mustangs defeated <a href="/wiki/Texas_Tech" class="mw-redirect" title="Texas Tech">Texas Tech</a> 41–6. Due to Doak Walker's popularity and gate draw—also as an allusion to 1923 Yankee Stadium's "House that Ruth Built″<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> moniker referring to that stadium's likewise excess of capacity—the Cotton Bowl became regionally known as "The House that Doak Built".<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 1949 season was both Doak Walker's and coach <a href="/wiki/Matty_Bell" title="Matty Bell">Matty Bell</a>'s last as part of SMU's varsity football team and program. The team posted a 5–4–1 record. Walker won All-American honors a third time, the most for any football player in SMU's history. Bell continued to serve SMU as the athletic director; Walker played in the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">NFL</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Lions" title="Detroit Lions">Detroit Lions</a>. Over the course of his career at SMU, Walker rushed for 1,954 yards, passed for 1,638 yards, scored 288 points, punted for a 39.4 average and kicked field goals and extra points. He is also the Mustangs' all-time leader in punt return yards with 750—that was during an "era" of NCAA <a href="/wiki/One-platoon_system" title="One-platoon system">single-platoon substitution rules</a>. Bell left the head coaching position at SMU with a 79–40–8 record, including three Southwest Conference titles, a bowl game victory, and a national championship. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Russell,_Woodard,_and_Meek_eras_(1950–1961)"><span id="Russell.2C_Woodard.2C_and_Meek_eras_.281950.E2.80.931961.29"></span>Russell, Woodard, and Meek eras (1950–1961)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SMU_Mustangs_football&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Russell, Woodard, and Meek eras (1950–1961)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bell was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Rusty_Russell_(American_football_coach)" title="Rusty Russell (American football coach)">Rusty Russell</a> in 1950. Russell previously served as quarterbacks and running backs coach from 1945 to 1949, and is credited with luring Doak Walker away from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Texas">University of Texas</a>. In three seasons as head coach, Russell compiled a 13–15–2 record. After a strong first season, in which the Mustangs were ranked number one in the nation, the team suffered two losing seasons. Increasingly under fire, Russell resigned as head coach after the 1952 season. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Kyle_Rote" title="Kyle Rote">Kyle Rote</a>, who filled Doak Walker's place on the team, led the Southwest Conference with 777 yards rushing in 1949, and was named an All-American following the 1950 season. Quarterback <a href="/wiki/Fred_Benners" title="Fred Benners">Fred Benners</a> led the Mustangs to perhaps their greatest win of the decade when he completed 22 of 42 passes for 336 yards to beat Notre Dame, 27–20, in Notre Dame, Indiana on October 13, 1951. Benners connected on TD passes of 57, 37, 31 and four yards to four different receivers as the Mustangs beat the Fighting Irish in what was one of the highlights in a 3–6–1 season. Furthermore, <a href="/wiki/Forrest_Gregg" title="Forrest Gregg">Forrest Gregg</a> became part of the team in 1952, and became a two-time All-Southwest Conference player by 1955, later moving on to the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">NFL</a>. Moreover, <a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Powell_(American_football)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="David Powell (American football) (page does not exist)">David Powell</a> became SMU's first Academic All-American winner in the 1952 season. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Woody_Woodard" title="Woody Woodard">Woody Woodard</a> took Russell's place as head coach in 1953. Woodard compiled a 19–20–1 record in his four seasons as head coach for SMU, resigning after two consecutive losing seasons. During the 1954 season, wide receiver <a href="/wiki/Raymond_Berry" title="Raymond Berry">Raymond Berry</a> was elected as a co-captain, despite only catching 11 passes for 144 yards, winning All-Southwest Conference and Academic All-American honors, and later played in the NFL for the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Colts" title="Baltimore Colts">Baltimore Colts</a>. </p><p>Woodard was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Bill_Meek" title="Bill Meek">Bill Meek</a> in 1957, who was coming off a <a href="/wiki/Missouri_Valley_Conference" title="Missouri Valley Conference">Missouri Valley Conference</a> title-winning season with the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Cougars_football" title="Houston Cougars football">Houston Cougars</a>. In five seasons with SMU, Meek compiled a 17–29–4 record. During Meek's time as head coach, quarterback <a href="/wiki/Don_Meredith" title="Don Meredith">Don Meredith</a> earned All-American honors in 1958 and 1959, his .610 career completion percentage the best in SMU history, along with a tremendous running ability that increased the pressure on opposing defenses. The 1960 season, though, proved particularly bad for the Mustangs, as they went 0–9–1, losing every game by more than 10 points with the exception of a game against <a href="/wiki/Texas_A%26M_Aggies_football" title="Texas A&M Aggies football">Texas A&M</a> in which neither team scored. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hayden_Fry_era_(1962–1972)"><span id="Hayden_Fry_era_.281962.E2.80.931972.29"></span>Hayden Fry era (1962–1972)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SMU_Mustangs_football&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Hayden Fry era (1962–1972)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1962, <a href="/wiki/Hayden_Fry" title="Hayden Fry">Hayden Fry</a> became SMU's eighth head coach. The Mustangs hosted the fourth-ranked <a href="/wiki/Navy_Midshipmen" title="Navy Midshipmen">Navy Midshipmen</a> (including quarterback <a href="/wiki/Roger_Staubach" title="Roger Staubach">Roger Staubach</a>) on October 11, 1963, at the <a href="/wiki/Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="Cotton Bowl Classic">Cotton Bowl</a>. SMU, on its way to a 4–7 season, was given little chance of beating the Midshipmen. Little-known sophomore <a href="/wiki/John_Roderick_(American_football)" title="John Roderick (American football)">John Roderick</a> rushed for 146 yards on 11 carries and scored on touchdown runs of 45 yards and two yards for the Mustangs. The SMU defense, led by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Oyler&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bob Oyler (page does not exist)">Bob Oyler</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Martin_Cude&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Martin Cude (page does not exist)">Martin Cude</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Harlan" class="mw-redirect" title="Bill Harlan">Bill Harlan</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Harold_Magers&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Harold Magers (page does not exist)">Harold Magers</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Doug_January&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Doug January (page does not exist)">Doug January</a>, sent Staubach to the bench twice with a dislocated left shoulder. Trailing 28–26 with 2:52 remaining in the game, SMU had a chance to pull off an upset. Quarterback Danny Thomas threw to <a href="/w/index.php?title=Billy_Gannon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Billy Gannon (page does not exist)">Billy Gannon</a>, who ran to the Navy 46. On the next play, Roderick took a pitchout 23 yards to the 23. After a pass interference penalty against Navy put the ball on the one-yard line, Gannon plowed over the right tackle for the winning touchdown with 2:05 left. The SMU defense held off Staubach's effort to rally his team for one last score, as the Mustangs pulled off the 32–28 upset. Despite a losing record in 1963, the Mustangs played in the <a href="/wiki/Sun_Bowl" title="Sun Bowl">Sun Bowl</a>, their first since the 1948 season, against the <a href="/wiki/Oregon_Webfoots" class="mw-redirect" title="Oregon Webfoots">Oregon Webfoots</a>, losing 14–21. </p><p>When Fry took the job at SMU, he was promised that he would be allowed to recruit black athletes. <a href="/wiki/Jerry_LeVias" title="Jerry LeVias">Jerry LeVias</a> became the first black player signed to a football scholarship in the Southwest Conference, and played his first game for SMU in 1966, one week after John Hill Westbrook of <a href="/wiki/Baylor_Bears" title="Baylor Bears">Baylor</a> became the first black player to play for a conference team. Fry received abuse for recruiting a black player to SMU in the form of hate mail and threatening phone calls, but he downplayed the treatment because of the much, much worse harassment LeVias himself was subjected to. </p><p>During the 1966 season, Hayden Fry lifted SMU back to national prominence; SMU was ranked ninth in the nation and won its first conference championship in 18 years, its seventh overall. Fry also won Conference Coach of the Year. SMU lost in the <a href="/wiki/Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="Cotton Bowl Classic">Cotton Bowl</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Georgia_Bulldogs" title="Georgia Bulldogs">Georgia Bulldogs</a> 9–24. <a href="/wiki/John_LaGrone" title="John LaGrone">John LaGrone</a>, who earned conference honors from 1964 to 1966, was the first Mustang player to be selected as both an All-American and Academic All-American when he was honored following the 1966 season. </p><p>During the 1968 season, combined with quarterback <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Hixson" title="Chuck Hixson">Chuck Hixson</a>, Levias helped lead the Mustangs to a 28–27 win over Oklahoma in the <a href="/wiki/1968_Astro-Bluebonnet_Bowl" title="1968 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl">1968 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl</a>, giving SMU its first bowl victory since the 1949 Cotton Bowl. SMU and Oklahoma combined to score 35 points in the fourth quarter. SMU stopped Oklahoma short of a potential game-winning two-point conversion with 1:16 left to play. LeVias was selected as an all-conference player as a senior for the third time. </p><p>Fry's Mustangs had a 12-20 record over the next three years, from 1969 to 1971. That led to uncertainty about his leadership, and rumors began to swirl after the Mustangs started the 1972 season with a 4–4 record. The three-game winning streak that followed was not enough to save Fry's job. After a 7-4 season in 1972, Fry was fired, which robbed the Mustangs of a bowl berth. In his 11 seasons at SMU, Fry compiled a 49-66-1 record. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dave_Smith_era_(1973–1975)"><span id="Dave_Smith_era_.281973.E2.80.931975.29"></span>Dave Smith era (1973–1975)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SMU_Mustangs_football&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Dave Smith era (1973–1975)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After Fry's departure, <a href="/wiki/Dave_Smith_(American_football_coach)" title="Dave Smith (American football coach)">Dave Smith</a>, a former assistant coach under Fry, took his place as head coach. Coming off a 7-4 season with <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Oklahoma State">Oklahoma State</a>, Smith had two consecutive 6-4-1 seasons with SMU, with his final season resulting in a 4-7 record. In three seasons with SMU, Smith compiled a 16–15–2 record. Smith was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Ron_Meyer" title="Ron Meyer">Ron Meyer</a> in 1976. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ron_Meyer-Bobby_Collins_era_(1976–1986)"><span id="Ron_Meyer-Bobby_Collins_era_.281976.E2.80.931986.29"></span>Ron Meyer-Bobby Collins era (1976–1986)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SMU_Mustangs_football&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Ron Meyer-Bobby Collins era (1976–1986)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Coach <a href="/wiki/Ron_Meyer" title="Ron Meyer">Ron Meyer</a> came to SMU in 1976 from the <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Cowboys" title="Dallas Cowboys">Dallas Cowboys</a> in the 1970s (including a <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl" title="Super Bowl">Super Bowl</a> win) and a stint with <a href="/wiki/UNLV" class="mw-redirect" title="UNLV">UNLV</a>. Coach Meyer was notable for his recruiting tactics, including visits each year to the homes of 70 or more of the top recruits per year. His most notable recruits were future <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">NFL</a> running backs <a href="/wiki/Eric_Dickerson" title="Eric Dickerson">Eric Dickerson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Craig_James_(running_back)" title="Craig James (running back)">Craig James</a> before the 1979 season, as both their high school teams went 15-0 and won state championships. Combined with blue chip running back Charles Waggoner, the three backs were nicknamed the "Pony Express" running attack and shredded opposing defenses in the option offense led by quarterback <a href="/wiki/Lance_McIlhenny" title="Lance McIlhenny">Lance McIlhenny</a>. In 1981, the Mustangs' performance earned them recognition by the <a href="/wiki/National_Championship_Foundation" title="National Championship Foundation">National Championship Foundation</a> as one of its five co-national champions.<sup id="cite_ref-ncaabook_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ncaabook-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 112–114">: 112–114 </span></sup> The final Associated Press poll ranked SMU No. 5, placing Clemson at No. 1. The team was not ranked in the coaches' poll at all due to a rule forbidding teams on probation from consideration.<sup id="cite_ref-ncaa.com_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ncaa.com-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Coach Meyer left to become the head coach of the <a href="/wiki/New_England_Patriots" title="New England Patriots">New England Patriots</a> in 1982, and SMU hired Coach <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Collins_(American_football_coach)" title="Bobby Collins (American football coach)">Bobby Collins</a>, then head coach at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Southern_Mississippi" title="University of Southern Mississippi">University of Southern Mississippi</a>. Dickerson finished 3rd in the Heisman Trophy voting in 1982, and the team claimed a share of its second consecutive national championship, being selected by Bill Schroeder of the <a href="/wiki/Helms_Athletic_Foundation" title="Helms Athletic Foundation">Helms Athletic Foundation</a> as his last ever selection,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in addition to consensus champion <a href="/wiki/Penn_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Penn State">Penn State</a>; the Mustangs did, however, finish second in both the AP and coaches' polls.<sup id="cite_ref-ncaa.com_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ncaa.com-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>SMU posted a 49-9-1 record from 1980 to 1984, which was the highest win percentage (.839) in Division I-A over that span.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id=""Death_Penalty"_and_decades_of_rebuilding_(1987–2007)"><span id=".22Death_Penalty.22_and_decades_of_rebuilding_.281987.E2.80.932007.29"></span>"Death Penalty" and decades of rebuilding (1987–2007)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SMU_Mustangs_football&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: "Death Penalty" and decades of rebuilding (1987–2007)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Southern_Methodist_University_football_scandal" title="Southern Methodist University football scandal">Southern Methodist University football scandal</a></div> <p>In 1987, SMU became the first and only football program in collegiate athletic history to receive the "<a href="/wiki/Death_penalty_(NCAA)" title="Death penalty (NCAA)">death penalty</a>" 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. It later emerged that SMU had been keeping a <a href="/wiki/Slush_fund" title="Slush fund">slush fund</a> to pay players since as early as the mid-1970s and that athletic officials had known about it as early as 1981.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>SMU was eligible for the "death penalty" because it had already violated recruiting rules, and as a result had been placed on probation in 1985. Since many potential student-athletes were poor, boosters had been inducing them to sign with SMU by offering them payments and expense coverage. Several key boosters and SMU officials had determined that it would be unethical to cut off those payments after having started them, but also potentially problematic, as some boosters had signed contracts agreeing to pay certain athletes for the duration of their time at SMU. There was also the potential of disgruntled football players "blowing the whistle" on SMU should the payments be discontinued. When the sanctions were handed down, SMU had three players – all seniors about to graduate – receiving payments. Not long afterward, SMU announced that football was canceled for the 1988 season as well, after school officials received indications that there would be too few experienced players at the school to field a viable team,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as most of the team had left the university and transferred to other institutions. <a href="/wiki/Forrest_Gregg" title="Forrest Gregg">Forrest Gregg</a>, an SMU alumnus who had been the head coach of the <a href="/wiki/Green_Bay_Packers" title="Green Bay Packers">Green Bay Packers</a>, was hired in 1988 to help rebuild the team. The two-year gap in the program meant that Gregg had to begin with an undersized and underweight lineup. </p><p>The Mustangs struggled for 20 years to recover from the effects of the penalty and the scandal. Coach Gregg compiled a 3–19 record in his two seasons. He moved on to be SMU's athletic director from 1990 through 1994. The program's chances of ever recovering were likely ruined by the collapse of the Southwest Conference after the 1995 season; SMU wound up in the <a href="/wiki/Western_Athletic_Conference" title="Western Athletic Conference">WAC</a> and later in <a href="/wiki/Conference_USA" title="Conference USA">Conference USA</a>. </p><p>The Mustangs had three more head coaches, and only one winning season, through the completion of the 2007 season. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="C-USA_era_(2008–2014)"><span id="C-USA_era_.282008.E2.80.932014.29"></span>C-USA era (2008–2014)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SMU_Mustangs_football&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: C-USA era (2008–2014)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Shawnbrey_McNeal_stiffarm.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Shawnbrey_McNeal_stiffarm.jpg/220px-Shawnbrey_McNeal_stiffarm.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Shawnbrey_McNeal_stiffarm.jpg/330px-Shawnbrey_McNeal_stiffarm.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Shawnbrey_McNeal_stiffarm.jpg/440px-Shawnbrey_McNeal_stiffarm.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3008" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>SMU in action versus <a href="/wiki/UTEP_Miners#Football" title="UTEP Miners">UTEP</a> in 2009</figcaption></figure> <p>In 2008 SMU hired <a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_Orsini&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Steve Orsini (page does not exist)">Steve Orsini</a> away from the <a href="/wiki/UCF" class="mw-redirect" title="UCF">University of Central Florida</a> (UCF) to be SMU's athletic director. Orsini then hired <a href="/wiki/June_Jones" title="June Jones">June Jones</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Hawaii_Warriors_football" class="mw-redirect" title="Hawaii Warriors football">University of Hawai'i</a> as head football coach – the team's fifth coach since 1989. In Jones' first season at SMU, they had a 1–11 record. In 2009, Coach Jones' second season at SMU, the Mustangs made a turnaround, with a regular season record of 7–5. Despite finishing unranked in the <a href="/wiki/2009_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_rankings" title="2009 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings">2009 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings</a>, SMU was invited to its first bowl game in 25 years, and defeated the unranked <a href="/wiki/2009_Nevada_Wolf_Pack_football_team" title="2009 Nevada Wolf Pack football team">Nevada Wolf Pack</a> with a final score of 45–10 in the <a href="/wiki/2009_Hawai%27i_Bowl" class="mw-redirect" title="2009 Hawai'i Bowl">2009 Hawai'i Bowl</a>, the team's first bowl win since 1984. </p><p>In 2010, the Mustangs again compiled a regular season record of 7–5, with a 6–2 in-conference record to earn their first chance at winning a conference title in 26 years, securing a berth in the <a href="/wiki/2010_Conference_USA_Football_Championship_Game" title="2010 Conference USA Football Championship Game">Conference USA Championship</a> game. SMU lost the conference title game, 17–7, against <a href="/wiki/2010_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2010 UCF Knights football team">UCF</a>. Once again unranked in the <a href="/wiki/2010_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_rankings" title="2010 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings">2010 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings</a>, SMU was invited to its second consecutive bowl game, the <a href="/wiki/2010_Armed_Forces_Bowl" title="2010 Armed Forces Bowl">2010 Armed Forces Bowl</a>, where it lost against the unranked <a href="/wiki/2010_Army_Black_Knights_football_team" title="2010 Army Black Knights football team">Army Black Knights</a>. </p><p>Following <a href="/wiki/Texas_A%26M_Football" class="mw-redirect" title="Texas A&M Football">Texas A&M</a>'s move to the <a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Conference" title="Southeastern Conference">SEC</a> in August and September 2011, SMU made it known that they would like to replace Texas A&M in the <a href="/wiki/Big_12_Conference" title="Big 12 Conference">Big 12</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> SMU's interest in the Big 12 was never reciprocated, and the Big 12 instead added <a href="/wiki/TCU_Horned_Frogs_football" title="TCU Horned Frogs football">TCU</a> and <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_University" title="West Virginia University">West Virginia University</a>. </p><p>SMU went on to win back-to-back bowl games in the <a href="/wiki/2012_BBVA_Compass_Bowl" title="2012 BBVA Compass Bowl">2012 BBVA Compass Bowl</a> (for the 2011 season) and <a href="/wiki/2012_Hawaii_Bowl" title="2012 Hawaii Bowl">2012 Hawaii Bowl</a>. SMU ended the Jones era in 2014 the way it began: with a 1–11 season. The Mustangs won the last game of the season against the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Connecticut" title="University of Connecticut">University of Connecticut</a> on December 6, 2014. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chad_Morris_(2015–2017)"><span id="Chad_Morris_.282015.E2.80.932017.29"></span>Chad Morris (2015–2017)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SMU_Mustangs_football&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Chad Morris (2015–2017)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>SMU hired <a href="/wiki/Clemson_Tigers_football" title="Clemson Tigers football">Clemson</a> offensive coordinator <a href="/wiki/Chad_Morris" title="Chad Morris">Chad Morris</a> as head coach and announced his placement on December 1, 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His first season resulted in a 2–10 record, a slight improvement from the 2014 season. SMU continued to improve in Morris' second season, finishing 5–7.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his 3rd season, Morris was able to lead the Mustangs to bowl eligibility and a 7–5 record in 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, Morris accepted the head coaching position at Arkansas in the weeks prior to the bowl game, and SMU was forced to move quickly to hire a new football coach in light of the approaching bowl game.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sonny_Dykes_(2017–2021)"><span id="Sonny_Dykes_.282017.E2.80.932021.29"></span>Sonny Dykes (2017–2021)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SMU_Mustangs_football&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Sonny Dykes (2017–2021)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Sonny_Dykes" title="Sonny Dykes">Sonny Dykes</a> was hired as the new football coach of SMU on December 11, 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Mustangs were defeated by <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Tech" class="mw-redirect" title="Louisiana Tech">Louisiana Tech</a> 51–10 in the DXL <a href="/wiki/Frisco_Bowl" title="Frisco Bowl">Frisco Bowl</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:IX8A3827_(42917293690).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/IX8A3827_%2842917293690%29.jpg/220px-IX8A3827_%2842917293690%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/IX8A3827_%2842917293690%29.jpg/330px-IX8A3827_%2842917293690%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/IX8A3827_%2842917293690%29.jpg/440px-IX8A3827_%2842917293690%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1365" /></a><figcaption>A Mustangs player scores a touchdown against <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Wolverines_football" title="Michigan Wolverines football">Michigan</a> in <a href="/wiki/2018_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="2018 SMU Mustangs football team">2018</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In the 2019 season, the Mustangs got off to an 8–0 start. On September 21, they defeated cross-town rival TCU. On September 29, the Mustangs were ranked in the AP top 25 for the first time since October 25, 1986.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rhett_Lashlee_(2021–present)"><span id="Rhett_Lashlee_.282021.E2.80.93present.29"></span>Rhett Lashlee (2021–present)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SMU_Mustangs_football&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Rhett Lashlee (2021–present)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Rhett_Lashlee" title="Rhett Lashlee">Rhett Lashlee</a> returned to SMU as Head Football Coach on November 29th, 2021. Lashlee previously served as offensive coordinator for the Mustangs, including during the record-setting 2019 season.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Conference_affiliations">Conference affiliations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SMU_Mustangs_football&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Conference affiliations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Years listed here are football seasons. Conference changes take effect in the summer after a school's last football season in a conference. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Intercollegiate_Athletic_Association" title="Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association">Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association</a> (1915–1917)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southwest_Conference" title="Southwest Conference">Southwest Conference</a> (1918–1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Athletic_Conference" title="Western Athletic Conference">Western Athletic Conference</a> (1996–2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conference_USA" title="Conference USA">Conference USA</a> (2005–2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Athletic_Conference" title="American Athletic Conference">American Athletic Conference</a> (2013–2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Conference" title="Atlantic Coast Conference">Atlantic Coast Conference</a> (2024-)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Championships">Championships</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SMU_Mustangs_football&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Championships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_championships">National championships</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SMU_Mustangs_football&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: National championships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>SMU has won three National Championships from NCAA-designated major selectors.<sup id="cite_ref-Walsh2007_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Walsh2007-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2018ncaabook_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2018ncaabook-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 112–114">: 112–114 </span></sup> SMU claims all three Championships.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:#FFFFFF;">Year </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:#FFFFFF;">Coach </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:#FFFFFF;">Selector </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:#FFFFFF;">Record </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:#FFFFFF;">Bowl </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:#FFFFFF;">Opponent </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:#FFFFFF;">Result </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:#FFFFFF;">Final AP </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:#FFFFFF;">Final Coaches </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1935_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1935 SMU Mustangs football team">1935</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Matty_Bell" title="Matty Bell">Matty Bell</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Berryman_(QPRS)" class="mw-redirect" title="Berryman (QPRS)">Berryman (QPRS)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dickinson_System" title="Dickinson System">Dickinson System</a>, <a href="/wiki/Houlgate_System" title="Houlgate System">Houlgate System</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Sagarin" title="Jeff Sagarin">Sagarin Ratings</a>, Sagarin (ELO-Chess)</td> <td>12–1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1936_Rose_Bowl" title="1936 Rose Bowl">Rose Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1935_Stanford_Indians_football_team" title="1935 Stanford Indians football team">Stanford</a></td> <td>L 0–7</td> <td>–</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1981_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1981 SMU Mustangs football team">1981</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ron_Meyer" title="Ron Meyer">Ron Meyer</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Championship_Foundation" title="National Championship Foundation">National Championship Foundation</a></td> <td>10–1</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>No. 5</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1982_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1982 SMU Mustangs football team">1982</a></td> <td><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Collins_(American_football_coach)" title="Bobby Collins (American football coach)">Bobby Collins</a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Helms_Athletic_Foundation" title="Helms Athletic Foundation">Helms Athletic Foundation</a></td> <td>11–0–1</td> <td><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1983_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1983 Cotton Bowl Classic">Cotton Bowl</a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1982_Pittsburgh_Panthers_football_team" title="1982 Pittsburgh Panthers football team">Pittsburgh</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 7–3</td> <td>No. 2</td> <td>No. 2 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Conference_championships">Conference championships</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SMU_Mustangs_football&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Conference championships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>SMU has won twelve conference championships, winning ten outright and two being shared.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:#FFFFFF;">Year </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:#FFFFFF;">Conference </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:#FFFFFF;">Coach </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:#FFFFFF;">Record </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:#FFFFFF;">Conference Record </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1923_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1923 SMU Mustangs football team">1923</a></td> <td rowspan="11"><a href="/wiki/Southwest_Conference" title="Southwest Conference">Southwest Conference</a></td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Ray_Morrison" title="Ray Morrison">Ray Morrison</a></td> <td>9–0</td> <td>5–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1926_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1926 SMU Mustangs football team">1926</a></td> <td>8–0–1</td> <td>5–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1931_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1931 SMU Mustangs football team">1931</a></td> <td>9–1–1</td> <td>5–0–1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1935_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1935 SMU Mustangs football team">1935</a></td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Matty_Bell" title="Matty Bell">Matty Bell</a></td> <td>12–1</td> <td>6–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1940_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1940 SMU Mustangs football team">1940</a>†</td> <td>8–1–1</td> <td>5–1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1947_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1947 SMU Mustangs football team">1947</a></td> <td>9–0–2</td> <td>5–0–1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1948_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1948 SMU Mustangs football team">1948</a></td> <td>9–1–1</td> <td>5–0–1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1966_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1966 SMU Mustangs football team">1966</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hayden_Fry" title="Hayden Fry">Hayden Fry</a></td> <td>8–3</td> <td>6–1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1981_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1981 SMU Mustangs football team">1981</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ron_Meyer" title="Ron Meyer">Ron Meyer</a></td> <td>10–1</td> <td>7–1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1982_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1982 SMU Mustangs football team">1982</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Collins_(American_football_coach)" title="Bobby Collins (American football coach)">Bobby Collins</a></td> <td>11–0–1</td> <td>7–0–1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1984_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1984 SMU Mustangs football team">1984</a>†</td> <td>10–2</td> <td>6–2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2023_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="2023 SMU Mustangs football team">2023</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Athletic_Conference" title="American Athletic Conference">American Athletic Conference</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rhett_Lashlee" title="Rhett Lashlee">Rhett Lashlee</a></td> <td>11–2</td> <td>8–0 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>† Co-champions </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Division_championships">Division championships</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SMU_Mustangs_football&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Division championships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>SMU has won two division championships. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:#FFFFFF;">Year </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:#FFFFFF;">Division </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:#FFFFFF;">Coach </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:#FFFFFF;">Opponent </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:#FFFFFF;">CG result </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="2009 SMU Mustangs football team">2009</a>†</td> <td rowspan="2">Conference USA - West</td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/June_Jones" title="June Jones">June Jones</a></td> <td colspan="2"><i>N/A lost tie-breaker to <a href="/wiki/2009_Houston_Cougars_football_team" title="2009 Houston Cougars football team">Houston</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="2010 SMU Mustangs football team">2010</a>†</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_UCF_Knights_football_team" title="2010 UCF Knights football team">UCF</a></td> <td>L 7–17 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>† Co-champions </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bowl_games">Bowl games</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SMU_Mustangs_football&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Bowl games"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>SMU has participated in 21 bowl games. The Mustangs have a record of 7–11–1 in these games.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:#FFFFFF;">Season </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:#FFFFFF;">Coach </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:#FFFFFF;">Bowl </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:#FFFFFF;">Opponent </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:#FFFFFF;">Result </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1924_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1924 SMU Mustangs football team">1924</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ray_Morrison" title="Ray Morrison">Ray Morrison</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1925_Dixie_Classic" title="1925 Dixie Classic">Dixie Classic</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_Wesleyan_College" title="West Virginia Wesleyan College">West Virginia Wesleyan</a></td> <td>L 7–9 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1935_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1935 SMU Mustangs football team">1935</a></td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Matty_Bell" title="Matty Bell">Matty Bell</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1936_Rose_Bowl" title="1936 Rose Bowl">Rose Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1935_Stanford_Indians_football_team" title="1935 Stanford Indians football team">Stanford</a></td> <td>L 0–7 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1947_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1947 SMU Mustangs football team">1947</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1948_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1948 Cotton Bowl Classic">Cotton Bowl Classic</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1947_Penn_State_Nittany_Lions_football_team" title="1947 Penn State Nittany Lions football team">Penn State</a></td> <td><b>T</b> 13–13 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1948_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1948 SMU Mustangs football team">1948</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1949_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1949 Cotton Bowl Classic">Cotton Bowl Classic</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1948_Oregon_Webfoots_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="1948 Oregon Webfoots football team">Oregon</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 21–13 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1963_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1963 SMU Mustangs football team">1963</a></td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Hayden_Fry" title="Hayden Fry">Hayden Fry</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1963_Sun_Bowl" title="1963 Sun Bowl">Sun Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1963_Oregon_Webfoots_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="1963 Oregon Webfoots football team">Oregon</a></td> <td>L 14–21 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1966_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1966 SMU Mustangs football team">1966</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1966_Cotton_Bowl_Classic_(December)" title="1966 Cotton Bowl Classic (December)">Cotton Bowl Classic</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1966_Georgia_Bulldogs_football_team" title="1966 Georgia Bulldogs football team">Georgia</a></td> <td>L 9–24 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1968_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1968 SMU Mustangs football team">1968</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1968_Astro-Bluebonnet_Bowl" title="1968 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl">Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1968_Oklahoma_Sooners_football_team" title="1968 Oklahoma Sooners football team">Oklahoma</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 28–27 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1980_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1980 SMU Mustangs football team">1980</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ron_Meyer" title="Ron Meyer">Ron Meyer</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1980_Holiday_Bowl" title="1980 Holiday Bowl">Holiday Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1980_BYU_Cougars_football_team" title="1980 BYU Cougars football team">BYU</a></td> <td>L 45–46 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1982_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1982 SMU Mustangs football team">1982</a></td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Collins_(American_football_coach)" title="Bobby Collins (American football coach)">Bobby Collins</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1983_Cotton_Bowl_Classic" title="1983 Cotton Bowl Classic">Cotton Bowl Classic</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1982_Pittsburgh_Panthers_football_team" title="1982 Pittsburgh Panthers football team">Pittsburgh</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 7–3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1983_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1983 SMU Mustangs football team">1983</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1983_Sun_Bowl" title="1983 Sun Bowl">Sun Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1983_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_team" title="1983 Alabama Crimson Tide football team">Alabama</a></td> <td>L 7–28 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1984_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1984 SMU Mustangs football team">1984</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1984_Aloha_Bowl" title="1984 Aloha Bowl">Aloha Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1984_Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football_team" title="1984 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team">Notre Dame</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 27–20 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="2009 SMU Mustangs football team">2009</a></td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/June_Jones" title="June Jones">June Jones</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Hawai%27i_Bowl" class="mw-redirect" title="2009 Hawai'i Bowl">Hawaiʻi Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Nevada_Wolf_Pack_football_team" title="2009 Nevada Wolf Pack football team">Nevada</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 45–10 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="2010 SMU Mustangs football team">2010</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_Armed_Forces_Bowl" title="2010 Armed Forces Bowl">Armed Forces Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_Army_Black_Knights_football_team" title="2010 Army Black Knights football team">Army</a></td> <td>L 14–16 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2011_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="2011 SMU Mustangs football team">2011</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_BBVA_Compass_Bowl" title="2012 BBVA Compass Bowl">BBVA Compass Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2011_Pittsburgh_Panthers_football_team" title="2011 Pittsburgh Panthers football team">Pittsburgh</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 28–6 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="2012 SMU Mustangs football team">2012</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_Hawai%27i_Bowl" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 Hawai'i Bowl">Hawaiʻi Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_Fresno_State_Bulldogs_football_team" title="2012 Fresno State Bulldogs football team">Fresno State</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 43–10 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2017_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="2017 SMU Mustangs football team">2017</a></td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Sonny_Dykes" title="Sonny Dykes">Sonny Dykes</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2017_Frisco_Bowl" title="2017 Frisco Bowl">Frisco Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2017_Louisiana_Tech_Bulldogs_football_team" title="2017 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team">Louisiana Tech</a></td> <td>L 10–51 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2019_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="2019 SMU Mustangs football team">2019</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2019_Boca_Raton_Bowl" title="2019 Boca Raton Bowl">Boca Raton Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2019_Florida_Atlantic_Owls_football_team" title="2019 Florida Atlantic Owls football team">Florida Atlantic</a></td> <td>L 28–52 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2020_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="2020 SMU Mustangs football team">2020</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2020_Frisco_Bowl" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 Frisco Bowl">Frisco Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2020_UTSA_Roadrunners_football_team" title="2020 UTSA Roadrunners football team">UTSA</a></td> <td>Canceled </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2021_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="2021 SMU Mustangs football team">2021</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fenway_Bowl" title="Fenway Bowl">Fenway Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2021_Virginia_Cavaliers_football_team" title="2021 Virginia Cavaliers football team">Virginia</a></td> <td>Canceled </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2022_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="2022 SMU Mustangs football team">2022</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Rhett_Lashlee" title="Rhett Lashlee">Rhett Lashlee</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Mexico_Bowl" title="New Mexico Bowl">New Mexico Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2022_BYU_Cougars_football_team" title="2022 BYU Cougars football team">BYU</a></td> <td>L 23–24 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2023_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="2023 SMU Mustangs football team">2023</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fenway_Bowl" title="Fenway Bowl">Fenway Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2023_Boston_College_Eagles_football_team" title="2023 Boston College Eagles football team">Boston College</a></td> <td>L 14–23 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Head_coaches">Head coaches</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SMU_Mustangs_football&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Head coaches"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>List of SMU head coaches.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:#FFFFFF;">Coach </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:#FFFFFF;">Tenure </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:#FFFFFF;">Record </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:#FFFFFF;">Winning % </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ray_Morrison" title="Ray Morrison">Ray Morrison</a></td> <td>1915–1916</td> <td>2–13–2</td> <td>.176 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/J._Burton_Rix" title="J. Burton Rix">J. Burton Rix</a></td> <td>1917–1921</td> <td>16–19–7</td> <td>.464 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ray_Morrison" title="Ray Morrison">Ray Morrison</a></td> <td>1922–1934</td> <td>82–31–20</td> <td>.692 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Matty_Bell" title="Matty Bell">Matty Bell</a></td> <td>1935–1941, 1945–1949</td> <td>79–40–8</td> <td>.654 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Stewart_(American_football)" title="Jimmy Stewart (American football)">Jimmy Stewart</a></td> <td>1942–1944</td> <td>10–18–2</td> <td>.367 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rusty_Russell_(American_football_coach)" title="Rusty Russell (American football coach)">Rusty Russell</a></td> <td>1950–1952</td> <td>13–15–2</td> <td>.467 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Woody_Woodard" title="Woody Woodard">Woody Woodard</a></td> <td>1953–1956</td> <td>19–20–1</td> <td>.488 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bill_Meek" title="Bill Meek">Bill Meek</a></td> <td>1957–1961</td> <td>17–29–4</td> <td>.380 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hayden_Fry" title="Hayden Fry">Hayden Fry</a></td> <td>1962–1972</td> <td>49–66–1</td> <td>.427 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dave_Smith_(American_football_coach)" title="Dave Smith (American football coach)">Dave Smith</a></td> <td>1973–1975</td> <td>16–15–2</td> <td>.515 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ron_Meyer" title="Ron Meyer">Ron Meyer</a></td> <td>1976–1981</td> <td>34–32–1</td> <td>.515 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Collins_(American_football_coach)" title="Bobby Collins (American football coach)">Bobby Collins</a></td> <td>1982–1986</td> <td>43–14–1</td> <td>.750 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Forrest_Gregg" title="Forrest Gregg">Forrest Gregg</a></td> <td>1989–1990</td> <td>3–19</td> <td>.136 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tom_Rossley" title="Tom Rossley">Tom Rossley</a></td> <td>1991–1996</td> <td>15–48–3</td> <td>.250 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Cavan" title="Mike Cavan">Mike Cavan</a></td> <td>1997–2001</td> <td>22–34</td> <td>.393 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Phil_Bennett_(American_football)" title="Phil Bennett (American football)">Phil Bennett</a></td> <td>2002–2007</td> <td>18–52</td> <td>.257 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/June_Jones" title="June Jones">June Jones</a></td> <td>2008–2014</td> <td>36–43</td> <td>.456 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tom_Mason_(American_football)" title="Tom Mason (American football)">Tom Mason</a> (Interim)</td> <td>2014</td> <td>1–9</td> <td>.100 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chad_Morris" title="Chad Morris">Chad Morris</a></td> <td>2015–2017</td> <td>14–22</td> <td>.389 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sonny_Dykes" title="Sonny Dykes">Sonny Dykes</a></td> <td>2017–2021</td> <td>30–17</td> <td>.638 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rhett_Lashlee" title="Rhett Lashlee">Rhett Lashlee</a></td> <td>2022–present</td> <td>27–10</td> <td>.730 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rivalries">Rivalries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SMU_Mustangs_football&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Rivalries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="TCU">TCU</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SMU_Mustangs_football&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: TCU"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/SMU%E2%80%93TCU_football_rivalry" title="SMU–TCU football rivalry">SMU–TCU football rivalry</a></div> <p>The respective campuses are located 40 miles apart in the <a href="/wiki/Dallas%E2%80%93Fort_Worth_metroplex" title="Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex">Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex</a>. The SMU–TCU rivalries go for all sports as well as recruiting students from the DFW area, as SMU and TCU are the two top schools in the region in academics and sports. The teams have played all but seven years since their first meeting in 1915. They did not face each other in 1919, 1920, 1925, 1987, 1988, 2006, or 2020. </p><p>TCU and SMU fans began the tradition back in 1946. During pre-game festivities, an SMU fan was frying frog legs as a joke before the game. A TCU fan, seeing this desecration of the "frog", went over and told him that eating the frog legs was going well beyond the rivalry and that they should let the game decide who would get the skillet and the frog legs. TCU won the game, and the skillet and frog legs went to TCU. The tradition eventually spilled over into the actual game, and the Iron Skillet is now passed to the winner. </p><p>SMU and TCU have agreed to play each season through 2025 on an alternating home-and-home format; however, citing a desire to schedule as many out-of-conference games in Fort Worth as possible, TCU has decided to end the rivalry after the 2025 game.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>SMU won the 2024 game and thus currently holds the Iron Skillet. </p><p>TCU leads the series 53–43–7 through the 2024 season.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rice">Rice</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SMU_Mustangs_football&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Rice"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Rice%E2%80%93SMU_football_rivalry" title="Rice–SMU football rivalry">Rice–SMU football rivalry</a></div> <p>The Rice–SMU rivalry is a secondary one for both SMU (after TCU) and Rice (after Houston). However, it is a storied one since SMU is located inside the city of Dallas and Rice is located in Houston, the anchors of Texas's two largest metropolitan areas. Notably, SMU and Rice are two of the smaller universities in <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_FBS" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Division I FBS">NCAA Division I FBS</a>. Adding fuel to the fire is the fact that Rice and SMU are consistently ranked the best two private universities in Texas. </p><p>In 1918 both schools joined the <a href="/wiki/Southwest_Conference" title="Southwest Conference">Southwest Conference</a>, and from 1926 they played every year except for 1987 and 1988, after the NCAA gave SMU's football program the "<a href="/wiki/Death_penalty_(NCAA)" title="Death penalty (NCAA)">death penalty</a>" following a <a href="/wiki/Southern_Methodist_University_football_scandal" title="Southern Methodist University football scandal">cheating scandal</a>. They played in the same conference until 2013, beginning with the Southwest (1918–1996), then the <a href="/wiki/Western_Athletic_Conference" title="Western Athletic Conference">Western Athletic Conference</a> (1996–2005) and <a href="/wiki/Conference_USA" title="Conference USA">Conference USA</a> (2005–2012). In that time, they had met 90 times, with SMU leading 48–41–1. </p><p>In 1998 a traveling trophy, the "Mayor's Cup", was introduced to the series, and had been awarded to the winner each year through 2012. SMU left Conference USA for The American for the 2013 season, and no games were played after 2012 meeting until Rice joined the <a href="/wiki/American_Athletic_Conference" title="American Athletic Conference">American Athletic Conference</a> in 2023. However, with SMU joining the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Conference" title="Atlantic Coast Conference">Atlantic Coast Conference</a> in 2024, the rivalry has become dormant again. </p><p>SMU won the 2023 game and thus currently holds the Mayor's Cup. </p><p>SMU leads the series 49–41–1 through the 2023 season.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="North_Texas">North Texas</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SMU_Mustangs_football&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: North Texas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Safeway_Bowl" title="Safeway Bowl">Safeway Bowl</a></div> <p>Nicknamed the "Safeway Bowl", the rivalry between SMU and North Texas is the most one-sided rivalry for the Mustangs. Its name is derived from a challenge from then North Texas head coach <a href="/wiki/Matt_Simon_(American_football,_born_1953)" title="Matt Simon (American football, born 1953)">Matt Simon</a> issued in 1994 after a two-year break in the series, stating "I'd like to play because I think we could beat them, and my players feel the same way. If they'd like to play on a Safeway parking lot ... just give us a date and time." North Texas generally considers SMU its biggest rival, but SMU downplays North Texas as a real rival. SMU and North Texas are located about 40 miles apart in the <a href="/wiki/Dallas-Fort_Worth_Metroplex" class="mw-redirect" title="Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex">Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex</a>. </p><p>The schools have played on and off 42 times dating back to 1922 with three major hiatuses, from 1943 to 1973, from 1993 to 2005, and from 2008 to 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>North Texas joined the <a href="/wiki/American_Athletic_Conference" title="American Athletic Conference">American Athletic Conference</a> in 2023, making this a conference game for the first time. However, with SMU joining the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Conference" title="Atlantic Coast Conference">Atlantic Coast Conference</a> in 2024, the rivalry has become dormant again. </p><p>SMU leads the series 36–6–1 through the 2023 season.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Navy">Navy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SMU_Mustangs_football&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Navy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Gansz_Trophy" title="Gansz Trophy">Gansz Trophy</a></div> <p>SMU and Navy have played each other 25 times, with Navy leading the series 13–12. In 2009, the athletic departments of the United States Naval Academy and Southern Methodist University created the Gansz Trophy in honor of <a href="/wiki/Frank_Gansz" title="Frank Gansz">Frank Gansz</a> who played linebacker at the Naval Academy from 1957 through 1959, was on the Navy coaching staff from 1969 through 1972, and the coaching staff at SMU for the 2008 season before his spring 2009 death. The traveling trophy series has been a useful one for both schools because they both recruit students, even non-student athletes, heavily from the each other's region. </p><p>Navy joined the <a href="/wiki/American_Athletic_Conference" title="American Athletic Conference">American Athletic Conference</a> in 2015 which allowed for the rivalry to become a yearly conference game. However, with SMU joining the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Conference" title="Atlantic Coast Conference">Atlantic Coast Conference</a> in 2024, the rivalry has become dormant. </p><p>SMU won the 2023 game and thus currently holds the Gansz Trophy. </p><p>Navy leads the series 13–12 through the 2023 season.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="All-time_record_vs._frequent_opponents">All-time record vs. frequent opponents</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SMU_Mustangs_football&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: All-time record vs. frequent opponents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:#FFFFFF;">Opponent </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:#FFFFFF;">Meetings </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:#FFFFFF;">Won </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:#FFFFFF;">Lost </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:#FFFFFF;">Tied </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/TCU_Horned_Frogs_football" title="TCU Horned Frogs football">TCU</a></td> <td>103</td> <td>43</td> <td>53</td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rice_Owls_football" title="Rice Owls football">Rice</a></td> <td>91</td> <td>49</td> <td>41</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Baylor_Bears_football" title="Baylor Bears football">Baylor</a></td> <td>82</td> <td>36</td> <td>39</td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Texas_A%26M_Aggies_football" title="Texas A&M Aggies football">Texas A&M</a></td> <td>81</td> <td>29</td> <td>45</td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Texas_Longhorns_football" title="Texas Longhorns football">Texas</a></td> <td>73</td> <td>22</td> <td>47</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Arkansas_Razorbacks_football" title="Arkansas Razorbacks football">Arkansas</a></td> <td>73</td> <td>31</td> <td>37</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Texas_Tech_Red_Raiders_football" title="Texas Tech Red Raiders football">Texas Tech</a></td> <td>49</td> <td>16</td> <td>33</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Texas_Mean_Green_football" title="North Texas Mean Green football">North Texas</a></td> <td>43</td> <td>36</td> <td>6</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Houston_Cougars_football" title="Houston Cougars football">Houston</a></td> <td>37</td> <td>14</td> <td>22</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tulane_Green_Wave_football" title="Tulane Green Wave football">Tulane</a></td> <td>30</td> <td>16</td> <td>14</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tulsa_Golden_Hurricane_football" title="Tulsa Golden Hurricane football">Tulsa</a></td> <td>30</td> <td>17</td> <td>13</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Navy_Midshipmen_football" title="Navy Midshipmen football">Navy</a></td> <td>25</td> <td>12</td> <td>13</td> <td>0 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Appearances_in_the_final_Associated_Press_Poll">Appearances in the final Associated Press Poll</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SMU_Mustangs_football&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Appearances in the final Associated Press Poll"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>SMU has made 175 appearances in the Associated Press poll over 103 seasons. SMU has been ranked in the top 10 for <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/southern-methodist/polls.html">63 weeks</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Home_fields">Home fields</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SMU_Mustangs_football&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Home fields"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armstrong_Field" title="Armstrong Field">Armstrong Field</a> (1915–1925)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ownby_Stadium" title="Ownby Stadium">Ownby Stadium</a> (1926–1948, 1989–1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cotton_Bowl_(stadium)" title="Cotton Bowl (stadium)">Cotton Bowl</a> (1932–1978, 1995–1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Stadium" title="Texas Stadium">Texas Stadium</a> (1979–1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerald_J._Ford_Stadium" title="Gerald J. Ford Stadium">Gerald J. Ford Stadium</a> (2000–present)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Individual_achievements">Individual achievements</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SMU_Mustangs_football&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Individual achievements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Heisman_Trophy" title="Heisman Trophy">Heisman Trophy</a></b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Doak_Walker" title="Doak Walker">Doak Walker</a> 1948</li></ul> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Maxwell_Award" title="Maxwell Award">Maxwell Award</a></b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Doak_Walker" title="Doak Walker">Doak Walker</a> 1947</li></ul> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Sammy_Baugh_Trophy" class="mw-redirect" title="Sammy Baugh Trophy">Sammy Baugh Trophy</a></b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Hixson" title="Chuck Hixson">Chuck Hixson</a> 1968</li></ul> <p><b>College Football Hall of Fame Inductees</b> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/College_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="College Football Hall of Fame">College Football Hall of Fame</a></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:#FFFFFF;">Name </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:#FFFFFF;">Position </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:#FFFFFF;">Tenure at SMU </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:#FFFFFF;">Year Inducted </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ray_Morrison" title="Ray Morrison">Ray Morrison</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Coach_(sport)" title="Coach (sport)">Coach</a></td> <td>1915–1916, 1922–1934</td> <td>1954 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gerald_Mann" title="Gerald Mann">Gerald "Little Red Arrow" Mann</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">QB</a></td> <td>1925–1927</td> <td>1969 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bob_Wilson_(American_football)" title="Bob Wilson (American football)">Bobby Wilson</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Halfback_(American_football)" title="Halfback (American football)">HB</a></td> <td>1933–1935</td> <td>1973 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Matty_Bell" title="Matty Bell">"Moanin'" Matty Bell</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Coach_(sport)" title="Coach (sport)">Coach</a></td> <td>1935–1941, 1945–1949</td> <td>1955 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Doak_Walker" title="Doak Walker">Doak "The Doaker" Walker</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Halfback_(American_football)" title="Halfback (American football)">HB</a></td> <td>1945, 1947–1949</td> <td>1959 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kyle_Rote" title="Kyle Rote">Kyle "The Mighty Mustang" Rote</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Halfback_(American_football)" title="Halfback (American football)">HB</a></td> <td>1948–1950</td> <td>1964 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gerald_Mann" title="Gerald Mann">Gerald Mann</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">QB</a></td> <td>1925–1927</td> <td>1969 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Don_Meredith" title="Don Meredith">"Dandy" Don Meredith</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">QB</a></td> <td>1957–1959</td> <td>1982 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hayden_Fry" title="Hayden Fry">Hayden Fry</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Coach_(sport)" title="Coach (sport)">Coach</a></td> <td>1962–1972</td> <td>2003 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jerry_LeVias" title="Jerry LeVias">Jerry LeVias</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wide_receiver" title="Wide receiver">WR</a></td> <td>1966–1968</td> <td>2003 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Eric_Dickerson" title="Eric Dickerson">Eric Dickerson</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Running_back" title="Running back">RB</a></td> <td>1979–1982</td> <td>2020 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>All-Americans</b> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:#FFFFFF;">Name </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:#FFFFFF;">Position </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:#FFFFFF;">Year </th></tr> <tr> <td>Choc Sanders</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Guard_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (American football)">G</a></td> <td>1928 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Marion Hammon</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tackle_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tackle (American football)">T</a></td> <td>1929 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Speedy Mason</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Halfback_(American_football)" title="Halfback (American football)">HB</a></td> <td>1931 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Clyde Carter</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tackle_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tackle (American football)">T</a></td> <td>1934 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Harry Shuford<br /><a href="/wiki/Bob_Wilson_(American_football)" title="Bob Wilson (American football)">Bobby Wilson</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fullback_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fullback (American football)">FB</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Halfback_(American_football)" title="Halfback (American football)">HB</a></td> <td>1934 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Harry Shuford<br /><a href="/wiki/Bob_Wilson_(American_football)" title="Bob Wilson (American football)">Bobby Wilson</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Truman_Spain" title="Truman Spain">Truman "Big Dog" Spain</a><br /><a href="/wiki/J._C._Wetsel" title="J. C. Wetsel">J.C. "Iron Man" Wetsel</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fullback_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fullback (American football)">FB</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Halfback_(American_football)" title="Halfback (American football)">HB</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Tackle_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tackle (American football)">T</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Guard_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (American football)">G</a></td> <td>1935 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kelly Simpson</td> <td><a href="/wiki/End_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="End (American football)">End</a></td> <td>1941 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tom Dean</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tackle_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tackle (American football)">T</a></td> <td>1945 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Doak_Walker" title="Doak Walker">Doak "The Doaker" Walker</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Halfback_(American_football)" title="Halfback (American football)">HB</a></td> <td>1947 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Doak Walker</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Halfback_(American_football)" title="Halfback (American football)">HB</a></td> <td>1948 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Doak Walker</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Halfback_(American_football)" title="Halfback (American football)">HB</a></td> <td>1949 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kyle_Rote" title="Kyle Rote">Kyle "The Mighty Mustang" Rote</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Halfback_(American_football)" title="Halfback (American football)">HB</a></td> <td>1950 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Dick Hightower</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Center_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Center (American football)">C</a></td> <td>1951 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Don_Meredith" title="Don Meredith">Don "Dandy Don" Meredith</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">QB</a></td> <td>1958 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Don Meredith</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">QB</a></td> <td>1959 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/John_LaGrone" title="John LaGrone">John LaGrone</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Guard_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (American football)">G</a></td> <td>1966 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jerry_LeVias" title="Jerry LeVias">Jerry LeVias</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wide_receiver" title="Wide receiver">WR</a></td> <td>1968 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Robert Popelka</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Defensive_end" title="Defensive end">DE</a></td> <td>1972 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Louie_Kelcher" title="Louie Kelcher">Louie Kelcher</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Roan" title="Oscar Roan">Oscar Roan</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Guard_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (American football)">G</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Tight_end" title="Tight end">TE</a></td> <td>1974 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Emanuel_Tolbert" title="Emanuel Tolbert">Emanuel Tolbert</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wide_receiver" title="Wide receiver">WR</a></td> <td>1978 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Simmons_(American_football)" title="John Simmons (American football)">John Simmons</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Defensive_back" title="Defensive back">DB</a></td> <td>1980 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Harvey_Armstrong" title="Harvey Armstrong">Harvey Armstrong</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Defensive_tackle" title="Defensive tackle">DT</a></td> <td>1981 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Eric_Dickerson" title="Eric Dickerson">Eric Dickerson</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Running_back" title="Running back">RB</a></td> <td>1982 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Russell_Carter_(American_football)" title="Russell Carter (American football)">Russell Carter</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Defensive_back" title="Defensive back">DB</a></td> <td>1983 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Reggie_Dupard" title="Reggie Dupard">Reggie Dupard</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Running_back" title="Running back">RB</a></td> <td>1985 </td></tr> <tr> <td>John Stewert</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Placekicker" title="Placekicker">K</a></td> <td>1993 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honored_jerseys">Honored jerseys</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SMU_Mustangs_football&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Honored jerseys"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>SMU has honored six jerseys.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:#FFFFFF;">No. </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:#FFFFFF;">Name </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:#FFFFFF;">Position </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:#FFFFFF;">Tenure </th></tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Don_Meredith" title="Don Meredith">Don Meredith</a></td> <td>QB</td> <td>1957–59 </td></tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eric_Dickerson" title="Eric Dickerson">Eric Dickerson</a></td> <td>RB</td> <td>1979–1982 </td></tr> <tr> <td>37</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Doak_Walker" title="Doak Walker">Doak Walker</a></td> <td>HB/K</td> <td>1945, 1947–1949 </td></tr> <tr> <td>73</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Forrest_Gregg" title="Forrest Gregg">Forrest Gregg</a></td> <td>OT/DT</td> <td>1952–55 </td></tr> <tr> <td>80</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lamar_Hunt" title="Lamar Hunt">Lamar Hunt</a></td> <td>WR</td> <td>1952–55 </td></tr> <tr> <td>87</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Raymond_Berry" title="Raymond Berry">Raymond Berry</a></td> <td>End</td> <td>1951–54 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame_inductees">Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SMU_Mustangs_football&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame_inductees" title="List of Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees">List of Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees</a></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:#FFFFFF;">Name </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:#FFFFFF;">Position </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:#FFFFFF;">Team(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:#FFFFFF;">Years in NFL </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:#FFFFFF;">Year Inducted </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lamar_Hunt" title="Lamar Hunt">Lamar Hunt</a></td> <td>League founder, owner</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Texans_(AFL)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dallas Texans (AFL)">Dallas Texans</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Chiefs" title="Kansas City Chiefs">Kansas City Chiefs</a></td> <td>1960–1962<br />1963–2006</td> <td>1972 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Raymond_Berry" title="Raymond Berry">Raymond Berry</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/End_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="End (American football)">End</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Colts" title="Baltimore Colts">Baltimore Colts</a></td> <td>1955–1967</td> <td>1973 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Forrest_Gregg" title="Forrest Gregg">Forrest Gregg</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tackle_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tackle (American football)">T</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Green_Bay_Packers" title="Green Bay Packers">Green Bay Packers</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Cowboys" title="Dallas Cowboys">Dallas Cowboys</a></td> <td>1956, 1958–1970<br />1971</td> <td>1977 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Doak_Walker" title="Doak Walker">Doak Walker</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Halfback_(American_football)" title="Halfback (American football)">HB</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Lions" title="Detroit Lions">Detroit Lions</a></td> <td>1950–1955</td> <td>1986 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Eric_Dickerson" title="Eric Dickerson">Eric Dickerson</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Running_back" title="Running back">RB</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Rams" title="Los Angeles Rams">Los Angeles Rams</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Indianapolis_Colts" title="Indianapolis Colts">Indianapolis Colts</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Raiders" title="Los Angeles Raiders">Los Angeles Raiders</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Falcons" title="Atlanta Falcons">Atlanta Falcons</a></td> <td>1983–1987<br />1987–1991<br />1992<br />1993</td> <td>1999 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Future_opponents">Future opponents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SMU_Mustangs_football&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Future opponents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Conference_opponents">Conference opponents</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SMU_Mustangs_football&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Conference opponents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On October 30, 2023, the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Conference" title="Atlantic Coast Conference">Atlantic Coast Conference</a> (ACC) announced the future conference schedules for SMU for the 2024 season to 2030.<sup id="cite_ref-2430acc_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2430acc-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 17-team ACC will play an eight-game conference schedule with just one division, with four non-conference contests. All 17 teams will play each other at least twice in 7 years, once at home and once on the road. The new scheduling includes SMU having two protected games each year with <a href="/wiki/California_Golden_Bears_football" title="California Golden Bears football">California</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stanford_Cardinal_football" title="Stanford Cardinal football">Stanford</a>, with the remaining 14 teams rotating each year.<sup id="cite_ref-2430smu_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2430smu-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #354CA1, inset -2px -2px 0 #354CA1;"><b>2024</b> </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #354CA1, inset -2px -2px 0 #354CA1;"><b>2025</b> </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #354CA1, inset -2px -2px 0 #354CA1;"><b>2026</b> </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #354CA1, inset -2px -2px 0 #354CA1;"><b>2027</b> </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #354CA1, inset -2px -2px 0 #354CA1;"><b>2028</b> </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #354CA1, inset -2px -2px 0 #354CA1;"><b>2029</b> </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #354CA1, inset -2px -2px 0 #354CA1;"><b>2030</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Boston_College_Eagles_football" title="Boston College Eagles football">Boston College</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Louisville_Cardinals_football" title="Louisville Cardinals football">Louisville</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boston_College_Eagles_football" title="Boston College Eagles football">Boston College</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Clemson_Tigers_football" title="Clemson Tigers football">Clemson</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/California_Golden_Bears_football" title="California Golden Bears football">California</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Clemson_Tigers_football" title="Clemson Tigers football">Clemson</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/California_Golden_Bears_football" title="California Golden Bears football">California</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/California_Golden_Bears_football" title="California Golden Bears football">California</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Miami_Hurricanes_football" title="Miami Hurricanes football">Miami</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/California_Golden_Bears_football" title="California Golden Bears football">California</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Georgia_Tech_Yellow_Jackets_football" title="Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football">Georgia Tech</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Florida_State_Seminoles_football" title="Florida State Seminoles football">Florida State</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Georgia_Tech_Yellow_Jackets_football" title="Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football">Georgia Tech</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Duke_Blue_Devils_football" title="Duke Blue Devils football">Duke</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Florida_State_Seminoles_football" title="Florida State Seminoles football">Florida State</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stanford_Cardinal_football" title="Stanford Cardinal football">Stanford</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Cavaliers_football" title="Virginia Cavaliers football">Virginia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stanford_Cardinal_football" title="Stanford Cardinal football">Stanford</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Louisville_Cardinals_football" title="Louisville Cardinals football">Louisville</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/NC_State_Wolfpack_football" title="NC State Wolfpack football">NC State</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Miami_Hurricanes_football" title="Miami Hurricanes football">Miami</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Panthers_football" title="Pittsburgh Panthers football">Pittsburgh</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Syracuse_Orange_football" title="Syracuse Orange football">Syracuse</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wake_Forest_Demon_Deacons_football" title="Wake Forest Demon Deacons football">Wake Forest</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Tech_Hokies_football" title="Virginia Tech Hokies football">Virginia Tech</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Tar_Heels_football" title="North Carolina Tar Heels football">North Carolina</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stanford_Cardinal_football" title="Stanford Cardinal football">Stanford</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Syracuse_Orange_football" title="Syracuse Orange football">Syracuse</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>at <a href="/wiki/Duke_Blue_Devils_football" title="Duke Blue Devils football">Duke</a> </td> <td>at <a href="/wiki/Boston_College_Eagles_football" title="Boston College Eagles football">Boston College</a> </td> <td>at <a href="/wiki/Florida_State_Seminoles_football" title="Florida State Seminoles football">Florida State</a> </td> <td>at <a href="/wiki/California_Golden_Bears_football" title="California Golden Bears football">California</a> </td> <td>at <a href="/wiki/Georgia_Tech_Yellow_Jackets_football" title="Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football">Georgia Tech</a> </td> <td>at <a href="/wiki/Boston_College_Eagles_football" title="Boston College Eagles football">Boston College</a> </td> <td>at <a href="/wiki/Georgia_Tech_Yellow_Jackets_football" title="Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football">Georgia Tech</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>at <a href="/wiki/Louisville_Cardinals_football" title="Louisville Cardinals football">Louisville</a> </td> <td>at <a href="/wiki/California_Golden_Bears_football" title="California Golden Bears football">California</a> </td> <td>at <a href="/wiki/Louisville_Cardinals_football" title="Louisville Cardinals football">Louisville</a> </td> <td>at <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Panthers_football" title="Pittsburgh Panthers football">Pittsburgh</a> </td> <td>at <a href="/wiki/NC_State_Wolfpack_football" title="NC State Wolfpack football">NC State</a> </td> <td>at <a href="/wiki/California_Golden_Bears_football" title="California Golden Bears football">California</a> </td> <td>at <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Tar_Heels_football" title="North Carolina Tar Heels football">North Carolina</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>at <a href="/wiki/Stanford_Cardinal_football" title="Stanford Cardinal football">Stanford</a> </td> <td>at <a href="/wiki/Clemson_Tigers_football" title="Clemson Tigers football">Clemson</a> </td> <td>at <a href="/wiki/Stanford_Cardinal_football" title="Stanford Cardinal football">Stanford</a> </td> <td>at <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Cavaliers_football" title="Virginia Cavaliers football">Virginia</a> </td> <td>at <a href="/wiki/Stanford_Cardinal_football" title="Stanford Cardinal football">Stanford</a> </td> <td>at <a href="/wiki/Miami_Hurricanes_football" title="Miami Hurricanes football">Miami</a> </td> <td>at <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Panthers_football" title="Pittsburgh Panthers football">Pittsburgh</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>at <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Cavaliers_football" title="Virginia Cavaliers football">Virginia</a> </td> <td>at <a href="/wiki/Wake_Forest_Demon_Deacons_football" title="Wake Forest Demon Deacons football">Wake Forest</a> </td> <td>at <a href="/wiki/Syracuse_Orange_football" title="Syracuse Orange football">Syracuse</a> </td> <td>at <a href="/wiki/Wake_Forest_Demon_Deacons_football" title="Wake Forest Demon Deacons football">Wake Forest</a> </td> <td>at <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Tech_Hokies_football" title="Virginia Tech Hokies football">Virginia Tech</a> </td> <td>at <a href="/wiki/Syracuse_Orange_football" title="Syracuse Orange football">Syracuse</a> </td> <td>at <a href="/wiki/Stanford_Cardinal_football" title="Stanford Cardinal football">Stanford</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Non-conference_opponents">Non-conference opponents</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SMU_Mustangs_football&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Non-conference opponents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Announced opponents as of November 6, 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-nonconfopp_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nonconfopp-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #354CA1, inset -2px -2px 0 #354CA1;">2024 </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #354CA1, inset -2px -2px 0 #354CA1;">2025 </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #354CA1, inset -2px -2px 0 #354CA1;">2026 </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #354CA1, inset -2px -2px 0 #354CA1;">2027 </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #354CA1, inset -2px -2px 0 #354CA1;">2028 </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #354CA1, inset -2px -2px 0 #354CA1;">2029 </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #354CA1, inset -2px -2px 0 #354CA1;">2030 </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #354CA1, inset -2px -2px 0 #354CA1;">2031 </th></tr> <tr> <td>at <a href="/wiki/Nevada_Wolfpack_football" class="mw-redirect" title="Nevada Wolfpack football">Nevada</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Baylor_Bears_football" title="Baylor Bears football">Baylor</a> </td> <td>at <a href="/wiki/Baylor_Bears_football" title="Baylor Bears football">Baylor</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_Sooners_football" title="Oklahoma Sooners football">Oklahoma</a> </td> <td>at <a href="/wiki/Vanderbilt_Commodores_football" title="Vanderbilt Commodores football">Vanderbilt</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vanderbilt_Commodores_football" title="Vanderbilt Commodores football">Vanderbilt</a> </td> <td>at <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Buffaloes_football" title="Colorado Buffaloes football">Colorado</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Buffaloes_football" title="Colorado Buffaloes football">Colorado</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Houston_Christian_Huskies_football" title="Houston Christian Huskies football">Houston Christian</a> </td> <td>at <a href="/wiki/Missouri_State_Bears_football" title="Missouri State Bears football">Missouri State</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Missouri_State_Bears_football" title="Missouri State Bears football">Missouri State</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nevada_Wolf_Pack_football" title="Nevada Wolf Pack football">Nevada</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>at <a href="/wiki/BYU_Cougars_football" title="BYU Cougars football">BYU</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/BYU_Cougars_football" title="BYU Cougars football">BYU</a> </td> <td>at <a href="/wiki/TCU_Horned_Frogs_football" title="TCU Horned Frogs football">TCU</a> </td> <td>at <a href="/wiki/Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football" title="Notre Dame Fighting Irish football">Notre Dame</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/TCU_Horned_Frogs_football" title="TCU Horned Frogs football">TCU</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SMU_Mustangs_football&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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href="/wiki/1932_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1932 SMU Mustangs football team">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1933 SMU Mustangs football team">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1934 SMU Mustangs football team">1934</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1935_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1935 SMU Mustangs football team">1935</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1936 SMU Mustangs football team">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1937 SMU Mustangs football team">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1938 SMU Mustangs football team">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1939 SMU Mustangs football team">1939</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1940 SMU Mustangs football team">1940</a></li> <li><a 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title="1950 SMU Mustangs football team">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1951 SMU Mustangs football team">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1952 SMU Mustangs football team">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1953 SMU Mustangs football team">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1954 SMU Mustangs football team">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1955 SMU Mustangs football team">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1956 SMU Mustangs football team">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1957 SMU Mustangs football team">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1958 SMU Mustangs football team">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1959 SMU Mustangs football team">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1960 SMU Mustangs football team">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1961 SMU Mustangs football team">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1962 SMU Mustangs football team">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1963 SMU Mustangs football team">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1964 SMU Mustangs football team">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1965 SMU Mustangs football team">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1966 SMU Mustangs football team">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1967 SMU Mustangs football team">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1968 SMU Mustangs football team">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1969 SMU Mustangs football team">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1970 SMU Mustangs football team">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1971 SMU Mustangs football team">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1972 SMU Mustangs football team">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1973 SMU Mustangs football team">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1974 SMU Mustangs football team">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1975 SMU Mustangs football team">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1976 SMU Mustangs football team">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1977 SMU Mustangs football team">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1978 SMU Mustangs football team">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1979 SMU Mustangs football team">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1980 SMU Mustangs football team">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1981 SMU Mustangs football team">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1982 SMU Mustangs football team">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1983 SMU Mustangs football team">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1984 SMU Mustangs football team">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1985 SMU Mustangs football team">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1986 SMU Mustangs football team">1986</a></li> <li><span style="color:gray">1987</span></li> <li><span style="color:gray">1988</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1989 SMU Mustangs football team">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1990 SMU Mustangs football team">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1991 SMU Mustangs football team">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1992 SMU Mustangs football team">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1993 SMU Mustangs football team">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1994 SMU Mustangs football team">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1995 SMU Mustangs football team">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1996 SMU Mustangs football team">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1997 SMU Mustangs football team">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1998 SMU Mustangs football team">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="1999 SMU Mustangs football team">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="2000 SMU Mustangs football team">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="2001 SMU Mustangs football team">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="2002 SMU Mustangs football team">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="2003 SMU Mustangs football team">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="2004 SMU Mustangs football team">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="2005 SMU Mustangs football team">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="2006 SMU Mustangs football team">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="2007 SMU Mustangs football team">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="2008 SMU Mustangs football team">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="2009 SMU Mustangs football team">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="2010 SMU Mustangs football team">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="2011 SMU Mustangs football team">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="2012 SMU Mustangs football team">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="2013 SMU Mustangs football team">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="2014 SMU Mustangs football team">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="2015 SMU Mustangs football team">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="2016 SMU Mustangs football team">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="2017 SMU Mustangs football team">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="2018 SMU Mustangs football team">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="2019 SMU Mustangs football team">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="2020 SMU Mustangs football team">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="2021 SMU Mustangs football team">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="2022 SMU Mustangs football team">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="2023 SMU Mustangs football team">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_SMU_Mustangs_football_team" title="2024 SMU Mustangs football team">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#CC0035;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #354CA1, inset -2px -2px 0 #354CA1;"><div>National championship seasons in bold</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Atlantic_Coast_Conference_(ACC)_football" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color:#013CA6;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #A5A9AB, inset -2px -2px 0 #A5A9AB;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a 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style="background-color:#013CA6;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #A5A9AB, inset -2px -2px 0 #A5A9AB;;width:1%">Current teams</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boston_College_Eagles_football" title="Boston College Eagles football">Boston College Eagles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/California_Golden_Bears_football" title="California Golden Bears football">California Golden Bears</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clemson_Tigers_football" title="Clemson Tigers football">Clemson Tigers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duke_Blue_Devils_football" title="Duke Blue Devils football">Duke Blue Devils</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florida_State_Seminoles_football" title="Florida State Seminoles football">Florida State Seminoles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgia_Tech_Yellow_Jackets_football" title="Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football">Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Virginia_Tech_Hokies_football" title="Virginia Tech Hokies football">Virginia Tech Hokies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wake_Forest_Demon_Deacons_football" title="Wake Forest Demon Deacons football">Wake Forest Demon Deacons</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#013CA6;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #A5A9AB, inset -2px -2px 0 #A5A9AB;;width:1%">Championships and awards</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Atlantic_Coast_Conference_football_champions" title="List of Atlantic Coast Conference football champions">Conference champions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Atlantic_Coast_Conference_football_standings" title="List of Atlantic Coast Conference football standings">All-time standings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ACC_Championship_Game" title="ACC Championship Game">ACC Championship Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Conference_football_individual_awards" title="Atlantic Coast Conference football individual awards">ACC football honors</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#013CA6;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #A5A9AB, inset -2px -2px 0 #A5A9AB;;width:1%">Seasons</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1953</li> <li>1954</li> <li>1955</li> <li>1956</li> <li>1957</li> <li>1958</li> <li>1959</li> <li>1960</li> <li>1961</li> <li>1962</li> <li>1963</li> <li>1964</li> <li>1965</li> <li>1966</li> <li>1967</li> <li>1968</li> <li>1969</li> <li>1970</li> <li>1971</li> <li>1972</li> <li>1973</li> <li>1974</li> <li>1975</li> <li>1976</li> <li>1977</li> <li>1978</li> <li>1979</li> <li>1980</li> <li>1981</li> <li>1982</li> <li>1983</li> <li>1984</li> <li>1985</li> <li>1986</li> <li>1987</li> <li>1988</li> <li>1989</li> <li>1990</li> <li>1991</li> <li>1992</li> <li>1993</li> <li>1994</li> <li>1995</li> <li>1996</li> <li>1997</li> <li>1998</li> <li>1999</li> <li>2000</li> <li>2001</li> <li>2002</li> <li>2003</li> <li>2004</li> <li>2005</li> <li>2006</li> <li>2007</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Atlantic_Coast_Conference_football_season" title="2008 Atlantic Coast Conference football season">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Atlantic_Coast_Conference_football_season" title="2009 Atlantic Coast Conference football season">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Atlantic_Coast_Conference_football_season" title="2010 Atlantic Coast Conference football season">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Atlantic_Coast_Conference_football_season" title="2011 Atlantic Coast Conference football season">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Atlantic_Coast_Conference_football_season" title="2012 Atlantic Coast Conference football season">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Atlantic_Coast_Conference_football_season" title="2013 Atlantic Coast Conference football season">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Atlantic_Coast_Conference_football_season" title="2014 Atlantic Coast Conference football season">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Atlantic_Coast_Conference_football_season" title="2015 Atlantic Coast Conference football season">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Atlantic_Coast_Conference_football_season" title="2016 Atlantic Coast Conference football season">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Atlantic_Coast_Conference_football_season" title="2017 Atlantic Coast Conference football season">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Atlantic_Coast_Conference_football_season" title="2018 Atlantic Coast Conference football season">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Atlantic_Coast_Conference_football_season" title="2019 Atlantic Coast Conference football season">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Atlantic_Coast_Conference_football_season" title="2020 Atlantic Coast Conference football season">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Atlantic_Coast_Conference_football_season" title="2021 Atlantic Coast Conference football season">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Atlantic_Coast_Conference_football_season" title="2022 Atlantic Coast Conference football season">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Atlantic_Coast_Conference_football_season" title="2023 Atlantic Coast Conference football season">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Atlantic_Coast_Conference_football_season" title="2024 Atlantic Coast Conference football season">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox authority-control" 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