SMU

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Atlantic Coast · Dallas, Dallas, Texas

554-570-54

All-time

0.470

Win %

National titles

Conf titles

Major bowls

Playoff apps

Weeks at #1

Heismans

Rivalries

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Greatest games

SMU's top games of all time by Game Score.

#	Date	Season	Bowl	Match	Designation	Game Score
1	Jan 1, 1948	1947	Cotton Bowl	#3 SMU 13-13 #4 Penn State Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Texas Major Bowl	Major Bowl	1.18
2	Jan 1, 1983	1982	Cotton Bowl	#4 SMU 7-3 #6 Pittsburgh Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Texas Major Bowl	Major Bowl	0.90
3	Oct 22, 1983	1983		#9 SMU 12-15 #2 Texas Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Texas Conf Game	Conf Game	0.89
4	Nov 20, 1982	1982		#2 SMU 17-17 #9 Arkansas Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Texas Conf Game	Conf Game	0.89
5	Nov 1, 1947	1947		#8 SMU 14-13 #3 Texas Ownby Stadium, Dallas, Texas Conf Game	Conf Game	0.87
6	Nov 30, 1935	1935		SMU 20-14 TCU Amon G. Carter Stadium, Dallas, Texas Conf Game	Conf Game	0.82
7	Sep 29, 1956	1956		#5 SMU 7-9 #2 Georgia Tech Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Texas		0.81
8	Jan 1, 1936	1935	Rose Bowl	SMU 0-7 Stanford Rose Bowl, Los Angeles, California Major Bowl	Major Bowl	0.79
9	Nov 4, 1950	1950		#1 SMU 20-23 #7 Texas Texas Memorial Stadium, Austin, Texas Conf Game	Conf Game	0.77
10	Nov 30, 1929	1929		SMU 7-7 TCU TCU Conf Game	Conf Game	0.75

Season by season (major seasons)

Year	School	Record	Conference	Div	Conf	Champ App	Conf Champ	AP	Coach	High	Bowl
2026	SMU	0-0	Atlantic Coast
2025	SMU	9-4	Atlantic Coast		6-2					#16	Holiday Bowl (W)
2024	SMU	11-3	Atlantic Coast		8-0	✓		#12	#11	#8	College Football Playoff Game (L)MajorCFP
2023	SMU	11-3	American Athletic		8-0	✓	★	#22	#24	#17	Fenway Bowl (L)
2022	SMU	7-6	American Athletic		5-3						New Mexico Bowl (L)
2021	SMU	8-4	American Athletic	West	4-4					#19
2020	SMU	7-3	American Athletic	West	4-3					#16
2019	SMU	10-3	American Athletic	West	6-2					#15	Boca Raton Bowl (L)
2018	SMU	5-7	American Athletic	West	4-4
2017	SMU	7-6	American Athletic	West	4-4						Frisco Bowl (L)
2016	SMU	5-7	American Athletic	West	3-5
2015	SMU	2-10	American Athletic	West	1-7
2014	SMU	1-11	American Athletic		1-7
2013	SMU	5-7	American Athletic		4-4
2012	SMU	7-6	Conference USA	West	5-3						Hawaii Bowl (W)
2011	SMU	8-5	Conference USA	West	5-3						BBVA Compass Bowl (W)
2010	SMU	7-7	Conference USA	West	6-2	✓					Armed Forces Bowl (L)
2009	SMU	8-5	Conference USA	West	6-2						Hawaii Bowl (W)
2008	SMU	1-11	Conference USA	West	0-8
2007	SMU	1-11	Conference USA	West	0-8
2006	SMU	6-6	Conference USA	West	4-4
2005	SMU	5-6	Conference USA	West	4-4
2004	SMU	3-8	Western Athletic		3-5
2003	SMU	0-12	Western Athletic		0-8
2002	SMU	3-9	Western Athletic		3-5
2001	SMU	4-7	Western Athletic		4-4
2000	SMU	3-9	Western Athletic		2-6
1999	SMU	4-6	Western Athletic		3-3
1998	SMU	5-7	Western Athletic	Mountain	4-4
1997	SMU	6-5	Western Athletic	Mountain	5-3
1996	SMU	5-6	Western Athletic	Mountain	4-4
1995	SMU	1-10	Southwest		0-7
1994	SMU	1-9-1	Southwest		0-6-1
1993	SMU	2-7-2	Southwest		1-5-1
1992	SMU	5-6	Southwest		2-5
1991	SMU	1-10	Southwest		0-8
1990	SMU	1-10	Southwest		0-8
1989	SMU	2-9	Southwest		0-8
1986	SMU	6-5	Southwest		5-3					#18
1985	SMU	6-5	Southwest		5-3					#3
1984	SMU	10-2	Southwest		6-2		★	#8	#8	#6	Aloha Bowl (W)
1983	SMU	10-2	Southwest		7-1			#12	#11	#6	Sun Bowl (L)
1982	SMU	11-0-1	Southwest		7-0-1		★	#2	#2	#2	Cotton Bowl (W)Major
1981	SMU	10-1	Southwest		7-1		★	#5		#5
1980	SMU	8-4	Southwest		5-3			#20	#20	#18	Holiday Bowl (L)
1979	SMU	5-6	Southwest		3-5					#18
1978	SMU	4-6-1	Southwest		3-5
1977	SMU	4-7	Southwest		3-5
1976	SMU	3-8	Southwest		2-6
1975	SMU	4-7	Southwest		2-5
1974	SMU	6-4-1	Southwest		3-3-1
1973	SMU	6-4-1	Southwest		3-3-1					#19
1972	SMU	7-4	Southwest		4-3					#18
1971	SMU	4-7	Southwest		3-4
1970	SMU	5-6	Southwest		3-4
1969	SMU	3-7	Southwest		3-4
1968	SMU	8-3	Southwest		5-2			#14	#16	#13	Bluebonnet Bowl (W)
1967	SMU	3-7	Southwest		3-4
1966	SMU	8-3	Southwest		6-1		★	#10	#9	#10	Cotton Bowl (L)Major
1965	SMU	4-5-1	Southwest		3-4
1964	SMU	1-9	Southwest		0-7
1963	SMU	4-7	Southwest		2-5						Sun Bowl (L)
1962	SMU	2-8	Southwest		2-5
1961	SMU	2-7-1	Southwest		1-5-1
1960	SMU	0-9-1	Southwest		0-6-1
1959	SMU	5-4-1	Southwest		2-3-1					#4
1958	SMU	6-4	Southwest		4-2			#18	#18	#15
1957	SMU	4-5-1	Southwest		3-3					#15
1956	SMU	4-6	Southwest		2-4					#5
1955	SMU	4-6	Southwest		2-4					#16
1954	SMU	6-3-1	Southwest		4-1-1				#17	#11
1953	SMU	5-5	Southwest		3-3					#11
1952	SMU	4-5-1	Southwest		3-2-1
1951	SMU	3-6-1	Southwest		1-4-1					#15
1950	SMU	6-4	Southwest		2-4					#1
1949	SMU	5-4-1	Southwest		2-3-1					#9
1948	SMU	9-1-1	Southwest		5-0-1		★	#10		#4	Cotton Bowl (W)Major
1947	SMU	9-0-2	Southwest		5-0-1		★	#3		#3	Cotton Bowl (T)Major
1946	SMU	4-5-1	Southwest		2-4
1945	SMU	5-6	Southwest		4-2
1944	SMU	5-5	Southwest		2-3
1943	SMU	2-7	Southwest		2-3
1942	SMU	3-6-2	Southwest		1-4-1
1941	SMU	5-5	Southwest		2-4					#20
1940	SMU	8-1-1	Southwest		5-1		★	#16		#14
1939	SMU	6-3-1	Southwest		4-2					#13
1938	SMU	6-4	Southwest		4-2
1937	SMU	5-6	Southwest		2-4
1936	SMU	5-4-1	Southwest		2-3-1					#12
1935	SMU	12-1	Southwest		6-0		★				Rose Bowl (L)Major
1934	SMU	8-2-2	Southwest		3-2-1
1933	SMU	4-7-1	Southwest		2-4
1932	SMU	3-7-2	Southwest		1-4-1
1931	SMU	9-1-1	Southwest		5-0-1		★
1930	SMU	6-3-1	Southwest		2-2-1
1929	SMU	6-0-4	Southwest		3-0-2
1928	SMU	6-3-1	Southwest		2-2-1
1927	SMU	7-2	Southwest		4-1
1926	SMU	8-0-1	Southwest		5-0		★
1925	SMU	5-2-2	Southwest		1-1-2
1924	SMU	5-1-4	Southwest		2-0-4						Dixie Classic (L)
1923	SMU	9-0	Southwest		5-0		★
1922	SMU	6-3-1	Southwest		2-2
1921	SMU	1-6-1	Southwest		0-4
1920	SMU	3-5-2	Southwest		0-4-1
1919	SMU	5-4-1	Southwest		0-2-1
1918	SMU	3-2	Southwest		1-2
1917	SMU	3-2-3	Independent
1916	SMU	0-8-2	Independent

Award winners

23 major award winners and consensus All-Americans.

Year	Player	Pos	Award
1985	Reggie Dupard	RB	Consensus All-American
1983	Russell Carter	DB	Consensus All-American
1982	Eric Dickerson	RB	Consensus All-American
1982	Eric Dickerson	RB	Heisman Finalist
1980	John Simmons	DB	Consensus All-American
1978	Emanuel Tolbert	WR	Consensus All-American
1974	Louie Kelcher	G	Consensus All-American
1972	Robert Popelka	DB	Consensus All-American
1968	Jerry LeVias	E	Consensus All-American
1966	John LaGrone	MG	Consensus All-American
1959	Don Meredith	QB	Heisman Finalist
1951	Dick Hightower	C	Consensus All-American
1950	Kyle Rote	B	Consensus All-American
1950	Kyle Rote	HB	Heisman Finalist
1949	Doak Walker	B	Consensus All-American
1949	Doak Walker	HB	Heisman Finalist
1948	Doak Walker	B	Consensus All-American
1948	Doak Walker	HB	Heisman Trophy★
1947	Doak Walker	B	Consensus All-American
1947	Doak Walker	HB	Heisman Finalist
1947	Doak Walker	HB	Maxwell Award
1935	Bobby Wilson	B	Consensus All-American
1935	J.C. Wetsel	G	Consensus All-American