SMU Mustangs Football History, Records and Database

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Rhett Lashlee
Head Coach
First Year: 2022

School: SMU
Nickname: Mustangs
Current Conference: American
Former Conference(s): TIAA, SWC, WAC, C-USA
Location: University Park, Texas
First year of football: 1915

STADIUM
Name: Gerald J. Ford
Year built: 2000
Capacity: 32,000
Playing Surface: FieldTurf

SMU CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS

YEAR	CHAMPION(S)	CONFERENCE
1982	SMU	Southwest
1981	SMU	Southwest
1966	SMU	Southwest
1948	SMU	Southwest
1947	SMU	Southwest
1935	SMU	Southwest
1931	SMU	Southwest
1926	SMU	Southwest
1923	SMU	Southwest

SMU YEAR BY YEAR SCHEDULES AND SCORES

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SMU BOWL RECORD

SCHOOL	WINS	LOSSES	TIES	TOTAL	WIN%
SMU	7	9	1	17	0.441

SMU BOWL HISTORY

BOWL	DATE	WINNER	POINTS	LOSER	POINTS
New Mexico	17-Dec-2022	BYU	24	SMU	23
Fenway Canceled	29-Dec-2022	SMU		Virginia
Boca Raton	21-Dec-2019	Florida Atlantic	52	SMU	28
Frisco	20-Dec-2017	Louisiana Tech	51	SMU	10
Hawaii	24-Dec-2012	SMU	43	Fresno State	10
Birmingham	07-Jan-2012	SMU	28	Pittsburgh	6
Armed Forces	30-Dec-2010	Army	16	SMU	14
Hawaii	24-Dec-2009	SMU	45	Nevada	10
Aloha Classic	29-Dec-1984	SMU	27	Notre Dame	20
Sun Bowl	24-Dec-1983	Alabama	28	SMU	7
Cotton	01-Jan-1983	SMU	7	Pittsburgh	3
Holiday	19-Dec-1980	Brigham Young	46	SMU	45
Bluebonnet	31-Dec-1968	SMU	28	Oklahoma	27
Cotton	31-Dec-1966	Georgia	24	SMU	9
Sun Bowl	31-Dec-1963	Oregon	21	SMU	14
Cotton	01-Jan-1949	SMU	21	Oregon	13
Cotton	01-Jan-1948	Penn State	13	SMU	13
Dixie Classic	01-Jan-1925	West Virginia Wesleyan	9	SMU	7

SMU AP FINISHES

Sorted by Year, Rank and Team

1940	16	SMU
1947	3	SMU
1948	10	SMU
1958	18	SMU
1966	10	SMU
1968	14	SMU
1980	20	SMU
1981	5	SMU
1982	2	SMU
1983	12	SMU
1984	8	SMU

SMU NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Year	CHAMPIONS
1982	Nebraska: Berryman Penn State: AP, Billingsley, DeVold, Dunkel, FACT, FB News, Football Research, FW, Helms, Litkenhous, Matthews, National Championship Foundation, NFF, NY Times, Poling, Sagarin, Sagarin (ELO-Chess), Sporting News, UPI, USA/CNN SMU: Helms
1981	Clemson: AP, Berryman, Billingsley, DeVold, FACT, FB News, Football Research, FW, Helms, Litkenhous, Matthews, National Championship Foundation, NFF, NY Times, Poling, Sagarin, Sagarin (ELO-Chess), Sporting News, UPI Nebraska: National Championship Foundation Penn State: Dunkel Pittsburgh: National Championship Foundation* SMU: National Championship Foundation* Texas: National Championship Foundation*
1935	LSU: Williamson* Minnesota: Billingsley, Boand, Football Research, Helms, Litkenhous, National Championship Foundation, Poling Princeton: Dunkel SMU: Berryman, Dickinson, Houlgate, Sagarin, Sagarin (ELO-Chess) TCU: Williamson*

SMU HEAD COACHES

Year(s)	Coach	Years	Games	Win	Loss	Tie	Win %	School
1916-1934	Ray Morrison	14	143	82	39	22	0.650	SMU
1917-1921	J. Rix	5	42	16	19	7	0.464	SMU
1921-1921	Choc Kelly	1	8	1	6	1	0.188	SMU
1921-1921	Bill Cunningham	1	8	1	6	1	0.188	SMU
1922-1923	Ewing Freeland	2	19	15	3	1	0.816	SMU
1935-1949	Madison Bell	12	127	79	40	8	0.654	SMU
1942-1944	James Stewart	3	30	10	18	2	0.367	SMU
1950-1952	H.N. Russell	3	30	13	15	2	0.467	SMU
1953-1956	Chalmer Woodward	4	40	19	20	1	0.488	SMU
1957-1961	Bill Meek	5	50	17	29	4	0.380	SMU
1962-1972	Hayden Fry	11	116	49	66	1	0.427	SMU
1973-1975	Dave Smith	3	33	16	15	2	0.515	SMU
1976-1981	Ron Meyer	6	67	34	32	1	0.515	SMU
1982-1986	Bobby Collins	5	58	43	14	1	0.750	SMU
1989-1990	Forrest Gregg	2	22	3	19	0	0.136	SMU
1991-1996	Tom Rossley	6	66	15	48	3	0.250	SMU
1997-2001	Mike Cavan	5	56	22	34	0	0.393	SMU
2002-2007	Phil Bennett	6	70	18	52	0	0.257	SMU
2008-2014	June Jones	7	79	36	43	0	0.456	SMU
2014-2014	Tom Mason	1	10	1	9	0	0.100	SMU
2015-2017	Chad Morris	3	37	14	23	0	0.378	SMU
2017-2021	Sonny Dykes	5	48	30	18	0	0.625	SMU
2022-PRES	Rhett Lashlee	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	SMU

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