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Southern Methodist Football Team History


Southern Methodist Mustangs
Southern Methodist University
 Dallas, TX
Founded: 1911
Stadium: Gerald J. Ford Stadium
Capacity: 32,000
Colors: Harvard Crimson & Yale Blue
Coach:
Conference: Conference USA-West

Team Home Summary  Coaches Games by Year Opponents Rankings Bowls

Southern Methodist News
Team Timeline
First Team: 1915  
 
Championships
National Championships
1935
Conference Championships
  1918, 1923, 1926, 1931, 1935, 1947, 1948
1966, 1981, 1982, 1984
 
Team Records
 Overall Record 459-490-54
 Winning Pct. 48.4%
 National Championships 1
 Conference USA Conference Titles 0
 Other Conference Titles 11
 Conference Record 17-7-0
 All American Players 
 NFL Players (#2)
 Home Record 291-215-26
 Away Record 162-267-27
 
By The Numbers
 Seasons 96
 Winning Seasons (#1) 46
 Losing Seasons (#1)48
 Most Wins in A Season 12 (1935)
 Most Loses in A Season 12 (2003)
 10 Win Seasons 5
 Most Points Scored in a Game 70 (9/25/1920)
 Most Points Scored in a Season 380 (2009)
 Most Points Allowed in a Game 95 (10/21/1989)
 Most Points Allowed in a Season 499 (1989)
 Largest Margin of Victory 70 (9/25/1920)
 Largest Margin of Defeat 74 (9/30/1916)
 Most Points Both Teams in a Game 116 (10/21/1989)
 Last Shutout 9/24/2011
 Last Time Shutout 10/30/2004
 Shutouts All-Time 132
 Been Shutout All-Time 107
 
Streaks
 Longest Win 14 (10/31/1981-11/13/1982)
 Longest Losing  15 (8/30/2003-9/18/2004)
 
Bowl Records
 Overall Record 6-7-1
 Rose 0-1-0
 Cotton 2-1-1
 Orange 0-0-0
 Fiesta 0-0-0
 Sugar 0-0-0
 
By the Decade
 2000-09  49-96
 1990-99 31-76-3
 1980-89 63-28-1
 1970-79 48-59-3
 1960-69 35-65-3
 1950-59 47-48-5
 1940-49 55-40-8
 1930-39 64-38-9
 1920-29 56-22-16
Next Game
 9/2/2012 (Sun)  
@ Baylor in a Non-Conference Game
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Last Time: Southern Methodist lost 23-28 in 2005.
All-Time:
 Southern Methodist vs. Baylor 36-35-7 50.7% 
 
2012 Season
 Sun., Sep. 2  @ Baylor
 Sat., Sep. 8  vs. Stephen F. Austin
 Sat., Sep. 15  vs. Texas A&M
 Sat., Sep. 29  vs. Texas Christian
 Sat., Oct. 6  @ Texas-El Paso
 Sat., Oct. 13  @ Tulane
 Thu., Oct. 18  vs. Houston
 Sat., Oct. 27  vs. Memphis
 Sat., Nov. 3  @ Central Florida
 Sat., Nov. 10  vs. Southern Mississippi
 Sat., Nov. 17  @ Rice
 Sat., Nov. 24  vs. Tulsa
 
2012 Season Totals
  Record0-0
  Scoring-
  Conference Record0-0
  Home Record0-0
  Away Record0-0
 
2012 Conference USA West Standings
 
Longest Running Rivalry
 Southern Methodist & Texas Christian have played 90 games.
Southern Methodist has won 39 games.
Texas Christian has won 44 games.
with 7 tie games.
 
Record when scoring..... (since 2000)
 Scoring  Record 
 less than 10 0-29
 10 or more 49-67
 20 or more  49-31
 30 or more 31-9
 40 or more 15-3
 
Record when allowing..... (since 2000)
 Points Allowed  Record 
 less than 10 8-0
 10 or more 41-96
 20 or more 27-87
 30 or more 10-65
 40 or more 0-31
 
  
 
Some records may be incomplete.

NOTES:
(1) Winning and losing seasons counted only if team plays at least 8 games.
(2) NFL Players counted for any player that participated in a regular season game.

Great Moments in College Football History

The forward pass first appeared in college football in 1906. It was introduced in an attempt to increase scoring and reduce injuries.