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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 first college football National Champion was Princeton. They received the honor in 1869 and only played two games.