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The SMU Mustangs are an intercollegiate football team representing Southern Methodist University (SMU) in the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Since the 2013 college football season, the Mustangs compete in the American Athletic Conference but starting in 2024 now compete in the Atlantic Coast Conference. SMU began playing football in 1915 and has played their home games since 1999 at Gerald J. Ford Stadium on the SMU campus in University Park, Texas, an enclave of Dallas.[1]
| Year | Coach | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | Coaches# | AP° | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Morrison (Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1915–1916) | |||||||||
| 1915 | SMU | 2–5 | |||||||
| 1916 | SMU | 0–8–2 | |||||||
| J. Burton Rix (Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1917) | |||||||||
| 1917 | SMU | 3–2–3 | |||||||
| J. Burton Rix (Southwest Conference) (1918–1921) | |||||||||
| 1918 | SMU | 4–2 | 1–2 | 5th | |||||
| 1919 | SMU | 5–4–1 | 0–2–1 | 6th | |||||
| 1920 | SMU | 3–5–2 | 0–4–1 | 6th | |||||
| 1921 | SMU[n 1] | 1–6–1[n 1] | 0–4[n 1] | 7th | |||||
| Ray Morrison & Ewing Y. Freeland (Southwest Conference) (1922–1923) | |||||||||
| 1922 | SMU | 6–3–1 | 2–2 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1923 | SMU | 9–0 | 5–0 | 1st | |||||
| Ray Morrison (Southwest Conference) (1924–1934) | |||||||||
| 1924 | SMU | 5–1–4 | 2–0–4 | 2nd | L Dixie Classic | ||||
| 1925 | SMU | 5–2–2 | 1–1–2 | 4th | |||||
| 1926 | SMU | 8–0–1 | 5–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1927 | SMU | 7–2 | 4–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1928 | SMU | 6–3–1 | 2–2–1 | 5th | |||||
| 1929 | SMU | 6–0–4 | 3–0–2 | 2nd | |||||
| 1930 | SMU | 6–3–1 | 2–2–1 | T–4th | |||||
| 1931 | SMU | 9–1–1 | 5–0–1 | 1st | |||||
| 1932 | SMU | 3–7–2 | 1–4–1 | T–5th | |||||
| 1933 | SMU | 4–7–1 | 2–4 | 6th | |||||
| 1934 | SMU | 8–2–2 | 3–2–1 | 3rd | |||||
| Matty Bell (Southwest Conference) (1935–1941) | |||||||||
| 1935 | SMU | 12–1 | 6–0 | 1st | L Rose | ||||
| 1936 | SMU | 5–4–1 | 2–3–1 | 5th | |||||
| 1937 | SMU | 5–6 | 2–4 | 6th | |||||
| 1938 | SMU | 6–4 | 4–2 | 2nd | |||||
| 1939 | SMU | 6–3–1 | 4–2 | T–2nd | |||||
| 1940 | SMU | 8–1–1 | 5–1 | T–1st | 16 | ||||
| 1941 | SMU | 5–5 | 2–4 | 5th | |||||
| Jimmy Stewart (Southwest Conference) (1942–1944) | |||||||||
| 1942 | SMU | 3–6–2 | 1–4–1 | 6th | |||||
| 1943 | SMU | 2–7 | 2–3 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1944 | SMU | 5–5 | 2–3 | T–4th | |||||
| Matty Bell (Southwest Conference) (1945–1949) | |||||||||
| 1945 | SMU | 5–6 | 4–2 | 2nd | |||||
| 1946 | SMU | 4–5–1 | 2–4 | T–5th | |||||
| 1947 | SMU | 9–0–2 | 5–0–1 | 1st | T Cotton | 3 | |||
| 1948 | SMU | 9–1–1 | 5–0–1 | 1st | W Cotton | 10 | |||
| 1949 | SMU | 5–4–1 | 2–3–1 | 5th | |||||
| Rusty Russell (Southwest Conference) (1950–1952) | |||||||||
| 1950 | SMU | 6–4 | 2–4 | T–5th | |||||
| 1951 | SMU | 3–6–1 | 1–4–1 | 7th | |||||
| 1952 | SMU | 4–5–1 | 3–2–1 | 3rd | |||||
| Woody Woodard (Southwest Conference) (1953–1956) | |||||||||
| 1953 | SMU | 5–5 | 3–3 | 4th | |||||
| 1954 | SMU | 6–3–1 | 4–1–1 | 2nd | 17 | ||||
| 1955 | SMU | 4–6 | 2–4 | T–5th | |||||
| 1956 | SMU | 4–6 | 2–4 | 5th | |||||
| Bill Meek (Southwest Conference) (1957–1961) | |||||||||
| 1957 | SMU | 4–5–1 | 3–3 | 4th | |||||
| 1958 | SMU | 6–4 | 4–2 | T–2nd | |||||
| 1959 | SMU | 5–4–1 | 2–3–1 | 4th | |||||
| 1960 | SMU | 0–9–1 | 0–6–1 | 8th | |||||
| 1961 | SMU | 2–7–1 | 1–5–1 | 8th | |||||
| Hayden Fry (Southwest Conference) (1962–1972) | |||||||||
| 1962 | SMU | 2–8 | 2–5 | 7th | |||||
| 1963 | SMU | 4–7 | 2–5 | T–6th | L Sun | ||||
| 1964 | SMU | 1–9 | 0–7 | 8th | |||||
| 1965 | SMU | 4–5–1 | 3–4 | T–4th | |||||
| 1966 | SMU | 8–3 | 6–1 | 1st | L Cotton | 9 | 10 | ||
| 1967 | SMU | 3–7 | 3–4 | 6th | |||||
| 1968 | SMU | 8–3 | 5–2 | 3rd | W Astro-Bluebonnet | 16 | 14 | ||
| 1969 | SMU | 3–7 | 3–4 | 5th | |||||
| 1970 | SMU | 5–6 | 3–4 | T–4th | |||||
| 1971 | SMU | 4–7 | 3–4 | 5th | |||||
| 1972 | SMU | 7–4 | 4–3 | T–2nd | |||||
| Dave Smith (Southwest Conference) (1973–1975) | |||||||||
| 1973 | SMU | 6–4–1 | 3–3–1 | T–4th | |||||
| 1974 | SMU | 6–4–1 | 3–3–1 | T–4th | |||||
| 1975 | SMU | 4–7 | 2–5 | T–5th | |||||
| Ron Meyer (Southwest Conference) (1976–1981) | |||||||||
| 1976 | SMU | 3–8 | 2–6 | T–7th | |||||
| 1977 | SMU | 4–7 | 3–5 | T–6th | |||||
| 1978 | SMU | 4–6–1 | 3–5 | T–6th | |||||
| 1979 | SMU | 5–6 | 3–5 | 6th | |||||
| 1980 | SMU | 8–4 | 5–3 | T–2nd | L Holiday | 20 | 20 | ||
| 1981 | SMU | 10–1 | 7–1 | 1st | Ineligible[n 2] | [n 2] | 5 | ||
| Bobby Collins (Southwest Conference) (1982–1986) | |||||||||
| 1982 | SMU | 11–0–1 | 7–0–1 | 1st | W Cotton | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1983 | SMU | 10–2 | 7–1 | 2nd | L Sun | 11 | 12 | ||
| 1984 | SMU | 10–2 | 6–2 | T–1st | W Aloha | 8 | 8 | ||
| 1985 | SMU | 6–5 | 5–3 | 5th | |||||
| 1986 | SMU | 6–5 | 5–3 | T–4th | |||||
| 1987 | [n 3] | [n 3] | [n 3] | [n 3] | [n 3] | [n 3] | [n 3] | ||
| 1988 | [n 3] | [n 3] | [n 3] | [n 3] | [n 3] | [n 3] | [n 3] | ||
| Forrest Gregg (Southwest Conference) (1989–1990) | |||||||||
| 1989 | SMU | 2–9 | 0–8 | 9th | |||||
| 1990 | SMU | 1–10 | 0–8 | 9th | |||||
| Tom Rossley (Southwest Conference) (1991–1995) | |||||||||
| 1991 | SMU | 1–10 | 0–8 | 9th | |||||
| 1992 | SMU | 5–6 | 2–5 | T–6th | |||||
| 1993 | SMU | 2–7–2 | 1–5–1 | T–7th | |||||
| 1994 | SMU | 1–9–1 | 0–6–1 | 8th | |||||
| 1995 | SMU | 1–10 | 0–7 | 8th | |||||
| Tom Rossley (Western Athletic Conference) (1996) | |||||||||
| 1996 | SMU | 5–6 | 4–4 | 4th (Mountain) | |||||
| Mike Cavan (Western Athletic Conference) (1997–2001) | |||||||||
| 1997 | SMU | 6–5 | 5–3 | T–2nd (Mountain) | |||||
| 1998 | SMU | 5–7[n 4] | 4–4[n 4] | T–5th (Mountain) | |||||
| 1999 | SMU | 4–6 | 3–3 | 5th | |||||
| 2000 | SMU | 3–9 | 2–6 | T–6th | |||||
| 2001 | SMU | 4–7 | 4–3 | 5th | |||||
| Phil Bennett (Western Athletic Conference) (2002–2004) | |||||||||
| 2002 | SMU | 3–9 | 3–5 | T–6th | |||||
| 2003 | SMU | 0–12 | 0–8 | 10th | |||||
| 2004 | SMU | 3–8 | 3–5 | T–6th | |||||
| Phil Bennett (Conference USA) (2005–2007) | |||||||||
| 2005 | SMU | 5–6 | 4–4 | T–3rd (West) | |||||
| 2006 | SMU | 6–6 | 4–4 | 4th (West) | |||||
| 2007 | SMU | 1–11 | 0–8 | 6th (West) | |||||
| June Jones (Conference USA) (2008–2012) | |||||||||
| 2008 | SMU | 1–11 | 0–8 | 6th (West) | |||||
| 2009 | SMU | 8–5 | 6–2 | T–1st (West) | W Hawaii | ||||
| 2010 | SMU | 7–7 | 6–2 | T–1st (West) | L Armed Forces | ||||
| 2011 | SMU | 8–5 | 5–3 | 3rd (West) | W BBVA Compass | ||||
| 2012 | SMU | 7–6 | 5–3 | 2nd (West) | W Hawaii | ||||
| June Jones (American Athletic Conference) (2013–2014) | |||||||||
| 2013 | SMU | 5–7 | 4–4 | 5th | |||||
| 2014 | SMU[n 5] | 1–11 | 1–7 | 11th | |||||
| Chad Morris (American Athletic Conference) (2015–2017) | |||||||||
| 2015 | SMU | 2–10 | 1–7 | T–5th (West) | |||||
| 2016 | SMU | 5–7 | 3–5 | 5th (West) | |||||
| 2017 | SMU[n 6] | 7–6[n 6] | 4–4 | T–3rd (West) | L Frisco | ||||
| Sonny Dykes (American Athletic Conference) (2017–2021) | |||||||||
| 2018 | SMU | 5–7 | 4–4 | 4th (West) | |||||
| 2019 | SMU | 10–3 | 6–2 | 3rd (West) | L Boca Raton | ||||
| 2020 | SMU | 7–3 | 4–3 | 5th | CX Frisco[n 7] | ||||
| 2021 | SMU | 8–4 | 4–4 | 6th | CX Fenway[n 8] | ||||
| Rhett Lashlee (American Athletic Conference) (2022–2024) | |||||||||
| 2022 | SMU | 7–6 | 5–3 | T–4th | L New Mexico | ||||
| 2023 | SMU | 11–3 | 8–0 | 1st | L Fenway | 24 | 22 | ||
| Rhett Lashlee (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2024–present) | |||||||||
| 2024 | SMU | 8-1 | 5-0 | T–1st | 15 | 13 | |||
| Total: | 545–567–54 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
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- Rix served as SMU's head coach for the first two games of the season before resigning. Bill Cunningham led the team as interim head coach for the final six games. The Mustangs compiled an overall record of 1–6–1 with marks of 0–4 in Southwest Conference play and 1–3–1 against Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association opponents, placing seventh in both conferences.
- The Mustangs had been put on probation by the NCAA for recruiting violations and were banned from participating in any bowl game in 1981. Because its rules prevent schools under probation from being considered, the Mustangs were not ranked in the Coaches Poll at all during the season. At season's end, the Mustangs were recognized as one of five co-national champions by the National Championship Foundation (NCF).
- Southern Methodist University football scandal led to the death penalty for 1987 and 1988 seasons in which SMU was barred from fielding teams.
- Due to NCAA sanctions, SMU had 4 regular season wins and 6 regular season losses vacated for the 1998 season. SMU's pre-sanctions record was 5–7 (4–4 WAC). The "official" record now is 1–1 (0-1 WAC).
- Morris served as SMU's head coach for the 2017 regular season before resigning to take the head coaching job at the University of Arkansas. Sonny Dykes coached the Mustangs in the 2017 Frisco Bowl. SMU finished the season with an overall record of 7–6.
- Dykes served as SMU's head coach for the 2021 regular season, before leaving to take the head coaching job at Texas Christian University. Jim Leavitt was appointed interim head coach for the 2021 Fenway Bowl, however, the game was cancelled.
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