SMU Mustangs football under Ron Meyer

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Ron Meyer was the coach of the Southern Methodist University's football team from 1976 to 1981. He compiled a 34–32–1 record, and was succeeded by Bobby Collins.[1]

1976 Season

1976 SMU Mustangs football
Conference Southwest Conference
1976 record 3-8 (2–6 SWC)
Head coach Ron Meyer
Home stadium Cotton Bowl (c. 72,032)
Seasons
« 1975 1977 »
1976 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#4 Houston + 7 – 1 – 0     10 – 2 – 0
#13 Texas Tech + 7 – 1 – 0     10 – 2 – 0
#7 Texas A&M 6 – 2 – 0     10 – 2 – 0
Baylor 4 – 3 – 1     7 – 3 – 1
Texas 4 – 4 – 0     5 – 5 – 1
Arkansas 3 – 4 – 1     5 – 5 – 1
Rice 2 – 6 – 0     3 – 8 – 0
SMU 2 – 6 – 0     3 – 8 – 0
TCU 0 – 8 – 0     0 – 11 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll


Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
1976-09-11 Texas Christian Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX W 34-14   24,328
1976-09-18 at #14 Alabama* Legion Field • Birmingham, AL L 3-56   63,203
1976-09-25 vs. North Texas State* Texas Stadium • Irving, TX W 38-31   25,539
1976-10-02 at Memphis State* Memphis Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN L 13-27   31,424
1976-10-09 at Baylor Baylor Stadium • Waco, TX L 20-27   25,000
1976-10-16 #19 Houston* Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX L 6-29   28,204
1976-10-23 at #13 Texas Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX L 12-13   50,000
1976-10-30 Texas A&M Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX L 0-36   35,213
1976-11-06 at Rice Rice Stadium • Houston, TX L 34-41   18,000
1976-11-13 at #5 Texas Tech Jones Stadium • Lubbock, TX L 7-34   34,780
1976-11-20 vs. Arkansas State Fair Stadium • Shreveport, LA W 35-31   32,000
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

1977 Season

1977 SMU Mustangs football
Conference Southwest Conference
1977 record 4-7 (3–5 SWC)
Head coach Ron Meyer
Home stadium Cotton Bowl (c. 72,032)
Seasons
« 1976 1978 »
1977 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#4 Texas $ 8 – 0 – 0     11 – 1 – 0
#3 Arkansas 7 – 1 – 0     11 – 1 – 0
Texas A&M 6 – 2 – 0     8 – 4 – 0
Houston 4 – 4 – 0     6 – 5 – 0
Texas Tech 4 – 4 – 0     7 – 5 – 0
Baylor 3 – 5 – 0     5 – 6 – 0
SMU 3 – 5 – 0     4 – 7 – 0
TCU 1 – 7 – 0     2 – 9 – 0
Rice 0 – 8 – 0     1 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll


Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
1977-09-10 at Texas Christian Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX W 45-21   19,576
1977-09-17 vs. North Texas State* Texas Stadium • Irving, TX L 13-24   26,097
1977-09-24 Tulane* Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX W 28-23   18,460
1977-10-01 #6 Ohio State* Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX L 7-35   45,000
1977-10-08 at Baylor Baylor Stadium • Waco, TX L 6-9   30,300
1977-10-15 at #19 Houston* Astrodome • Houston, TX W 37-23   30,774
1977-10-22 #2 Texas Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX L 14-30   36,151
1977-10-29 at #11 Texas A&M Kyle Field • College Station, TX L 21-38   53,932
1977-11-05 Rice Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX W 41-24   6,918
1977-11-12 #18 Texas Tech Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX L 7-45   21,689
1977-11-19 at #8 Arkansas Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR L 7-47   43,791
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

1978 Season

1978 SMU Mustangs football
Conference Southwest Conference
1978 record 4-6-1 (3–5 SWC)
Head coach Ron Meyer
Home stadium Cotton Bowl (c. 72,032)
Seasons
« 1977 1979 »
1978 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#10 Houston $ 7 – 1 – 0     9 – 3 – 0
#11 Arkansas 6 – 2 – 0     9 – 2 – 1
#9 Texas 6 – 2 – 0     9 – 3 – 0
Texas Tech 5 – 3 – 0     7 – 4 – 0
#19 Texas A&M 4 – 4 – 0     8 – 4 – 0
SMU 3 – 5 – 0     4 – 6 – 1
Baylor 3 – 5 – 0     3 – 8 – 0
Rice 2 – 6 – 0     2 – 9 – 0
TCU 0 – 8 – 0     2 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

With sagging attendance in recent years, including a dismal 6,918 against conference foe Rice, Southern Methodist athletic director Russ Potts orchestrated "Mustang Mania." Potts wanted to make SMU more visible in the Dallas area. Average attendance at SMU home games jumped from 25,644 in the previous year to 51,960 in the 1978 season. This was the highest average attendance for SMU home games since 1950.[2][3]

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
1978-09-09 Texas Christian Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX W 45-14   41,112
1978-09-16 at Florida* Citrus Bowl • Orlando, FL W 35-25   34,101
1978-09-23 at #3 Penn State* Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA L 21-26   77,404
1978-10-07 at #14 Ohio State* Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH T 35-35   87,712
1978-10-14 at Baylor Baylor Stadium • Waco, TX W 28-21   36,500
1978-10-21 #11 Houston* Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX L 28-42   64,871
1978-10-28 at #7 Texas Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX L 3-22   65,000
1978-11-04 Texas A&M Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX L 17-20   57,208
1978-11-11 at Rice Rice Stadium • Houston, TX W 58-0   14,000
1978-11-18 at Texas Tech Jones Stadium • Lubbock, TX L 16-19   45,101
1978-11-25 Arkansas Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX L 14-27   44,647
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

1979 Season

1979 SMU Mustangs football
Conference Southwest Conference
1979 record 5-6 (3–5 SWC)
Head coach Ron Meyer
Home stadium Texas Stadium (c. 65,101)
Seasons
« 1978 1980 »
1979 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#5 Houston + 7 – 1 – 0     11 – 1 – 0
#8 Arkansas + 7 – 1 – 0     10 – 2 – 0
#12 Texas 6 – 2 – 0     9 – 3 – 0
#14 Baylor 5 – 3 – 0     8 – 4 – 0
Texas A&M 4 – 4 – 0     6 – 5 – 0
SMU 3 – 5 – 0     5 – 6 – 0
Texas Tech 2 – 5 – 1     3 – 6 – 2
TCU 1 – 6 – 1     2 – 8 – 1
Rice 0 – 8 – 0     1 – 10 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
1979-09-08 Rice Texas Stadium • Irving, TX W 35-17   60,217
1979-09-15 at Texas Christian #20 Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX W 27-7   18,732
1979-09-22 North Texas State* #18 Texas Stadium • Irving, TX W 20-9   57,923
1979-09-29 at Tulane* #19 Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA L 17-24   42,563
1979-10-13 Baylor* Texas Stadium • Irving, TX L 21-24   65,101
1979-10-20 at #5 Houston Astrodome • Houston, TX L 10-37   43,409
1979-10-27 #9 Texas* Texas Stadium • Irving, TX L 6-30   53,327
1979-11-03 at Texas A&M Kyle Field • College Station, TX L 14-47   58,690
1979-11-10 at Wichita State Cessna Stadium • Wichita, KS W 34-0   6,110
1979-11-17 Texas Tech Texas Stadium • Irving, TX W 35-10   42,226
1979-11-24 at #7 Arkansas War Memorial Stadium • Little Rock, AR L 7-31   54,718
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

1980 Season

1980 SMU Mustangs football
Conference Southwest Conference
Ranking
Coaches #20
AP #20
1980 record 8-4 (5–3 SWC)
Head coach Ron Meyer
Home stadium Texas Stadium (c. 65,101)
Seasons
« 1979 1981 »
1980 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#14 Baylor $ 8 – 0 – 0     10 – 2 – 0
#20 SMU 5 – 3 – 0     8 – 4 – 0
Houston 5 – 3 – 0     7 – 5 – 0
Texas 4 – 4 – 0     7 – 5 – 0
Rice 4 – 4 – 0     5 – 6 – 0
Arkansas 3 – 5 – 0     7 – 5 – 0
Texas Tech 3 – 5 – 0     5 – 6 – 0
Texas A&M 3 – 5 – 0     4 – 7 – 0
TCU 1 – 7 – 1     1 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
Date Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
1980-09-13 North Texas* Texas Stadium • Irving, TX W 28-9   52,781
1980-09-20 Texas Christian Texas Stadium • Irving, TX W 17-14   39,622
1980-09-27 Texas-Arlington* Texas Stadium • Irving, TX W 52-16   26,611
1980-10-04 at Tulane* Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA W 31-21   42,563
1980-10-11 at #18 Baylor #20 Baylor Stadium • Waco, TX L 28-32   35,000
1980-10-18 Houston Texas Stadium • Irving, TX L 11-13   32,109
1980-10-25 at #2 Texas Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX ABC W 20-6   73,535
1980-11-01 Texas A&M #19 Texas Stadium • Irving, TX W 27-0   41,289
1980-11-08 at Rice #18 Rice Stadium • Houston, TX W 34-14   23,000
1980-11-15 at Texas Tech #18 Jones Stadium • Lubbock, TX L 0-14   42,197
1980-11-23 Arkansas Texas Stadium • Irving, TX W 31-7   28,225
1980-12-19 vs. #13 Brigham Young #20 Jack Murphy Stadium • San Diego, CA (Holiday Bowl) L 45-46   52,000
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Season summary

Texas

SMU at Texas
1 2 3 4 Total
• SMU 0 3 10 7 20
Texas 3 3 0 0 6

It was SMU's first win versus Texas in 14 years.

[4]

1981 Season

1981 SMU Mustangs football
Conference Southwest Conference
Ranking
AP #5
1981 record 10-1 (7–1 SWC)
Head coach Ron Meyer
Home stadium Texas Stadium (c. 65,101)
Seasons
« 1980 1982 »
1981 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#5 SMU $ 7 – 1 – 0     10 – 1 – 0
#2 Texas 6 – 1 – 1     10 – 1 – 1
Houston 5 – 2 – 1     7 – 4 – 1
Arkansas 5 – 3 – 0     8 – 4 – 0
Texas A&M 4 – 4 – 0     7 – 5 – 0
Rice 3 – 5 – 0     4 – 7 – 0
Baylor 3 – 5 – 0     5 – 6 – 0
TCU 1 – 6 – 1     2 – 7 – 2
Texas Tech 0 – 7 – 1     1 – 9 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Main Article: 1981 SMU Mustangs football team

References

  1. ↑ http://www.collegefootballdatadvds.com/guides/smu2008.pdf
  2. ↑ http://www.collegefootballdatadvds.com/guides/smu2008.pdf
  3. ↑ http://www.dmagazine.com/Home/1978/10/01/SPORTS_Is_Mustang_Mania_Horsefeathers.aspx
  4. ↑ "SMU Shocks Texas Behind James' Running." Palm Beach Post. 1980 Oct 26.
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