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

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1976 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Houston + 7 – 1 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
No. 13 Texas Tech + 7 – 1 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
No. 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

1976-09-11Texas Christian

W 34-14 24,328 1976-09-18at No. 14 Alabama*

L 3-56 63,203 1976-09-25vs. North Texas State*

W 38-31 25,539 1976-10-02at Memphis State*

L 13-27 31,424 1976-10-09at Baylor

L 20-27 25,000 1976-10-16No. 19 Houston*

  • Cotton Bowl
  • Dallas

L 6-29 28,204 1976-10-23at No. 13 Texas

L 12-13 50,000 1976-10-30Texas A&M

  • Cotton Bowl
  • Dallas

L 0-36 35,213 1976-11-06at Rice

L 34-41 18,000 1976-11-13at No. 5 Texas Tech

L 7-34 34,780 1976-11-20vs. Arkansas

W 35-31 32,000

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1977 Season

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1977 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Texas $ 8 – 0 – 0 11 – 1 – 0
No. 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

1977-09-10at Texas Christian

W 45-21 19,576 1977-09-17vs. North Texas State*

L 13-24 26,097 1977-09-24Tulane*

W 28-23 18,460 1977-10-01No. 6 Ohio State*

  • Cotton Bowl
  • Dallas

L 7-35 45,000 1977-10-08at Baylor

L 6-9 30,300 1977-10-15at No. 19 Houston*

W 37-23 30,774 1977-10-22No. 2 Texas

  • Cotton Bowl
  • Dallas

L 14-30 36,151 1977-10-29at No. 11 Texas A&M

L 21-38 53,932 1977-11-05Rice

  • Cotton Bowl
  • Dallas

W 41-24 6,918 1977-11-12No. 18 Texas Tech

  • Cotton Bowl
  • Dallas

L 7-45 21,689 1977-11-19at No. 8 Arkansas

L 7-47 43,791

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1978 Season

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1978 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 10 Houston $ 7 – 1 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
No. 11 Arkansas 6 – 2 – 0 9 – 2 – 1
No. 9 Texas 6 – 2 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
Texas Tech 5 – 3 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
No. 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]

1978-09-09Texas Christian

W 45-14 41,112 1978-09-16at Florida*

W 35-25 34,101 1978-09-23at No. 3 Penn State*

L 21-26 77,404 1978-10-07at No. 14 Ohio State*

T 35-35 87,712 1978-10-14at Baylor

W 28-21 36,500 1978-10-21No. 11 Houston*

  • Cotton Bowl
  • Dallas

L 28-42 64,871 1978-10-28at No. 7 Texas

L 3-22 65,000 1978-11-04Texas A&M

  • Cotton Bowl
  • Dallas

L 17-20 57,208 1978-11-11at Rice

W 58-0 14,000 1978-11-18at Texas Tech

L 16-19 45,101 1978-11-25Arkansas

  • Cotton Bowl
  • Dallas

L 14-27 44,647

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1979 Season

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1979 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Houston + 7 – 1 – 0 11 – 1 – 0
No. 8 Arkansas + 7 – 1 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
No. 12 Texas 6 – 2 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
No. 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

1979-09-08Rice

W 35-17 60,217 1979-09-15at Texas ChristianNo. 20

W 27-7 18,732 1979-09-22North Texas State*No. 18

  • Texas Stadium
  • Irving, Texas

W 20-9 57,923 1979-09-29at Tulane*No. 19

L 17-24 42,563 1979-10-13Baylor*

  • Texas Stadium
  • Irving, Texas

L 21-24 65,101 1979-10-20at No. 5 Houston

L 10-37 43,409 1979-10-27No. 9 Texas*

  • Texas Stadium
  • Irving, Texas

L 6-30 53,327 1979-11-03at Texas A&M

L 14-47 58,690 1979-11-10at Wichita State

W 34-0 6,110 1979-11-17Texas Tech

  • Texas Stadium
  • Irving, Texas

W 35-10 42,226 1979-11-24at No. 7 Arkansas

L 7-31 54,718

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1980 Season

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Ranking
CoachesNo. 20
APNo. 20
1980 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 14 Baylor $ 8 – 0 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
No. 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 A&M 3 – 5 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Texas Tech 3 – 5 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
TCU 1 – 7 – 0 1 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

1980-09-13North Texas*

W 28-9 52,781 1980-09-20Texas Christian

  • Texas Stadium
  • Irving, Texas

W 17-14 39,622 1980-09-27Texas-Arlington*

  • Texas Stadium
  • Irving, Texas

W 52-16 26,611 1980-10-04at Tulane*

W 31-21 42,563 1980-10-11at No. 18 BaylorNo. 20

L 28-32 35,000 1980-10-18Houston

  • Texas Stadium
  • Irving, Texas

L 11-13 32,109 1980-10-25at No. 2 Texas

ABCW 20-6 73,535 1980-11-01Texas A&MNo. 19

  • Texas Stadium
  • Irving, Texas

W 27-0 41,289 1980-11-08at RiceNo. 18

W 34-14 23,000 1980-11-15at Texas TechNo. 18

L 0-14 42,197 1980-11-23Arkansas

  • Texas Stadium
  • Irving, Texas

W 31-7 28,225 1980-12-19vs. No. 13 Brigham YoungNo. 20

L 45-46 52,000

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Season summary

Texas

SMU at Texas
1 234Total
• SMU 0 3107 20
Texas 3 300 6
Scoring summary
1TexasGoodson 20 yard field goalTexas 3-0
2SMUGarcia 47 yard field goalTie 3-3
2TexasGoodson 47 yard field goalTexas 6-3
3SMUJames 53 yard run (Garcia kick)SMU 10-6
3SMUGarcia 44 yard field goalSMU 13-6
4SMUMobley 22 yard interception return (Garcia kick)SMU 20-6

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

[4]

1981 Season

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Ranking
APNo. 5
1981 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 SMU $ 7 – 1 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
No. 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.
  • "2008 Football Media Guide" (PDF). SMU Athletic Department. p. 145.
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