SMU Mustangs football under Rusty Russell

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1950

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 23	Georgia Tech*		Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX	W 33–13	54,000
September 30	at No. 11 Ohio State*	No. 10	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	W 32–27	80,672
October 7	at Missouri*	No. 3	Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO	W 21–0	35,311
October 14	Oklahoma A&M*	No. 2	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX	W 56–0	75,349
October 21	at No. 15 Rice	No. 3	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	W 42–21	70,000
November 4	at No. 7 Texas	No. 1	Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	L 20–23	65,498
November 11	Texas A&M	No. 7	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX	L 20–25	75,447
November 18	at Arkansas	No. 14	War Memorial Stadium Little Rock, AR	W 14–7	29,000
November 25	Baylor	No. 15	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX	L 0–3	50,000
December 2	TCU		Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX	L 13–27	55,000
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 22	at Georgia Tech*		Grant Field Atlanta, GA	L 7–21	33,000	^[1]
September 29	at No. 3 Ohio State*		Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 0–7	80,735
October 6	Missouri*		Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX	W 34–0	40,000
October 13	at No. 5 Notre Dame*		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	W 27–20	58,240
October 20	Rice	No. 15	Cotton Bowl Dallas	L 7–28	53,000
November 3	No. 12 Texas		Cotton Bowl Dallas	L 13–20	72,000
November 10	at Texas A&M		Kyle Field College Station, TX	T 14–14	24,500
November 17	Arkansas		Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX	W 47–7	33,500
November 24	at No. 10 Baylor		Baylor Stadium Waco, TX	L 13–14	30,000
December 1	at No. 11 TCU		Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	L 2–13	35,000
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
August 26	No. 19 Duke*	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX	L 7–14	28,000
October 4	No. 6 Georgia Tech*	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX	L 7–20	41,000
October 11	at Missouri*	Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO	W 25–7	25,000
October 18	at Rice	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	W 21–14	56,000
October 25	No. 15 Kansas*	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX	L 0–26	30,000
November 1	at No. 14 Texas	Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	L 14–31	57,000
November 8	Texas A&M	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX	W 21–13	62,000
November 15	at Arkansas	Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR	W 27-17	28,000
November 22	Baylor	Cotton Bowl Dallas	T 7–7	30,000
November 29	TCU	Cotton Bowl Dallas	L 7–14	32,000
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ "Georgia Tech scores early, stops SMU passing for 21–7 win". The Times Dispatch. September 23, 1951. Retrieved February 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

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